Chesto Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 I think I already know the answer, but I'm going to ask the question. How difficult would it be to set up chat channels, or private chat rooms here on the Nexus? I know, I know... i can go to all those other places that have what I'm asking for. It is just that here is where all my cyber-friends are. I would even be willing to have to stumble over the addtional advertisements which would probably be required to fund it. I would even < draws deep breath > be willing to pay to have them. Because this is where I like to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samroski Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 I think I already know the answer, but I'm going to ask the question. How difficult would it be to set up chat channels, or private chat rooms here on the Nexus? I know, I know... i can go to all those other places that have what I'm asking for. It is just that here is where all my cyber-friends are. I would even be willing to have to stumble over the addtional advertisements which would probably be required to fund it. I would even < draws deep breath > be willing to pay to have them. Because this is where I like to be. Though I like the option of instant communication (as in Eve Online), in forums you are more likely to meet your friends. Especially when many of us are in different time zones. Having said that, the question to ask is, "what will nexus loose by having chat channels?" I will probably rarely use them- but it opens up the possibility of hosting real-time events, get togethers, discussion groups etc. edit: added "real-time" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chesto Posted June 9, 2008 Author Share Posted June 9, 2008 hey sam... how is life in space...so..no technical problems present themselves vis a vis chat channels... oh and the will of Dark One to want to devote yet more of his limited time to something like this.. perhaps i should have started a poll... if only i knew how... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carah Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 That is a great idea, and i would use it everyday, and help with funding to get it going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chesto Posted June 9, 2008 Author Share Posted June 9, 2008 that's the way, C, lets talk this thing into existence! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Povuholo Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 I'm pretty sure there used to be one, back in early 2007 I think.. Maybe longer ago, maybe less. I don't remember what happened to it. The only thing I know is that it was around before the release of SupCom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisnpuppy Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 I dont know about the golden olden days...but I wish we had chat. Think it would be cool. I am a paid for lifer but I'd be willing to pay a bit more for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IamBatosai Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Yeah. There use to be an IRC channel you could chat on awhile ago Povuholo. But an actual chat feature would be nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vagrant0 Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 The only issue I see with this is the difficulty in moderating it. There are enough little kids running around posting nonesense in threads and comments. Wouldn't take long for one of them to find, and then make use of any sort of chat system. If anything like this were to be setup, it would probably benefit more from being administered by people outside the Nexus staff, and from not being related to any particular community. A community wide chat channel, with the number of people we have around here, would be absolute chaos. Most things chat, are best with fewer than 20 people talking at once. Meaning that it would be more fitting for smaller sections of the community. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LHammonds Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 I wouldn't be interested in forum chat or moderating it. That's why I use Yahoo, MSN or Trillian IM when communicating in real-time with my buddies but it is rare (even on a team) that chat is necessary except at the design / brainstorming stage. I suppose one way to handle this without requiring Dark0ne to program something is to setup a thread like this one that contains the necessary information for those interested in chatting. Maybe a link to a chatroom page that shows just Oblivion-related rooms and how many people are in them and such. I currently have a couple of clunky web-based chat apps on my site right now: chat test 1 and chat test 2. I'll see if it is easy to get a Jabber Web-Chat page setup. As Vagrant0 has mentioned, moderating such a beast would be the biggest hurdle to overcome. LHammonds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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