Shoutbox: yes or no?

Other forums use a shoutbox regardless of how busy they are.

If you get a shoutbox, be sure you can delete messages so people don't just shout out spoilers.

Speaking of which, I picked up Dracula's Riddle again and began to wonder how I got to whatever level I got to.

i say yes. didnt read the other posts on the this thread though.

i must say, i really like the layout for the riddle-hint stuff. tis very very well organised. kudos! XD

I can't remember if this has already been discussed in this topic, but we could get a RF chat going through mIRC.

mIRC is a chat program allowing you to meet other RF members in a private chatroom, or anyone else in the world with mIRC.

A one-month free trial is available for starters. Afterward a final payment of $20.00 is required to get you the program permanently.

Take a look at The mIRC website and let me know what you think.

I have not downloaded my 30 day trial yet, but let me know if you do, and we'll give it a test-drive together.

well hell yeah, post a shoutbox,

to make their worries go away.

make the shout box for chatting only but no riddle help discussions

so that the thread and pm thingy will never be ignored in this forum

and make sure that the shout box is well maintained for violators

I think anything to get this forum active again would be a good idea.

I say yes. I just hope it gets the forum active... =/

How would you do that? We don't even have at least one member at a time here normally...

As for the "I hope it gets the forum active again", so do I, but I doubt that will happen. The forum was only really active during DR1 when many people were trying to solve it. Those who had already solved it stayed to use the other parts of the forum while helping others. The way that DR2 is set up makes it hard for people to help others on specific parts of a chapter without giving away other parts. And, at least I belive, DR2 was much worse than DR1 causing less people to want to do it.

All that said, unless I hear a reason why the forum would be worse off with one, (I did not read through all of the posts though) I dont see why not.

Unfair! Unfair!
2/3 of 826 (as of now)? How about 2/3 of active users, or those with X number of posts. There are a lot more users now then before, so I think that this goal should be revised.


(Sorry about the double post, but I wanted to quote this)

i voted for no, simply because i dont want any shoutbox ( it kills the forum )

Someone's sorry here. It just struck me that I ticked both boxes and voted with both answers. And I'm supposed to check only the 'No' box. Am I retarded?

In my opinion having a shoutbox wouldn't help that much. I mean, okay everyone who's online could talk to other people and ask for help and get answers right away without having to wait for a couple of days. But since very few people are going online these days (only the active and energetic ones ), the shoutbox would be ignored for a while. And it could go off topic. Then it would be just like Yahoo Messenger or something else. If that's the case, why not add friends there and keep this site just like this? Hmmm..

But adding a shoutbox could possibly help persuade members to go online. Well I don't really know. I don't really know which side I should choose if you want to know the truth. Try convincing me for a while.


-Roronoa Zoro

If we did have a shoutbox, I think it would probably be best if it only came online every now and then (say, once a week). That way, it wouldn't completely take over the forum, and perhaps it would even be fun.

However, there is already a Dracula's Riddle irc channel, and I also feel like wallowing in my own laziness for at least a little while.

I sit in that channel all day and hardly anyone gets on. People should!! its free and you get to talk to all the forum people, box and anyone else who comes in. Go Here to see how to get in.

In my opinion based on the activity in the IRC channel, not many people would use the shoutbox

I'm thinking about changing my vote from no to yes.