P. H. I. L.

[Dean Winchester]

Ladies and Gents. Please listen carefully to what I have to say as it is of extreme importance.


Well not really.


But basically, in the last few days, a few of the mods have expressed a desire to have the chat box removed. Why I hear you cry out.


Well, a few weeks back, we had an incident where a possible member or possible 'troll' appeared quite suddenly in the chat area under the guise of 'Phil' or 'Phillip' if you will. This hooligan proceeded to poke fun at various shows, a light-hearted attempt to bring this hard-working forum to it's feet, maybe, but a pretty pathetic one at that.

Anyway, some members have expressed their feelings that the box be removed to prevent such an act occurring in the future. I understand that we all are of different opinions, and I'd like you all to express your own opinions now. I know a lot of you find the box helpful for collaboration, but I also understand that many of you love writing your scripts and don't want to have to deal with phil from random 'Phil's'.

Do you want the box removed to prevent further 'Phil' attacks, or are you completely oblivious to anything 'Phil-related'? Or do you really not care about Phil and just want to write write write.


Please explain your decision, and thank you for your co-operation. We will not respond to terrorism.

And we'll kick demon ass!! (That one's for you, Sammy)


From now on, this shall be known as 'The Great Phil Debate of 09/10'

UNDER INSTRUCTION FROM DOM (BOSS-MAN), THE MOD TEAM CONSISTING OF MYSELF, CHRIS, BLAKE, NICK AND CHICKEN BOY ARE NOT TO VOTE IN THIS SPECIFIC POLL AS WE HAVE OUR OWN LITTLE THREAD

[Dominick]

Mods.
Do not vote

[indy42 - THE FILMMAKER]

There is a third option - make the chatbox members-only. A board did that a few months back. Basically, it's up to mods to make members, and only members can chat. You guys should look that up at xat chat.

[Johno]

I could care less about what some idiot has to say, and I don't see why people are taking it so seriously. Forums get trolls like this all the time.

The chat box is A MUST for me.

Without it, collaboration would be near impossible. It's easy to see someone and just private chat them about the show you're writing together (TAFKA and I for Cherry Hill is a prime example). Without it, I wouldn't be able to collaborate as easily because discussing these things via email or PM just isn't convenient.

If the chat box is removed, my whole way of writing would be trashed and getting scripts out would be a much slower, much more painful process. Mind you, the reason Cherry Hill has improved is probably because of the chat box. It's easier to make changes and talk to TAFKA (and vice versa) about things we'd like changed or improved on in our scripts.

I could even go as far as saying Cherry Hill might be doomed if the chat box was shut down. I could even say that Brunswick, which I am working on with Jake/DHARMA, might be in danger too if this happens. Production might be halted because it'd be near impossible to discuss what needs to be written and what needs to be improved. Planning has become so much easier with the chat box, as well.

I hope that you decide to look over what I'm trying to say here and consider my opinion.

[Sam Winchester]

Jan 31, 2010 19:15:00 GMT -5 Dean Winchester said:

And we'll kick demon ass!! (That one's for you, Sammy)

Voted.

[Dominick]

I'm looking into other options of chat boxes.

[Dominick]

Is the new box working?

[Rouge Capot]

Pretty much ditto to what Johno said. I feel this seems more like 'A member feels' as opposed to 'members', especially as there's been one 'attack' that was serious. It says something when it's been complaine about yet mod operated forums have had the tie changed to be censored by the word Phil. I want the c box here otherwise it's just a forum of strangers and we may as all well toddle off to some other place, I just feel this is sone pre-teen hissy fit. So many people here hAve made jokes about it, even mods, it's hardly like Phil or whoever is hacking the site and sending viruses. CH was mentioned in the rant, I've not lost sleep, therell be critics everywhere- even non competitive sites. Plus given the reviews it's not like whose said this has a clue in the first place. As Sue Sylvester once said whether it's boos or cheers, they're all just making a lot of noise.

PS: forgive typos, my oversized fingers weren't built for the iPod touch

[Dean Winchester]

I'd like to clarify that more than one member has shared these sentiments.

[Dominick]

Well, this has been solved.