TheForgottenAngel Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Dear Brothers that frequent the Bolter and Chainsword, We need a chat box to allow us to waste countless hours talking to each other and build better and stronger bonds world wide. Yours truly, CW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurgan the Lurker Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 You have a PM system that allows multiple people to participate in a single conversation. You don't need chat nor will there be chat here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conn Eremon Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 The amount of participants in the message system is pretty limiting, however. It was wholly inadequate for me recently. But it really isn't an important thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dosjetka Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 The amount of participants in the message system is pretty limiting, however. It was wholly inadequate for me recently. I had the same problem a couple of days ago. If there's a way to up the number of participants allowed in a PM, that would be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovemberIX Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 What about a semi-official IRC room? Not really advertised on the forum itself but run with tacit acknowledgement of the admins that as long as there are no shenanigans we can use a name like #ezBnC or some variation there of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother dean Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 A chatbox is almost impossible to moderate if someone comes in and posting inappropriate stuff... Bad Idea. Go to MSN or anyother chat software for your group discussions. They already exist and you guys can have it open in another window while having the main B&C thread up too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olis Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Well put Brother dean. It is unfortunate that the limitations of the PM system do not meet requirements sometimes needed but them's the breaks, I'm afraid. There's always other options. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aqui Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Well put Brother dean. It is unfortunate that the limitations of the PM system do not meet requirements sometimes needed but them's the breaks, I'm afraid. There's always other options. I used to help run a few irc chat rooms and to be honest, it's time consuming, costly (or at least some channels expect the user to pay) and largely redundant. More modern chat room software cost even more, are resource hungry and unless someone is in Moderating twenty four - seven, can be a minefield of problems. I can understand that the PM system might be limiting, but it's better than irc Channels *shudder* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurgan the Lurker Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 What about a semi-official IRC room? Not really advertised on the forum itself but run with tacit acknowledgement of the admins that as long as there are no shenanigans we can use a name like #ezBnC or some variation there of.No chat, official or unofficial. Chat just pulls people away from using the board itself. If you want to chat in that way, you have Google Hang outs and Skype and all those other messenger programs. We could consider upping the participant # in a multi-pm but don't expect that to happen fast if we decide to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother dean Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 Well put Brother dean. It is unfortunate that the limitations of the PM system do not meet requirements sometimes needed but them's the breaks, I'm afraid. There's always other options. I used to help run a few irc chat rooms and to be honest, it's time consuming, costly (or at least some channels expect the user to pay) and largely redundant. More modern chat room software cost even more, are resource hungry and unless someone is in Moderating twenty four - seven, can be a minefield of problems. I can understand that the PM system might be limiting, but it's better than irc Channels *shudder* and the server doesnt have problems as it is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conn Eremon Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 What about a semi-official IRC room? Not really advertised on the forum itself but run with tacit acknowledgement of the admins that as long as there are no shenanigans we can use a name like #ezBnC or some variation there of. No chat, official or unofficial. Chat just pulls people away from using the board itself. If you want to chat in that way, you have Google Hang outs and Skype and all those other messenger programs. We could consider upping the participant # in a multi-pm but don't expect that to happen fast if we decide to do it. As nifty as it would be if it was increased, I don't believe it would be a priority by any means. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dosjetka Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 As nifty as it would be if it was increased, I don't believe it would be a priority by any means. Agreed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inquisitor Ehrenstein Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Chat scripts are extremely resource consuming; most shared hosting providers ban them, or at least have a de facto ban on them, as using them will result in getting banned for being a resource hog. I set up an IRC server, and I have a 40k channel for it. If it's alright with the staff here, I could look into setting up a B&C channel or server for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurgan the Lurker Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 There isn't going to be a B&C Chat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inquisitor Ehrenstein Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Yeah, there's really no viable option. On server – Too much resource consumption Off server – Still requires admins to maintain Community run off server – Obvious problem with the name being used in something not regulated by the staff I'd say make your own thing (your own name) on a free IRC channel provider and have a separate community for those who want to join. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hallodx Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Or maybe we can just have a iframe showing like twitter with certain # tag? You can find such things all around! It doesn't eat up resources, but add some talking function. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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