# Dev blog: New Chat Backend Coming With The March Release **URL:** \ **Category:** Dev Blogs\ **Tags:** official, devblog\ **Created:** [February 21, 2018, 11:11am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-new-chat-backend-coming-with-the-march-release/58715 "2018-02-21T11:11:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![mkint](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/mkint/32/14424_2.png) [@mkint](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/mkint)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 4:39pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-new-chat-backend-coming-with-the-march-release/58715/122 "2018-03-26T16:39:01Z")
Lies! The entire server and all its components are really being run on an old Commodore64 in someone’s basement. ---
**Author:** ![Tipa\_Riot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/tipa_riot/32/443513_2.png) [@Tipa\_Riot](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Tipa_Riot)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 4:55pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-new-chat-backend-coming-with-the-march-release/58715/123 "2018-03-26T16:55:47Z")
Really? Why does the UI then freezes for 10+s everytime I open assets, industry, market, agency, etc.? ---
**Author:** ![Dyver\_Phycad](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/dyver_phycad/32/358575_2.png) [@Dyver\_Phycad](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Dyver_Phycad)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 5:38pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-new-chat-backend-coming-with-the-march-release/58715/124 "2018-03-26T17:38:56Z")
If it’s 10 seconds, you are lucky. When I try to load the ban list of a chat, it freezes my game for minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Uriel\_the\_Flame](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/uriel_the_flame/32/490165_2.png) [@Uriel\_the\_Flame](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Uriel_the_Flame)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 5:43pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-new-chat-backend-coming-with-the-march-release/58715/125 "2018-03-26T17:43:23Z")
Try that in Jita and you’ll be grateful it is only 10+ seconds elsewhere. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Tipa\_Riot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/tipa_riot/32/443513_2.png) [@Tipa\_Riot](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Tipa_Riot)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 5:46pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-new-chat-backend-coming-with-the-march-release/58715/126 "2018-03-26T17:46:35Z")
Yeah, sometimes more, and there is no reason something like that blocks the UI except a crappy programmed client. Block the window (hourglass) but not the rest of the UI. ---
**Author:** ![Uriel\_the\_Flame](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/uriel_the_flame/32/490165_2.png) [@Uriel\_the\_Flame](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Uriel_the_Flame)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 5:48pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-new-chat-backend-coming-with-the-march-release/58715/127 "2018-03-26T17:48:03Z")
Of course and I agree, was just a joke. This is one of many things CCP should fix. ---
**Author:** ![Jessika\_Lee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/jessika_lee/32/320163_2.png) [@Jessika\_Lee](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Jessika_Lee)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2018, 11:55pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-new-chat-backend-coming-with-the-march-release/58715/128 "2018-03-28T23:55:08Z")
About lost character counter from upper-right corner in Local - solved in CCP way ![_a_new_counter](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/8/4/8472f67687536af9b9774c1f1e9969dc046e73eb.png) ---
**Author:** ![Veskin\_Sentinel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/veskin_sentinel/32/506480_2.png) [@Veskin\_Sentinel](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Veskin_Sentinel)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2018, 11:17am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-new-chat-backend-coming-with-the-march-release/58715/129 "2018-03-29T11:17:26Z")
Yes. We need that character counter back. It was very helpful, especially when one has many open channels and cannot always see the count in the channel header. ---
**Author:** ![Vasama](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/vasama/32/417325_2.png) [@Vasama](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Vasama)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2018, 7:21pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-new-chat-backend-coming-with-the-march-release/58715/130 "2018-04-06T19:21:27Z")
This message is long over due but RL sometimes takes over. There is a change in chat system that really should be addressed. Change so that only channel owner is able to give channel operator status is just breaks a lot of stuff. At least for us. I wonder could this be fixed back to old way so that channel operator could name another operator. Vasama ---
**Author:** ![Analma\_Yonaise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/analma_yonaise/32/133847_2.png) [@Analma\_Yonaise](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Analma_Yonaise)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2018, 3:10am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-new-chat-backend-coming-with-the-march-release/58715/131 "2018-04-08T03:10:36Z")
@CCP_Falcon been a while since it’s been mentioned: Will Alliance MOTDs be restored soon? \<3 ---
**Author:** ![Menaiya\_Zamayid](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/menaiya_zamayid/32/296483_2.png) [@Menaiya\_Zamayid](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Menaiya_Zamayid)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 9:33pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-new-chat-backend-coming-with-the-march-release/58715/132 "2018-04-25T21:33:16Z")
I don’t see how you can spoof it if all of the ACL’s are handled server side. Its like trying to control access to a jabber channel without admin. Doesn’t work. ---
**Author:** ![CCP\_Falcon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/ccp_falcon/32/143229_2.png) [@CCP\_Falcon](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/CCP_Falcon)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2018, 9:33pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dev-blog-new-chat-backend-coming-with-the-march-release/58715/133 "2018-07-24T21:33:18Z")
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