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Go Easy On Me Here!

Postby ShaneG_old » Sat Aug 30, 2008 11:17 pm

I had to go way back to find a post about this, 2004 I think, but how about a chat room, just for members to keep out the sexual predators and such. I read the full thread on this topic from '04 and there were very valid points for not doing it then, but times and technology have moved forward. Is it possible? Is anyone even interested in this idea?
Just a thought. I suppose the forum is kind of a chat, but something more like a live conversation would be kinda cool.
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Re: Go Easy On Me Here!

Postby ShaneG_old » Tue Sep 02, 2008 8:26 pm

I guess this answers my question. :-/
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Re: Go Easy On Me Here!

Postby Meck » Wed Sep 03, 2008 7:13 am

I'd support it! Though I think some problems might have to be written down in threads to avoid explaining the same topic to each and everyone over and over again...!
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Re: Go Easy On Me Here!

Postby ShaneG_old » Wed Sep 03, 2008 7:42 am

I was thinking something more like the pilots lounge, no flight sim speak allowed, just to avoid that problem, just a place for the regulars to shoot the breeze.
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Re: Go Easy On Me Here!

Postby BFMF » Wed Sep 03, 2008 9:29 am

I personally prefer forums over a chat room
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Re: Go Easy On Me Here!

Postby Wii » Wed Sep 03, 2008 1:07 pm

Forums are a lot more formal than chatrooms...it would be ok but seeing as this is a family friendly site, it would be hard to control the content being put in the chatroom. A chatroom for the paying members only wouldn't be that bad though.
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Re: Go Easy On Me Here!

Postby Boikat » Thu Sep 04, 2008 8:05 am

And with proper moderation (even a robo-mod), anyone who logged in and starts with "ASL?" (Age, Sex, Location?) could get auto-booted/banned.  Besides that, the sex predators would be hard pressed to find victims with this bunch, if that's a major concern.

Asside from the social aspect of just shooting the breeze, I do think a chat is a good idea for Q&A about the sim, too.  Especially when explaining some of the "How To's".

Pirch was (and as far as I know, still has) a pretty good chat system,  allowed for "side chats", and I believe a decent system for filtering, or at the very least allowed "moderators" to boot/ban someone at the drop of an inuendo. In the Science Fiction/Fantasy chat room I participated in, we were all moderators, and when someone's first post was "ASL?", it was a contest to see who'd hit the "kick/ban" button first.
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Re: Go Easy On Me Here!

Postby flyboy 28 » Fri Sep 05, 2008 12:34 pm

I remember this has been brought up before, and whatever the reason was, Pete decided against it. Or something. I don't recall. :P
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Re: Go Easy On Me Here!

Postby ShaneG_old » Mon Sep 08, 2008 12:56 pm

yes there was, I had to search through every post here to find mention of a chat room back in 2004!
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Re: Go Easy On Me Here!

Postby tcco94 » Mon Sep 08, 2008 11:20 pm

I like the idea just I love how we credited for our posts..
Thats probally just me because ive never been so close to 1000 posts..

I feel like people like me here  ;D
If we had a vote though Id support it but if it means the forums stop the posts and noone goes on here as much I would pick the forums..
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Re: Go Easy On Me Here!

Postby flyboy 28 » Tue Sep 09, 2008 8:51 am

[quote]I like the idea just I love how we credited for our posts..
Thats probally just me because ive never been so close to 1000 posts..

I feel like people like me here
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Re: Go Easy On Me Here!

Postby NitroPower » Fri Oct 03, 2008 9:14 pm

WHy a chat room, when we have a perfectly good off topic forum?
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Re: Go Easy On Me Here!

Postby Fozzer » Sun Oct 05, 2008 5:14 am

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Re: Go Easy On Me Here!

Postby ShaneG_old » Sun Oct 05, 2008 7:46 am

I forgot all about this post! ;D After spending more time here and also visiting another chat room, I've changed my mind, chat rooms are too chaotic! :-[ ;D I think I like the peacful format of the forums better.
Thanks for looking and responding though! ;) ;D
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Re: Go Easy On Me Here!

Postby Wii » Sun Jan 04, 2009 11:51 pm

I forgot all about this post! ;D After spending more time here and also visiting another chat room, I've changed my mind, chat rooms are too chaotic! :-[ ;D I think I like the peacful format of the forums better.
Thanks for looking and responding though! ;) ;D

We can always use our FS server as a chat room. Using FSHost to open it up and there is the chat box.

So we already have a chatroom. :o ;D
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