Talk:GameChat

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:47, 17 February 2026 (UTC)

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• ... that GameChat was inspired by Nintendo developers’ frustrations over video conferencing software during the COVID-19 pandemic?

• Source: https://www.polygon.com/553024/nintendo-built-the-switch-2-for-the-next-societal-shutdown/

• • ALT1: ... that the limitations of screen sharing while using video conferencing software during the COVID-19 pandemic inspired the creation of GameChat? Source: https://www.polygon.com/553024/nintendo-built-the-switch-2-for-the-next-societal-shutdown/
  • Reviewed: Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
  • Comment: Open for more hook changes or ideas, but this is what I have so far.

Converted from a redirect by EvanTech10 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

EvanTech10 (talk) 14:38, 9 January 2026 (UTC).

• Date, size, spotchecks (copyvio, etc.) don't reveal any problems. Hook is reasonably interesting, perhaps others could be considered but it will do (at least for me). If I were to suggest alt hook, I found it interesting that there are consoles with buttons dedicated to launching this app (ping User:EvanTech10 in case they want to throw ALT2 here). --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 02:49, 10 January 2026 (UTC)
  • I feel like the video conferencing software part might be more interesting in my opinion, because it is what inspired GameChat in the first place, and buttons to launch applications are done before (ie: the Copilot key on most modern Windows devices). Right now I'm debating what to use, the one mentioning screen sharing (ALT1) or the one not (ALT0). What do you suggest? EvanTech10 (talk) 03:02, 10 January 2026 (UTC)