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The chatroom is almost always empty now... at least when I come online. Am I missing all the action? There's at most, maybe 7 people at the busiest, and that's only happened once or twice. I can drop in and see that many people visiting the forums at any one time... the chatroom is a lot more interactive!
So jump in, and don't be discouraged if no-one replies instantly... you can't devote all your time waiting for someone to speak.
LD
... there were about seven people online and only one of them was actually talking.
I have all but stopped going, for lack of any real interest from members, even those that said they would participate regularly. Unless someone has a problem with someone else in the chat, needs them kicked and sends me a message on Yahoo to let me know, I very rarely go to the chat.
I wonder if Jinn should consider closing it down?
What about suggesting some peak time slots (bearing in mind we are spread around the world) so that we don't keep passing like ships in the night?
Well, I'm there almost every night for me (~5 am to ~10/11 am in Canada), and have good conversations with a fair few people. But there's rarely more than 4 other people, which is a shame.
It's not costing Jinn anything: the chatroom will close itself if no-one visits it for around 12 days
Me and thee have had some fairly good chats in there LD...supervised by the good Doctor of course....;)Quote:
Originally posted by Lord Douche
Well, I'm there almost every night for me (~5 am to ~10/11 am in Canada), and have good conversations with a fair few people.
Ahh yes... haven't seen the good Doctor in a while! And I wouldn't class it as supervision; he's not very good at it if that's what he's doing! :pQuote:
Originally posted by slavelucy
Me and thee have had some fairly good chats in there LD...supervised by the good Doctor of course....;)
LOL...Yeah, i take you're point there.....*g*...in fact, too right, he should be struck off!!!Quote:
Originally posted by Lord Douche
he's not very good at it if that's what he's doing! :p
luce
Well, since no-one came into the Channel with founder-level access, it was deregistered.
I took it upon myself to rectify this, and now own the Channel!
*Begins laughing evilly, accompanied by the sounds of females wailing and rattling their cages. His laughter tapers off, and a whip cracks through the air. Wailing ceases abruptly, and muted whimpering begins*
Anyway.... If Jinn has a problem with this, I will be willing to pass control back to him. The topic links back here, so I'm not stealing your trademark :)
Miss Eva has OP status, along with Gary Wilcox. If Jinn is willing to let me have the Channel, I may add to this list :)
Your responsible Channel Admin,
LD
God help us!!Quote:
Originally posted by Lord Douche
I took it upon myself to rectify this, and now own the Channel!
Just kidding LD :D
You might find yourself in one of those cages. You should be proof-reading, not posting here and making me wait! :p
In fact... you'd better watch out next time! *begins oiling the hinges*
LD
Pah! You know nothing about waiting lad! You wanna try being me in the past 10 days, then you'd know all about waiting!! *sighs and blushes slightly*Quote:
Originally posted by Lord Douche
You might find yourself in one of those cages. You should be proof-reading, not posting here and making me wait! :p
In fact... you'd better watch out next time! *begins oiling the hinges*
LD
Anyway, i've just sent the next chapter to you....
*scampers off whilst LD is busy reading the comments*
sl
LOL. But the difference is, I'm sure you deserved it, in some way! :pQuote:
Originally posted by slavelucy
Pah! You know nothing about waiting lad! You wanna try being me in the past 10 days, then you'd know all about waiting!! *sighs and blushes slightly*
Thanks for the chapter... and you can't hide forever!
Quote:
Originally posted by Lord Douche
Miss Eva has OP status, along with Gary Wilcox. If Jinn is willing to let me have the Channel, I may add to this list :)
What about FF and me? Cutting us out of the action?
LOL. I actually said to Red "I wonder if TG will be miffed I haven't given him OP status."Quote:
Originally posted by BDSM_Tourguide
What about FF and me? Cutting us out of the action?
There, it's done. What's FF's name, and I'll add her too?
LOL - yeah, he did comment on that TG ;)
but due to my computer illiteracy i will have to ask my boyfriend very nicely (beg i'm sure *rolls eyes*) to make it work for me. it won't happen by clicking the link.
i'll be back....begging and grovelling *g*
Happy,
it's likely that you can get there, but you do a lot of multitasking with the web. You just have to be patient with the screen. Don't switch between windows while waiting for the chatroom to load.
The first screen you come to should show a window with your nickname and the applet style you want to use just below it. Below that is a button that says "Chat". Push that, and, be still, young'un!
After a few seconds, the graphic at the bottom of my message should appear. Click Yes (don't hit enter, it defaults to No).
You're in.
If you switch windows, that little Security Message can't work.
Okay, I've been silent about this because I'm computerly challenged, but this has gotten ridiculous. What's the point of a chatroom where all you can do is look at the welcome message? This was the fourth time I've been there, in four different months, and the detail changes, but the experience remains the same.
It asks me what applet I want and I have no idea, so I take the default 'normal'.
Next it switches me to a different security screen than Gary shows, with four options. I choose 'yes'.
Then I get a coffee cup, which usually sticks around quite awhile, but today came and went quickly.
Then several screens of data flash past, finally settling on a greeting message in black, brown and green print, including a note that 'Channel mode is +ntr', whatever that means.
And that's it. If I type, nothing appears on the screen. There are no messages from other people. When I tried clicking on what looked like the message bar (impossible to tell, since no messages appeared when I type), my machine went into a loop that 'force quit' couldn't get me out of, so I had to 'option-command-escape' to kill my browser, then restart the browser to get me back here to bitch about it.
Previous attempts have been similar, but one time I was able to type a message, but only one letter would appear in the message field at a time (then disappear as the next was typed). Another time the screen assured me that two other people were in the room, told me what the 'topic of the day' was (huh? topic of the day?), but I couldn't type in and no messages ever appeared from the other two people.
I've come to call it "The White Room" -- the place where nothing ever changes. I can't really say that I'm surprised that's it's underutilized. Things that don't work, don't get used.
heh, i noticed many visitors to the chan use the java applet provided at the site. unfortunately, i am not familiar with such program and i wont explain to everyone who comes in how it works. i use mirc and that's what i recommend. there r lots of information at www.mirc.com hope this is helps
i did what you said Gary, i waited ever so patiently. i didn't curse my computer once. it still wouldn't work ...
Is it something to do with windows vs. mac?
i managed to do it through irc though, hooray, a victory for the computer illiterate!
thanks for your help ;)
Well, since you managed to get in, this will be completely unhelpful, but here goes.
I also have a Mac and suspected compatibility (ie. Gates monopoly) problems, but kittenfemme runs the same OS and browser versions that I do, and she has no problems getting in. She suggested that my security may be set too high. Mine is on the middle setting (accept cookies from sites you visit, but not from advertisers on those sites).
Since I'm not inclined to liberalize that setting, I'll never know if she's right, but if you wanted to take the chance and then report back, I could live vicariously through you.
I was GOING to say that if that didn't work you should try stripping naked, bowing before your machine and praying to the ghost of Steve Jobs.
But I won't.
ghost of steve jobs? hes currently ceo of apple computers
i run mac os and i couldn't get there even though i have the lower security settings (i believe it is the come and get me setting :rolleyes: )
i did it through ircle us 3.0.4 and used the server and port for irc.
works fine
:cool:
Well, MrJerseyGuy and BDSM_Tourguide are complaining that no one's in the chatroom, and I still can't get in. I've talked to two people who use irc and they both told me (a) don't use it, and; (b) people use it to get around needing chatrooms, not to get into them, so I now know no more than I did before.
(sits in chair and pouts):(
why would anyone advice you against IRC its beyond me. Granted it is not user friendly, but once you played with it a bit, you will be fine.
Trillian works fine too.
Which ever one you choose you will usually be able to choose an IRC server from the provided list or just type it in as:
irc.bdsm-net.com
the port you want is:
6667
it usually wants you to give a nick name, alternate name and user name – put what ever you want – it will pick up the first one if it is not registered, second if it is.
Once you get there you will want to type:
/join #BDSMlibrary
ta-da!
Thank you Eva, but both of those only work for Windows machines, not for Macs.
I tried typing ircle us 3.04, which happyonprozac says does work with Mac OS, into both my browser and Google and both came back 'nothing found'.
(edit) I now understand why my friends told me to steer clear of irc. I found and downloaded ircle 3.1f2, but I can't understand it, and the manual is all written in jargon and expects that you already know what you're doing, which I most emphatically do not, so I'm STILL no closer to getting in the chatroom.
Why on earth would anything intentionally be made this difficult? (I mean getting into the room, not irc.)
Actually, once you understand it, it's really quite simple... Until then, it's a horrible learning curve. *speaks from experience*Quote:
Originally posted by Curtis
Why on earth would anything intentionally be made this difficult? (I mean getting into the room, not irc.)
Depending on your client, you should get a spot you can type things into. Try things like:
/connect irc.bdsm.net:6667
or
/server irc.bdsm-net:6667
Then use the join command:
/join #bdsmlibrary
LD
Nothing happened with /connect irc.bdsm.net:6667
When I typed /server irc.bdsm-net:6667 I got the response "looking for IP number. name search failed"
Somehow, this doesn't seem like progress.
By the way, ircle lists 1792 servers, and bdsm.net isn't one of them (though there was one that was something like Domina.net)
Um... I forgot to put on the ".com"... *sheepish look*Quote:
Originally posted by Curtis
When I typed /server irc.bdsm-net:6667 I got the response "looking for IP number. name search failed"
/server irc.bdsm-net.com:6667
LD
We now officially have progress. /server irc.bdsm-net.com:6667 got me conected, but it's like when I connected through the front door. I'm in, but I can't do anything. I tried /join#BDSMlibrary and got "unknown command"
What do I try next?
(edit) Right. That was the command redEva gave me. The one you gave me (/join #bdsmlibrary) worked. Sorry
only 10 ppl
sorry guys can't help myself
First, thanks to LD for getting me in the room for an hour this morning. Second, thanks to albear for being bright and friendly and answering all my questions. Too bad I didn't write down the answers.:rolleyes:
But now, why does redEva's screen look so much different from mine? The chatroom I got into was black and white, and there was no listing up of who was in the room. There was a listing that scrolled past at the beginning, but it was too fast to read and wasn't broken down into administrators and others. I had to scroll back three screens (at albear's suggestion) to read it, and it never updated. Also, Albear showed me a message telling that I'd entered the room, but no message like that showed up on my screen when Xoran entered, or when people left.
Was I in the low-rent district, or what?
I would love to use the chat room, but I just can't seem to access it. I can't download Trillon or IRC ( i get an error message) , and when I try to access chat though this site, I get a window with a little red cross in the left and corner. I'm running Windows XP. I"m not running behind a firewall, I'm cookie enabled, and I"m not through a proxy either.
Please, has anyone else experienced the same problems as me managed to overcome them, or does anyone have any suggestions?
Looking forward to chatting soon,
Alex.
Quote:
Originally posted by Alex Bragi
I would love to use the chat room, but I just can't seem to access it. I can't download Trillon or IRC ( i get an error message) , and when I try to access chat though this site, I get a window with a little red cross in the left and corner. I'm running Windows XP. I"m not running behind a firewall, I'm cookie enabled, and I"m not through a proxy either.
Please, has anyone else experienced the same problems as me managed to overcome them, or does anyone have any suggestions?
Looking forward to chatting soon,
Alex.
Well, I'm stumped. I'm running XP, cookies, no firewall, and no proxy, too, but I can download IRC with no problems at all and I can log into the chat from the link on the website here. Maybe check your security settings. That's all I can think would keep you from being able to access the chat or download things.
Alex - contact me on PM and lets get together and on IM lets try figure this out.Quote:
Originally posted by Alex Bragi
I can't download Trillon or IRC ( i get an error message) ...
First screen shoot was from Trillian and second from mIRC. I prefer those two to the Java script that is made for users that do not have any other client. Only that.Quote:
Originally posted by Curtis
...why does redEva's screen look so much different from mine?...
My understanding is that you, Curtis, are running on Mac (which is superior to any other puter - I agree) so for that purpose you would need to use Ircle – sorry I do not support that product – cause I do not have Mac – but I’m sure there are other users out there – and with some patience – you should be able to make it run.
good luck :)
i can tell you those answers again, you don't need to write them down ;)
your screen looks different coz you're using ircle and redEva showed mIRC and Trillion. ircle isn't really as user friendly (thats the understatement of the century) so your list of people who are in the room comes up in a box at the top right hand corner.
glad you made it for a chat :D
*bearhugs*