would it be hard to bring them back? Then all the ones who wanted to have a ding dong could go there and have it out. Leaving the main board a calmer place. Just a thought.
Chat rooms eh, you after doing a little grooming? Seriously though, I would miss the range of topics on view from the main board. Having said that, if it it makes this board a more pleasant place to be for others then why not.
I think one of the biggest issues/faults with the BBS is that it has left its original simple layout and tried it become a copy of all the others out there. The result of that is that t has lost a lot of its audience to the others. I would say twitter is the most popular medium these days and look how simple that is. Add to that have w painfully slow the BBS is to load most of the time and you have two reasons why a lot of people gave up with it My plan to resurrect the BBS would be to strip it back to a really simple threaded view message board. No frills, no messing about. Add on a chatroom and bobs your uncle. Oh and get the absolute best server that the members of the BBS can afford.
here you go mate just knocked this forum up just for you, you can be admin if you want http://bbs.barnsleyfc.info/index.php