About the request line

[eymas]

I am furious about people being impatient about their requests.

On the DJ's planned show. He can play his music and open the request lines when he wants to.

If the request line is closed. That means you cannot request a song. Not via /pm, /phone, /sms or the public chat. If you keep bugging the DJ with "open requests plz" or "play this song" Then he will not hesitate to deny it.

But after the events today I am furious.

DJ's have the free choice to open and close the request line. And only the DJ Decides it. Not you.
If you constantly bug the DJ to open it. Expect punishment.

The Provoking of "Fake DJ" Is clearly Idiotic,
This means that if he does not want to do what you want that he is a fake DJ?
That is ridiculous.
There are no "Fake" DJ's and there is no possibility.

Next time a DJ Broadcasts, Respect him and his choice.

[murdoxix]

Yes... Or sometimes we have 10 requests and all the people PMing (or something like) 'hey, play my song", etc...

[Radagast]

In addition to the above, a "request" is exactly that. It's not a guarantee that the requested song will be played, nor is it your right to have your request played.

request/riˈkwest/
Noun:   
An act of asking politely or formally for something.
Verb:   
Politely or formally ask for.


Those who spam the request lines because their song hasn't yet been aired, and those who think their song should (for some reason known only to them) be played, will be banned from listening to the radio and requesting songs.

We are here to provide a service to the whole Argonath community and beyond - across every server (and even a few internet listeners who don't even play here), not just for one or two players. Songs requested, if accepted, are played in the order received. There's no need to send the same request more than once, or to bug DJs about when it will be played. Any comments about requests not being aired quickly enough will result in your request being moved to the back of the DJ's track queue.

Also, I'd like to add that as we're here to serve the whole audience, we play music from every genre (within reason, or unless a show is dedicated to one certain type of music). Punishments will also be issued to those who shit on others' requests because they are heavy metal, then moan when their rap or nigga music isn't played. A part of serving such a diverse community with clearly diverse musical interests is being able to play music for every person, whatever the genre. Often the ones who shit on one genre because they don't like it, are the ones who can't take people shitting on their request. Politeness and courtesy cost nothing, and many of you would be better off learning that.

Additionally, any player harassing a DJ's in-game PM, forum PM, website PM, or insulting or provoking them in public or local chat will be dealt with by way of punishments. This is a service which is provided free of charge by DJs who dedicate their free time to try and please the majority while you play a game. It's much more difficult than it looks, and isn't just a case of pressing play and walking away. Planning a show requires time and effort, and executing a radio show requires patience and a calm mind. None of these things are helped by people who think they know the best way of doing everything, and have nothing of value to say. If you think you can do it better, feel free to apply here when applications open. But don't be surprised if you're accepted and receive no support from fellow team members. Those wishing to report abuse (by players or DJs) should e-mail: [email protected].

Finally, those players who insist on requesting the same songs, day in, day out should really buy an MP3 player which can hold more than 5 songs. Variety is key, and don't be surprised to see DJs deny tracks which are constantly requested every day (indeed DJs are advised not to play the same track more than once in a show), as this constant requesting of the same songs by the few leads to a considerable waste of DJs' time.

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tl;dr: A request is exactly that; and nothing more. Buy a dictionary to distinguish in future. Abuse isn't tolerated towards any DJ - report it to the leaders: [email protected]. Play fair, and be tolerant. This is a motto which many players should adopt - because it's not happening in a number of cases.

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DJ Janek, DJ Hess, DJ Jonny
(Argonath Radio Management)

[Hess]

In addition to the above posts, please remember that when you request a song, there are usually many other people requesting songs too. Therefore, it will take TIME to get your request on air, as there is usually a queue.

1 song goes for approximately 4 minutes on average (estimation). Now, often people are requesting songs more frequently than that, which means the queue builds faster than the songs can be aired. Obviously the longer the queue is, the longer it will take newly requested songs to be played.

I've dealt with queues that have had over 20 songs (not because I was slow at airing them, but because they were just coming in too frequently). Now, 20 songs... 4 minutes each... thats 80 minutes, over 1 hour. Meaning that if another person was to request a song, they would have to wait at least 1 hour to get that song played. Now obviously this is just an example, but please remember even if there are only 4-5 songs on the queue, it will take at least 20 minutes to get yours aired (assuming the DJ is going through the queue in order).

So I guess what I'm trying to say is, please be patient with your requests, and also remember that there is a chance it won't be played.

Also, if you send a request through www.argonathradio.com, you are able to check the status of it (most DJ's will update this as they go).

[CrUpt3d_$oUL]

Since when we gotta pay for requesting a song on Govt Radio.

[Marcel]

Time for that ‘DJ’ to be removed.