For many years there were a decent bunch of chat admins at wotmania chat that kept the bullshit to a minimum. Many, including myself, became less regular and things sort of fell apart from there. If we were to get a chat here and select the right admins (i.e. not me) then I could expect to stroll in every now and then and have a decent experience. I assume that your Skype room only allows whoever started the room to boot people?
That person can also set others to "master" status and that basically allows them to do all the same stuff, except they can't edit what the "creator" or other "masters" say. As far as booting and banning, however, they can do all of that, or just edit offending comments; they can also set people to "listener" status, which is amusing, because then you see a little pencil as they type this big long string of profanity, and then you see the little eraser smudge it all out when they hit enter.
It's not like a free for all, though there is a chat like that; I forget who created it, but I think kronin did. Somehow he kept getting the creator tag in all of them, even the first one I created when wotmania went down the last time. He and Kylia Skydancer started another one that was supposed to be for RAFO Mafia Wars but wound up getting most people, so now they have a third one that's an IC RPG "tavern" and seem to run both pretty smoothly, though I've not been in the last. Ultimately, it is what you make of it, because in terms of features I don't really see anything Chat had that Skype lacks, quite the opposite: That doesn't mean people will use it, or be decent on it, anymore than it did in '08. If it were as simple as just snapping your fingers and having everyone come we wouldn't be having this conversation, and certainly not on the CMB.
Honorbound and honored to be Bonded to Mahtaliel Sedai
Last First in wotmania Chat
Slightly better than chocolate.
Love still can't be coerced.
Please Don't Eat the Newbies!
LoL. Be well, RAFOlk.
Last First in wotmania Chat
Slightly better than chocolate.
Love still can't be coerced.
Please Don't Eat the Newbies!

LoL. Be well, RAFOlk.
Chat
- 10/10/2010 07:34:44 AM
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I've already had several days like that. Yet people keep insisting RAFO is better without chat. *NM*
- 10/10/2010 05:29:46 PM
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When chat used to be down for long stretches, everyone would just pile into AIM chat.
- 10/10/2010 06:54:33 PM
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Which they could easily do with Skype and get voice, yet no one does.
- 10/10/2010 10:56:55 PM
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The idea of voice chat creeps me out on so many levels *NM*
- 11/10/2010 12:34:22 AM
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Is that why the Edinburgh gathering pics are always nothing but sign language and dirty gestures? *NM*
- 11/10/2010 10:36:00 PM
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The group that is popularized as being a part of that is not enticing to long standing wotmaniacs. *NM*
- 11/10/2010 03:29:57 AM
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Then that, again, seems a problem that coding can't solve.
- 11/10/2010 07:33:32 AM
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I don't think most want to download another program when they had it so easy before.
- 11/10/2010 10:39:55 PM
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Honestly, I think the "one time event" is the biggest problem.
- 12/10/2010 04:20:04 AM
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I disagree. I don't think enough people think it worth the effort to deal with Skype.
- 12/10/2010 04:28:21 AM
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What effort?
- 12/10/2010 04:38:42 AM
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Re:
- 12/10/2010 11:00:56 PM
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Then where are they?
- 13/10/2010 04:00:46 AM
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You have a faulty memory. Chat was incredibly active as late as 2007.
- 13/10/2010 04:24:25 AM
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Again, that's people, and not/having Chat won't change that.
- 13/10/2010 04:45:40 AM
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Incorrect
- 13/10/2010 04:58:30 AM
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Initially only the person who started it can boot.
- 13/10/2010 05:12:27 AM
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Re: Initially only the person who started it can boot.
- 13/10/2010 02:45:50 PM
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Sounds right; don't really know much about The Tavern except that's all in character.
- 14/10/2010 04:54:06 AM
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What do you mean where are they? There isn't a chat linked to the site.
- 13/10/2010 10:44:10 PM
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So?
- 14/10/2010 04:52:37 AM
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I have to admit that I highly doubt I would ever participate if a revived chat were installed
- 13/10/2010 05:08:38 AM
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Most of the group consists of long-standing Wotmaniacs, so. *NM*
- 12/10/2010 05:25:39 AM
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I probably didn't phrase that right. Maybe an -er after long and an "in good" before standing.
- 12/10/2010 11:02:30 PM
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Plenty of people who've been around as long as you, and plenty in good standing. *NM*
- 13/10/2010 05:36:23 AM
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I see that my comments are being interpeted as a blanket insult to all parties involved...
- 13/10/2010 11:09:09 PM
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Also "as long as me" doesn't really factor, because I wasn't using myself to set the bar.
- 13/10/2010 11:26:29 PM
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Also, what qualifies as "good standing"? Who's the judge? *NM*
- 13/10/2010 05:36:23 AM
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Jonte is right. The judges are numerous. Each with their own motivations and interests. *NM*
- 13/10/2010 11:10:04 PM
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I'd fuck myself to death with a spike of frozen cat piss before I'd chat with that skype crowd.
- 13/10/2010 11:42:16 PM
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we are Rafonauts now.
- 13/10/2010 03:16:32 PM
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Yeah, I know, I came up with the term. Many still consider the "old gang" as "wotmaniacs" though.
- 13/10/2010 11:01:58 PM
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There's a Chat if you want one.
- 10/10/2010 11:01:57 PM
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i wouldn't say mutely
- 10/10/2010 11:40:13 PM
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Well, like I said, talk about something else.
- 11/10/2010 01:32:15 AM
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do you know how hard it is stopping sports fanatics talking about sports?
- 11/10/2010 09:59:56 AM
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