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materialise (materialise) wrote in rp_tutorials,
@ 2013-07-13 23:30:00

IM question
Hey everyone. I'm starting a game with a friend but neither of us has been active in games for years (the same applies to our friends) so I decided to turn to this comm, in hopes that someone may be able to answer.

In the games we used to be, scenes were usually written on AIM and then posted to the main community. I don't think anyone uses AIM anymore so... what should we use? We'd like something that allows IMs but also group chats. I've suggested Skype because I have an account and most people I know do too, but my friend doesn't have one so we don't know if it's something most people will have.

I know that we can always have in-thread scenes but I don't really like that format so I'd like to avoid it if possible. Thanks.

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hangthestars
2013-07-14 12:13 am UTC (link)

You CAN use docs to talk to people if that's what you're into. Since they update in real time, using them as chats is actually pretty feasible. Personally, I use gdocs primarily for logging and stick with AIM or email (or even just OOC posts) to talk about OOC stuff, but I've used gdocs for group projects before. In my case it was organizing a seven person meetup, and it worked pretty well, but it's not my favorite way of communicating with people other than the log. Gdocs also has an "email collaborators" feature now so that you can send a notif directly from the doc when you finish your tag instead of having to send them a separate email or IM.

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	materialise 2013-07-14 12:18 am UTC (link)
	Oh, that's awesome! I'll look into this. Thank you so much! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	staceywacey 2013-07-18 05:18 am UTC (link)
	There is also a chat option within gdocs where you can leave messages for anyone viewing the doc, which is helpful if you want to tell someone that it's their turn. I like to use gdocs for logs and then chat on AIM or gtalk. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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