Realistic use of radios

[Aellerix]

I've seen this happen and it just looks... wrong. People are running around, sitting at a bar and talking on /radio with other people are most likely doing the same. It's definitely an easy way to communicate but it doesn't feel realistic. I've never personally seen someone talk in a radio on the street, or in a restaurant, or at the mall. I'm really sure that most people who fall in this category don't roleplay the radios correctly, as actual radios, but rather use them as a global IC chat. Their characters are definitely not using actual walkie-talkies, they're definitely not in some huge group call and using hands-free headsets. It would be great if people were to abide by some certain (specific) regulations regarding the use of /radio. Maybe having to have a certain clothing item, or just restrict it to whoever actually uses radios (truckers and security guards, for example).

[Quintessential]

Personally I'd ask such people ICly why they were walking around with a HT and the sort. The /r everywhere mentality exists because people got carried away with having /r in the first place, and had no one to remind them both ICly and OOCly that what they're doing was (at times) PG and-- abnormal? I agree with the rule to force people who use radio to have a clothing item on them, could be the waist radio, shoulder-mounted, or even an earpiece. Anything to signal others that you're carrying and using one.

 

Hell, maybe even add a floating text above people's head (only accessible to a person standing literally next to the respective radio) to show radio conversation for certain radio types.

[colorlessrainbow]

It’s certainly weird and should be frowned upon by administrators (if it isn’t the case already). It just kills the immersion in certain situations where Joe_Tyrone uses his radio in the middle of the hood as if it was a chatting application like WhatsApp. 
 

Some sort if restriction should be put in place, otherwise it’ll slowly become the trend across players with no serious intentions or development.

[MasterChief]

I've been told through a /helpme question before that the use of the radio is like an old school CB radio or walkie talkie, not some app on your phone. This should definitely be clarified by someone, it seems.

Edited June 8, 2020 by Chief

[zaXer.]

I hate it as well, people and gangsters use radios out of the nowhere, for no actual reason. I've never seen gangsters talk with walkie talkies. 

[Tseard]

Yeah, should be more looked at. I saw civilians standing in front of me, talking casually on their radio like they were in a chatroom. Just imagine standing on the sidewalk and you see a thirty year old talking on a handheld radio like he is calling someone.

 

Even I in the LSSD am using the cellphone more and more. I don't have full blown conversations on the radio to figure Y or Z out. When I need to figure something out, I call. If I need help from another agency that is not an emergency, 

[DLimit]

Maybe, it should be roleplayed as a Skype call or Discord chat, then.

[colorlessrainbow]

4 minutes ago, DLimit said:

Maybe, it should be roleplayed as a Skype call or Discord chat, then.

Definitely not. It’s a radio, not a skype call.

[Tseard]

3 minutes ago, DLimit said:

Maybe, it should be roleplayed as a Skype call or Discord chat, then.

Why? They use a radio to communicate, not their mobile phone. 

[Matthew]

Yes, yes. It's unrealistic, makes no sense, and radios should only be used in a realistic manner.