ClassicLFG Add-On

[Autrwarrior-atiesh]

They did.

They had no problem with it simple being a way to filter lfg chat (which is essentially what it does).

What they broke is the automated inviting it was doing.

[Oðòóôõöøðòóô-thrall]

didnt we already go thru this where blizzard said it doesnt want this / that its against the whole design philosophy of community.

[Bluebarymore-incendius]

This add-on is designed by your typical developer who puts tech before civilization. This is why your entire life is being catalogued by the NSA now. Enjoy your totalitarian regime that makes 1984 look like child’s play.

spoken like a true fascists. did you even read 1984? internet and is how how the goverment is controlling us.

[Galdor-maelstrom (Galdor)]

Ahhh, sounds good to me.

[Autrwarrior-atiesh]

The creator redesigned it. Same name but it functions differently now. It’s basically just a chat parser that filters the lfg chat. So you don’t miss people lfg through all the other stuff.

[Oðòóôõöøðòóô-thrall]

Gotchya - found the post too for anyone interested:

@Bornakk

We’ve been closely following the community discussion around this add-on for WoW Classic, as well as analyzing it to make sure we understand how it works. After careful examination, we believe the nature of ClassicLFG is incompatible with our social design for Classic. Thus, in an upcoming patch (in the weeks following launch), we will be adding restrictions to the Classic add-on API that will significantly limit this add-on and others like it.

In line with what we shared at BlizzCon last year, we intend to be very careful about allowing add-on functionality that might undermine aspects of the social dynamics that are core to the Classic experience, even in cases like this where it’s clear that the addon author had no ill intent and was simply trying to provide a service to the Classic community. Ultimately, if a streamlined group-finding system was something we considered compatible with Classic, we would have kept the modern Premade Group Finder tool rather than choosing to remove it from the Classic client.

It’s difficult to articulate a clear-cut rule for exactly when an add-on crosses the line. However, when an add-on goes beyond presenting information or providing aesthetic customization, and attempts to create an interconnected social network that relies on other players also using that same add-on, we are likely to scrutinize it particularly closely.

[Bluebarymore-incendius]

its funny that people who want a system to aid in helping to find groups is “against the spirit of classic wow” but multi boxing, which is basically pay to win is completely ok.

[Hamicide-dalaran]

This add-on is designed by your typical developer who puts tech before civilization. This is why your entire life is being catalogued by the NSA now. Enjoy your totalitarian regime that makes 1984 look like child’s play.

Comparing a mod in a video game to a totalitarian government. Yikes.

[Spòóky-netherwind]

I was just think today how much I love BGs, and how I really don’t want to walk into the instance and just wait for enough people to join. And while on the topic, I see no reason PvP shouldn’t yield XP. I think that was one of the best things they ever did.

[Autrwarrior-atiesh]

Multiboxing isn’t against classic.

It was part of vanilla and allowed.

[Nupe-mankrik]

It’s one of 2 things:

1 - to show everyone that the whole streamer meltdown was a big to do over nothing, but the streamers enjoyed the publicity.

2 - to rub it in some more because the doomsayers rubbed it in pretty hard when Blizz announced they were breaking it.

I was never against the add on, and I defended it more than once. And even when Blizz said they’d break part of it, I knew the meat and potatoes would still be there. It was just never that bad. That said, I haven’t bothered to try it yet, lol.

[Eritraya-bloodsail-buccaneers]

I use puggle, I like how it looks more :>

[Cleolinda-wyrmrest-accord]

lmao “you like convenience when finding a group in world of warcraft QED it’s a 1984 police state”

Sounds to me like someone needs a nap.

[Rougaroux-grobbulus]

Never takes me more than 10 minutes.

[Grumbledor-sulfuras]

lazy, lazy, lazy.

I didn’t know pushing keys on a keyboard to form a raid was considered work.

[Ljus-amanthul]

Considering thats how we got groups back then unless you had a good guild and/or established friends list…

But i play a healer with a pocket tank. There was however, that one night where i couldn’t for the life of me get a third dps for BFD…

[Fearoftdark-herod]

Correct me if I’m wrong. This addon is just a chat parser right?

It watches chat for you looking for groups forming and display it in a convenience form - in addition to helping you spam LFG announcements.

Yeah

[Tio-old-blanchy]

pro-tip
macro the boxer’s healer’s name when you learn it.
then he becomes an xp grind.

[Tio-old-blanchy]

and targetted!
easy honor once you learn their names.

[Bluebarymore-incendius]

Multiboxing isn’t against classic.

It was part of vanilla and allowed

you completely miss the point, and its ok.