YC Chat - All week long or one-time a week?

[Shoe]

YAY! I tied it up again! MWAHAHA! XD I vote daily. Even though it doesn't matter to me, I get all day saturday...usually. Then again- Bah, I put daily anyway. Mwahaha! I can't get AIM because my mom is a paranoid.....I'm not even going to start on that cause then I'd be breaking WAY too many rules. ¬¬; ARGH!!! *rant rant*

[Wildfire the Dragon]

This one is tied up again! Sorry, but I have to vote.
I'm saying Daily. Because School can drag us off the computer for some of us, ya?
I think we can chat on both AIM and DA, it's possible. I mean, if my mom saw me using AIM, she'll take the internet off, and she's not lying.

[Gene L.D. Ryoko]

I perfer daily,and AIM.

Daily because I don't want to wait a week for a chat because I'm usually not in the house on the weekends. and AIM because DA takes a while to load with me.

[DarkBlueYoshi]

I say niether, because daily, like Yoshifrog mentioned to me, may be too much. But also, weekly maybe too little, so what I think as some sort of compromise like Strangie was saying, is do have it when most people are avalible, and that's Friday night, Saturday and Sunday. This also gives people, like me for example, who missed Saturday but can still make up for it on other days. Just a thought, tell me if ya like.

I'm saying AIM, but I'm neutral in that category.

[Yoshifrog]

Yes, but I have less time here on the weekends because I spend most of them at camp, and don't always get the chance to bring my big old bulky laptop. Maybe every other day?

[DarkBlueYoshi]

Every other day? Maybe Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday instead, because some people may be unavalible on weekdays...y'know, balance it out.

[joshi]

The problem with having this sort of chat on several days straight is that it will get old REAL fast, like in the past. We partied whenever we wanted to on AIM and the sorts but then we all just kinda got tired of coming together all the time and moved on to better things.

Besides, a lot of us have lives to run, coming online to catch a Board-wide chatroom every day it's on is a total bummer. It's best to just arrange one single official day for a YC Chatroom, you can still have your private chats with one another whenever you want.

[Yoshifrog]

Of course, if you're busy you don't have to attend- only if you feel you must. Besides, it helps you meet people. I would never just go ahead and ask one of you guys to a chat- I'm too shy. I like knowing that whenever I feel like talking with you guys I can just go ahead. It can just be there for those who want to see if anyone is there to greet them.

[Moot]

joshi said:

The problem with having this sort of chat on several days straight is that it will get old REAL fast, like in the past. We partied whenever we wanted to on AIM and the sorts but then we all just kinda got tired of coming together all the time and moved on to better things.

I don't know, another board I go to has an IRC channel set up 24/7 and thats been going for about 2 years now, still pretty much as busy as it ever was.

[Strangie]

Aye... the score is still tied at time of posting this. How long is this crap gonna keep up? XD

I like the weekend idea. How about just a strictly weekend chat? Friday nights, and all day Saturday and Sunday. Might as well make the most of the days we have off, y'know. That way, people still have something to look forward to at the end of the week, but the whole thing doesn't get cut short. You guys are bringing up some interesting points in this thread and I appreciate it a lot.

[Teo]

strangeone said:

Yes, weekly is once a week, daily is all week long... which is every day so to speak XD 24/7.

Weekly is once a week and daily is all week... that's ironic!

The vote's tied up, and I haven't voted yet. I vote... WEEKLY!

The reason being that if it's daily, it'll get old.

If it's weekly and you can't get on, we'll make a time to fit everyone's schedule... there has to be SOME time which we can all be at.

I SHALL SHATTER THE TIE! I AM THE TIE SLAYER XD

[contention]

Actually, I've seen this predicament before as well over at the Illuminati. We to had a chat up everyday that we possibly could. It was located in an IRC channel and was thus up every chance that it could be. That way, anyone who wanted to chat could always go on at any time and just have some fun. Now, while it was exciting the first few times; like Joshi said it eventually grew tiring and no one really wanted to go. As well, those members who were in the chat the most were given the most attention as opposed to those who couldn't get into the chat. Which, in reality is unfair, and you know as humans you're bound to spend more time with the one you see more often then someone else. Therefore, the chats made people become biased on their decisons. Yet, that didn't stop the boards from hosting a chat everyday. However, all started to noticed a decline in the want to join these chats. Eventually they became filled to the brim with drama, and slowly but surely it started to crumble.

So, we had to switch everything and create it to a once a week ordeal. Either way, eventually the chat will get old. But, having it once in awhile made it something special to look foward to. Compromising what day it should be on should be thought over, and what system we use it on as well. I can understand everyone not being able to use this on AIM or on MSN. Some parents are tight on those matters. Therefore, something needs to be thought of to create a fair choice for those who can't go that way. A place or some system that would allow them to join in, thus moving us all to a diffrent system. Everyone deserves a fair chance to chat, and if not certain people will become biased people.

You can't help it, it's human nature. You're going to disagree to and say something like, "Uh uhhhh, I love everyone because I can". The truth is, no you don't, you'll only love the people you can talk to and go "Pssshaw" to those you don't. So, everyone should get the chance to join in on these chats when they are able to be held. In fact of utter truth, because you're human, you only love the people who give you things. The more they wind up in a chat, the more you lose yourself in them and the more you forget about things at hand. A chat once a week or on special times on days would be grand, because you need a bit of fairness toward everyone and everything.

You'll want to save these times for special days. You're going to want to make these avaible so you can have the factor of holding it out and making it worth while. Having it everyday will eventually make you go "blah". The first few weeks you might be there every chance you can, but after awhile you'll start to slow down. Making it once in awhile will slow down the process of time. Ergo you gain a little bit of space to have more fun before you start to get tired. Besides, if you wait a week you might actually begin to save up stories from the week to share with everyone. Instead of wasting events every day, you can hold them up and make grand conversations on the day you get the chance to.

[Yoshiken]

if its Daily, i dont think it will be old, it just wont be AS important, I think once a week will make it more significant and wanted ^^, so i go with that one ^_~.

[Gene L.D. Ryoko]

the weekend Idea hurts the scout here as most of my camping trips are one the weekend.

[Teo]

We can arrange that for when you get back or before you go, no time has been made yet.

[Daxxe]

Yes 4 weekendzzies 1-0 ! No wait...it not even voteabled <.<;
Often so am I away ñ visit somebody else at least once a hole evening 2 the night from fri-sun (dependin on their own schedule).

So i honestly think 1 day is liék.. nuthin' if ya miss that day and must wait for anothá week. Plus! It may b overflowed beside of members with 100's of random subjects discussions at the same time which wouldn't work. I would get so dizzy XD.

And an everyday groupchat is a lil' exaggeratin'. In that cause wouldn't zúm have tiem for talkin with their private ones if they still wan't 2 follow what u'r talkin 'bout XD. Somebody must keep the AIM chat"server" alive also (or how it does work like ).

I agree with what strtangie said recently, that friday and saturday would apparantly go. Even sunday if gradey can't on othá dayzzis 2. He is important XD .

[Toshi]

Daily gets my vote. 'nuff said. LEVEL UP ! !

[Strangie]

toshi said:

Daily gets my vote. 'nuff said. LEVEL UP ! !

What? No opinion? You bum. XD

Looks like Weekly has taken the lead!... barely. Two votes at time of writing. Although, I think I might take the middle road anyway and do a weekend-long chat. The vote is way too close to majorly swing one way or the other, so this is the compromise I'll make to satisfy both sides at least somewhat.

Is that okay with the rest of ya? Let me go over it again - we'll have our major YC-wide group chat on Friday nights, and all day Saturday and Sunday. Of course I suppose you could chat there whenever you wanted... not like I can lock you out or anything LEVEL UP ! ! "NO YOU CAN'T COME GO AWAY >=O" ... kidding. But those days are when you definitely want to be there if you wanna hang out with the crew. And me.

Oh, yeah, and in any case, the new AIM chat will be called "firedangerzone" to honor a gag that me and Pawy collaborated on in the YC party. XD

RIDE INTO THE FIRE DANGER ZOOOOOOOOOOOOOONE!

Whee, actually doing something productive for a forum has been pretty fun and I actually feel somewhat involved with the community for a change, unlike other forum experiences I've had. LEVEL UP ! ! In light of that, I think this whole thing will benefit us in the long run.

Someone might've pointed this out already and I missed it or forgot or whatever but I think it'll help break the ice with people who don't really associate that much with each other on the forum, or help out those people who have this problem with initiating conversation with others outside of the chat or something. (You know who you are. I used to be one of those people too so don't feel too bad )

Anyways, weekend chat. Fri-Sat-Sun. Sound good?

[Enrique]

Sounds good to me, Strangie. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday go well here. I won't be on it much the next two Sundays, though. Skiing interferes.

[Johnyoshi]

I agreed too, that when I can go more than 30 mins. anyway...