Discord Server - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Soriman the Whide · 04-11-2021, 01:32 PM

I do not come from discord. I take issue with your close minded and dismissive response to an active user with high post count (Urwen) who was trying to suggest ways to attract new users to the website. It is this dismissive mindset that robs new users in the future.

In direct reply to your comment; it is clear that you have no idea what discord is and have never used it yet you tell people to avoid it, you use unreliable websites sites to claim lies as truths and you still think I am wrong to call you ignorant.

Formendacil · 04-11-2021, 02:08 PM

To interject into what is essentially a dead topic being squabbled over in a case of "having the last word" oneupsmanship, since Soriman has said he realises it would be redundant to the 'Downs: back in the days of yore (you know, like 2006) I was a member of a different forum, which had a chatroom.

The technology is different, but a Discord server for the 'Downs would basically be a case of adding a chatroom, and I think that's flipping the cart and the horse: if you have a large community that wants to talk (i.e. off-the-forum), then it would have utility. Indeed, it would just be updating what has already existed: the private message system here on the forum, MSN Messenger/AIM with Downers back in the day, LiveJournal, Facebook... but its existence relies, like all those outgrowths of Internet friendship, on the forum itself being active, and putting a Discord out there would be unlikely to reawaken the sleeping majority.

Bêthberry · 04-11-2021, 02:11 PM

The Barrow Downs did have chat rooms. On Mirc. Does Mirc exist any more?

Galadriel55 · 04-11-2021, 02:14 PM

My my. If you say "Discord" three times in the looking glass, a treeish Downer awakens.

Nice to see you again, Bethberry!

Bêthberry · 04-11-2021, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Galadriel55

Nice to see you again, Bethberry!

Hi Gal. How are you doing?

Formendacil · 04-11-2021, 02:14 PM

The 'Downs chatroom is so far back into the depths of time that I think its heyday, if not its entire existence, predates my membership... and the lichen on my branches is thick.

Soriman the Whide · 04-11-2021, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Bêthberry

The Barrow Downs did have chat rooms. On Mirc. Does Mirc exist any more?

I reccomend hexchat for anyone using Mirc still. EDIT: Mirc would still be fine or try IRCCloud it's pretty user friendly.
This place has an IRC?

Galadriel55 · 04-11-2021, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Soriman the Whide

I reccomend hexchat for anyone using Mirc still. EDIT: Mirc would still be fine or try IRCCloud it's pretty user friendly.
This place has an IRC?

This place has a whole actual site, of which the forum is but a sublink. But I don't think the main site has been used forever. The instructions to the chat though say to "use your favorite IRC client".

Again though, you recommend it for what purpose? We've been getting on without it for years, and I can't say they were dull years. Form says it was before his time, it was definitely way before my time. Why go there when it seems to serve a redundant purpose? We can chat here as it is, and make private arrangements for skype moots and such should the wish arise to chat in a less themed fashion at a agreed upon time.

Soriman the Whide · 04-11-2021, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Galadriel55

Again though, you recommend it for what purpose?.

Oh just that these days it is rare for poeple to mention IRC and if anyone is still using IRC I'd just like to drop a mention of some decent clients to use. It was more of a passing comment than a reccomendation for this website. Live chat requires more than a handful of active users but it does offer a different and more casual experience in my opinion.

Thank you for posting a link to the main site, i'll enjoy looking through this relic.

Estelyn Telcontar · 04-11-2021, 03:29 PM

The problem with any new platform is that it needs monitoring, which means it needs people who can be trusted to keep it in line with the Barrow Wight's purpose for the main site and forum. As a mod here I can say that I barely have time to keep up with the threads (literally!) of my real life, much less to be a part of something new that is subject to public misuse. As interesting as the new idea is, the practical aspects seem to cost more effort than the benefits it would generate.

That said, I would like all of you, both old and new members, to refrain from calling other members "ignorant" or similar terms. If there's one thing we pride ourselves in here at the Downs, it's our friendliness, so please post accordingly.

Ring Bearer · 04-12-2021, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Bêthberry

The Barrow Downs did have chat rooms. On Mirc. Does Mirc exist any more?

A quick Google Search tells me this IRC thingy still exists.]
Never used one in my life--looks horrible anyway.

The only old thing I like about Microsoft would probably be Age of Empires.(Used to play it a lot in the late 2000s)

***Mithadan*** · 04-12-2021, 03:19 PM

Lol

***Mithadan*** · 04-12-2021, 03:32 PM

To be clear, the reason I am laughing is because I did at times participate in the chatroom way back when, and, yes, it could be called "horrible." At least at times.

04-11-2021, 01:32 PM	#1
Soriman the Whide Haunting Spirit Join Date: Mar 2021 Posts: 88	I do not come from discord. I take issue with your close minded and dismissive response to an active user with high post count (Urwen) who was trying to suggest ways to attract new users to the website. It is this dismissive mindset that robs new users in the future. In direct reply to your comment; it is clear that you have no idea what discord is and have never used it yet you tell people to avoid it, you use unreliable websites sites to claim lies as truths and you still think I am wrong to call you ignorant. __________________ "And thou, Melkor, shalt see that no theme may be played that hath not its uttermost source in me, nor can any alter the music in my despite... ". The Silmarillion - Ainulindalë Last edited by Soriman the Whide; 04-11-2021 at 01:35 PM.

04-11-2021, 02:08 PM	#2
Formendacil Dead Serious Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Perched on Thangorodrim's towers. Posts: 3,328	To interject into what is essentially a dead topic being squabbled over in a case of "having the last word" oneupsmanship, since Soriman has said he realises it would be redundant to the 'Downs: back in the days of yore (you know, like 2006) I was a member of a different forum, which had a chatroom. The technology is different, but a Discord server for the 'Downs would basically be a case of adding a chatroom, and I think that's flipping the cart and the horse: if you have a large community that wants to talk (i.e. off-the-forum), then it would have utility. Indeed, it would just be updating what has already existed: the private message system here on the forum, MSN Messenger/AIM with Downers back in the day, LiveJournal, Facebook... but its existence relies, like all those outgrowths of Internet friendship, on the forum itself being active, and putting a Discord out there would be unlikely to reawaken the sleeping majority. __________________ I prefer history, true or feigned. Last edited by Formendacil; 04-11-2021 at 02:10 PM. Reason: Changing past perfect tense to past.

04-11-2021, 02:11 PM	#3
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,003	The Barrow Downs did have chat rooms. On Mirc. Does Mirc exist any more? __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.

04-11-2021, 02:14 PM	#4
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,510	My my. If you say "Discord" three times in the looking glass, a treeish Downer awakens. Nice to see you again, Bethberry! __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

04-11-2021, 02:14 PM	#6
Formendacil Dead Serious Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Perched on Thangorodrim's towers. Posts: 3,328	The 'Downs chatroom is so far back into the depths of time that I think its heyday, if not its entire existence, predates my membership... and the lichen on my branches is thick. __________________ I prefer history, true or feigned.

04-11-2021, 03:29 PM	#10
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	The problem with any new platform is that it needs monitoring, which means it needs people who can be trusted to keep it in line with the Barrow Wight's purpose for the main site and forum. As a mod here I can say that I barely have time to keep up with the threads (literally!) of my real life, much less to be a part of something new that is subject to public misuse. As interesting as the new idea is, the practical aspects seem to cost more effort than the benefits it would generate. That said, I would like all of you, both old and new members, to refrain from calling other members "ignorant" or similar terms. If there's one thing we pride ourselves in here at the Downs, it's our friendliness, so please post accordingly. __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

04-12-2021, 03:19 PM	#12
*Mithadan* Spirit of Mist Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Tol Eressea Posts: 3,396	Lol __________________ Beleriand, Beleriand, the borders of the Elven-land.

04-12-2021, 03:32 PM	#13
*Mithadan* Spirit of Mist Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Tol Eressea Posts: 3,396	To be clear, the reason I am laughing is because I did at times participate in the chatroom way back when, and, yes, it could be called "horrible." At least at times. __________________ Beleriand, Beleriand, the borders of the Elven-land.