I understand that LFS members want to race and dominate, and improve their skills of driving. But on other cases for drivers not racing, its an opportunity to make friends and conversations until they are ready for the next race. And these conversations can last an age.

How do you guys feel about it? Think we should quack our traps off? Or zip them up and discuss them on forums/pm/msn/e-mail etc.

EDIT:I'm not referring to the arguing of drivers having incidents, more on the friendly general banter. I'm not bothered about the chatting at all, just a bit curious.

I think that a little talk is fine. As long as it does not interfere with your driving.

I think you should be allowed to talk as much as you like, theres a button to block messages after all.

I tend to tell people that a racing server is not a chatroom although I like to talk to fellow enthusiasts. But I generally respect others that are in race so I keep quiet and I will up until we have mute buttons for every connection

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I think you should be allowed to talk as much as you like, theres a button to block messages after all.

Yes, but if you lose concentration while chatting, and smash into someone, they won't be too happy.

Quote from ATC Quicksilver :

I think you should be allowed to talk as much as you like, theres a button to block messages after all.

+1

I tend to chat a lot myself.

I get to know people by talking while sitting on the pit wall during races, having a smoke and drinking a coffee.. wouldn't be without it. If ya don't like, then "-" us

As for typing while driving.. different story. I can barely disengage the pit limiter without crashing.. you'll be lucky if you get a "" when I'm behind the wheel.

That chatting helps make it feel like you're racing real people, making it more gratifying when you beat them.

Quote from Bob Smith :

making it more gratifying when you beat them.

In your DREAMS, slowboy!

::flees::

For that I'll add you to my MSN contacts. Thou shall repent your sins.

Yep, agree, there's always the Block button if you don't want it. I have to say though that when I'm in the middle of a race and someone joins then starts asking me questions about which photoshop filter to use for an embossed shadow effect on their logo just as I'm about to hit the Aston Chicken, then I think maybe people ought to think a little longer before opening their gob (typing with their fingers). On the other side of the coin, there's something really funny about watching as a spectator when someone crashes off cos you know they've been busy trying to type something at the same time.

Quote from Bob Smith :

For that I'll add you to my MSN contacts. Thou shall repent your sins.

EEKVS MAXIMVS!

@Al... I'm still chuckling about the "Aston Chicken"!!

Teamspeak works as a wonderful glue for a good evening of racing, I've found. I strongly recommend it.

when i race theirs not much chatting going on (unless its the noobs server) but in a drift server its completely different. Ussually theirs a few guys drifting and some just spectating talking to each other. It tends to flood up the chat message log sometimes lol, but most drifters arent bothered too much by it

one of these days ill rip vens head off for chatting to me while im drifting i swear

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as I'm about to hit the Aston Chicken

Al, forgive my eternal ignorance, but we're offline, on the forum, it's kosher.. I wanted to ask you, ...just what is the

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Aston Chicken

And why do you want to 'hit it' ?

regards
Confused

you've never heard of the Aston Chicken?

Why its Bob Smith of course.. and why wouldnt you want to hit it

(yes i am bored and yes this is spam)

EDIT: I like a good chat in game. Makes it a much friendlier place and u find out some things about the person who your about to make crash into a wall.

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(unless its the noobs server)

That's why it's called "pro chat".

I love the chat, that's the best part of online racing. If you dont like the chat... go race the AI.

I hate chat while I'm racing. Why? It's not through fault of those chatting, but my fault for not blocking it when I'm distracted. I don't care who chats. I like to chat. I like to read the chat. I end up reading the chat while I'm out on the track. Heck, I've gotten rid of the annoying sound when someone chats so it doesn't bother me and I still look up to read all freakin chat. Darn it, if I use the block when I'm distracted, I might miss something. I just know, as soon as everyone sees "mrodgers blocked messages" then they all start talking about me .

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I hate chat while I'm racing. Why? It's not through fault of those chatting, but my fault for not blocking it when I'm distracted. I don't care who chats. I like to chat. I like to read the chat. I end up reading the chat while I'm out on the track. Heck, I've gotten rid of the annoying sound when someone chats so it doesn't bother me and I still look up to read all freakin chat. Darn it, if I use the block when I'm distracted, I might miss something. I just know, as soon as everyone sees "mrodgers blocked messages" then they all start talking about me .

Quiet you!

I can never resist Night, ... Rob was doing the old names business tonight, brought back memories..

On Topic - I dont mind some chat, but i think everyone knows when chat becomes spam.. Fair's fair..

haha yea mr rodgers when u block messages its a prime oppurtunity to talk some s*** . I only go on lfs to talk anymore lol cus it kinda kinda borring. How i see it, if they dont want to read my chat, block messages. When I am racing I am either still talking or just ignoring it, it doesnt bother me when people chat while im racing. Unless they ask me for my setup a million times when I'm on a hotlap or in a good battle. Thats usually the only people I wont give my set to is people who bother me about it.

In public servers, talk as much as you want! Like QS said, there's a button to block it.. Sometimes delivering a message is more important than keeping the car between sand traps, so I take the risk and type

you can block it anyway, i join in with the talking normally whille racing and end up in a wall

I don´t like chatting very much in race. Good to have the "-" key.

Much better as chatting is a voice chat client like ventrilo.

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