Suggestion : ChatBox for forum

[Lofty]

@Bikerr thank you for being understanding

[Lofty]

@Enzo Why you mad? ... You seem to be trying to bash me all the time ...

Anyways last time I stayed long and didn't find anyone and i never excepted anyone to wait for me 

[[eVo]PvtBenny]

Are you kidding me? There are currently 20 users online on #lw on irc.tl at this very moment.

But i can figure how you joining irc and checking for anyone online would look like:

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[22:34:25] Join: Lofty [lofty@loftyusers.com]
[22:34:27] Lofty: Hi, anyone here?
[22:34:43] Disconnect: Lofty: -.-

However this isn't how irc works. People there are not sitting there all day long waiting for you to join and chat.

The chatbox would work even worse. Since not everyone would pay attention to it.

You would get an answer much quicker when on IRC than using a chatbox. Besides theres IRC apps for the phone as well which makes it easier to chat on your phone instead of using the forum (which would probably load slower as well sometimes)

[Lofty]

again , this is just a suggestion so at the end i'm not the one who decides to put it or not so I'd like it to be put it in place but it's okay with me if it won't anyways I was just saying it could be a small addition to the server for new members who don't know about IRC but at the end you guys decide

[EnzoMortelli]

I apologize for giving you the perception my replies were rude. They did not mean to be.

Well, the point i stated was:

It was suggested before, and denied,
It does not bring players to the server imho,
It's an additional public communication channel that needs to be monitored and moderated,
There are enough alternatives imho.

Anyway, this is a not-trivial addition, and management has to decide on wether to implement it or not.
So let's wait on a management reply.

[Lofty]

Sure, let's wait for a management I talked to some players on server and they wouldn't mind having a chatbox on forum , just saying ...

[[eVo]PvtBenny]

In all honesty,

1 - No one would use it other than spam. (see it everywhere where they have it)
2 - It will crowd up even more room on the forum.
3 - There already is an alternative in place made by Simon. (if this would be implemented the same way as "play on the server now" button would be perfect)
4 - Like Enzo mentioned it would mean extra monitoring and moderating.
5 - On IRC there is also the lw.echo channel which allows people to chat to players ingame (if they have the rights)
6 - I could make this list go on and on.

I think you should start a poll.  IRC which has all the features that ur chatbox has and more. Or a chatbox.

[n1K]

I prefer irc. If there will be a chatbox and if anybody does post something useful...it will get left behind because of all the trash that might get posted after it (like "u sux"..etc).

[Lofty]

Exactly , the chatbox will be there to talk to eachother not to send important links but if most of you guys prefer IRC i'm okay with it ! but in lw.echo i think only Staff can speak with sa-mp server players because i've never seen a normal IRC member talking with a person in-game

[PawnFox]

Exactly , the chatbox will be there to talk to eachother not to send important links but if most of you guys prefer IRC i'm okay with it ! but in lw.echo i think only Staff can speak with sa-mp server players because i've never seen a normal IRC member talking with a person in-game

As far as i know, from chatbox you cannot talk from chatbox ingame. Also, yes Echo channel is back, you can chat from IRC ingame you just need Voice ( +v ).

[Lofty]

how do I get v+ ?

[EnzoMortelli]

To get the voice status (+v) on #lw.echo you just have to donate once to the LW's SA-MP server.

[Lofty]

ah okay  didn't know

[Jellyfish]

1 - No one would use it other than spam.

Pretty much sums up everything wrong with every single chatbox ever. I've seen huge communities having an empty one and the only people online are an idling admin and some person who got banned spamming the hell out of him. There's no harm in having it but it'll just be... there