Guys,
If you ever wanted to pay me back for pouring hours into DP maps, the time is now. My startup
http://cel.ly is slowly rolling out a public beta of our service. We need people to test it, play around with it, get their friends using it etc.
Celly is a completely free service that allows you to create different types of 'chat rooms' through SMS. The commands for it are very IRC like, so if you know IRC, you should pick it up quickly.
For example, Team eR33t has created our own channel (#eR33tclan) which we use to chat through SMS (everyone sees everyone's texts). For active clans, this can be helpful; coordinating match times and seeing if people are around. To do this for your clan, text:
!create #clanname to 23559.
Then have your members text !join #clanname to 23559.
I can also envision a type of '#dpscrim' channel that allows clan leaders to post the need for a match. Here subscribed clan leaders could be alerted in real time whenever someone was looking for a match.
Finally, jitspoe could create a 'public alert' channel, say #digitalpaint, that allows subscribers to only see texts from jitspoe himself (and unable to respond). This way he could post announcements and build updates without any chatter. To do this, he would text !create #digitalpaint to 23559, then !type #digitalpaint alert. To subscribe one would simply type !join #digitalpaint.
Celly is completely free. If you guys started using this, telling your friends and creating your own channels, you would be doing me a huge favor. We're trying to work out the kinks of the system and we need people using it!
Also, ironfist has moved from Arkansas to Oregon to be a developer on this project (he's currently asleep on my couch). So I have DP to thank for helping put our team together (if this ever becomes big, what a great story to tell).
Finally, !name changes your name.
Thanks a ton to whoever starts using this!
