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Moving Nickname Idea by grunge on 08-16-2005 at 06:00 AM

First question, is there a plugin to create moving nicknames?

Now. I dont know how to explain this but I'll try. I got this idea of making a moving nickname by the "What I'm Listening to" options. So here is it.

Create a few 3 seconds mp3s. Name the TAGs as follows:

g.mp3
g r.mp3
g r u.mp3
and so on until g r u n g e.mp3

So if i play it on winamp, repeating every mp3s in order, I should get a moving words on the "What I'm Listening to" part of my nick. Has anyone done that or has a better idea? Because other ppl wont see

g
g r
g r u
g r u n
g r u n g
g r u n g e

with 3 seconds delay but instead they will see

g r
g r u n
g r u n g e

with a 7 seconds delay on each nick.

ah anyway. somebody pls give me your opinion.


RE: Moving Nickname Idea by dylan! on 08-16-2005 at 06:14 AM

i like it it actaully sounds kinda cool..u try it out yet?


RE: Moving Nickname Idea by grunge on 08-16-2005 at 06:45 AM

yeah. Although I made 3 seconds mp3s for each nick,
Other people will see a delay of 7 seconds between each nick
and they can only see gr, grun, grunge,
Instead of the full g, gr, gru, grun, grung, grunge.
The 7 seconds delay made the moving nick look very unnoticeable. I dont know whether its my comp or my mp3s. Somebody else pls try out.

ps: to get 3 seconds mp3s, just download 80-90kb of the full mp3 then cancel it.


RE: Moving Nickname Idea by L. Coyote on 08-16-2005 at 06:55 AM

It's the connection. Each time you update your nickname, it gets sent to the server, then to your contacts. This will make your nickname be updated a couple of seconds later for your contacts (depends on your connection and their connection).

It's not a very reliable thing to make because of that. Also, there is a limit of updates per minute (in the nick).