ok, so here's the deal:
i want to put up a chat room for eveyone. but the only way to moderate a chat room is to be in it, and neither brent nor i have that kind of time. so there is a decent chance that people will abuse the chat room to say inappropriate things or harass people. so here is our compromise:
i have set up a chat room on my server. it is unaffiliated with this website, and that is official. i am just doing this because i think it would be a lot of fun. however, i have tied the logins to the chat board on my server to the logins here, so you will use the same username and password when you login there that you use here. so to use this mysterious magical chatroom follow the following link:
http://www.briantucker.net/chatboard/bbyou should bookmark this link so you can find it easily in the future if you like to chat. when you enter the chatroom it will ask to install a little piece of software. click 'ok' (it is just java). a few things you should note: you should click on all the little buttons at the top of the screen to see what they do. one of them lets you password protect your username in the chatroom. this will insure that noone is able to impersonate you. i want you all to stick to the username you are automatically assigned when you enter the chatroom. if i see someone with a custom username, i may just boot them, or i may ask that they identify themselves. any hesitation in indentifying themselves will get them booted.
this chatroom is pretty cool. it has all kinds of options, sounds, private chats, etc. have fun with it, do not abuse it, and it will be a great thing. if someone is abusing it,
let me know immediately!so follow the above link and let me know if something dosen't work right. i'm always glad to help.
brian
