Shout box?

[rag-time4]

Does anyone have any news about the shout box? We still have the same note on the main page, that it was removed due to "abuse"... Are we going to be replacing it with anything or is it gone for good? Many of the guys who were regulars in the shout box have moved over to Paul's site at pcengine.freeforums.com and are still hanging out there, myself included from time to time.

Personally I would like to see it return, and I'm sure several others would as well.

[TR0N]

Ditto,it's been many months since the hack there has to be some thing 'that is secure to use.Still i like to see a chatroom put in instead since it has pm etc and plenty of other options.

[blueraven]

Missing it too, is there a workaround in the works?

[SignOfZeta]

Personally, I never used the thing. I prefer to have my stupidity properly archived for the ages.

[Tatsujin]

Shoutbox and forums have a total completely different approach. In fact they working completely against each other, but I like em both

[grahf]

I'm with Zeta. I like reading through archived discussions.

[esteban]

Personally, I never used the thing. I prefer to have my stupidity properly archived for the ages.

Yeah, I rarely used it. Every now and then I would be curious and check out the shoutbox, but it is a chore to read (and follow).

I wish there was a better solution...but, as Tats pointed out, the shoutbox does conflict with the forums. I'd rather have conversations in archived threads.

Shoutbox is like... gossiping around the water cooler.

My apologies to all the shoutbox lovers out there.

[thesteve]

shout is great for quick tech support.
its much easier to troubleshoot with quick responses.
results, should be archived forever, not troubleshooting

[roflmao]

I miss the shoutbox.  I wasn't a regular, but I popped in every once in awhile.  I still do over at the other forums, but it would be convenient if it was integrated here again.  Only I like the chat window over at the other forums better than the shoutbox.

[Tatsujin]

The shoutbox is just pure quick entertainment for some like-minded peeps wo like to chat a bit. Mostly nonsense or troll stuff and yes some troubelshooting, but which shouldn't be placed in forums anyway.

For all the peeps who like to chat, why not use this detour here: http://pcengine.freeforums.org/index.php

Most of us are shouting there, since this one went down.

[thesteve]

only prob is no new reg

[Tatsujin]

shoot paul a mail. or is it absolute final?

[PunkicCyborg]

Bring it back!

[BigusSchmuck]

Or better yet get a chatroom! Sheesh!

[Tatsujin]

We got a chatroom! sheesh!