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Live chatroom?
Posted: 2002-12-03 02:32pm
by Lord Sauron-Tyranus-Vader
Who would like the addition of a live chatroom to SD.net?
Ups: faster flow of ideas and debating, allows better interaction
Downs: has to be heavily moderated
Posted: 2002-12-03 04:04pm
by Laughing Mechanicus
Gah no, I have enough trouble keeping up with SD.nets errr... unique community as it is...
Posted: 2002-12-03 04:13pm
by Nova Andromeda
--I would like to see a chat board, but I would also like more updates
to the main site. However, if Darth Wong decides he wants it I'm all
for it.
Posted: 2002-12-03 04:16pm
by jodathalas
I dunno. I like the forums better because you actually have time to say something before somebody else interupts.
Posted: 2002-12-03 04:18pm
by Sea Skimmer
Adding one would be a mistake, and is unnecessary
Posted: 2002-12-03 04:40pm
by Majin Gojira
My 2 cents: Don't care. Things are good now.
Posted: 2002-12-03 04:44pm
by Pu-239
What about one on IRC?
Posted: 2002-12-03 05:32pm
by Captain Cyran
Trust me, I chat live sometimes....and with 10 people it turns INSANE and you can hardly tell what is going on and who is saying what not to mention the text you are trying to read keeps scrolling up. That is with just 10 people, imagine 40 people. The only way I can see it working is if the conversations are mainly 1-1.
Posted: 2002-12-03 05:42pm
by Raptor 597
Captain_Cyran wrote:Trust me, I chat live sometimes....and with 10 people it turns INSANE and you can hardly tell what is going on and who is saying what not to mention the text you are trying to read keeps scrolling up. That is with just 10 people, imagine 40 people. The only way I can see it working is if the conversations are mainly 1-1.
Yes, and they are called instant mewssangers.
Posted: 2002-12-03 07:57pm
by Vertigo1
Honestly, it wouldn't be THAT big of a hog on resources. Its just a simple java app. To be perfectly blunt, this forum eats up more memory than a java chat room would.
That being said, a simple IRC server could be setup with relative ease.
Posted: 2002-12-03 11:37pm
by Cal Wright
I had thought of that before. Nothing that is attached directly to the boards or to SD.net. I can't remember where I saw them exaxtly but there were places that allowed that. Either way, I hear people going on that it's confusing, but then again, the msg boards are strange to me since on AoL for a few years instead of the boards, I'd be on chat rooms. Quite insane. heh.
Posted: 2002-12-03 11:42pm
by TrailerParkJawa
It might be cool, but you can post your ICQ # or whatever messenger you use if wanted. If anything I would recomend an IRC channel.
Re: Live chatroom?
Posted: 2002-12-03 11:44pm
by GrandMasterTerwynn
Lord Sauron-Tyranus-Vader wrote:Who would like the addition of a live chatroom to SD.net?
Ups: faster flow of ideas and debating, allows better interaction
Downs: has to be heavily moderated
Eeeeh, are you kidding? Things get hairy enough around here as it is!
Posted: 2002-12-03 11:48pm
by neoolong
Maybe as a companion to the boards. That way if some people want to debate something quicker they can take it to the chatroom. It's really up to Wong though.
Posted: 2002-12-03 11:48pm
by Exonerate
Pu-239 wrote:What about one on IRC?
Great idea. Thats what I was thinking
Posted: 2002-12-06 09:17pm
by Captain Cyran
Something else, the conversations would not be automatically saved on a live chat room.