Chatrooms Cut By HullBreach

By @HullBreach Premium64

POSTED: 10 Oct 2013 12:11
CATEGORY: This Community
FEATURED: Yes (@HullBreach Premium64

Quick blog, due to questions asked:

The RP and language chatrooms have been removed from the menus on each website. I will remove the code next time I get to the backend stuff.

Over the past couple weeks, I've been checking the chatroom menu and never see members using those chatrooms (or even the other ones - in many cases). Most role-playing has gone on in the groups for a couple years, and there was never enough demand for the language chatrooms. If you want to RP or speak another language in the other chatrooms, be my guest.

Note that this does not mean that the community is fading away. It just means that members have shifted their areas of interest to different parts of the community. Specifically, groups and blogs have been seeing a surge in popularity. To put numbers to it all, the SDK community currently sees about 650,000 page views per week. That number has been fairly steady all year, aside from a temporary climb to 1,000,000 when most members were on school vacation. This comes to about 2,000 visits per day. It is far from the 4,000 visits per day a couple years ago and the spike to 7,000 three summers (north hemisphere) ago, but it has been holding steady for a while, now.

+20 -2

@banjo2
19 Aug 2018 08:38

Funny how these still exist

@Tech.no.38800715
29 Dec 2014 06:11

Haaahh and Admins were saying we're not allowed to speak foreign languages and roleplay in normal chats... Whaddya know..

@sarahwolfbane
13 Oct 2013 03:09

Make one rp room ;(

@Raven58
13 Oct 2013 02:19

Now for the language rooms. I speak Romanian and recently I found out moron in my language is a who other story i another so I just resolved to english and forgot my romanian quotes. So, Noroc! [Good luck] and have fun.

@Raven58
13 Oct 2013 02:17

The rp rooms will be missed, but the reason I believe peope havent been using them is that alot of, Hate to say it, Terrible rpers and over run them. I watch their rps and its... very much like a toddler wonder land. People use groups more now because we can keep the toddlers out and they dont insult us saying we are the idiots. Im not one to fight. Iv moved my business to groups because of these child like people thinking they are better than the people who have been here longer.

@BLanger
12 Oct 2013 22:21

no more rp groups ? ;n;

@spideer
12 Oct 2013 12:35

I've only used language chat once but that was because someone (can't remember who...) agreed to let me talk to them in french so I could practice.

@IronWolf117
12 Oct 2013 00:02

What's wrong with RP'ing in chats? I don't see anything bad about it.

@Dark00
11 Oct 2013 19:34

Eh, I'll RP in groups. Tis improper to RP in Chats.

@jsa005
11 Oct 2013 05:39

You know, you could use some translation API to translate content not posted in English, maybe for chats a /translate command (or a little "t" button next to the username on the chatroom message) and a translate button for everything else.

@Thi500
11 Oct 2013 01:53

So, basically, we can RP in the General Rooms now?

@KaticaRae
11 Oct 2013 05:27
In reply to Thi500

"If you want to RP or speak another language in the other chatrooms, be my guest." Ahahahaahah.

@Thi500
11 Oct 2013 13:50
In reply to KaticaRae

That answered my question.

@BrendonSlovak
10 Oct 2013 23:36

one time I spoke slovakian and german in a chatroom and was banned... so, honestly, I say just leave the
-language- chatrooms up and running.
OR, does this mean we can speak ANY language we want to?
how will the mods know what were saying?.

@BuNnY123
11 Oct 2013 05:25
In reply to BrendonSlovak

It means there's no longer a NO GERMAN rule in the general rooms.

@LaZerWoLF
10 Oct 2013 22:22

thre shuld ttly b a dating cht. thn wi culd sibr ull dai and nite.

@Cappuccino
10 Oct 2013 20:08

2,000 view is a lot though but I guess it's not as good as 4,000.

That's crazy! 7,000 view is a ton!

@M.J kInG
10 Oct 2013 19:17

I just talking about this lastnight.

@NillocSkywalker
10 Oct 2013 17:11

Only once in my life have I seen 2 people in the language chat.

@MetalHeart
10 Oct 2013 14:50

In my opinion, chatrooms will get love during the holiday seasons and when SSB4 and Mario Kart 8 come out. Probably sooner with Pokemon X and Y on the way.

@LaZerWoLF
10 Oct 2013 22:19
In reply to MetalHeart

That makes no sense whatsoever. Pokemon X and Y, etc has nothing to do with the SDK Community. O.o

@MetalHeart
10 Oct 2013 23:12
In reply to LaZerWoLF

How?

@LaZerWoLF
10 Oct 2013 23:30
In reply to MetalHeart

Hull did not create them. Even if he did, how the hell would it increase activity in the chats?!

@MetalHeart
10 Oct 2013 23:43
In reply to LaZerWoLF

Haha, you're missing the point.

@LaZerWoLF
11 Oct 2013 00:04
In reply to MetalHeart

Doesn't make any sense.

@MetalHeart
10 Oct 2013 14:34

People suggested that there be a Roleplay section in the Bulletin Boards. I personally think it's a good idea. Plus, it's organized better that way. Since the groups really don't have a history to look back at on the shoutboxes, they can just look at the forum to see what they missed.

@BuNnY123
11 Oct 2013 05:28
In reply to MetalHeart

Groups in fact DO have a history button. It has to do with the delete button, in fact it IS the delete button.

@atreyufan1500
11 Oct 2013 19:35
In reply to BuNnY123

That won't work if you don't own the group and want to or need to see what someone has posted.

@inSein
10 Oct 2013 17:48
In reply to MetalHeart

I suggested that. Everyone I've talked to so far has agreed.

@Icarus
10 Oct 2013 17:51
In reply to inSein

I would be good for RPers, though I, personally, don't really RP much these days.

@inSein
10 Oct 2013 17:54
In reply to Icarus

Same, haha.

@Icarus
10 Oct 2013 17:54
In reply to inSein

I remember hearing about you RPing one time

@inSein
10 Oct 2013 17:56
In reply to Icarus

Yes. Once. As a queen. I originally went in there because they were the only ones on but it turned fun.

@Icarus
10 Oct 2013 17:57
In reply to inSein

Fun is always good.

@inSein
10 Oct 2013 20:34
In reply to Icarus

Fun and violenCe.

@NillocSkywalker
10 Oct 2013 17:11
In reply to MetalHeart

I hate RPing but I agree.

Damn I wish groups had a history button....

@atreyufan1500
10 Oct 2013 13:49

It is for the best. Some people were using those RP room inappropriately anyway.

@LaZerWoLF
10 Oct 2013 22:21
In reply to atreyufan1500

Never saw any 'innapropriateness' going on in the RP rooms.

@atreyufan1500
10 Oct 2013 23:07
In reply to LaZerWoLF

That's because most of it was done via pm or you just weren't present

@SmashedDreams
10 Oct 2013 20:56
In reply to atreyufan1500

Indeed.

@Icarus
10 Oct 2013 13:02

It's still depressing that there's so little chat use, though...

@MetalHeart
10 Oct 2013 14:28
In reply to Icarus

There's 7 chatrooms, that's more than enough.. don't you think?

@Icarus
10 Oct 2013 16:01
In reply to MetalHeart

Yeah, I know.

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