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I was just wondering what people think about chat..is it still popular, or are people just more interested in scripts now that the actual chat???

A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.

Very good question. I think the scripts are becoming more and more popular. Chatting is always fun too, but I don't do too much of it nowadays.

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As I've made obvious in previous posts, I personally think the MSN chat phase is dead, but, I think VSIXc is re-vaamping the look and feel of chat without any hassle. I think alot we're bothered before when using mIRC about registering a passport and knowing their cookies and subinfo and waiting for it to update. VSIXc just requires you to know your password and name. Simple huh?

I agree with you X...but i still think many ppl like the feel of "msn" type chats.....im not favouring one over another....im mearly opening a new debate!!

A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.

I've left chat for a while now, and to be honest .. i'm not missing it as i thought i would.

 

But during the time that i DID go on msn chat ... 70% of the time i was fixing,adding,editing my script .. and 10% of the time i was away and 20% of the time i would talk to whom ever was around at the time ((which was a rare thing)).

 

Chat is just out of my system !! and is no longer something that i long for !

Edited Oct 29, 2006 4:23 AM by fahad_aka_hitman

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Well, chat is still popular, but irc chat is more fragmented these days than the earlier days. But overall irc gets more than 4 million users per day. When msn chat was free it used to get more than 12 million users per day. But the thing with irc is that it hasn't moved on with the developments on the web. Forums and blogs are more used because they fit into web paradigm: security, browser app model, ease to check back messages even if you were not online, rich media content, etc... Developers at http://www.net-bits.net are trying to get things on irc moving into web paradigm. Let's see if they get the ball rolling.

 

But I guess it is the best method for live communication and to meet more people so it is still popular. IM messaging is live too which is getting pushed by the big companies due to competition, but it more sort of fits private communication.

I agree with you X...but i still think many ppl like the feel of "msn" type chats.....im not favouring one over another....im mearly opening a new debate!!

 

:lmaojump: I agree wiv you there Spooky on the bit about peeps liking the "msn theme" ... but its no good having an "msn theme" if you dont have peeps chatting .. now as for vsixc as often as I can .. I like to chat in the lobby lol just wish a few chatters would reply :D

We just stay away from you Lynx. Before and after you come, it's a big party there. You should try and come in on another name.

I believe chat is like hypercolor t-shirts and pogo-sticks now. You will likely see an upriseing in popularity year to year, but it will never make as big a come-back as it once was. It might also be very popular in other countries years after the US is through with it, or vice-versa. You may also see it in small pockets throughout the web. Those are people who can't let go of something... like me.

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Chatrooms aye, i dont think they will take off.

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chat is still wildly popular. There are tons of other chat networks out there. They aren't all as newb friendly as your MSN's and YAHOO's but there is by no means a lack of places to chat.

Get information about ircWx here

Its really hard to build up a chat these days especially from scratch, sometimes you might have to idle for days just to get enough chatters to talk with & stay in your room., if they come in and see an empty room their gonna leave as quickly as the arrived.

Edited Oct 30, 2006 3:56 AM by XploziOn

there are just so many chat networks that open and close shortly after.. makes it harder for people to trust new chats. + you have so many very nice persons ( yes i said very nice persons ) who spend their time attacking irc servers making it harder and harder to provide a good chat place.

Get information about ircWx here

there are just so many chat networks that open and close shortly after.. makes it harder for people to trust new chats. + you have so many very nice persons ( yes i said very nice persons ) who spend their time attacking irc servers making it harder and harder to provide a good chat place.

 

Yup, good and evil coexist in this world. There ain't no escapin' from that.

We just stay away from you Lynx. Before and after you come, it's a big party there. You should try and come in on another name.

 

 

:lmaojump: OK X-FUSION .. dont worry I wont be coming in vsixc if that is how peeps feel about me .. but if that is the way you treat chatters in this forum hell I feel for anyone you take a disliking to (Gray Glitter lololol Do You Wanna Be In My Gang My Gang) comes to mind :lmaojump:

I was just wondering what people think about chat..is it still popular, or are people just more interested in scripts now that the actual chat???

 

I personally think not more interested in script but more interested in new hype's. I think the chat hype is a bit past and it is more blogging and myspace activities now.. and offcource messenger.

 

If I look at myself as example, I used to chat but I never do anymore now. Its because of a change in my life situation, in the time I was with my ex I was in desparate need for some normal social contact I wasnt allowed to have in real life from him, but these days I think chatting is more a waiste of time.. I like forums though!

 

 

I hope noone shoots me for making such a long post, but i found this on a site i was surfing. I found it to be quite humourous.

 

-= Host on MSN=-

NO PAY - NO RECOGNITION - NO PROMOTIONS - NO BENEFITS - NO MEANING - NO LIFE

 

Ever wondered if YOU could be a MSN Host?

If you can answer YES to any of these questions.. YOU QUALIFY!!

*

 

Application for becoming a host on the old days of MSN:

 

1.Do you believe spending 60-100 hours a week online hugging people and kicking porn from chat rooms is a GREAT LIFE?If YES you qualify.

2.Do you think that it's OKAY to ignore your real job, real friends and/or family because hosting comes first and foremost?If YES you qualify.

3.Do you think it's ACCEPTABLE to remain UNEMPLOYEED for months or years a time because hosting in chat rooms is a better alternative?If YES you qualify.

4.Do you believe putting mystical fantasy images in your profiles makes you more powerful and/or like a SUPERHERO?If YES you qualify.

5.Can you gain 20 pounds a month from sitting on your ass in front of your computer 14 hours a day?If YES you qualify.

6.Are you willing to give up such things, such as fresh air, a clean yard, family functions, school functions for your children and/or offline activities?If YES you qualify.

7.Are you a single parent that never leaves the house?If YES you qualify.

8.Do you agree that talking to your cyber buddies is more important than feeding your children and/or spending time with them?If YES you qualify.

9.Do you smoke at least 2 packs of cigarettes a day and/or consider yourself a chain smoker?If YES you qualify. (Nicotine stains on your keyboard gives you extra points)

10.Do you drink Cherry Coke and eat Twinkies?If YES you qualify.

11.Do you live off of the government?If YES you qualify.

12.Do you think you are in some way better than all the other chatters because you have a EMOTICON HAMMER by your nickname?If YES you qualify.

13.Do you believe it's OKAY to be disruptive, vulgar, rude and have pornographic MSN communities, yet ban any non hosts who do this?If YES you qualify.

14.Are you a hypocrite?If YES you qualify.

15.Would you rather sit in an EMOTICON tea cup than look for a job?If YES you qualify.

16.Do you live in a trailer park?If YES you qualify. (Extra points for double wide users)

17.Can you cyber chatters and/or cuss like a sailor in whispers?If YES you qualify.

18.Were you related to your spouse BEFORE you were married?If YES you qualify.

19.Do you believe you are an IRC hacker, because you can run a welcome message with a bot?If YES you qualify.

20.Have your children eaten more than 2 times in the past 72 hours?If NO then you qualify.

21.Would you rather talk to people you will NEVER meet in chat rooms than have SEX IN REAL LIFE?If YES you qualify.

22.If there's a girl with a porn link in her profile but your grandma needs medicine, What do you do first?If you chose KICK PORN over GRANDMA you qualify.

23.Do you believe it's OKAY to lie about things like being doctors, attorneys, astronauts and/or rocket scientists?If YES you qualify.

24.Do you believe it's HEALTHY to spend 30-100 hours per week kicking porn?If YES you qualify.

25.Do you think it's NORMAL to spend your life kicking porn out of CHAT ROOMS for FREE?If YES you qualify.

26.Do you understand that no matter how much porn you kick, it will never make it go away and only make it MULTIPLY by the dozens?If YES you qualify.

27.Do you agree that being a host gives you a fake sense of power?If YES you qualify.

28.Have you ever been network banned?If YES you qualify.

29.Do you understand that volunteering your time makes absolutely no difference in the world and/or anyone's life?If YES you qualify.

30.Do you realize 99.9% of chatters do not like or respect hosts?If YES you qualify.

31.Do you realize there is no recognition, MONEY and/or promotion in hosting your life away?If YES you qualify.

32.Have your children aged since you took your eyes off your monitor?If YES you qualify.

33.Have you lost your job, because of late nite chat room romps?If YES you qualify.

34.Are you OBESE or have a pancake butt?If YES you qualify.

35.Do you think moving your mouse from left to right is exercise?If YES you qualify.

36.Do you know who the current U.S. President is?If NO you qualify.

37.Can you gossip and/lie constantly?If YES you qualify.

38.Do you smell a funky odor in the next room?If YES you qualify.

39.When ISPs started offering unlimited service for a flat monthly fee, did you have an orgasm?If YES you qualify.

40.When cable modems and DSL came to life, did you sell your car to get the installation?If YES you qualify.

41.Do you have more people on your buddy list, than you had showers this year?If YES you qualify.

42.Do you have more than one computer so you and your mate can both be online typing in the same house at the same time?If YES you qualify.

43.Have you ever attended an online party and/or online wedding?If YES you qualify.

44.Do you refer to your family as "things that bother me when I am listening to a new wave"?If YES you qualify.

45.Do you have poor circulation?If YES you qualify.

46.Do you know Johnny Carson no longer hosts the late show?If NO you qualify.

47.Would you rather spend 7 hours downloading an MPEG movie than go to a REAL movie in a theatre?If YES you qualify.

48.Do you have a dead parakeet in a cage and/or dead fish in a tank?If YES you qualify.

49.Has child protective services ever visited your house?If YES you qualify.

50.Do you call your boyfriend/girlfriend by their NICKNAME? (Hey BigStallion9238!)If YES you qualify.

51.Have you ever brought a laptop to a funeral?If YES you qualify.

52.Was the prom the last date you had?If YES you qualify. (extra points if date was related)

53.Would you give up food before you gave up your computer?If YES you qualify.

54.Do you know more shorthand abbreviations (ie LOL, LMAO) than names of planets in our solar system?If YES you qualify.

55.Do you wear mu-mus and/or housecoats all day, every day?If YES you qualify.

56.Do your neighbors allow their children at your house?If NO you qualify.

57.Can you pretend you have such a full, hobby and/or career filled life, yet secretly spend 50-100 hours a week in chat rooms?If YES you qualify.

58.Do you think NICKNAMES with character map letters make you COOL?If YES you qualify.

59.Do you wake up and get in a chat room before you pee?If YES you qualify.

60.Do you feel your blood pressure rise, veins pop out, face flush and/or head hurt when you get MOOFIED?If YES you qualify.

61.Have your children ever come home with notes attached to their shirt reading : "Please wash his clothes"?If YES you qualify.

62.Has your driver's license expired and you don't care?If YES you qualify.

63.Does your grocery shopping consist of a trip to the kwik-e-mart and/or 7-11 for chips, dip, ding dongs and a Coke?If YES you qualify.

64.Does the pizza delivery guy deliver to your bedroom?If YES you qualify.

65.Have you ever tried to teach your 65 year old mom how to use WHISPERS so you can talk to her without having to sign offline?If YES you qualify.

66.Do you believe banning someone for 24 hours lasts a full 24 hours?If YES you qualify.

67.Do you realize most porn has 700-1200 passports, if not more?If NO you qualify. (extra points for being in denial)

68.Do you realize most porn runs on mIRC scripts that auto-reloads and/or is never banned to begin with?If NO you qualify. (extra points for being in denial)

69.Do you have more macros than money in the bank?If YES you qualify.

70.Do you have an extra phone line for emergencies? Emergencies being, if the main line is short circuited and you need the other for your modem.If YES you qualify.

71.Do you feel superior behind your computer?If YES you qualify.

72.Do you think you can feel all tingly and euphoric when you kick a person out of a chat room?If YES you qualify.

73.Can you preach the Code of Conduct, put your hammer away, sign in another passport, that has a nickname that's a violation, go back in the same room you TRIED to control and then break every rule MSN ever created?If YES you qualify.

74.Would you be willing to ignore your momma at Thanksgiving dinner to kick some porn?If YES you qualify.

75.Do you believe you do more work and or are better qualified than the MSN Guides?If YES you qualify.

76.Do you understand kicking porn has absolutely NO MEANING IN THE WORLD?If YES you qualify.

77. Do you believe you can clear porn off the network faster than Service_bot?If YES you qualify. (extra points for what you were smoking when you answered yes)

78. Do you belive that MSN chat is nothing without you?If YES you qualify. (extra points for your reality check bouncing)

79.Do you agree that hosting would be THEE most important thing in life and would devote your entire life to it?If YES you qualify.

80.Do you understand that no one is/will be/was impressed by your emoticon hammer/power?If YES you qualify.

81.Are you a control freak?If YES you qualify.

82.Are you willing to waste your time and life, to ban people that bounce back in under a minute?If YES you qualify.

 

Sign Here X________________________

I personally think not more interested in script but more interested in new hype's. I think the chat hype is a bit past and it is more blogging and myspace activities now.. and offcource messenger.

 

If I look at myself as example, I used to chat but I never do anymore now. Its because of a change in my life situation, in the time I was with my ex I was in desparate need for some normal social contact I wasnt allowed to have in real life from him, but these days I think chatting is more a waiste of time.. I like forums though!

 

I agree, I have not been to a chat site in a while because really they seem old to me..

Back when I first got the internet and was like WOW CHAT!!

I would chat for ages building my MSN up with random contacts (ah the good old n00b days).

 

Though I was a bit behind I first got the internet in 2001, so I've only had the net for 5 yrs.

 

These days I'm more focused on programming and webdesign,

Instead of just chatting on MSN I post on NamePros, WHT, FWS, Digg.

 

Really I think you get to a point where you think, 90% of these people in this chat room are so immature its not funny, they spam, flood, insult, abuse, flame... While on a forum the rules can be better enforced.

 

How often do you see a chat room get flooded? compared to how often you see forum get flooded?

Shagman, I've seen it years ago.

 

Of course chat is stll popular