News: We have a chat!

This post was originally made by Arcane as a comment, replying to the 3C1T review. I felt that it was important enough to warrant its own post, so I copied Arcane's writing here.

First, some quick links for you.

1. The chat, Party Plateau
2. The plugin: http://mshs.syte9.net/nppgwrap.zip

And here's Arcane's post. Enjooooy...

Semi-Staff Update: A New Dawn With An Old Twist

Ladies and gentlemen, we've had a good run over the course of months in which this site has been run. Knux and Slash have brought us a truly unique world based on concepts veteran players are familiar with enough twisits to keep it fresh and alive, with a game system that is among the best I've seen in my career. We've told awesome stories, had awesome moments, and even though we're a small community, I think it's safe to say we do things big.

That said, we have some issues. The biggest problem has been, so far, that we are confined to the instant messenger. This limits our crowd sizes and makes it all that more likely for us to freeze up and mess with what is often a very time sensitive game. We've long desired for a chatroom. Multiple options have been explored, but nothing satisfactory has been found.

One option has always been the Sparkpea Chatrooms, which are essentiall the old MSN Groups chats. The problem has been a failure in finding the right plugin to make it work.

Well, that (plugin) problem has been sort of solved. We experimented with Knux tonight ( ) with a patch I received from the Help Desk(special thanks to Sysop_Rancher, if you see him) and while it only worked on Internet Explorer, the fact is that it worked. We now have a chat made permanent on Sparkpea, Party Plateau, found here: http://www.sparkpea.net/chatroom.php?rhx=252370617274795C62706C6174656175

If you are in need of the patch to run Sparkpea, it can be downloaded here: http://mshs.syte9.net/nppgwrap.zip

Now, I admit that Knux and I found several weaknesses already in this old friend. At the time of this posting, we have a three line post limit(nice long lines, but limits nonetheless), a probable failure to have custom emotes, and a probable failure to run a dice program. I'm checking into that tonight, but in the meantime, dice can be remedied by still using the messenger as a tool, and of course various continuation signs to account for our size problems(signs like -> or ).

The plus side is that we have a much increased chat capacity and the ability to kick or ban people to help exercise authority(Just like in the game!).

So, come on in and relax. Your Destiny Is Waiting.