OMG, WHERE IS THE CHAT?

[Yoshi Boo 118]

Create another Runouw's Forum mebbe?

*gets booed*

[TheExcavator]

There was an another topic that discussed this problem, but it was locked. So, I'll just put it here, because I thought it was a really good idea.

I'm thinking of making the chat automatically delete posts older than 3 or so days. (Which means there will only be about 7,500 posts on the server at a time. Since the beginning of the chat, we have gotten more than 1,370,000 chat posts...)
No one would have a problem with that right? If you need to report someone using a perma-link, the problem is almost always solved by the next day.

Does anyone think this would be a nice solution?

[MessengerOfDreams]

Well it has more to do with too many members on chat server. If you're involuntarily entered into the se2rver since the chat's on every page, why not make one separate page for the chat where if you leave you exit the server's view?

[Doram]

Yes, the complaint from the ISP was that we were over on all of our statistics: RAM usage, processor time, and disk size. Unfortunately, that makes this a bigger problem than just reducing the amount of archived chat posts. It means that the Chat is going to require some drastic rule changes, or a drastic to complete recode. The simplest solution that we think might work is putting the chat in a separate or popup window, and not on the top of every page. The problem is that we are not sure what will bring down the specs of the service by the required amounts, and still leave it functional. I have been told that most of the new features are coded to not require practically any amount more resources than the original chat system required, but we might be talking about a few milliseconds difference multiplied by millions of interactions resulting in significant resource drain. And on top of that, with the number of people using the chat, even the stripped-back-down chat might be using too many resources, just from the sheer number of people using it.

Again, Runouw and Suyo are giving it their attention, and they are working on it as fast as they can, and unfortunately, it is a very thorny problem that will require much experimentation. Please be patient, and we will all be chatting away in no time.

[brandoprojectm]

Create another Runouw's Forum mebbe?

*gets booed*

WAY AHEAD OF YOU FOO-*is shot*

So yeah, uh, pardon me for being stupid and all but where is new chat? :X

[Buff_]

Create another Runouw's Forum mebbe?

*gets booed*

WAY AHEAD OF YOU FOO-*is shot*

So yeah, uh, pardon me for being stupid and all but where is new chat? :X

1st post. Link is there.

[brandoprojectm]

Oh derp. I saw that Suyo said that and clicked on it, but thought that it was the original one.

IT'S 2 IN THE MORNING WHAT DID YOU EXPECT

[entertainment.net]

Is it possible to make it so that you can sign out of the chat, but not the forum?
If so, we can have people who haven't talked the chat for 5 minutes so be automatically signed out.
You could have a message similar to: "You connection with the chat has timed out. Please [url=whatever chat sign in link is]sign in[/url] again!"

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vmk89

[Cyvern]

Hmm, some people tend to over use mod power on chat. . . kick for no reason, or a reason so simple it should not be even defined as a reason.

[Suyo]

Hmm, some people tend to over use mod power on chat. . . kick for no reason, or a reason so simple it should not be even defined as a reason.

You can instantly rejoin by clicking #runouw, so it's more like a joke. Think of it as the fake bans we did on the old chat.