i am trying to do what everyone wants on this one an
d it just is not working out... i have had people m
ention it onlist and practically beg me offlist...

but, what is it you want?

i am not assigning a once a day thing because everyo
ne is in different time zones on different schedules
...
twice a day would be pretty much the same...
so, that means 4, 6, 8 times a day...
like suggesting @000, @250, @500, @750
or @333, @666, @999
or even 12, 3, 6, 9, am and pm, gmt/utc

or that leaves a certain time a couple days a week o
r whatever and that feels like some kind of "group m
eeting" and i am not going to organize all that...
i figured whoever wanted group chat was going to mak
e it happen...

i am not even sure what a chat room is wanted for...
the use i can see for it is that perhaps non-membe
rs or people passing through would pop in and ask qu
estions or something...

and i would rather just have no "suggested times"...
but, that only works for pc... on pc, chat is a t
otally different affair... you can surf and irc at
the same time... dc just can't do this... so, i am
getting a WHOLE lot of "well, i went in when you sa
id to, but no one was there so i left"... well, of
course... a dc'er can only do one or the other...
so, perhaps 20 of you popped in for one moment and l
eft and all missed each other...
and then i get people emailing me getting mad that n
o one is there and one person getting mad at ME for
not showing up, saying it was my responsibility as "
webmaster" or "moderator" or "leader" or something (
some people never learn, or else can't read) to show
up or at least make sure i set up times where peopl
e WILL show up... look, everyone, NO ONE here has "
responsibilities"... people sling quite a bit of ab
use around here making demands and wanting to know W
HEN this or that is being taken care of... no one i
s paying us and no one has agreed to any deal to bre
ak...
and as far as me being in there, i rarely to nevr ch
at... i don't understand what so many guys are doin
g so much chatting for, but, that is your affair, i
am trying to do what you are asking for...
now, kefka took it upon himself to sort of "prop the
room open", making sure someone was always in there
... i have asked if anyone wants to set us up a cha
nnel with a bot and no one can or has... (for me, t
hat is the end, but, again, i am trying to do what o
thers want here...)

so, at this point, (which is where i have been all a
long actually) i just don't see where irc is all tha
t useful for a dc'er...

you know, this all started in june or so and chat wa
s something that came up very early... and was very
soon deemed hopeless and abandoned... since that f
irst time, i am guessing it has come up, in one way
or another, 5 or 6 times... every time, deemed a fa
ilure... we have had people offer to set us up a ch
annel, people disagree about where to meet, and time
s, different things that one browser can do that oth
ers can't... a whole mess... well, i figured maybe
if i tried it all and stuck with it, it could work
out, but, i am just not getting ideas and cooperatio
n from those who keep wanting it...

at this point, i think integrating ourselves with so
meone else's chatroom would be good, but, no one els
e does this stuff... i don't know of any group of p
eople who are even close... they are either too tec
hnical or too game-oriented...


so, this is it... last chace i am willing to do som
ething to make it happen...
so, it is time to submit any ideas...
i have already taken the suggestion of every 100 bea
ts down... and the url chat link was taken down a w
eek or two ago...
if anyone has ideas for how this should happen, now
is the time to mention them...





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