03-14-2023, 04:59 PM
(03-14-2023, 11:53 AM)SleepingHero Wrote: We initially created the discord to just be used instead of game threads. Some more discord savvy users set it up and Clutch Dirk found a plug in for the forum to put it on the front page when the site was just getting started.
Eventually the discord transformed from just a game chat to what it is now and just took a life on it's own. There is one chat based thread called General-Mavs and instead of individual topics, it's just one endless stream of conversation. You do need a discord account and an invite to the the discord to begin chatting, but the icon on the front page allows you to see what people are talking about.
Discord is a separate entity and isn't tied to this site besides the plug-in that Clutch set up. I've been talking with cjeter and SBJ and there is a way to create "threads" more like a regular forum (in case we all want to migrate over), but it isn't exactly the same. It's close though...
Still, its the same familiar faces talking Mavs and I like to pop in there from time to time.
I signed up for discord awhile back, but for some reason I can't sign in now. I don't like to chat during a game. Being old and semi-senile I can't keep up with the game if I'm talking to some one else. It's either watch the game--or chat. I used to have that little icon that showed some chats, but I reloaded my OS a couple of days ago...and it's not there any more.
The point is--I can't use a chat program during a game. I would hate to see everyone migrate from here to there. I wonder if that would feel kind of like--Fish...