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Originally Posted by Pirate Funnymush
I am not sure how DXD comes into all of this. Maybe you guys can enlighten me?
I can't use DXD because the site detects I am outside of the US and it is only for US residents at the moment.
So why do you guys think the DXD might have an impact on this game and the chatting?
And maybe that might be the problem.
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DXD is Disney's newer version of their go.disney website. It includes movie trailers, games, personal web pages for members and a chat option that allows you to chat with anyone that is a member of DXD.
That chat option has been enabled in the game of ToonTown and advertised as a way to expand our secret friends list (secret friends are other players that you can openly chat with as opposed to regular friends that you can only use pre-set chat phrases.)
The idea behind DXD chat is that you log into DXD and then you may chat with any one of your friends that is also a member of DXD so for instance if I'm playing ToonTown and you are playing Pirates you can still chat with me.
It's just like using Yahoo IM or AOL IM except that Disney will be monitoring and filtering the chat so it stays within family guidelines for content.
I'm hoping that Pirates gives us the option to openly chat in-game without having to use DXD codes because on ToonTown each account can have up to six characters (or avatars) and once you provide DXD codes anyone that is your DXD friend can chat with any of your characters. So they could be chatting with your child if your child has a toon on your account, or you could be on a toon that you keep quietly to yourself and now everyone with a code knows who that toon is and can access you.
I personally think it's more intrusive than helpful. We tested it quite a bit on the ToonTown test server and I coudn't find anything I liked about it and deleted all the friends on it after the test was over.