# Chat Rooms **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 1, 2003, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chat-rooms/178991 "2003-06-01T20:31:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Methos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Methos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Methos)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chat-rooms/178991/1 "2003-06-01T20:31:01Z")
Can anyone recommend a good chat room. And by good I mean one that stands out from teh other millions out there. (oh…it also has to be free) 😛 ANything worthwhile would be appreciated 😃 Cheers ---
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chat-rooms/178991/2 "2003-06-01T20:39:54Z")
[www.mirc.com](http://www.mirc.com) Download MIRC, connect to an Undernet server and type /join #straightdope There ya go. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Methos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Methos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Methos)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chat-rooms/178991/3 "2003-06-01T20:50:48Z")
Are there any ones with 3-d pics or environments that are free? I m looking for soething more then just a screen 😃 Need something more creative…something along the lines of [www.zing.com](http://www.zing.com) **But** free 😛 ---
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chat-rooms/178991/4 "2003-06-01T21:38:46Z")
Lost cause, my friend. This is a chat room filled with your fellow dopers. I’m afraid it’s not gonna get any better than that. ---
**Author:** ![Methos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Methos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Methos)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chat-rooms/178991/5 "2003-06-01T21:40:33Z")
hahah…don’t get me wrong **malkavia** , i love this place and all…just looking for a bit variety 😃 ---
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chat-rooms/178991/6 "2003-06-01T22:00:12Z")
The only gui chats I know of are places like Everquest and Anarchy Online… both of those are pay sites though. They also feature bottom of the barrel intellect and alot of “kekekekeke ^-^” jargon. Sorry, kiddo. 😕 Wish I had some other ideas. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chat-rooms/178991/7 "2003-06-01T22:25:48Z")
Off to MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chat-rooms/178991/8 "2003-06-01T22:42:18Z")
[Excite.com](http://Excite.com) The “Trivia” room. Great people, they hold annual meets each year in a different city, and the chat room is not just the usual “A/S/L” blah blah blah. People play trivial pursuit (of a sort). Rules are 1.) Wait your turn, 2.) the Person who answers the Q on the table correctly gets to ask the next Q, and 3.) No number Q’s Other than that, anything goes, you get anything from obscure mythological trivia, to 50s TV, to music etc. And of course people chat in between questions. Lots of cool people, it’s similar (in that there’s a purpose, that of learning stuff, and stretching one’s brain) though much more casual than here at the SMDC. If you go, be aware that many of the old regulars are real smart asses. Don’t take it to heart, just give yourself some time to become a regular. ---
**Author:** ![Methos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Methos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Methos)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chat-rooms/178991/9 "2003-06-02T00:36:35Z")
great thanks CanvasShoes 😃