retrojunk used to have a chat room option, but you had to be on whenever anyone else decided to be on. if rd gets one then there should at least be an announcement/schedule time for everyone to meet up

echidna64 wrote :

I think I've caught sum march madness because my idea is to have a tab for voting i.e a bracket on best Disney villains, best NES games, etc.

Might be a fun way to increase user participation and to soak up some of IGN's google hits

We could also vote on article contest winners in the same manner
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Count me in!

I don't care for live chat rooms, but if it will attract people, go for it.

I doubt a chat room would be successful.  These days any chat room I see consists of a bunch of people saying "hi" and...well, that's about it.

What made chat rooms cool in the mid 90s?  I think it was the fact that there were thousands of people on at any given time.  Which meant rooms with dedicated topics, a/s/l, private rooms, and flame wars. 

I don't see hundreds or thousands on Retro-Daze this year and I don't think chat rooms would bring in new people.

I think Vapor man has a brilliant idea with the getting paid to contribute angle. It should be emphasized more on the site to attract people.

vkimo wrote :

I think Vapor man has a brilliant idea with the getting paid to contribute angle. It should be emphasized more on the site to attract people.
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Agreed on that one.

vkimo wrote :

I think Vapor man has a brilliant idea with the getting paid to contribute angle. It should be emphasized more on the site to attract people.
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Agreed on that one.

Yeah. I'm pretty sure if Caps cashed out his points I would have to take out a loan.

haha true that! When RJ still had the contributors list, his score was quadruple that of the 2nd place person. Has Caps been on recently?

Caps? Try MissM. You'd have to sell your house probably to pay her off XD