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Discussion in 'The Red Room' started by Ancalagon, Jan 11, 2014.

  1. Ancalagon

    Ancalagon Scalawag Administrator Formerly Important

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    So do people what chat back? It appears that is something we could bring back relatively easily. But would people actually use it? And is there anyone that wants to make running it their thing (pssst, @shootER only releases the boring threads, there are like 500 AWESOME threads in the shelter, where we diss on everyone, have knockdown drag out fights, share secrets, there are tons of shelter whores and manwhores posting naked pics, we release all sorts of dirt on posters there, it's really unbelievable and YOU really want access!).
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  2. John Castle

    John Castle Banned Writer

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  3. tafkats

    tafkats scream not working because space make deaf Moderator

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    What about, instead of an IRC channel, one of those little chat apps that's integrated into the site? It shows up when you visit and you can either participate or not as you choose. There's one on http://myedmondsnews.com.
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  4. evenflow

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    Is there a way to incorporate Google hangouts into the site?
  5. gul

    gul Revolting Beer Drinker Administrator Formerly Important

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    Fuck google and it's various attempts to take over the Interwebs.
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  6. NAHTMMM

    NAHTMMM Perpetually sondering

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    I would be interested in chatting again.
  7. The Original Faceman

    The Original Faceman Lasagna Artist

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    No
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  8. John Castle

    John Castle Banned Writer

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    Shyaddap, nobody asked ya and your face smells stupid.
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  9. Borgs

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    I won't deny, I do feel a little bit smug watching standalone features getting casually thrown away and forgotten. This is probably why wordforging is not so healthy for me...

    Does anyone remember the scrolling browser status 'come chat now ==== blah' javascript I'd enable? Fun times :D
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    gul Revolting Beer Drinker Administrator Formerly Important

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    I was never a big fan of chat. Although if we could get some of the Wordforge divas to do naked video chat, that I'd log in for.
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  11. Ancalagon

    Ancalagon Scalawag Administrator Formerly Important

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    @John is something like that possible?
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  12. evenflow

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    Point of order, "divas" does not equate to "drama queens."
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  13. gul

    gul Revolting Beer Drinker Administrator Formerly Important

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    I'm using it to mean hotties.
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  14. Amaris

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    Yes, it is. There are a couple of chat application options we could employ, from the very simple, to the complex.
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    tafkats scream not working because space make deaf Moderator

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    Naked webcam shows with Skrain Dukat and his Lesbian Shoes of Doom?
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  16. K.

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    Well, I've never been that into chat before, but if you manage to make it really, ridiculously complicated...
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  17. Ancalagon

    Ancalagon Scalawag Administrator Formerly Important

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    Is there anyway to just have a window that's open on the main page, on the right underneath the profile pics, who's online, etc?
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  18. Amaris

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    Yes. That can be done.
  19. Nova

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    I loved the chat, until the thing arbitrarily decided not to work for me, for some technical reason a second grader could no doubt have solved if i'd had one handy, but which only frustrated me.

    The integrated chat ap sounds like a great idea.
  20. The Original Faceman

    The Original Faceman Lasagna Artist

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    It's true that Elwood and Nick conspired to steal the board from you, right?
  21. Nova

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    Yes but some of us divas fall well short of "hot"...might need to be a bit more specific, lest something unsettling happens ;)
  22. Ancalagon

    Ancalagon Scalawag Administrator Formerly Important

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    When you have the time, let's try it out.
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  23. Dinner

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    That's better than regular IRC because everyone would see it where as most people would never actually use a separate IRC room.
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