[Anon-A-Moose]

Something like skype would be cool. The problem is again the massive amount of lurkers and the already undue amount of "unwanted attention" the forum gets, being less than conformist and PG.

Perhaps a realtime system, but with passwords given out only to trusted users?

[el mechanico]

Since I know everything maybe just an emechs Q&A thread.

[freshcream]

(11-16-2012 05:21 PM)el mechanico Wrote:  

Since I know everything maybe just an emechs Q&A thread.

Why do white women hate me?

[Duke Castile]

Don't you basically have a real time chat when you subscribe to a thread?

[Nomad77]

The way the forum works makes it difficult to use in real-time. For example, let's say I create an Approach thread and 5 people post 5 questions in it then 20 people reply to those 5 questions. It's very difficult to know which of those 20 replies is related to any specific question. Someone would have to read ALL 20 replies to see if someone had replied specifically to his question. In the field when you have a question you need to reach people quickly and not have to browse through a bunch of posts to get an answer.

A forum was basically designed to discuss a topic. You create a topic, a new thread, and then everyone talks about that topic. For it work in this case a thread would have to be created by each user for each question AND unless people GO and browse those threads they will never know they exist. In contrast in a group chat system ALL users are notified when someone tries to chat with them and the responses are specific to the user original question.

[pants]

IRC-group would be great.

Not sure how to implent it, but its possible to have closed IRC groups.

Just use PM in this thread to hand out password?

I'm in.

[Basil Ransom]

(11-16-2012 02:01 PM)Nomad77 Wrote:  

This is a not a replacement for that. If you look at my signature you will see I have an open invite. I have also attempted
to arrange meet ups in Miami. Do you know how many people I have met so far in Miami? Exactly 1.

(11-16-2012 09:05 AM)basilransom Wrote:  

Why not just befriend someone in your city? I guarantee you'll get a lot more value out of it, provided you meet someone cool.

Fair enough. Just putting it out there, having a few good local contacts will provide more results than flipping through threads on here. That's not a criticism of this forum per se, just the limitations inherent to an online medium, compared to real life interaction.

Also, there may be other people in Miami who won't message you, your sig notwithstanding, but would agree to meet up if you messaged them. Just in case you had been waiting on people to contact you.

[FretDancer]

I think a live chat on this forum would be nice, even just for experimenting purposes.

[Deluge]

(11-16-2012 04:49 PM)Nomad77 Wrote:  

Guys, the functionality specs would require it to be a closed, moderated system. You would post a question then people could reply very similar to a Q&A site but with real-time notification on your phone.

(11-16-2012 05:16 PM)Anon-A-Moose Wrote:  

Something like skype would be cool. The problem is again the massive amount of lurkers and the already undue amount of "unwanted attention" the forum gets, being less than conformist and PG.

Perhaps a realtime system, but with passwords given out only to trusted users?

I don't really see the point in having a system like this while we're in the field, but we can do it super easily via Skype on our phones. I use it to co-ordinate re-groupings and shit with my wings. No chance of random lurkers joining. We give designated admin(s) the power to add people to the group. Accept anybody whose been a member for say 3 months and has over 200 posts, all they need to do is PM the admin(s) with their Skype username. To make things simple it'd be best if everybody used their Forum name as their Skype full name (very easy to change). We could get this up and running immediately, it's pretty straightforward.

[Nomad77]

That the point of the thread to see if this would be of any value to anyone - get some feedback.

[R Smoov]

You know...
The second I get back from rehab we should also use tinychat and spit game at bitches.

Good practice!

[Deluge]

(11-18-2012 01:12 AM)Nomad77 Wrote:  

That the point of the thread to see if this would be of any value to anyone - get some feedback.

You'd really need a person to watch your approaches in person to get constructive feedback, but if you want to try this idea out get it running asap (as in today or tomorrow) before people forget about it and it just dies off. Strike while the iron is hot.

[reino341]

really think a real live chat is better idea than a Q&A thing that can be easily implemented with the forum itself

[michelin]

Live chat?

what's next? Newsfeed?
Sounds we' re going to end up like Facebook....

[Nomad77]

The idea for this was to help in the following way:

1. Motivation: I am out somewhere and want to approach a girl with 2 other girls but don't know how or feel intimidated.

2. I am on a date at a club and things seem to be going downhill fast, what can I do to rescue it?

3. I have a naked girl on her sofa but she has already told me "No, don't" three times, what do I do? (And this one actually happened to me not long ago.)

You would go to the bathroom break out your phone and get on RVF chat and ask for help.

[Nomad77]

Ok, I am not seeing much interest in this concept from the more experienced guys on here and without their help it won't work. Even if we found software that worked we would still need the experience guys willing to help out the less experience guys.

I don't consider myself that experienced and I am certainly not one of the most likable person on here or in real life.

[reino341]

eh, if you're in the field preying for girls asking for help is only going to get in you in your head and you'll fail miserably. best advice is preemptive, just do it

[Grayham]

A bad idea, it runs completely counter productive to the frame you should be setting in an interaction: "NO FUCKING CELLPHONES".

How many posts have been dedicated on the forum, or main page by Roosh for that matter, that portray the annoyance and rage against women who are constantly checking their phone during a date/interaction. Learn to do things on your own. The way of man. Online feedback is for the next day, not in the moment. Otherwise use a more experienced wing.

"Oh shi- she said this, how do I respond?, post on chat, check chat every 10 seconds for reply, get reply after 3 minutes, oh shi- now she said this, let's ask! etc."

[Matt3B]

Bump.

How about a chat room for the forum? Most other forums I've been on have had a chat feature for members to use, nothing to do with in field help or anything, but just a general chat room for us to log into and interact with people a bit more?

Thoughts?

[NY Digital]

bump. agree with mattc

[Walderschmidt]

(04-12-2013 08:43 AM)MattC Wrote:  

Bump.

How about a chat room for the forum? Most other forums I've been on have had a chat feature for members to use, nothing to do with in field help or anything, but just a general chat room for us to log into and interact with people a bit more?

Thoughts?

Thirded.

[NY Digital]

Here's a plugin for MyBB(what the forum uses):

http://mods.mybb.com/view/myshoutbox

legoo

I know Roosh might be worried forum thread activity might go down due to people posting in chat. But I think he should try it out. I think it'll get people closer together as more of a community and build some solid connections.

[POHammer]

An unofficial chat room is already up if anyone wants to chat through GoogleTalk. A few of us have been using it as PMs are slow sometimes.

[email protected]


Someone sent me the info by PM, so I guess its been up for a while.

[iknowexactly]

(11-20-2012 12:11 AM)Nomad77 Wrote:  

Ok, I am not seeing much interest in this concept from the more experienced guys on here and without their help it won't work. Even if we found software that worked we would still need the experience guys willing to help out the less experience guys.

I don't consider myself that experienced and I am certainly not one of the most likable person on here or in real life.

No, don't get discouraged this is a good idea, you just need some time to form a critical mass so users see it as a useful resource. It's like that thing "I'm having a party" and everyone asks "Who's going?"

Who would have encouraged Roosh's blog in the beginning and now he's a rock star in Romania and won't even have to do game anymore.

To put it in positive terms,

1) you need a critical mass so when you are quaking at the sight of some smoking 18 YO there USUALLY is someone on call who will encourage you on chat.

2) You need to build a culture where smartass, psychologically cock-blocking comments ( "Give up") are not acceptable unless it is really, really hopeless: "She's called the cops. The villagers have pitchforks."

3) Maybe you can be the gate keeper and hand out passwords to some chat app group on Android and iPhones

[Nomad77]

Well, ultimately its Roosh decision I guess...