[iMSystem]

Many of the SC2 teams and such have their own Skype channel dedicated for them so they can chat or whatever.

One thing to note is that these channels have commands associated with them, all of which can be found by typing /help into the chat window.

Now, one major thing with a chat channel is that if a couple of people are engaged in a balance discussion which you might not be apart in, or don't care about, you will get spammed by the sounds of Skype, and the notification windows etc.

There are a couple of ways to prevent this;

One would be to disable all your sound notifications, and / or your pop-up notifications as well.
Two would be to set yourself on DND where you receive nothing at all.

Or Three (my personal favorite) you can type /alertsoff into the chat.

Now what this does is it acts like you're on DND, no notification popups / sounds, but for that specific channel / chat window only.

Wonderful! So now you can get the notifications you want, but not from the channel spam!

Enjoy!

@Asrathiel: It does!

Update: As Stich pointed out, you can also only receive alerts when certain keywords are said in the chat channel. This is done by typing /alertson keyword

Quick Comments

Asrathiel:

Ooh does the /alertsoff work for normal skype conversations too?

[|Erasmus|]

haha, that's cool... maybe i'll stop lurking on appear offline on skype at some point now

[NDG.Stitch]

Haha I set to get notified whenever the word "Stitch" is said. So when they need to find me I'll be notified!

Quick Comments

PiG:

me too! But with pig or jared ofc :)

[Maynarde]

Oh god thank you so much. I don't really like being on Busy to avoid constant notifications because then I miss things that are actually important like calls etc.

/alertsoff
/alertson maynarde ftw

Muchas gracias.

EDIT: Fixed my espanol

Quick Comments

	iMSystem:	That's the main point of this thread! :D
	Frogmite:	muchAs gracias

[TheGentleman]

Nifty, thanks for the tip

[Baldie]

Thanks so much!

Although DND is great I often have Skype minimised/closed due to lack of space on second monitor when casting so I miss stuff >.<

[Another]

i just DND and only read if its short, normally some chats have like 300 posts when i come back.

always check private skype messages and read em all ofc

[sRDante]

I just set myself on busy

[Reere]

This is... incredible. Thank you~!

[TACosmic]

Maynarde always skype call me but has no clothes on help

[ayuruji]

Simple, yet very helpful

[inFeZa]

YAY! awesome tips.

[FS.Kezz]

That's so helpful, thanks

[Ghosty]

Thanks for this, System. This really pissed me off in the past to the point I couldn't be bothered with Skype much.

[Shieldz]

thanks so much :P useful

[mGGDrGooSe]

This thread seems to signify the usefulness of the comment system :P

[Primex]

Very helpful, cheers System. :P

[JiNxXx]

Originally Posted by mGGDrGooSe

This thread seems to signify the usefulness of the comment system :P

it's more fun to post an actual reply then a comment. :P