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Post by CoconutCurry on Mar 8, 2012 3:31:12 GMT -7
Someone's asked about getting an IRC chatroom set up for MineColony. I'm not sure there'd be enough interest to actually set one up, but I figured I should run it by you guys. I don't actually know a lot about IRC, so I'd be considering other chat options first. The pros: - More of a community feel when you can live-chat with people
- Instant answers to questions!
The cons: - I'm not sure how to handle moderation. I can get a bot running, but I don't actually have a lot of experience with that, so I'm not sure how well that'd work. I cannot be online all day, every day, watching a chatroom... and I don't know if we'd have enough people interested in, much less capable of, moderating a chatroom to cover all the timezones.
- Most people aren't online at the same time.
- All the people posting to the board without searching for their problem, or who are just asking "WHY IS IT NOT UPDATED YET ?!?!?! OMGWTFBBQ!!!" are going to post to the chat.
So, what you you guys think? You are free to change your vote until this poll is locked. Votes will not display until the poll is locked. The poll will automatically lock in 11 days (sometime on the day of March 19).
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Post by thebigwuss on Mar 8, 2012 3:37:08 GMT -7
I don't know about that, never used irc before, but i know exactly what it looks like, and what it can do.... i wouldnt probably pop in once or twice and if there werent any people on it i would just log off and never go there again... its only good if there are active people?
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Post by rscott6666 on Mar 8, 2012 7:47:25 GMT -7
I should mention that every now and then i frequent the minecraft modders IRC site. Its on irc.esper.net. There are a couple of chat channels there, i think theres a generic minecraft channel as well as the more modding-focused channels. I *think* you can make your own channels. if someone wants to look into that site, you might not need to do any work at all.
If you go to the modding area, they can be helpful, but are not too forgiving.
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Post by swatacular on Mar 8, 2012 8:26:25 GMT -7
If you go to the modding area, they can be helpful, but are not too forgiving. What does THAT mean? ;D
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Post by Vega Sera on Mar 8, 2012 9:15:37 GMT -7
I do believe that proboards has an option for a chat room. However on my old forums, when I did implement it, it was always empty and never moderated.
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Post by rscott6666 on Mar 8, 2012 15:33:53 GMT -7
When i'm in the esper chat server, I will see if i can create a #minecolony channel. Even if #minecolony is underpopulated, i can always check out the other channels. I usually listen to 2 or 3 at a time anyway.
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Post by CoconutCurry on Mar 20, 2012 14:34:47 GMT -7
Ok. Voting is closed, more people want a chat than not. I'm going to try out the chatroom that more or less comes with proboards. On the top of the page, in that big title bar thing there's an icon for it. Next to the logout button.
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