manchild wrote:I see a few problems...
If that irc chat would be named f1technical than it must me moderated for the sake of reputation of site. You can't expect Tomba or Principessa to sit 24/7 and kick off people who are typing profanities or similar things. You can't also expect them to sit near PC during whole race and miss the action because they'd have to observe what is happening on chat.
It is only proposed for during the event. As I said, IRC channel can be controlled (max users, password, invite (requires invite)) etc. An operator can easily set any of those settings, as well as kick/ban users. There are also scripts for advanced useres which can be set to autmatically detect and kick any offenders who flood and missbehave. But that is most likely not going to be required because spammer only attack big channels.
manchild wrote:
I think that the best way would be that chat software is added allowing only forum members to use it in order to prevent people with bad intentions. I suggest that for example forum members with 10 posts or more get the status of chat moderator so they can kick and ban intruders that would register just to get on chat.
This free chat allows only form members to access it
http://chat-forum.com/freechat/index.htm
It sounds good, but how is Tomba going to set the restrictions to specific forum members? There are many free-chat softwares, even those who integrate with phpBB forums (this type of forum) but all require some kind of installation process.
The only reason I suggested IRC is because it is most popular chat protocol in the world, therefore it's well distributed and many people are familiar with it.
Anyway, we should hear from Tomba first.
