Logged on now, but got disconnected.  I'll try again later.

I'll be back on around 8:00 if anyone wants to drop in.

dd

Back on with an alternate ID.

It used to be you could find 6-8 users in there late on a Friday or Saturday night.  It went away for awhile.  I'm not sure when it came back but after I did I never saw anyone in there anymore.

To make a "go" of Council Fire, I suspect we would need to do as dd has done... some general announcement as to when people plan to be in there.  Otherwise, folks pop in, pop out, never see anyone & eventually quit trying.

I enjoyed Council Fire a lot.  Lots of good information to be had there.

Jimbo   

Complete a registration (what ever you want as an ID and password).  Then log-in.

I'm signed on now.

dd

Well, I got IN for a little while.  Then it kicked me out.  Then it let me in as Jimbo2.  Then it kicked me out again.  Then it wouldn't let me back in as either "Jimbo" or "Jimbo2" because I was showing as already logged in.  Very weird.

There are 8 guys in there right now.  Some of them signed in but may actually be in "limbo" like I was, since not all of them seem able to respond.

I'll sign in as "Jimbo3" & see what happens.

Our system has bugs.

Jimbo 1-2-3     

Marten,

I figured as much.  I saw you listed as being present in the Chat Room but when I initiated conversation with you, you were silent.  Same thing happened to me w/Jimbo1 & Jimbo2.  Jimbo3 actually existed in the Chat Room & chatted for awhile before fading into oblivion.  He saw Jimbo1 disappear from the list of those present.  He figured Jimbo2 would be next in line to disappear from the "present" list but before that happened, he himself went poof.

Council Fire kind of makes me schizoid but I guess I'll go back in there on Friday evening, just for kicks... even if I have to register myself as Jimbo 4, 5, or 6.  Might be a whole crowd of Jimbo's in there.  

Only one of us will be able to say anything... fortunately.

Jimbo  :question  

I got in last night, and visited with BT, SL, prouboy, and DD. It was fun. Friday evenings usually work for me about 9pm or so. So, I will try to pop in again on Friday about 9pm.

Note to multiple Jimbos and others who may experience issues. Your user id must be the same as your board id, and your password is the same one that admits you to the board. So, if you've lost your id or your password, you may want to ask db for a new one.

Putting a number with your id won't help, it only confuses the system.

My experience was a little different.  Only my initial attempt to get logged into the chat room was problematic ... but I think it was my fault.  I hit the enter key before the chat software had completely downloaded and, like Jimbo's initial experience, my ID was logged in but I was locked out.  So, like Jimbo, I created an alter-ego (dentondoc2).  I was able to successfully log in with the new ID and play a bit ... others were not present at the time so I made a few text entries to see if they showed in the display screen. (This trial was around 6:00.)  BTW:  Both logins used the same password, but was not my password for the board.

Prior to the 8:00 jam session, I again logged in.  Again, no one was present so I decided to talk to myself.  In one window (browser session), I logged into chat as "dentondoc."  In another, I logged in as "dentondoc2."  Then I began alternating messages from one session to the next to confirm that the text entered in one window was actually displayed in the other window.  It did, but there was a noticeable delay. 

One interesting result is that the chat software was not confused by two sessions running from the same IP address.

One suggestion for help keep conversations participants more separated.  It DOES help if you pick something other that the default color (black) for your text.  Other than Jimbo and I, everyone else logged on used black.  It took a bit longer to decide who was talking (had to look to the left to see who the poster was in addition to reading the message).

Generally, the intermixed conversations were not too bad.  We often had this on the old chat board.  It does take a bit of practice, but it does help if you use a "lead in" (e.g., name, id or something) if you want to direction your text to someone in particular.  Last night we had maybe 4-5 people participating, and sometimes 3 different conversations running.  It takes practice, but if you are a multi-tasker you can get through the "confusion" easier.

I should be able to be on chat on Friday by 9:00.  I'll check in to see what's shaking.

dd

BTW:  I logged into chat around 8:00 last evening and logged out about 10:00.  The only interruption is connection I experienced was by my choice (I needed to move from one computer to another.)

DentonDoc wrote on Feb 10^th, 2011 at 4:37pm:



Save the flamingo color for me!  See you at 9pm on Friday!

Jimbo  

pine_knot wrote on Feb 11^th, 2011 at 12:43am:

Don't be too disappointed ... its a TEXT "chat."  You can be as loud as you want!

Maybe we should look into something like a Yahoo Chat Room so we could do an audio feed.

dd

wouldn't let me in at all

wally wrote on Feb 11^th, 2011 at 1:45am:

That's because we have a dress code.   

dd

We must have a few minimum standards, you know...we can't just include everyone...otherwise the riff raff would join in...

db wrote on Feb 11^th, 2011 at 8:09am:

Snow_Dog wrote on Feb 12^th, 2011 at 7:47pm:


So was anyone who tried accessing the Council Fire last night unsuccessful?

My daughter uses Skype all the time (man that sounds weird). I can borrow her  (actually my wife's) machine when I ask nice. Never heard of TinyChat but if I don't have to type or anything - that would be worth lugging her computer to my office. I can still smoke then right? Ya I know but...

Let's try the chatroom again tomorrow (Friday) night at 9pm. Hope several can plan to chime in...

Nice and warm here by the fire.