The charm of the chat was that it was there without any demands on you. I would often go months without dropping in, and then I would be there every day for a while. Erratic use was what it was all about.
It's hard to reconcile that erratic use with the plaintive calls for the chat so many so dearly miss. "I REALLY miss that thing I used maybe a half dozen times per year". Uh huh. I don't think it's the occasional episodic chatter who's experiencing the Longing, and I DO think those who are would enjoy Skype group chats (and calls, something impossible in wotmania chat) a great deal. It's not wotmania chat, but it retains many, if not all, of the same features, and compensates for those it lacks by adding new and useful ones. It's not everyones cup of tea, I realize, but no one's in the wilderness unless they wish to be, in which case, again: Not my fault, responsibility or problem.
It's the same deal regardless, however; if I'd known a better way to maintain SOME kind of wotmanaic group chat, or if someone who did had done so, I wouldn't have bothered creating Skype chats exclusively for wotmania and RAFO (and the first group chat I made on there was for wotmanaia, not RAFO; I created it and if you hadn't logged into wotmania at least once I wouldn't add you, but make a separate group chat instead). Maybe being an American has made me hypersensitive to the whole "We're VERY upset at how you're doing the thing we want but refuse to do for ourselves!" thing. Many people seem to care just enough to find fault, but not solutions. I'm tired of indulging that kind of attitude.
Honorbound and honored to be Bonded to Mahtaliel Sedai
Last First in wotmania Chat
Slightly better than chocolate.
Love still can't be coerced.
Please Don't Eat the Newbies!
LoL. Be well, RAFOlk.
Last First in wotmania Chat
Slightly better than chocolate.
Love still can't be coerced.
Please Don't Eat the Newbies!
LoL. Be well, RAFOlk.
This message last edited by Joel on 15/11/2010 at 02:03:24 PM
WTF? RAFO doesn't have a chat?
14/11/2010 12:55:00 AM
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Wow, blast from the past there... assuming it's you? *NM*
14/11/2010 01:06:32 AM
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Who else would it be?
14/11/2010 01:10:26 AM
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I dunno, you never know if some random newbie reuses an old name?
14/11/2010 01:14:23 AM
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*contemplates grave consequences for theoretical random newbies*
14/11/2010 01:20:07 AM
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Re: *contemplates grave consequences for theoretical random newbies*
14/11/2010 01:31:07 AM
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Nope, but there are multiple Skype chats dedicated to RAFO.
14/11/2010 01:21:16 AM
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Because Skype is not made for permanent chatrooms and we get tired of waiting days for a message. *NM*
14/11/2010 02:30:09 AM
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No? I would say it kind of is, actually.
14/11/2010 06:01:25 AM
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IRC is better.
14/11/2010 06:38:02 AM
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A whole lot has to do with how often you log in to Skype.
14/11/2010 02:59:45 PM
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Thank you for proving my point. Most people have no interest in logging in daily. *NM*
14/11/2010 10:25:49 PM
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Then I dare say there's no problem.
15/11/2010 01:16:40 AM
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So you only care about people who have the ability to log in every day?
15/11/2010 01:41:06 AM
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"Ability"?
15/11/2010 01:09:15 PM
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I must say I'm with Ghavrel on this one
15/11/2010 01:46:03 PM
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Fair enough then.
15/11/2010 02:02:34 PM
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Just how hard is getting mIRC and setting up a channel? *NM*
15/11/2010 01:31:33 PM
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Sometimes it seems like the REAL complaint is that no one else makes it as effortless as Mike did
15/11/2010 02:07:52 PM
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*sigh
14/11/2010 02:31:40 AM
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I feel shame for you. *NM*
14/11/2010 02:35:20 AM
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why? *NM*
16/11/2010 04:42:01 PM
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That you even went to Skype chat with them and found out. *shudders*
16/11/2010 05:39:41 PM
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RAFO also doesn't have a Huckleberry Finn, but it's still an okay distraction. *NM*
14/11/2010 03:12:01 PM
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New decade, new priorities it seems, Jodi
15/11/2010 03:19:33 AM
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