BS: Creative Use of MudChat

Subject: BS: Creative Use of MudChat
From: wysiwyg
Date: 26 Mar 08 - 11:29 AM

I guess this is a thank you note, a plug, and 2 questions.

Recently I had a thorny pet-related issue to resolve, so I decided which MudBud could best offer relevant advice, PMed her, and asked my question (instead of putting it in a thread that would have offered a lot of non-relevant helpfulness). She invited me to Chat; we made an appointment, kept the appointment, had a GREAT discussion, and the case is now solved to the satisfation and peace of all concerned.

1. Thanks, MudBud (you know who you are!);
2. What a GREAT alternative to clogging up the threads that avoids drawing the time/interest/worries of people un-necessarily!!!
3a. Anyone else doing simularly? (sic)
3b. If one opens a private chat room here, how does your invited co-Chatter join you there-- or if you want to arrive as invited, how do you do that?

~Susan

Subject: RE: BS: Creative Use of MudChat
From: Bill D
Date: 26 Mar 08 - 11:45 AM

If you open a private chat room, all you need is for both parties to know the exact name and ask to go there. No one is likely to guess the name, or even that you are there.

Subject: RE: BS: Creative Use of MudChat
From: wysiwyg
Date: 26 Mar 08 - 01:14 PM

Where/in what search box do you do that Bill-the-Wise?

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Creative Use of MudChat
From: Bill D
Date: 26 Mar 08 - 01:24 PM

ummm..where you see "enter Mudchat"...don't you have lines that say "new room" and a checkbox for 'public' or 'private'? You just enter a name...wanna try it? I'll PM you a name.

Subject: RE: BS: Creative Use of MudChat
From: wysiwyg
Date: 26 Mar 08 - 02:33 PM

ooooooo.....

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Creative Use of MudChat
From: MMario
Date: 26 Mar 08 - 02:38 PM

did it work?

Subject: RE: BS: Creative Use of MudChat
From: wysiwyg
Date: 26 Mar 08 - 02:54 PM

Yes, and here's how:

When you get to the ENTER CHAT page you type your agreed private room name into the NEW ROOM text box, and click the button for Private that is nearby.

If 2 people enter the same name, they both get there.

One person is creating it and one is joining it-- using the one-and- only box open to try it. When I had an invite in the past, I didn't realize that text box is not only used in creating the room but also to get in if it has already probably been opened by your chat-bud.

Also I was delighted to find in my prior pet chat that I could copy all the text, and dump it into email for further clarification.

Thansk, Bill!

~Susan

Subject: RE: BS: Creative Use of MudChat
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 26 Mar 08 - 02:56 PM

There's a lot of noise from the shallow end.

Subject: RE: BS: Creative Use of MudChat
From: Mr Red
Date: 27 Mar 08 - 04:13 AM

Meowwwwwwwwwwwwww

Or was it Bitching?

(use your own pet phrase)


And thanyou for the explanation everyone. Not that I am likely to be private chatting but thanks anyway.

Subject: RE: BS: Creative Use of MudChat
From: open mike
Date: 03 Apr 08 - 04:16 PM

trying to find the perma-thread about the chat..to invite others to join me now..this is a close as i could find..