the point?

[Zexion]

whats the point of this clan anymore if no1 does anything with it and just stay on the chat box and talk about non sense and fight? i dont know if im gonna stay here for much longer they way its goin.

[Nate]

What do you want it to be like?

[Zexion]

i want it to be equalized where they use the forum and the box =ly so neither one are neglected

[Nate]

Dec 19, 2010 15:56:25 GMT -7 Zexion said:

i want it to be equalized where they use the forum and the box =ly so neither one are neglected

I predicted this problem a long time ago, I kinda knew the chat would suck all the activity out of the forum. I'd like to see more people use the forum too but how are we supposed to make it more popular?

[cody]

We could do something like this. Give people like a weeks worth of fair warning and then put a 'requirement' in order to use the chat box. After that person gets maybe 50-100 posts (if the forum has activity, that won't take long to get at all) then he/she will be allowed to use the chat box. If he/she doesn't have the required posts then they will be asked to leave and, if needed, banned for 1 hour. It may seem a tad harsh, but we're getting people outside of teampit in our chat box. As I said in the "Inactive Users List" or w/e the chat was put on the site as a way of communication for match making or short conversations.

Obviously this is only just putting a bandaid over the wound, its a temporary solution that will spark some activity even though it's forced.

[Nate]

I don't think we should try to force it.

[Zexion]

love the idea

[cody]

Dec 19, 2010 18:31:28 GMT -7 Nate said:

I don't think we should try to force it.

I hate forcing other people to do something they don't want to do either, but it's either that or we need to find a way to recruit like 20 people who will stay active in the team for more then 10 days.

EDIT:: Then again, it could be because no one can really respond to any of the posts too. No one is really doing much to keep a discussion going. Example: Thread Topic "Favorite Food". Everyone says, "Pizza", "Lots'a spaghetti!", etc etc. After that people just move one and call it done without much conversation made. But on a thread topic like "Favorite Game" or something like that someone could state the game the like and why which pops up a conversation. Plus, and not to poke anyone in the face here, some responses could be better. Few sentences are better then 5 words.

God dang I sound like my english teacher... "SUBSTANTIVE WRITING!"

[Zexion]

yea five words are dumb

[O-X]

hey i say lotsa spagetti

[Zexion]

jokes aside i think we should do something about the situation

[O-X]

wt do u have in mind?

[Zexion]

well ive been working on deleting accounts of people who havent been here in forever so we can easily keep watch of the folks who are here so we can talk to them about there situation

[Nate]

Lotsa spaghetti

[O-X]

Wario loves garlic.

[Dave]

I might just have an Idea....keep the chat box on the main page...but for like visitors...for members there should be another chatbox within a thread that has a requirement to get into....15 post a week to gain access to clan chat box...after an admin see the persons post have risen at least 15 from last week they will be givin a code to access the threads chatbox(should change weekly so we can keep it goin) bit out there...but its a sugggestion

[Zexion]

hmmm not a bad idea i might look into that

[wiidude30]

<_< >_> Kept ya waitin' huh?

[Skarr]

Dec 19, 2010 16:03:19 GMT -7 Nate said:

Dec 19, 2010 15:56:25 GMT -7 Zexion said:

i want it to be equalized where they use the forum and the box =ly so neither one are neglected

I predicted this problem a long time ago, I kinda knew the chat would suck all the activity out of the forum. I'd like to see more people use the forum too but how are we supposed to make it more popular?

Yes. There is no way to make the forum more popular, i think...the first day team pit got the chat, i knew it was going to cause team pit to lose popularity. I mean, why chat in the forums? much easier to chat in the chat box!

[Nate]

Jan 5, 2011 13:53:46 GMT -7 Skarr said:

There is no way to make the forum more popular, i think...the first day team pit got the chat, i knew it was going to cause team pit to lose popularity. I mean, why chat in the forums? much easier to chat in the chat box!

It's possible that we'd get someone who doesn't like to chat on there for some reason so they could use the forum instead. Or the forum could be used to leave messages for each other. In fact I was considering making a thread to be used in the event of the chat not working, so we could at least talk to each other and see what's going on. But I think you are right, as far as holding a regular conversation goes, most people will find the chat to be more efficient. There are some drawn-out conversations going on here in this forum and it's kinda nice to be able to make a post without worrying about the other person being online, but it still seems pretty unnecessary when we have the chat. If you guys would like to see the forum not die, then someone needs to address this issue.