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    posted a message on Open Bnet issues.
    I took down all my shields but still I can't join any open bnet or tc/ip or w/e games....Anybody know why? I can host a tcp game but i can't join one...
    The majority of games on Open are not joinable as most fail to configure their router properly; their issue, not yours.
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    posted a message on Chat-system for DiabloFans.com
    In regards to the age restrictions I agree it's quite impractical due the aforementioned circumvention (I'm not sure why this wasn't obvious to me immediately) but more to the point I really do not believe that age is an indicator of maturity; more of an ad hoc generalization. Regardless, a possibility [depending on the precise design] users can be assigned to their age group chat by default while requiring explicit expression to join the "adult" discussion.


    I do like the idea, but I wonder how it is best implemented. Should there be a global chat channel or would it be flooded to the point when it becomes unreadable? If not, how should it work? Do you invite people (might be problematic if the chat doesn't follow you when you navigate)? Are there premade channels, like one for cascual talk, one for Diablo talk, etc. Should it be accessible from anywhere on the forum, or only on a specific page? If the former, does it have to reload when you move around (if so, how long does it take, does it increase page load time)? If the latter, it would sort of distract people from the actual threads and be quite inconvenent (i think most people would have a tab open for it).

    A general good idea though is to have a fairly short character limit, to prevent text walls.
    The current design plan entails a global channel which is accessible to anyone on any forum page (placed under the forum path (e.g, [..] DiabloFans.com > Diablofans General > Off-Topic Forum) and will retain state across reloads (which is, frankly, a pain in the ass to provide on the technical side). The reasoning behind this design choice (as opposed to multiple independent chats) is to avoid situations where users, particularly those who are new, preemptively dismiss usage of the chat due to a lack of visible activity when others are gathered in the non-default.

    You bring up a good point about chat congestion and have considered it myself; the only real solution, again, is to segregate the chat and possibly to assign users to home channels in a round-robin fashion. In any instance of a multiple-channel design the capability to join and enumerate a list of available channels will be facilitated.

    The load-time overhead associated with using this system (which will be a Java applet) is negligible; the software itself is cached and operates asynchronously within the page and thus will not affect overall rendering time. The applet (of which is fetched by the client) along with the server software will both be hosted by myself to alleviate the burden on the DFans server [as I have unmetered upload and a system uptime of 99.98%, it is of no consequence to me]

    P.S., ofcourse another option in the multiple-channel design is to enable the viewing of multiple channels (most likely via tabbed display)
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    posted a message on Chat-system for DiabloFans.com
    Could you make two chat rooms so us adults can have our own 18+ chat room, allowing freedom of speech and such?
    Alright I'll see what I can do.

    In what language are you writing it in? as long as its not java i'm fine with it, to be honest if you write in java i might kill myself, everyone using java these days... its too slow.
    I've heard drowning is peaceful; unfortuantely it's the only viable method due to server dependencies and the desire to be as least intrusive as possible with the site (the backend is written in C)

    A poll is kinda pointless because no one here has a reason to be against a chat system, but I vote yes nonehteless. It's up to the site devs...
    There were concerns such a feature may draw attention away from the forums themself.
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    posted a message on Chat-system for DiabloFans.com
    Sixen and I have been discussing implementing a chat system to enable people on DFans to communicate in real-time while they are on the site to facilitiate a more convenient discussion medium that will hopefully render increased overall site activity.

    As the software is being written by me personally you may also suggest features and such.
    Posted in: Site Feedback
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    posted a message on Harddrive File Count
    Yeah Matt, it failed every one for me, ending with a "Serious Error."
    Updated (accidently gave the debug build)
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    posted a message on What's Happened To This Place?
    I agree these forums are quite stagnent relative to many other forums of comparable userbase (I can only generalize, I have no idea what DFans was like prior to Kevin's aquisition) but as to why I can only conject it's due to a lack of exposed interests between users and a general lack of motiviation (personally, I find interleaved discussion unappealing -- I prefer immediate feedback for philosophical discussions as opposed to days later when I have too many other things to think about)

    Then again, it could be worse.
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    posted a message on Harddrive File Count
    No need to be specific; I'm after a ballpark figure.


    If you don't have a simple method of enumerating all the files on your computer then you can use this (May take up to a minute, usually much less)


    Thanks for your input.
    Posted in: Off-Topic
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    posted a message on Runeword Helper
    Java is another option.
    Posted in: Diablo Tools
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    posted a message on Need a good xbox 360 action and RPG game!
    I'd recommend Oblivion: Elder Scrolls, it's a bit monotonous, but it's very in-depth.
    Posted in: General Discussion (non-Diablo)
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    posted a message on Your Favorite Character Build for D2 LoD
    Jabber zon; not those panzy "CS" zons.
    Posted in: Diablo II
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    posted a message on Masculism & Misandry
    Stereotypes are the bane of society and the media is it's primary propagator; do yourself a favour, destroy your TV.
    Posted in: General Discussion (non-Diablo)
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    posted a message on My first D clone kill
    Is there any other chat channels that might be helpful? like Baal run channels trade channels?
    Op Baalz I believe it's called (Chaos runs are also advertised)
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    posted a message on Post your desktop!
    Posted in: General Discussion (non-Diablo)
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    posted a message on My first D clone kill
    Congratulations :)

    You can utilize the service provided by the bot in channel Op DClone to be notified when DClone is about to spawn; you can easily gather 20+ anni's a day using the information.
    Posted in: Diablo II
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    posted a message on Highest MF Shield
    The magic-find suffix cannot spawn on shields; quad-IST shield is the best you can do.
    Posted in: Diablo II
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