I think it would be cool if we got an official chatroom, like from here http://www.quickchat.org/
I just think it would be cool to get to know the members a little better, make friends, maybe discuss things about the anime and site.
Just a suggestion. I know some people aren't allowed to be in chatrooms due to privacy reasons and etc.
It could also be a place to roleplay.

I think it would be cool if we also have Alien 9 icons.
Icons like these, ----> but only Alien 9 characters, like the borgs or something.

And maybe Polls!

That's all I have for suggestions. >>

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Maybe you could have different chatrooms for talking and roleplaying on the same site, but have a schedule so people would know when others are on (I'm alone right now) and have a bunch of alien nine stuff on it, like Monami_Komai said.

Yeah for roleplay itd be good. Unfortunately due to the varying timezones chatrooms often don't get used unless there is a set time that is agreed upon (like ragen45 suggested). If enough people agree upon a time and would like to use one I might consider making one but it may not be worth it if there are already free chat software available that everyone could meet on *isn't keen on figuring out the coding for chatrooms hehe *

The icons I might do when I have the time... uh which might not be for a very long time haha... grr work But I did do some icons for another forum a loooong time ago....

You can already make polls, just need topics for polls!

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well what's great about certain chatrooms is that they can stay on all day.
Like I go to an anxiety chatroom periodically and depending on the time I arrive, there's some people on it.
http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/
and the chatroom is always open, unless there's problems with the server.
That's what's great about a chatroom that's open all day, cause depending on everyone's schedule and locations, you can show up.

Just a suggestion ^_^'

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It just depends on the number of members really, if its a topic that applies to a major part of the population of the world then the chances of people being active in the community for that topic is high. I don't think there's enough active people here for there to be someone on at every moment. And when people go in a few times and noones there it can discourage them from bothering in future since they begin to expect that noone will be using it which has happened at a couple of forums I go to (and one of them has more than double the active users we have here and they are now trying to discuss arranging set times).
The forum works out despite only a few people being really active because even though its unlikely someone else will be on at the same time as you (e.g. right now I'm the only one online here, and earlier ragen said they were the only one), you can just leave a message that will always be there and when someone else comes along at a later time they can respond. But a chatroom requires both people to be there at one time.
So I think agreeing upon a convenient time is usually best. There's a small forum I go to where people arrange to meet in the chatroom every so often at a time thats relatively convenient for all timezones and it works out pretty well
I think its a very good suggestion but just would require someone to be involved with organizing people together to assure its success. The chatroom will always be online either way since thats the nature of the script so you could login anytime but an arranged time once a week would be good. ^_~

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I see what you mean Sai. Good point.

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i see, too, but maybe we could have just a page where any members could go and type in "I will be on at 00/00/00" and such, so people know when to get on. Right now I'm alone, and so I always go to every forum and post something, like last time, when I did 11 posts and now I am at 19(so close!) I have some JavaScripts for stuff like that too, if you want them, and I know how to use them.

just a better suggestion than before. Thanks!

Maybe for the site, we can have our own little avatars, like on Gaia!
ah just kidding...

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For the forum, I was thinking maybe we have a section strictly for cosplay, like anime conventions that are coming up
and how to make Alien 9 costumes...

like how to make a borg helmet,
how to style your hair like drills,
how to make the outfits,
etc.

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you just love to pour out your ideas, don't you? haha
it's okay, I do stuff like that all the time.

oh, and Alien Nine school supplies, don't forget that! and maybe toys, like a little borg or something funny like that...

Yeah I do!!
And my ideas pop up at random, so once I get the ideas in my head, I gotta let them out

We should have a part of the forum strictly for polls too!! o.o

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SEE, YOU DID IT AGAIN?

OH, AND I DON'T KNOW WHY ALL OF MY POSTS TODAY ARE IN CAPITAL LETTERS

IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T FIGURED IT OUT

OH, AND CAN AND HOWABOUT AN ALIEN NINE SOUNDTRACK ON THIS SITE, WHERE YOU COULD PUT IT IN THE HTML SO WE COULD LISTEN TO IT AGAIN?

SINCE I CAN'T SEE 2-4, I GOT 1 FROM THE LIBRARY AND AM GOING TO WATCH IT AGAIN!! MUAHAHAHAH!!!

I can't host the soundtrack on my site due to copyrights but I'll look into radio player possibiltiies, see if the legal issues around that arent a problem but no promises though!

An Arts and Crafts (cosplay, toys etc.) sounds like fun, I hope people would participate. I'll make that soon.

Gaia customisable avatars are too hard for my little PHP knowledge

I'll set something up with the chat thing I guess... but will take time

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lol I was joking about the Gaia avatars anyway
and you don't have to put up a chat thing if you don't wanna o_o

I think the arts and crafts would be cool =D

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YEAH IT ALL SOUND GREAT LIKE THAT COSTUME YOU TALKED ABOUT, MONAMI