Suggestion [Do away with Side Channel]

[jezex90 12]

Greetings all,

If I were somehow end up in a post-apocalyptic future ruled by the undead I would personally be more at ease if I was able find a fully functional IRC to talk to other survivors.

My point being, the side channel in my opinion detracts from the set environment, rather subjecting the player to a world of OMG's, general banter and inane memery rather than the macabre scene that ARMA2 and the DayZ mod so naturally create.

Whilst the ability to talk to other players is agreeably an ideal one, I think that in the very least, the side channel (and global channel) should be invisible up until perhaps if the player were to obtain an item such as a walkie talkie or proprietary military device that would allow for the ability for such communication.

In the future, this could even set the basis of global tasks akin to those seen in the more traditional ARMA setting; e.g. Zombies have overrun the radio station that people are using to communicate with the side channel; a group of survivors who aren't too keen on giving up their luxury may need to go in and repair a broken cable that a rat has gnawed or something along those lines.

What are your opinions on the matter?