After it was announced on Ziggyware yesterday, XNAchat.com has had a new insurgence of developers! Check it out if you haven't already, we'd be glad to see you there.

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Some people were asking so I'll put it here:

I entered the room and was almost bowled over by the amount of people in it! :)

That's cool :) Unfortunately I haven't been able to get in for a few weeks (at work, at least)... kicks me back out immediately with an "invalid IP" error. Some kind of compatibility issue with our proxy, I imagine.

Any reason you require registering? I know this makes me sound like the most lazy person, but I'd probably have jumped in at some point if I could just type in a nickname and go, but once I realize I have to sign up, I just decide it's not worth the effort.

Nick Gravelyn:

but once I realize I have to sign up, I just decide it's not worth the effort.

Me too... I asked this last time... its to keep the rif raff out !

http://forums.xna.com/forums/t/39003.aspx - you also have to be a premium member and prove it by entering a word from a thread here.

Nick Gravelyn:

Any reason you require registering? I know this makes me sound like the most lazy person, but I'd probably have jumped in at some point if I could just type in a nickname and go, but once I realize I have to sign up, I just decide it's not worth the effort.

Probably to prevent people stealing other people's names.

I thought so too, but there's no email validation or anything, you just register and that's it.

The ZMan:

you also have to be a premium member and prove it by entering a word from a thread here.

I don't think that is a requirement.  I decided to take the risk today and try it out and I wasn't required to do anything but provide basic info.  The only thing I was hesitent about was my email address, but so far I haven't gotten any extra spam =)

The signup allows you to have a little profile listing the games you've made (or working on) or your website / blog /whatever. These items will soon support http links. The profile also allows you to display what country you're from and your name (as opposed to your creator's club tag). This helps a lot in knowing who people are and being connected.

The email is just for forgotten password retreival (there's no email validation). If you don't trust the site, just put in a bogus email address :)

The chat is a great way to speak to the community and meet some helpful and intresting people :)

Im glad to see its now got more people on it.

I've just added the ability to put links on your games in your profile. Lots of people were asking for this and I thought it was a good idea.

reedake2:

I've just added the ability to put links on your games in your profile. Lots of people were asking for this and I thought it was a good idea.

If you already have an account, just log in and click the "Update Profile" link up the top. You'll see a url box next to each game box where you can paste a url.

Potentially you could put a blog or website link in there too if you wanted.

Enjoy!

Joel Bennett:

reedake2:

I've just added the ability to put links on your games in your profile. Lots of people were asking for this and I thought it was a good idea.

If you already have an account, just log in and click the "Update Profile" link up the top. You'll see a url box next to each game box where you can paste a url.

Potentially you could put a blog or website link in there too if you wanted.

Enjoy!

Any further thoughts about allowing non-premium members to join?  As someone mentioned, why not have them look up a word in the FAQ?

That was changed quite some time ago I believe. Didn't have to look up anything to join.

Joel Bennett:

reedake2:

I've just added the ability to put links on your games in your profile. Lots of people were asking for this and I thought it was a good idea.

If you already have an account, just log in and click the "Update Profile" link up the top. You'll see a url box next to each game box where you can paste a url.

Potentially you could put a blog or website link in there too if you wanted.

Enjoy!

Any further thoughts about allowing non-premium members to join?  As someone mentioned, why not have them look up a word in the FAQ?

Yeah, you don't have to be a premium member anymore

Ah, my bad.

Yay this chat thing is cool i can talk to someone!