Shoutbox dropped.
Ok, so while I've been finishing up development of the new website template and portal, I was planning on reinstalling the other small misc. mods on a fresh copy of phpBB3.
The shoutbox we currently have was a pain in the ass to get set up, and was modified quite a bit -- to be honest I don't really remember what the hell I did to it. I'm starting to think that keeping the shoutbox is more work than its worth, since all that happens in there is...
- a) Stuff that already happens in The Basement (retardation, flaming)
b) Us calling each other gay and/or noob
c) People asking for support (this should not happen there)
d) People thinking that we do real chat/IP exchanging there (we obviously don't)
e) People bitching about the server being down (if the server goes down, only 2 people can fix it, and we can only be at our computers so many hours a day, and if we are at a computer we have plenty of people to let us know it needs fixed)
I know it might be "cool" to have a shoutbox, but this is a discussion forum, not a playground. We already have a place for people to actively chat (... the lobby, duh), so I don't see the true purpose of the shoutbox.
This is NOT a vote. I want some valid input on this, and if you want the shoutbox to stay, you'll need to try to legitimately convince me to keep it. I won't think twice about deleting piss-poor comments.
