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I saw the search function, but nothing that would show all public channels to pick and choose from.
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Originally Posted by SerialBeggar
Right click the center of a chat window, in the pop up menu, click "Channel Search". Enter a search pattern, for example 'jus' for Justice. Once you get the results, click on a column header to sort. Join 3-4 of the most populated channels and monitor them for a few weeks to see which has enough activity to suit your needs.
Note: the results only show public channels. Note: you may want to organize them into one of the spare chat windows (ie the 1 2 3 4). You can also create additional Tabs in a chat window by right clicking a Tab and choosing "Add Tab". If you have multiple Tabs, you can split the chat window by right clicking a Tab and choosing "Move to Bottom". Note: once you join a channel, most will default you into "silenced mode". You will need a channel moderator (a player) to unsilence you which should happen within a day. To check for a channel moderator, open your Friends window, then in the drop down menu, choose the global channel. A global name with a "star" icon next to it is a channel moderator. Note: sometimes a channel mod may be in hidden mode to avoid drama. |
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It's not going to show you everything at once. You have to type something into the search and it will give you a list based on that.
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Originally Posted by alyssa_jones
I saw the search function, but nothing that would show all public channels to pick and choose from.
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Can I use a generic by using * to bring all channels up? Or am I just better off going to the established channels first and then branching out?
There are many channels that were created for some reason or other, like SG, theme or activity. Most are pretty empty. In addition, the global chat system is not server specific, so generally you'd want to start with a channel for the server you're on. Until you're branching out to other servers, you don't need to join their channels. Searching for a pattern based on your server name will give you most of them. Of course, there are some like "JFA2010" won't show up if you search for "jus". Once you get on a channel, though, you can ask for other server channel suggestions.
Teams are the number one killer of soloists.
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Putting a * in the search will search for any channel with a * in the name, which I'm not sure is even allowed, so you wont get any results doing it that way. |
Originally Posted by alyssa_jones
Can I use a generic by using * to bring all channels up? Or am I just better off going to the established channels first and then branching out?
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As mentioned above, you could just search for "Justice" or something to find some Justice channels, or it might be beneficial to just visit the Justice Forum and find the thread that lists their most popular global channels.
I'm not familiar with Justice, but a quick search showed that "JFA2010" and "Justice United" seem to be the two current main ones. A handful of the other channels you might find doing a "Justice" search seem to have been merged into those two. That should at least get you started until you play with people and work your way into some of the smaller, private channels.
Note: the results only show public channels.
Note: you may want to organize them into one of the spare chat windows (ie the 1 2 3 4). You can also create additional Tabs in a chat window by right clicking a Tab and choosing "Add Tab". If you have multiple Tabs, you can split the chat window by right clicking a Tab and choosing "Move to Bottom".
Note: once you join a channel, most will default you into "silenced mode". You will need a channel moderator (a player) to unsilence you which should happen within a day. To check for a channel moderator, open your Friends window, then in the drop down menu, choose the global channel. A global name with a "star" icon next to it is a channel moderator. Note: sometimes a channel mod may be in hidden mode to avoid drama.
Teams are the number one killer of soloists.