Simple question. Should RuneCrypt have an official Clanchat?

I personally think we should as it would allow us to branch out to RuneScape more easily and increase the number of members we have on RuneCrypt as a whole. We could advertise the chat on the forums and in game to friends we know and once they see our great community they'd feel inclined to join. Post your thoughts.


Majority Votes yes.

join crypt chat for...well...crypt chat!

No.

We tried it before and it failed miserably, nobody ever went to it after the first week and nobody ever does anymore. I think it'd just be a waste of time to see something die after a month or less, not to mention advertising at the Grand Exchange and such to random people is a pretty lowdown thing to do. People would get the impression that we're desperate for members and that the website sucks.

When we tried beforehand we didn't have fullscreen mode on our side to encourage people to use it, they'd just use irc. Plus you wouldn't advertise at the exchange, just to your friends and making a nice, neat topic on the RuneScape forums for it. Besides, trying again wouldn't hurt anything.

No one even uses irc anymore...last like 10 times I've gone on, maybe once was there someone who wanted to talk for about 3 min. You used to be able to spend hours in irc while grinding on rs, now you can't do anything in irc because no one is on...

Voice chat won't fair much better, wish it would've though...

you say no1 uses irc anymore, so what does that have to do with a clanchat? and if the old one is abandoned I'm suggesting we make a new one =\

Cryptchat = Runecrypt's clan chat.

Has CryptChat been approved by Matt? Because when I asked him he told me to make a topic in site submissions and suggestions for an official chat.

I think we should - but I wouldn't really use it because I'm almost never on.

I don't think it has been approved.

I don't see why not? Good to have even if most people don't use it.

Lets all just agree to use unofficial places to conduct our business and converse freely. Some of these forms should be the unsaid channels upon various relay chat networks. Without having to enforce all of these rules and/or guidelines we can actually get down to business and enjoy conversations like we used to be able to do back in the beginning.

I'm not too sure what you mean kreotis?

I've never felt that the policies on crypt were strict. In fact I think they've loosing up quite a bit since the beginning, or at least that what I've noticed since my return. You'd still have every other means of communicating whilst in game. This channel, as is my understanding, would just be an option for those who want to use it. Not a requirement of being a member here, there is none. Free to come and go, free to chat or not to chat. Only rules I can see as being appropriate, in a runescape based chat, would be the rules of runescape.

The best aspect of having a RuneCrypt clan chat is for players who use full screen - it provides a place to chat with the Runescape players of RuneCrypt without the hassle of navigating between normal screen and full screen.

I'd say yes. We tried before, and it died out too quickly. Doesn't hurt to try again.

I agree with Bling and Raz. Even if you don't have fullscreen - like me - it can still be irritating to move between windows and have your eyes refocus on different webpages of different brightnesses, etc. I am very slowly moving to re-playing runescape, so I would use it when I was on. Anyway, we have double the amount of votes for "yes" then for no, so I think we should go ahead with it.

I was refering to irc channels. Only those who were around the channels when we first started using them would understand the post.

Yea but that would be a pain if some of us liked to use full screen mode. Besides a clan chat wouldn't hurt anything at all.
I don't think you should really have that much of a say in the matter if you're retired from RuneScape tbh.

It doesn't hurt anyone to have one. So yes. Who knows what scheming could go on in it.

Haha Jac I like the way you think.

I don't quite understand how this affects what people will use. For most of us, mIRC and other irc clients are obviously the better choice because there are no rules to bother with. Just talk when you want, how you want, to whomever you want. I doubt fullscreen really makes a difference because if people want to use irc, they're going to use irc, and if people already want to use clan chat, they'll use clan chat.



I agree with this 1000000%.

Yes you can still go to your unofficial places and do whatever the hell you want, but some of us like to play in fullscreen mode, and it's impossible to chat on irc and play on it at the same time, therefore what I'm suggesting is one designated ClanChat for everyone who'd like to join. =)

This really isn't a matter of should we or shouldn't we have an official channel. There have been many channels set up for Runecrypt already. Buffi, Bliz, and Glad all had Clanchat channels when it first came out, but their popularity died. It doesn't matter if we have one if no one uses it.

Nobody uses fullscreen mode.

And like I said in your first topic; RuneCrypt has to few active members for a good, interesting and active chat. Considering that even less people play RuneScape (actively) I'd say that if there were to be a new chat it would be doomed from the beginning.

Just take a look at the IRC channel(s). There's hardly ever anyone there that responds within 30 minutes. The only good thing about a clan chat is that people are more likely to talk back since they have to focus on playing and they can't go check something else for a long period of time without logging out.

If you ask me, this would be just a waste of time and effort.

I use fullscreen mode 0.0
And I'm sure a handful of other people use it too. Plus a clanchat would be good to advertise RuneCrypt on RS forums. You can't exactly advertise IRC on RS forums now can you?

How does a clan chat help with advertising RuneCrypt on the RSOF?
You mean luring people into the chat and then tell them about the site? I'm not gonna tell some new guys (of which 99% won't even join) all about RuneCrypt and advertise it.

Oh, and I think most people either play low detail or high detail with the biggest screen thats fits in their browser so they can still browse on other sites.

Everyone here is saying the Crypt is almost dead, so I think even 1% of the people I talk to making an account here would be beneficial.

I should just make my clanchat into the official one since I am the supreme utilma. People will be had.

Does that mean you change your vote to yes?

the crypt will never die!

Ziz I don't see how time and effort should be a deterrent to use a pre-existent clan chat for Runecrypt.

No harm can come from having another place to chat.

I think it's a good idea - it has great potential to attract more players to our community and also gives already existing players the benefit of having a place to communicate in Rs.

If you don't want to be a part of the clan chat deal then do be a part. Nobody is forcing you to do anything. Just don't think that what you want is always going to be what will happen, you can't just force your ideals and desires onto other people and expect them to fold.

We have more than double votes for "yes," so I don't see why there is still so much debate. Whoever doesn't want to use one, don't, but I agree that even a few new people joining RuneCrypt would be beneficial to the site.

And what happened to the first clan chat? Exactly. Why would it be any different this time around?
I'm just being realistic.

Why would it matter if it's a waste of time if someone is willing to put time into it to make it happen?

As long as it's not your time that's being wasted, it shouldn't really matter if it's a waste of time to you.

Go ahead, I don't mind. I just don't think it's a good idea, that's all.

This sounds incredibly similar to the old #cryptirc discussion of about a year ago

I agree that irc much harder to use now than before... not only in full screen mode..

I agree that no harm would come out of it... but i do believe it'll die quick quickly as some suggested.

That clanchat thing never really catched on did it?
Seems as though nowadays everyone cares less about the talking and more about the skilling.

Ive started playing again.. Slowly.. Its like coffee, you shouldnt drink it but its addictive.. *sigh* anyhow onto point...

Id use the channel but as with most things it will die, but il still use it faithfully.. it would be a nice addition to the home world thing.

Now all we need is somewhere too wear funny hats and dance with gerbils. ^^

I have made the account (and done the tutorial island) 'runecryptcc', that could serve as an easy name to remember if you did want to drop into the cc.

well i joined both cryptchat and runecryptcc - no one on.. Woo

We haven't officially established one yet. I still need Matt's permission on this. You can help out by voting "yes".

lets make this happen

You don't need permission from matt for EVERYTHING..
I think all the people that voted yes have never been on cc/irc before.

woo im in that lot, wasnt till i stopped playing, was on irc whenever i was on rs, came online today too no one online and the same with chat.

I think we also have an acc named Runecrypt, I just don't know the password because Arrowz always used it, never bothered to ask him for the password. We could always use that one or cryptchat, but it's just not worth the trouble.

I've used mIRC and Clan Chats and I voted yes...

Because you weren't around when we had runecrypt clanchat and irc.

It was cool when cool people used them