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IRC; can haz question?
Topic Started: Apr 6 2009, 12:45 PM (671 Views)
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At my Halo 3 Clan's website, we use this:

http://www.cbox.ws/

Cbox. Its a widget that can be added into the code of the forums so that anytime we log in, its right there on the page.

This is just one idea. There's also Skype, but that requires us to download another program, exchange IDs, log in, and hope someone's on. There was Xfire, but it proved to be too heavy for my system. Not in performance, but it was extremely resource heavy. Again, there's the same issue with this as there is with Skype, or any other IM program.
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I prefer Chatango myself, its free and its got no real adds as far as I can tell, plus it is easy to change and implement as well as having a log-in and administration functionality. I even managed to implement the thing in proboards. PROBOARD! thats a f**kin acheivement right there.
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Apr 6 2009, 11:45 PM
I was just too lazy to bother setting up an account.

I figured we could use Xfire if we ever needed each other for anything. It allows for everyone to get together and even use mics.

And yeah, I totally miss having conversations with all of you at the same time. My nefarious plans go unspoiled to anyone!
As amazing as XFire is and all, my school's server doesn't support it, so I can only log on when I'm home... Which, if I'm home, it generally means I won' be online much.

IRC was buggy for me too, so I started using ircatwork.com that fixed all of my problems. If we find a chat program everyone's happy with, can we be sure it'll work while I'm at school? Not to sound like it has to make me happy, but it'd really suck if after all of this I STILL couldn't talk to the RE members.
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Same here. I'm not always on XFire, plus to add in Transcon's comment, it's resource heavy on my compy. I'm already running AIM to get ahold of people like Aiko, and generally all I ever seen on XFire was Jessie. It'd be kind of nice to have a place where everyone can log-in from anywhere and just chat.
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~Twilight~
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*feels ignored*

Yah kno, the chatango chatbox can be opened in a separate window, it's not bound to one site and CAN be used on several if you just add the code (Which you get when you register one, if you want I could make it and give Darth the code for it and we could test it out. Of course that means I'd be the admin of it, but I could also just make a temp acc to give to Aiko or something...)
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Oh ho ho, Twilight, I see what you're doing there bud. ^_~ I've got enough work on my plate right now, so this is Rip's baby.

Outrack, thanks for your offer! I'm delegating this to someone else though, so Rip, if you want to investigate this with Outrack you can. He spends a lot of time on his forum (www.ashtear.net) and lives as the resident hermit on here. ;-) I feel kind of guilty, since I don't spend any time over on ashtear. I think this is his subtle way of saying, HEY YOU, GET YOUR ARSE OVER HERE. *laughs*

I suggest that people all organize example chats for RE and send the links/directions/downloads to Rip so she can figure out which one works the best.

Hehe, sorry for dumping this on ya, Rip, but you kinda volunteered for it!
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no, I'm completely fine with it, Aiko. How about you guys PM me all the links and whatnot. RejjeN, I've got your sn, so I'll contact you on AIM about your idea. This could be considered pushing it, who knows, but I'd like to have this figured out by monday if possible. Especially since I go back to school monday and don't want to be bothered with extra work.... *is lazy*

Anyways, I'm gunna do some research of my own as well.
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Aiko
 
Outrack, thanks for your offer! I'm delegating this to someone else though, so Rip, if you want to investigate this with Outrack you can.
No problem! I'll check in on the forum periodically over the next few days, so if there's anything I can do just drop me a PM and I'll see if I can help in some way.

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He spends a lot of time on his forum (www.ashtear.net) and lives as the resident hermit on here. ;-) I feel kind of guilty, since I don't spend any time over on ashtear. I think this is his subtle way of saying, HEY YOU, GET YOUR ARSE OVER HERE. *laughs*
Huhuhu :3 I'll save the blatant promotion/spam for when I've got the site fully operational, which will hopefully be at the end of the week.

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Ok, we have a Chatango and a CBox set up right now.

So far CBox is kind of like Gabbly, only secure, and it doesn't suck. Both can both be docked on the website. We can't try both at once, so I'm thinking about two weeks of each so everyone has a chance to check it out. Both require log ins, and there are ban options, etc. So far they both look pretty secure. So why don't we try out Chatango first, since RejjeN gave me all the stuff for it.

Also, if you have other ideas, please contact me. Though, thus far those are the two.

If you think they both suck, lemme know.

Chatango
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Or we could all use Ventrilo.
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