I have no clue if anyone suggested this but I'll suggest it anyway. This idea was brought up in my mind when I checked GPRO or Grand Prix Racing Online. As said in the title, I'd like to see a Chat Area/Room that you could find somewhere in the Left where all the other tabs are.
For the placement, I'd say below forums. I have no idea on what icon is to be put on its left so, I'll leave to those who will reply to decide. Anyways, so what happens is that you will go into an area/room wherein people can chat whenever they want to, they can also have live discussions and perhaps a good time chatting with other managers, experienced or new.
Looking at what GPRO can offer, I can somewhat create a layout for it. This is my idea for its layout so, if the Devs get interested in this its highly likely they will follow my format. So, there would be a list that shows the people currently online or at least in the chat room. [What I mean by at least is that they have a tab that leads to the chat room] If the list of people is bothering the user, add an icon above the list that if clicked, will make the list disappear. Now, we go to the left. So, the left will have a tab that will show DMs and chat rooms that you created or you are in. DMs are obviously for only 2 people directly messaging to each other. Chat Rooms on the other hand are Chat Areas created by people wherein only the members of that chat room will only be able to message and see messages in that certain room. People can easily create this and invite other people, friends or fellow league members. Also, same thing goes with the thing on the left, there is an icon that will make it disappear. Just like the list of people.
Why did I suggest Chat Area/Room?
Well, I think it would be a handy tool and a very pleasant part of iGP. Not only can you chat with people, but you can easily create discussions and answer questions. It would also be very helpful in making iGP more lively. It makes iGP a little bit more social and I think this will certainly give other players more opportunities to gain friends. Although this does mean Toxicity could spread in the chat... Oh well.
Now I know probably that most people that disagree with this would say that the Forums is enough, and for the most part. Right now, Forums are good enough, but having a chat area/room will not only make things more accessible and would make discussions and questions easily created and solved. But it can also have iGP's community be more open to each other, be more social. It would certainly be good to see the community's live reaction on things in the Chat Area/Room.
Another final question that might be asked is that can it replace the Forums? No. I doubt it will, but it will certainly bring a lot more to it than the Forums. But the Forums will probably stay considering it's been here since 2011 and has impacted the community with a lot of things so I doubt the Chat Area/Room can possibly replace the Forums if of course the Chat Area/Room is implemented.
What do you think of the idea? Do you think its really awful that I should never touch iGP Manager again or Do you think its something you're going to beg for in front of Jack Basford cuz you really think it should be implemented? Give me your replies! :)