Years ago when the internet was younger, as was Tournament Games, we had a message board. Players could voice their opinion, challenge someone to a game, or just say Hi. Players would come and go, but there were always players who you just knew would respond. For the most part we did not have to worry about the message board. Then as with anything on the net, you get the weirdos who mess it up for everyone. 99.9% of the participants in the message board acted respectable, but had fun. Yet when one childish person gets on and either acts mean, or says an ugly word, it looks bad for everyone. I know I do not enjoy reading ugly words. I bet most of you are the same. In the end we finally had to take the message board away. We had several players complain, but when you are running a family website, you have to consider the majority of the people.
Fast forward to a few days ago. I thought to myself that I was willing to give it one more try. But, this time a little different. I asked Rodger to implement something with more of a real-time type functionality, either a shoutbox or a instant chat style app. This way, if a rouge user puts something up that is questionable, it will soon be pushed back so that is it not visible. Also, since it is realtime, it is more exciting. No more waiting for the next day for someone to respond. Rodger integrated it in a way where we can chat and still keep an eye on the tournaments.
Next time you log in to the games, look for the little "Chat" icon in the lower right corner of the screen, and say Hi to your Tournament Games friends. I am on there from time to time myself. My nickname is "Yoda". I would love to hear from you! -eric
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