To all the people who want an "Online Indicator"...

The reason people want online indicators is because it's easier than checking mines. I'm not sure why 90% of people on the forums hate making clash of clans better, but okay...

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Originally Posted by TheCulprit

Alright. First of all, stop whining.
Secondly, there IS an online indicator.
No, it doesn't show the TIME or the DATE or any of that stuff.
Bob: Does it show the location? :rolleyes:
No Bob, it doesn't show the location of the player.
Carl: Does it glow? :rolleyes:
And no Carl, it doesn't glow.

[Names are non-fictitious. Any resemblance is perfectly intended].

Here's the simple trick (and it doesn't always work, but its better than nothing).
Visit the player's base. Look at the amount of resources they have in their mines.
Divide that amount by the number of resources that mine generates per hour.
Voilà... that was how many hours ago that player was online.
Where does this go wrong?

1) The player was attacked recently. Then, try to look for a collector or mine that hasn't been destroyed. Else, just make a guess based on how many resources the mine has.
2) The player JUST got online. Servers take time to show the rebuilt or collected version of the player's village.
3) The player is lazy and doesn't collect resources unless he gets free chips.
4) The player has full storages (heck, why would you kick someone who has those?)

Basically, it is possible to make an approximation about how active the player is or when he was last online. Why do you need a stupid indicator?

Jim: Me stupid. Me no understand. :confused:

Example?
The Culprit visits RandomIdiot's base.
RandomIdiot was attacked and half his village is rubble.
The Culprit looks for a mine that didn't have an health indicator (which means it wasn't attacked).
He clicks on it and views its info.
This mine produced 3000 gold over hour and currently has 90,000 gold produced.
That means RandomIdiot was last online 90000/3000 = 30 hours ago.
The Culprit kicks RandomIdiot out of the clan.
Easy?

If you knew this trick and still wanted an online indicator, please type "Facepalm" in Google and look up the images that pop up. Yes. That's my reaction.

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much cynical many wow

This should be stickied so people stop asking for this ruled out idea!!!:thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by BieberXBeliever

The reason people want online indicators is because it's easier than checking mines. I'm not sure why 90% of people on the forums hate making clash of clans better, but okay...

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Its a ruled out idea

Supercell respects the privacy of its players. The player can say if he/she is online at his/her own will. If they want to stay invisible, let it be. Supercell doesn't have to force everyone to show whether they are online or not. Also, this can lead to abuse to clan members such as "Hey Mark, you are online! Gem up a dragon and donate it to me right now or I'll kick you!" I'm certain that Supercell will do whatever it takes to limit abuse in the game.

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Originally Posted by TheCulprit

Basically, it is possible to make an approximation about how active the player is or when he was last online. Why do you need a stupid indicator?

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It's because some people don't want to use online indicator as "when was this person last on." They want to use it to know who's on without occasionally spamming the chat box. They might also want to use to know who, in general, is on instead of knowing if a specific person is online. Also someone might come on frequently to donate but doesn't collect the resources because shield is up.

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Originally Posted by TheCulprit

Here's the simple trick (and it doesn't always work, but its better than nothing).

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What's better than nothing? This indicator :saywhat:
for being able to detect when someone was last online at least

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Originally Posted by CaptainSport

Supercell respects the privacy of its players. The player can say if he/she is online at his/her own will. If they want to stay invisible, let it be. Supercell doesn't have to force everyone to show whether they are online or not. Also, this can lead to abuse to clan members such as "Hey Mark, you are online! Gem up a dragon and donate it to me right now or I'll kick you!" I'm certain that Supercell will do whatever it takes to limit abuse in the game.

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If they want to stay invisible, they can use an invisible mode. Plus I doubt that kicking case would be common. I wouldn't want to be in a clan that tells members to gem for the leaders convenience either

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Originally Posted by Sirix

If they want to stay invisible, they can use an invisible mode. Plus I doubt that kicking case would be common. I wouldn't want to be in a clan that tells members to gem for the leaders convenience either

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This could lead to more abuse, such as "Turn off your invisibility option or I'll kick you! All member of this clan must have the invisibility option OFF" or "If you have your invisibility option on I will automatically assume you are online".

To respond to the gem for the leader's convenience, the player could potentially have many friends in the clan that they are in currently. The player could be afraid to leave behind all of his/her well known friends.

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Originally Posted by CaptainSport

This could lead to more abuse, such as "Turn off your invisibility option or I'll kick you! All member of this clan must have the invisibility option OFF" or "If you have your invisibility option on I will automatically assume you are online".

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SC can have the status offline on default so that people can come online when they feel like it. That will make it troublesome for leaders to enforce that policy. Some people will come online once in a while to just collect resources and go offline. If leaders kick players for that, it's a sign of bad leadership. Just because something can be abused doesn't mean that it is likely to be prevalent and enough of a reason to say no

For example, wars can (and are) abused with individual players getting easy loot with sniping and moving to the next clan if kicked. They're also abused with entire clans sniping and accepting loses for easy money. Like with online indicators, I'd say the abusable issue is not a good reason alone

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Originally Posted by CaptainSport

To respond to the gem for the leader's convenience, the player could potentially have many friends in the clan that they are in currently. The player could be afraid to leave behind all of his/her well known friends.

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If a clan does that with online indicators, they'd probably do that as soon as someone speaks in the clan so it's not like an indicator will magically cause people to start demanding troops from specific persons

I never liked the idea of an online indicator. Sometimes I just wanna be alone y'know? Not chatting to clanmates or donating, just kinda chilling and trolling in global ��

Also using the collector thing to see if soemones online. Not always accurate but it will give you the idea.:thumbsup: