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#1 Eugine

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Posted 14 January 2008 - 08:38 PM

My suggestion on 'fixing' the Common Room SPAM.

How about having it, so at the top we click 'chat' (by the rules section) then we enter a chatroom like this one at the bottom, just way larger.

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Posted 14 January 2008 - 09:03 PM

i'm in favour of anything that clears out the crap in the common room

perhaps something as simple as a shoutbox?

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Posted 14 January 2008 - 09:13 PM

Hopefully GSW would be our chatroom.

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Posted 14 January 2008 - 09:16 PM

WD brought up the point I was going to state. It would conflict with the purpose of GSW, though I'd be up for the idea of a "shoutbox" as a compromise (which to me sounds like a compromise between "posting" and "chatting"). Actually, I wouldn't mind seeing the Chatroom either (I actually agree with you Eugine, I think it's a great idea), it would just have to be removed when GSW is released.

err, at least I would think so. Any ideas?

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Posted 14 January 2008 - 09:21 PM

I was gonna include in my post "well, until GSW is released" but I didn't want people to say "oh, GSW is neva gonna be released man"

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Posted 14 January 2008 - 09:26 PM

As long as GSW keeps it's intentions as being an interactive chat room and not a big, ambitious game, I don't see a reason it wouldn't come out.

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Posted 14 January 2008 - 10:20 PM

Same.
A shoutbox isn't a bad idea, but I don;t think it'd be big enough to contain the possible amount of spam. Apparently, a single thread wasn't enough.

However, we never had a problem with the Common Room until recently. I'd like to see how the CR moderator thing turns out first.

GSW would be the best alternative though.

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Posted 15 January 2008 - 07:50 AM

Yes, eventually GSW would be the ideal solution. Seeing as that is still several months away at the earliest, I'd be interested in considering a chat solution. I'm not a fan of shoutboxes, however, because they have time duration. A real-time chat disappears once people are done using it, and we don't have to worry about people coming later and seeing all the spam.

I don't have time this moment, but if anyone can find a simple chat tool for IPB, please let me know.

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Posted 15 January 2008 - 04:18 PM

I don't know a whole lot about setting one up, but I think an IRC channel would work relatively well.

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Posted 15 January 2008 - 05:55 PM

That would be nice if I could figure out how to use IRC. I know Firefox comes with an add-on called chatzilla that allows you to talk through IRC.

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Posted 15 January 2008 - 06:59 PM

I could set up a mirc channel relatively quickly, people would just have to use gamesurge. >_>

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Posted 15 January 2008 - 07:06 PM

I think it would be better integrated with the actual site.

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Posted 15 January 2008 - 07:37 PM

Can someone clarify what Eugine is suggesting for me, in my mind he wants a 'chatroom', is that like having a massive MSN conversation?
(I know what a chatroom is, just not in the way he's talking about)

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Posted 15 January 2008 - 07:41 PM

I think he means something like a live shoutbox. So kind of like MSN, except there's only one ongoing conversation and anybody can jump in at any time.

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Posted 15 January 2008 - 07:48 PM

Go to the link in my first post. I was thinking something like that... just way bigger and embedded into the forum so we don't have to register again.

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Posted 15 January 2008 - 08:08 PM

And this is supposed to quell the amount of crap that is the Common Room?

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Posted 15 January 2008 - 08:09 PM

Think 'transfer' rather than 'quell'.

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Posted 15 January 2008 - 08:14 PM

I actually just visited the Common Room, ****, you guys are on a freaking rampage.
Cannot believe you closed the Girlfriend/Boyfriend topic SoT, just hand out some freaking warnings!

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Posted 15 January 2008 - 08:20 PM

That's actually a good point, watch. Nobody really gets warnings around here any more.

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Posted 15 January 2008 - 08:47 PM

Another idea is to get everyone to switch to Firefox, and then use Chatsum. I tried to get this going before, but it fizzled out. It's pretty nifty, and even though it's dead, you should try it out.

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Posted 15 January 2008 - 11:28 PM

Wait, if it's dead, how are we supposed to use it?

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Posted 16 January 2008 - 12:37 AM

FlamingDuck, on Jan 15 2008, 06:47 PM, said: