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10 hours ago, Kaay said:The management of the official Game chat has changed hands from @HelperNate to @Raven, following HelperNate's decision to retire from xat. We would like to thank HelperNate for all his years of dedication in the role, hosting contests and creating new games to keep us entertained, and we wish him all the best in his future endeavors. We also extend our best wishes to Raven going forward, as the chat enters a new era. Please give the chat a visit if you would like to play games, win prizes and make new friends!
It has been a pleasure helping out around xat and managing Game chat for the past 4 years! But I decided that my time on xat is coming to an end. I'm glad I was able to provide some new games such as Chain Reaction, Crazy 8s, Press Your Luck, Outnumbered, and Deal or No Deal! I've also made a couple of guides that users of present and future can remember me by: how to host contests, and a spendspare tutorial for FEXBots.
Overall this has been a great experience to help out around the xat community, moderate chats, and provide contests! I'll be sure to swing by every few months, but for now, goodbye!
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Today's contests have ended! Contest duration: 47 minutes. Here are the results:
CHAIN REACTION:
- Antares - 150 xats
- EthereaLEternity - 50 xats
- Jungkook - 100 xats
RANDOM USER:
- Antares - 1 day
- birdy - 1 day
- Jungkook - 1 day
- Austin - 1 day
- dork - 1 day
- MikiRiaRadio - 1 day
- techno - 1 day
Thank you for coming out today!
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Today's events, Chain Reaction and Random User, will start in 1 hour in Help chat! See you there!
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Hello fellow xatters!
I will be the host for today's contests! Today's events will consist of Chain Reaction and randomuser giveaway!
There will be two 5-word chains worth 50 xats per correct guess. Win1 skip1 rule will apply for this portion of the events.
And the second part of today's contest will be randomuser, where 7 users at random will be selected and win 1 day! If you've been selected once, you can't win again for this portion of the events.
Total prizes:
- 300 xats (Chain Reaction, Winnings: 50 xats per correct guess)
- 7 days (Random User, Winnings: 1 day per user)
Check THIS LINK for a countdown of when it will start. It will start @ 4:30 PM EST I will also bump again when it's 1 hour til! Cheers!
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Hello fellow Game users.
As of February 20th, 2023, I am no longer Main Owner of Game chat. For the last several months, I have evaluated Raven as a potential successor for running the chat in my place, and things have gone well! I recently sent a ticket requesting ownership of the chat and forum clubs to Raven, and as of a couple of days ago, the request has been finalized! This chat is under new management with Raven as the Main Owner and my successor!
My time on xat is winding down, and as of April 11th, 2023, I will be leaving xat. (and no, I will not be deactivating my accounts nor selling my stuff) During the time between now and my retirement, I will still actively help around Game chat, but as an Owner. But I am proud to say that going forward, Raven will be managing Game chat after me! It's been a pleasure to serve as Main Owner for the past 4 years and 5 months (53 months), and as a staff member for the past 6 years and 10 months (82 months). The latter will be terminated as of my retirement date.
Once again, congratulations Raven, and to the fellow users, I hope you continue to enjoy your stay @ Game chat!
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Outnumbered and random user contest have now ended! Estimated time: 123 minutes.
Here were the answers to Outnumbered game:
SpoilerSecret code: 4 8 2 6 0 4
News room: 4 4 2 8 6 0
Game show room: 8 6 4 2 0 8
Cartoon room: 1 5 9 3 7 1
Writers' room: 0 5 0 4 0 3
Staff lounge: 4 4 2 0 0 6
Equipment room: 5 7 6 8 7 9
Sound room: 4 8 2 6 0 4
Recording Booth A: 3 1 5 7 1 3
Recording Booth B: 1 4 7 0 3 6
Recording Booth C: 4 4 6 6 8 8The Master of Mischief was hiding in the Cartoon room with the match rule: The hideout room will have different numbers, but the same pattern as the secret code.
Lectro was hiding in the News room with the match rule: The hideout room will have the same numbers, but a different pattern as the secret code.
Rollo was hiding in the Sound room with the match rule: The hideout room will have the same numbers, and the same pattern as the secret code.
Random user was also played in which 5 random users could win 100 xats + 50 points towards the Help Winter Olympics! Here are the results of the winners from both contests (only their xat regnames are listed):
- Nicole - 500 xats + 100 points
- Kriseto - 1000 xats + 200 points
- Tired - 2000 xats + 300 points
- Lauracream - 100 xats + 50 points
- xSun - 100 xats + 50 points
- Antares - 100 xats + 50 points
- Abino - 100 xats + 50 points
- Taehyung - 100 xats + 50 points
Thanks to all who came out today! Cheers!
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Outnumbered contest starts in 1 hour! Be sure to bring your "super solving" skills!
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Hello fellow xatters! On Saturday @ 9PM EST, I will be hosting a contest called "Outnumbered" in xat.com/Help chat! This game is a game of puzzle, mystery, and luck!
Countdown: countdown
Winners:
1st place: 2000 xats + 300 points - To win: Find the Master of Mischief
2nd place: 1000 xats + 200 points - To win: Find Lectro
3rd place: 500 xats + 100 points - To win: Find Rollo
Summary of objective and general rules: Explore rooms within a television station to gather information about where a villain might be hiding. Throughout the game, you will be given pieces of the secret code, and you will need to find a way to correlate the secret code to the pattern of a room's code.
Full instructions here: https://pastebin.com/xMKJcdmy
After this event, there will be a few rounds of random user for those that were not able to win a prize during Outnumbered contest!
Prize:
100 xats + 50 points (5 times)
This prize will be given away 5 times to 5 different users, and a user who has won a prize in random user, or in Outnumbered contest, cannot win again.
Total budget: 4000 xats + 850 points
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Meow meow!
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Wow, what a game! Unfortunately only 2 players, Karen (62719255) & vamp (6969690) showed up to play within the start window, but it was an intense game as they both defeated the banker playing in 2 individual teams!
Out of a possible 12 rounds, Karen took the 7th bank offer of 1400 xats, only to have their case contain 200 xats! Things got really down to the wire near the end, but vamp took the 11th offer, which was 2nd to last, of 2990 xats, only to have their case contain 100 xats!
Here are the final results with the remaining amounts and cases in play:
Spoiler
There was a total of 30 cases with 30 amounts of xats ranging from 10 xats to 4000 xats. Here were the contents of the cases during this event:
Spoiler1: 500 xats
2: 300 xats
3: 3800 xats
4: 1100 xats
5: 75 xats
6: 1800 xats
7: 10 xats
8: 2000 xats
9: 1000 xats
10: 2400 xats
11: 3400 xats
12: 250 xats
13: 3600 xats
14: 150 xats
15: 1600 xats
16: 200 xats
17: 3000 xats
18: 3200 xats
19: 2800 xats
20: 100 xats
21: 4000 xats
22: 25 xats
23: 1450 xats
24: 750 xats
25: 2200 xats
26: 1250 xats
27: 600 xats
28: 900 xats
29: 2600 xats
30: 50 xats4390 xats in total were given away during this event. Thanks for playing/watching and hope you enjoyed!
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Hi all! Just wanted to remind you that Deal or No Deal event will start in an hour and a half (approximately 90 minutes) @ Help chat! Hope to see you there!
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Chain Reaction will start in an hour! Hope to see you @ xat.com/Help chat for a chance to win some xats!
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For Halloween Chain Reaction, there will be a NEW element in the game that wasn't previously hosted: speed chains!
How it would work is that there will be a 4-word chain first revealed as Firstword, ____, ____, Lastword. Then, the first letters of the 2 missing words will appear, and then whoever is the first to guess both missing words correctly wins the prize for that round! Because there will be only 2 speed chains, if someone wins 1 speed chain, they cannot win the second.
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Congratulations to @KpKpKriseto Krisetomzp (1540050080) for winning Crazy 8s card game! Your prize: UMBRELLA
I tested out a new 'mini tournament' mode which consisted of 2 games and cumulative scoring, and whoever had the least amount of cumulative points at the end of both rounds won. Due to this being long, the remaining players each got 50 xats for participating:
Tom1 (313167025)
Dushkperg00gla (359434232)
Remember folks: Keep coming to Help each day for a chance to win something!
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Congratulations to KppKppMZMZ (1545225634) @KpKpKriseto for winning HIPPOS power in a game of Crazy 8s!
Remember folks: Keep coming to Help each day for a chance to win something! Who knows? Maybe winning one of my games you try will win you a prize!
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Chain Reaction event is now finished! Here are the results:
First, here were all of the puzzles used in this event:
SpoilerSuper, Size, Seven, Dwarfs - 4-word chain
Small, Mouse, Click, Bait - 4-word chain
Goat, Milk, Chocolate, Fountain, Drink - 5-word chain
Super, Strict, Diet, Plan, Ahead - 5-word chain
Pretty, Lie, Down, Pour, Juice, Pouch - 6-word chain
Number, Key, Pad, Lock, Out, Cast - 6-word chain
xat, Help, Me, Too, Hard, Labor, Day - 7-word chain
And now, here are all of the users who won xats in the 6500 xat prize pool:
- Taysan (404536249) - 900 xats
- ELmonaaaaa (1539036519) - 900 xats
- asteraLe (1539593653) - 400 xats
- Taehyung (1512316696) - 800 xats
- dork (175000931) - 700 xats
- voweLmovement (1515053031) - 500 xats
- DiRtyPaRaDiSe (1456410397) - 500 xats
- FLake (160987981) - 700 xats
- bork (1507063534) - 800 xats
- FortiesnShorties (1527644357) - 300 xats
Congratulations to the winners and thank you for your participation in Chain Reaction!
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On 8/8/2022 at 8:41 PM, Loba said:
on friday, august 19th (time TBD); we will be hosting a brand new game called chain reaction!
time/date may change, stay tuned for updates!
Update: I will be hosting Chain Reaction on Friday, August 19th @ 6PM EST! Be prepared to put your brains to the chains! (test runs open while I'm online)
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Chain Reaction event is now finished! Now I will post the final results! First, here are all of the puzzles that were used, yep, all 16 of them:
SpoilerFried, Chicken, Little, Time, Limit
Hi-def, Television, Broadcast, Blues, Clues
Barely, Legal, Guardian, Angel, Wings
Universal, Remote, Control, Freak, Show
Coffee, Cup, Board, Meeting, Room
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Dream, Home, Video, Game, Show, Off
Kitty, Cat, Walk, Off, Set, Up
Over, Learn, Smart, Phone, Plan, Ahead
Cell, Phone, Text, Message, Delivery, Worker
Dark, Meat, Head, Rest, Stop, Sign
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Mister, John, Phillip, Phillips, Head, Lock, Down
Sports, Bar, None, Left, Homeless, People, Watching
Christmas, Spirit, Guide, Book, Smart, Board, Walk
Color, Black, Hair, Comb, Over, Work, Around
Do, Something, New, Car, Motor, Vehicle, Horn
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Fake, Identification, Card, Board, Game, Point, Blank, Space, Bar
And secondly, congratulations to the following users for winning some xats from the prize pool:
- MonstersAndMagic (1484650942): 4100 xats & 11 wins
- KaguraDBoar (1540075368): 3550 xats & 9 wins
- Sephiroth (70007000): 500 xats & 3 wins
- Karen (62719255): 4050 xats & 10 wins
- Eyja (63954118): 700 xats & 3 wins
- Herrick (1100107404): 400 xats & 3 wins
- HisBabyGirL254 (1542664748): 1350 xats & 3 wins
- Cryy (39015655): 3550 xats & 10 wins
- Sergio (187744205): 1400 xats & 4 wins
- JackdanieLshead (1523963051): 3650 xats & 8 wins
- Brat (1993): 100 xats & 1 win
- Nathy (30000013): 750 xats & 1 win
- Ferhat (10002017): 750 xats & 1 win
The contest overall lasted about 4 hours and 45 minutes across all 16 puzzles, including intermissions, preparation, and prize distribution. Thank you for your support and I hope you enjoyed!
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Final call! 50 minutes until Chain Reaction event starts. During the event, I may not be able to answer questions outside of the guessing game elements, but after the 5th, 10th, and 15th puzzles, there will be a 10-minute recharge break, and then afterwards, I will allow 3 minutes for questions.
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With the main event starting in 32 hours ( https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20220521T12&p0=224&msg=Chain+Reaction+contest!&font=cursive&csz=1 ), there is some additional information that I discovered during test runs:
- The prize per word will be the same as I state; it will not change depending on if the word was guessed correctly with only 1 letter, or all except 1 letter remaining. It is a matter of WHO GUESSES CORRECTLY FIRST!
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This happened on 1 test puzzle, but if there is a word that is shown to have 1 letter remaining, and it is not guessed correctly 3 times in general, then the correct answer will be revealed, and the prize for that word will not be rewarded.
- Example: Say if the correct answer was "pepper" and in the chain it was revealed as "peppe(?)" the word can only be attempted up to 3 times before the prize for that word is cancelled.
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Players can enter/leave mid-puzzle, but it is preferred if they do so between puzzles. If someone enters during a puzzle, they will go last in the rotation.
- Example: Say it's Daniel's turn and the player rotation is: "Daniel → Max → Jimmy" and Jesse indicates they want to participate in the game. In this case, the player rotation would then be "Jesse → Daniel → Max → Jimmy." After Daniel's turn, Max and Jimmy will play, and then it will be Jesse's turn.
- SPELLING COUNTS! If the correct answer is "place" and you guess "placed" that will be considered wrong. If the correct answer is "forward" and you guess "foward" that will be considered wrong.
The event will take place @ xat.com/Game chat! Hope to see you there!
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Hi fellow xatters! I am back with another contest! This contest is called Chain Reaction based off of the original game show called "Chain Reaction." Prize information will be provided at the bottom of this post.
Location: xat.com/Game
Date & Time: Saturday May 21st @ 12PM PDT / 3PM EDT / 7PM GMT
Objective:
One by one, participants will have to guess the missing word that is adjacent to the word next to it to form a pair of words.
Sample Chain:
Liberty, Bell, Pepper, Corn, Bread, Winner.
The chain is read in format "word1 word2, word2 word3, word3 word4, etc." So in this sample chain, it would be read as "Liberty Bell, Bell Pepper, Pepper Corn, Corn Bread, Bread Winner"
Solving the Chain:
For each chain, the first and last words will be revealed with a number of blank slots where the missing words will go. When it is someone's turn, they will choose where they want to guess goes with the word next to it.
Sample Chain as new round:
Liberty, ____, ____, ____, ____, Winner.
First, player 1 would first say either "after liberty" or "before winner" to indicate where they want to guess the adjacent word. Let's assume they chose to guess the word after "Liberty."
Chain:
Liberty, B____, ____, ____, ____, Winner.
The first letter will be revealed hinting to what the missing word is. Now player 1 will have to guess what the word is with their only clues being that it starts with the letter "B" and goes after the word "Liberty."
If the word is guessed correctly, it will be revealed in the chain and the player who guessed the correct word will win some xats. Prizes will be awarded on a win1 skip1 basis, so if player 1 guessed the correct word which was "bell" they would win some xats, and the host will circle around the roster skipping player 1 once.
What happens if participants guess incorrectly?
There is no penalty for guessing incorrectly, although it may give an advantage to nearby players! Assuming player 1 does not guess "bell" the host will move onto player 2, and the chain will still be revealed as:
Liberty, B____, ____, ____, ____, Winner.
Next player:
Now it is player 2's turn, and first they must indicate where they want to guess the missing word, either "after liberty" or "before winner." If they choose to guess before "Winner" the first letter will be revealed and they must guess the word that goes with it. If they choose to guess after "Liberty" the next letter of the word will be revealed.
Chain (if they chose to guess before "Winner"):
Liberty, B____, ____, ____, B____, Winner.
Chain (if they chose to guess after "Liberty"):
Liberty, Be____, ____, ____, ____, Winner.
If player 2 guesses the word correctly, the word will be revealed in the chain, and they will win some xats and have to skip 1 turn. If they guess incorrectly, it may give an advantage to nearby players. After each guess, the host will move onto player 3, and after they guess, the host moves onto player 4, and so on.
What happens if there are too many wrong guesses?
The actual length of the words will not be revealed, but if nobody guesses the same one word correctly enough times, there will be an indication that there is 1 letter remaining with symbol: (?)
Example:
Liberty, Bell, Peppe(?), Co____, Bread, Winner.
In the sample chain above, there were too many incorrect guesses on the word after "Bell" and 2 wrong guesses on the word before "Bread." As a result, the symbol (?) indicates that there is 1 letter remaining in the missing word after "Bell." From there, the last letter will not be revealed if there are further incorrect guesses.
Completing the chain:
After a chain has been completed, it will be read out in main chat, and the next chain will be provided. Chains will start small with small prizes per correct guess and will gradually get harder with more words, but the prize will also gradually increase with each correct guess! And there will also be a bonus round of a 9-word chain worth big prizes!
Whoever guessed the final word on a previous chain correctly, the player directly after them will have the first guess on the new chain with the previous player skipping 1 turn.
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Prize Information:
Chains 1-5 (5-word chains): 100 xats per correct word (100 xats * 15 words = 1500 xats)
Chains 6-10 (6-word chains): 300 xats per correct word (300 xats * 20 words = 6000 xats)
Chains 11-15 (7-word chains): 500 xats per correct word (500 xats * 25 words = 12,500 xats)
Bonus Chain (9-word chain): 750 xats per correct word (750 xats * 7 words = 5250 xats)
Total prize budget: 25,250 xats
Chat promo: 200 xats
Grand total budget for event: 25,450 xats
I may be open to test runs before the event, so if I am online in Game chat room, I may be able to test run some games depending on my priorities and responsibilities. Test runs of contests also benefit me as a host as it is good practice for everyone involved before the main event, including the host.
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There were originally supposed to be 3 games that took place today, but I did not anticipate this 1 game would last so long. Likely because there were more players than I was used to, and a majority of them were newbies, but anyway, here are the results from that game:
Secret code: 3 1 9 7 5 3
News room: 2 2 4 4 6 6
Game show room: 3 1 9 7 5 3
Cartoon room: 4 2 0 8 6 4
Writers' room: 3 1 9 1 3 5
Staff lounge: 4 2 4 2 6 8
Equipment room: 1 5 3 3 9 7
Sound room: 7 5 3 3 6 6
Recording Booth A: 5 6 7 2 3 4
Recording Booth B: 8 0 2 4 6 8
Recording Booth C: 0 1 0 1 5 7
Hideout rooms:
Master of Mischief: Recording Booth B - found by Lemona who won 5000 xats
Turbo: Cartoon room - found by JayLovesMel who won 3000 xats
Pogo: Equipment room - found by Loba who won 2000 xats
Buffo: Game show room - found by DangKaniel who won 1000 xats
Other participants: Cryy - 100 xats for participation
Match rules:
Master of Mischief: The hideout room will have differently matched numbers and the SAME BACKWARDS PATTERN as the secret code. (319753 → 802468)
Turbo: The hideout room will have differently matched numbers, but the same pattern as the secret code. (319753 → 420864)
Pogo: The hideout room will have the same numbers, but a different pattern as the secret code. (319753 → 153397)
Buffo: The hideout room will have the same numbers and the same pattern as the secret code. (319753 → 319753)
The second game will take place at a later date and time to be announced, and the third game, at another later date and time. Also, a few things will be updated for next time:
1. Instead of room elimination taking place every 3 turns, it will take place every 2 turns, and stop completely when there are a total of 5 rooms left instead of 6. (rooms are also eliminated when a player decides)
2. Instead of Telly spawning every 2 turns, he will spawn every turn.
The most common issue that players were upset about is ability to use !decide. This can only be used at minimum when players have at least the following:
- 4 pieces of secret code + 1 uncovered room code
- All room codes uncovered + 1 piece of secret code
This rule was put in place to prevent players from guessing too early by chance and potentially losing.
If someone uncovers all room codes, but not enough pieces of the secret code to decide confidently, they can choose to pass, and 1 piece of secret code will be given per turn. The catch: they can't catch Telly with all rooms uncovered.
Thank you for playing/watching and hope to see y'all next time!
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Less than 24 hours before Outnumbered starts! Hope y'all are ready to solve some mysteries!
If nobody shows up within 30 minutes of start time, this event will be cancelled.
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Hello! Do you remember a while back when I hosted Outnumbered before?
Game instructions: https://pastebin.com/xMKJcdmy
Date and time: January 16th @ 8PM PST / 11PM EST / 4AM GMT (next day)
Location: xat.com/Game
Now, I am bringing it back with some new updates and features!
What's new/improved/different:
- The minigames in the rooms have been changed from gamebans to math, scramble, lingo, or just plain luck! Also, such minigames are free-for-all minigames when all players choose a room to explore!
- Every 3 turns, there is now "Room Elimination" where a 'wrong room' will be eliminated at random. Room Elimination will keep going until there are a total of 6 rooms left in the game. After the first room has been eliminated, no additional players can join.
- Sudden Death round will be removed completely! After further testing, it is determined that Sudden Death takes up unnecessarily more time. Instead: Players will decide rooms when they are ready!
- There is now a FOURTH hideout room where the pattern is based on the game's advanced levels!
- You can now use command !matchrule to explain how to find which particular villain, although it is recommended to keep the instructions open on another tab for reference.
Prizes for finding an antagonist:
Master of Mischief: 5000 xats
Robot 1: 3000 xats
Robot 2: 2000 xats
Robot 3: 1000 xats
There will be a total of 3 games, and the robot names will change every game.
Minimum estimated time per game: 70 minutes
Overall budget:
11000 xats per game * 3 games = 33000 xats
+ 200 xats chat promo =
Total: 33200 xats
If you would like to test run this game beforehand, I am open to test runs @ xat.com/Game where you may test the game before participating in the actual contest. Day + time + location are listed at the top of the post. Happy solving!
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Goodbye to Game's 'Official' Status
in Chat Updates and Information
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After 11 years of its operation, I have just been informed that as of recently, xat Game chat has lost its official status. The chat had a good run, but unfortunately over the months and last year, it's been dying out.
Thank you for all your support these past 11 years, and now it may all be but a memory.
While the chat itself is now dead, I've been seeing around more contests in other chats of xat, so I wish the contest hosts of present and future success going down the line!
Take care, and hope the spirit of contest hosting never dies!
xat official Game chat
(October 2012 - October 2023)