we need a chat room

[ramrod902]

hey we need a chat room in here or atleast talk to a site that has one see if you can link in with theirs just thought i would ask cya
nitroaddicts has a nice one

[FULLT1LT]

:thumbsup: sounds like a good idea lets see what doug says

[Doug Carter]

Let me see what I can find that will integrate with vBulletin, and we'll see if we can't get something set up in the next week. We'll try to get the once a week Chat Nights going again like we had when the site was first live. ;)

[ramrod902]

cool i think this will be a good way to get to know other people on here better

[ramrod902]

any word yet doug

[JohnBoy72]

I'd be up for a chatroom as long as none of you perverts start hitting on me.

[boogeyman]

:checkeredflag: i think a chat room would be very helpfull to alot of people

[ramrod902]

aw now john boy boogey is the one you have to watch out for

[Doug Carter]

I have found a couple of different software packages that will integrate with vBulletin so far, but nothing that I'm really happy with yet. I'm actually torn on the idea of installing a chatroom at all, because it traditionally will reduce participation in the actual forums, which is far more important to DirtOval.com and myself. I don't want to hurt member interaction on the boards for the sake of a chat room, so I'm not 100% positive about installing one here yet.

I'll keep you posted on the status as I gather more information.



d

[boogeyman]

i go to nitroaddicts and it hasnt effected the posting on their id say it has helped the forum is ways and its a chance to talk to other people without putting it out in the open but its your call tks just my 2 cents lol
:blackflag:

[Doug Carter]

That IS the problem. If you help someone, you are only helping one person. If it is on the forum, you help everyone forever.

And yes, statistically speaking, it is widely known by forum administrators to lower post numbers if it is open 24 hours a day.

[racer34v]

That IS the problem. If you help someone, you are only helping one person. If it is on the forum, you help everyone forever.

And yes, statistically speaking, it is widely known by forum administrators to lower post numbers if it is open 24 hours a day.

I agree.... with the combination of PM's and the board theres not much a chatroom will accompllish..... for those that use the SEARCH function old posts can be found invaluable.

Plus it keeps more eyes on the forum vendor sites. Good for everyone

[FULLT1LT]

on the other hand,it would also help those forum sponsors sell products faster and without filling up the server with pm's,which sometimes happens.1 thing about a chat,if they are not on the board to begin with,they cannot chat.so the number of people,constantly logged in would probably go up.people are still going to post questions to get a variety of answers from a spectrum of people.i just think a chat would make it easier to contact forum supporters with specific questions of your own or just to talk bs with a buddy of yours on the net across the country or even world.waiting for an answers to pm's sometimes takes a couple days to get.jmho sorry if im thinking wrong

[Doug Carter]

True, but AOL, Yahoo, MSN and many others have Instant Messaging programs that are perfectly suited for BS and bench racing between friends. I have mine on all day and it works great for instant communications, and you can list your contacts into the forum User Information, and allow people to contact you that way, too.

PMs don't really flood the forums, or take up bandwidth, and forum advertisers and sponsors generally don't have time to spend on chat rooms, unfortunately. It's great in theory, but it doesn't work. Vendors are generally lucky to be able to return your e-mails in a timely manner. ;)

If we do set up a chat room on DirtOval.com, it will be open on a limited basis, a dew times during the week, so as to not dilute the forum traffic and participation, and give racers a chance to communicate in s live group setting.



doug

[solly]

I remember being told on numerous occasions that the forum was not a chatroom and shouldnt be used as such. I vote yes for a chatoom. :p:ha:

[boogeyman]

the only thing i see wrong with a timed chat is not everybody is in here at the same time but i would try it for 30 days and if you dont think its good for us to talk about lastnight race or other bs then close it down like i said im on nitroaddicts and the chat has helped me when i have something wrong with my buggie i dont have to wait on a pm just go into chat and somebody wil help and its time saven to IF YOU BUILD IT THEY WILL COME :trophy:

[Sonic]

hi im new to dirt oval .com, the first thing i looked for when i came here was the chat room.i cant find any chats to talk to local racers,actually doug is the first local rcer ive met on this computer box.

[JohnBoy72]

Here's another problem with a chatroom vs forums. You have to be witty and produce smart___ comments on the spot with chatrooms. In a forums, you can google or research the web to come up with some smart comment. Chatroom might destroy one's self esteem once their apparent lack of intellegence, smart___ism, etc is clearly displayed to all. :D

Oh, and yeah, I wouldn't be able to talk to you all anyways. When I usually do have free time to chat, it's with the wife. I'm on the other side of the world so I don't think any of you would want to stay up that late to talk to the likes of me.

I really could care less if we have a chatroom. However, I would like to see more activity in the forums. I REALLY have nothing to do in my downtime but turn to DO.com. And it's almost disappointing when there is no new topics to leave a smart___ comment in. The classified forums are about the most happening area of this site. Support a troop, POST SOME FRIGGIN' NEW TOPICS....:p

[boogeyman]

Here's another problem with a chatroom vs forums. You have to be witty and produce smart___ comments on the spot with chatrooms. In a forums, you can google or research the web to come up with some smart comment. Chatroom might destroy one's self esteem once their apparent lack of intellegence, smart___ism, etc is clearly displayed to all. :D

Oh, and yeah, I wouldn't be able to talk to you all anyways. When I usually do have free time to chat, it's with the wife. I'm on the other side of the world so I don't think any of you would want to stay up that late to talk to the likes of me.

I really could care less if we have a chatroom. However, I would like to see more activity in the forums. I REALLY have nothing to do in my downtime but turn to DO.com. And it's almost disappointing when there is no new topics to leave a smart___ comment in. The classified forums are about the most happening area of this site. Support a troop, POST SOME FRIGGIN' NEW TOPICS....:p
now why did you come in here and just post a lie you said you wouldnt have time to chat but "i REALLY have nothing to do in my downtime but turn to DO.com" what happen to talking to your wife :thumbsdown:

[JohnBoy72]

now why did you come in here and just post a lie you said you wouldnt have time to chat but "i REALLY have nothing to do in my downtime but turn to DO.com" what happen to talking to your wife :thumbsdown:

I wasn't considering talking to the wife as part of my downtime.:D You really have to keep military spouses happy when your deployed. They truly have the hardest job in the military. I'm just lucky I have a supportive and kickass wife! "Downtime" is when I'm sitting scratching my head or other body parts saying to myself "Ok, now what do I do?"

[boogeyman]

so you wouldnt come into chat early in the AM to here me play and sing ROCKY TOP ?:trophy: that alone should get a chat room started just because we all have BS stories to tell and would like to talk to other racers across the GREAT US :checkeredflag: but i cant make it so the only it can happen is if the owner of this sites does it but i dont think a few people will get him to do it but if people want to chat about dirt ovals nitroaddicts.com has a chat room but people please dont think im here to get people to go to the site i post :blackflag:

[FULLT1LT]

I remember being told on numerous occasions that the forum was not a chatroom and shouldnt be used as such. I vote yes for a chatoom. :p:ha:

i dont care who ya are that's funny right there!!!!!