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Pyong Kawaguchi
June 15th, 2008, 09:05 PM
I think It would be nice to have a chatbox, now for some pro's and cons

Pro's:
Convienient
May stop some shitposting
Allows quicker answers
May stop shitthreads
Con's:
Less Posts
Possible Spam
Idiocy

I hope that we get one though :D

p0lar_bear
June 15th, 2008, 09:44 PM
Eh, I'll think about it.

Syuusuke
June 15th, 2008, 10:25 PM
Where would it be?

Zeph
June 15th, 2008, 10:34 PM
uh, why not just set up an official modacity IRC?

Atty
June 15th, 2008, 10:50 PM
Because the H2vista one failed horribly.

Why don't we all just /i/nvade #gbh? :awesome:

Reaper Man
June 16th, 2008, 04:15 AM
Because the H2vista one failed horribly.

Why don't we all just /i/nvade #gbh? :awesome:
/b/cause, no.

supersniper
June 16th, 2008, 07:47 AM
I like the chat box idea. It would eliminate all topics that are just needed for answering questions. That why it leaves more forum space for useful topic.

PenGuin1362
June 16th, 2008, 10:41 AM
Might not be a bad idea.

Masterz1337
June 16th, 2008, 11:58 AM
I think it could be usefull.

Zeph
June 16th, 2008, 01:01 PM
Because the H2vista one failed horribly.

Why don't we all just /i/nvade #gbh? :awesome:

pro/b/ably because we only had it open months before the game came out. It worked well for a couple of weeks, then everyone got tired of waiting for the release.

Zeph
June 16th, 2008, 01:01 PM
I like the chat box idea. It would eliminate all topics that are just needed for answering questions. That why it leaves more forum space for useful topic.

You might find those topics useless, but for people trying to troubleshoot a problem, they're a godsend.

supersniper
June 16th, 2008, 01:22 PM
Well what I meant was like they don't need to make an entire new topic on it. Instead they can post their question in the chatbox. And because there are SOOO many people online at this website their question will be answered really soon if not right away. It would make things more effective.

Kornman00
June 16th, 2008, 01:28 PM
Most of those people are guests though, and then most of those guests are probably nasty hairy spiders sent by Google Corp and Yahoo Inc to web our bandwidth.

I could only see the chatbox working as a sidebar app, which don't appear when actually browsing the forums.

ima_from_America
June 16th, 2008, 02:20 PM
It could be useful, although it would be a lot easier to just go to a thread then scroll down through a mile of spam just to see a simple question. Then again, that happens a lot in most threads anyway.

supersniper
June 16th, 2008, 07:24 PM
I say we give it a 2 week trial then see how it goes. It never hurts to try.

InnerGoat
June 16th, 2008, 10:34 PM
minus whale give it a try

Zeph
June 17th, 2008, 12:57 PM
I say we give it a 2 week trial then see how it goes. It never hurts to try.

The IRC channel lasted for about two months.

Hotrod
June 17th, 2008, 12:57 PM
I also agree with this idea, it would help make things a lot simpler than having to always use PMs all the time, or always going off topic in threads.

Heathen
June 17th, 2008, 01:14 PM
For those topics that are like

"How do I :words:"
"You :words: the :words: to the :words: and then :words:"
"Kthx +rep"


I think it would be nice to be able to click someones name and + or -rep them then and there also, if is implimented.


It would stop Snaf and Dole like arguments. It could be handled as simple as "Lets take it to the chatbox >:[" Or a mod could pop in and say take it to the box.

p0lar_bear
June 17th, 2008, 01:53 PM
...It could be handled as simple as "Lets take it to the PMs >:["...

ftfy

The more I think about it, the less I think we need it.

Kornman00
June 17th, 2008, 02:11 PM
I just had a subway sandwich and it was AWESOME :o

Syuusuke
June 17th, 2008, 02:46 PM
Hey this ain't no chatbox

StankBacon
June 17th, 2008, 03:33 PM
chatboxes always create more problems then they solve.

i vote no.

Kornman00
June 17th, 2008, 03:41 PM
Hey this ain't no chatbox
Whoops, saw "chatbox" in the title and thought I would start early :-3

Apoc4lypse
June 17th, 2008, 09:14 PM
I say irc channel... thing is, idk judging by how most the newbs act, how many of them know how to use irc?

Heathen
June 17th, 2008, 10:07 PM
Well w/e I probably wouldn't use the damn thing anyways...

n00b1n8R
June 19th, 2008, 06:06 PM
I really don't like chat boxes in general. I've yet to see one that doesn't just divolve into spam.

MNC
June 19th, 2008, 07:11 PM
pro/b/ably because we only had it open months before the game came out. It worked well for a couple of weeks, then everyone got tired of waiting for the release.
Aww, but we're such a toight community now :D

ExAm
June 20th, 2008, 04:53 AM
I say we've got to have some sort of happy medium between the effort it takes to use IRC (which drives users away) and the overconvenience of the little corner chatbox (which generates spam). I say a dedicated chat on a separate page would be good.

Reaper Man
June 20th, 2008, 06:24 AM
I just had a subway sandwich and it was AWESOME :o
Woah man, what kind? My favorite has got to be the turkey/bacon melt :-3

Boba
June 20th, 2008, 09:53 AM
Is it possible for a built in teamspeak? I'm not a big fan of text chatrooms.

Heathen
June 20th, 2008, 09:55 PM
:/ some people dont have mics. I do but meh.

n00b1n8R
June 21st, 2008, 12:33 AM
Woah man, what kind? My favorite has got to be the turkey/bacon melt :-3
I fucking hate subway. blandest sandwich i ever ate. :fail:

ExAm
June 21st, 2008, 01:43 AM
I fucking hate subway. blandest sandwich i ever ate. :fail:
Probably depends on the Subway. The ones around here are fucking awesome.

Reaper Man
June 21st, 2008, 01:47 AM
I fucking hate subway. blandest sandwich i ever ate. :fail:
Wut, last time I went to subway when I was in Australia it was :awesome: (then again, the fact that I got it for free may have enhanced the taste, <3 coupon for foot-long+large drink)

p0lar_bear
June 21st, 2008, 03:12 AM
Has nothing to do with the current line of discussion in this thread, but a shoutbox is something that's going into the "cool toys to put in last" pile.