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Posted By : Christopher_Heath - 7/21/2007 11:45 PM

That would make things a bit more livelier around here. I haven't been posting as much as lurking these past few months as my work schedule drastically increased, but things are loosening up now. I hope to be posting more, and it'd be nice to have a chat room. Is this in the realm of possibility?

Christopher M. Heath

"Azieran: Adairos" in Tower of Light Fantasy Magazine

"Azieran: Savior in a Flask" in Mages and Mechanica by Ricasso Press

"Azieran: The Travelers Four" in Black Dragon, White Dragon by Ricasso Press

"Azieran: The Breaking of Hell's Bones" in Black Sails by 1018 Press

"Azieran: Distilling the Essence" in Sails and Sorcery by Fantasist Enterprises

"Azieran: The Conquerors" in Chimaera Serials

"Azieran: Pawn of the Serpentine Witch" in Chronicles of Fantasy by ComStar Media

"Azieran: Sentinel of an Ageless Reign" in Chronicles of Fantasy by ComStar Media

"Azieran: The Lakeshorn Mirrors" in Chronicles of Fantasy by ComStar Media

"Azieran: Crestfallen in Mal'kyrrik" serialized novella in Forgotten Worlds

+ others

Posted By : Rob Santa - 7/22/2007 9:35 AM

I've been asking the same question. Whenever I see some familiar names logged in at the bottom of the screen I think it would be nice to stop and say hi.

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Posted By : Daniel - 7/22/2007 10:46 AM

http://www.sfreader.com/sfr_chat.asp

It's been here for YEARS. No-one ever uses it.

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Daniel

Posted By : crystalwizard - 7/22/2007 2:04 PM

I like the way google-chat works. Just just mouse over a name of someone that's on your contact list and active, and you get a chat window with them. You can either leave it attached to the main gmail window, in which case each person gets a string of emails going back and forth, or you can detach it and have a chat window.

Would be nice to have something like that on here.

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Posted By : Swashbuckler - 7/22/2007 4:20 PM

I've popped into the chat room a dozen times or so and never once found anyone there.

Perhaps it would gain popularity if someone scheduled a specific chat .... "Thursday at nine, join us to pick the new Harry Potter book apart" ... or, "Friday at 10 p.m., chat with Armand Rosamilia about Carnifex Press and its upcoming projects" or a particular author or whatever. That might increase awareness.

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Posted By : crystalwizard - 7/22/2007 4:22 PM

Swashbuckler said...
I've popped into the chat room a dozen times or so and never once found anyone there.

Perhaps it would gain popularity if someone scheduled a specific chat .... "Thursday at nine, join us to pick the new Harry Potter book apart" ... or, "Friday at 10 p.m., chat with Armand Rosamilia about Carnifex Press and its upcoming projects" or a particular author or whatever. That might increase awareness.

I nominate Steve to put a few chats together and talk everyone into showing up!

Posted By : Swashbuckler - 7/23/2007 1:55 AM

Sorry, CrystalWizard ... you haven't seen my "to-do" list, have you?

But I imagine anyone who wants to come up with a good topic and set a time could gather a crowd with enough advance notice and an invitation on the board here.

Steve Goble

Visit my blog, Swords Against Boredom, for news on published fiction and upcoming stories.

Posted By : erazmus - 7/23/2007 11:53 AM

I'll start trying to log on when I here. WE will see if tht works. I suggest other do the same.
Mike

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Posted By : crystalwizard - 7/23/2007 12:03 PM

I just realized that I can't find the chat link any where on the forums pages. I thought it was at the top, by home and calender, but it's not. Where did you guys find it?

Posted By : erazmus - 7/23/2007 12:11 PM

Link from Daniel. we need on on the forum page

Posted By : Dave - 7/23/2007 5:51 PM

i'll see about getting the link into the forums; bear in mind that the forums is a purchases COTS app and there's a very limited amount of customization I can do.

Suggest using the forums calendar feature to schedule chats - you'll find that link at the top of the forums pages

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Posted By : Christopher_Heath - 7/24/2007 8:17 AM

Heh, I never knew there was a chat room for these boards. Like others have said, if it was more prominently integrated with the forum, perhaps people would decide to use it more often.

Christopher M. Heath

"Azieran: Adairos" in Tower of Light Fantasy Magazine

"Azieran: Savior in a Flask" in Mages and Mechanica by Ricasso Press

"Azieran: The Travelers Four" in Black Dragon, White Dragon by Ricasso Press

"Azieran: The Breaking of Hell's Bones" in Black Sails by 1018 Press

"Azieran: Distilling the Essence" in Sails and Sorcery by Fantasist Enterprises

"Azieran: The Conquerors" in Chimaera Serials

"Azieran: Pawn of the Serpentine Witch" in Chronicles of Fantasy by ComStar Media

"Azieran: Sentinel of an Ageless Reign" in Chronicles of Fantasy by ComStar Media

"Azieran: The Lakeshorn Mirrors" in Chronicles of Fantasy by ComStar Media

"Azieran: Crestfallen in Mal'kyrrik" serialized novella in Forgotten Worlds

+ others

Posted By : Firlefanz - 7/24/2007 12:17 PM

Well, on other boards it works best to set a regular time for chats. Those who can make it, just come in.

On the other hand - and I'm not trying to take anything away from you, Dave - I run my own irc chat, and everyone is welcome to look in. (I'm there when I'm awake and at home.) If it's okay, I'll post the details here.

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Posted By : erazmus - 7/24/2007 2:56 PM

I've logged onto the chat here, but I'll never be able to use it much, I time out and get put to bed too quickly. I chat as I surf, pausing for reading forum threads and posting responces, and this chat is just too needy for me.
Had a nice chat with Crystal Wizard on it though.
Mike

Posted By : crystalwizard - 7/24/2007 3:51 PM

I second mike's comment. it's a nice chat room, but I can't concentrate on just it and it times out after a short time. Otherwise I'd just load it and leave it up, then keep part of an eye on it to talk to whoever if anyone wandered through. But i've got too many other things going on all the time to be able to do nothing but chat.

If someone wants to schedule a specific event, maybe a work group sort of thing or something, it would be good for that.

Posted By : Chaos, Perpetual - 7/26/2007 12:11 PM

Chaos Perpetual is online and prepared to enter chat mode!

...and nobody else is around.

Nevermind.

-TBS

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