The ChatSpot User Guide

🖼Profile picture

1. Open your profile editor.
2. Find the large round profile picture.
3. Select the camera button over the picture.
4. Choose Select file and pick an image.
5. Move and resize the crop to fit the square preview.
6. Select Save.

🌆Profile cover

1. Open your profile.
2. Select the camera button in the wide cover area at the top.
3. Choose an image and wait for it to upload.
4. Reopen the profile to confirm the result.

🎵Uploaded MP3 music

1. Open your profile.
2. Select Add music below your username.
3. Choose an .mp3 file within the site's size limit.
4. Wait for the success message before closing the profile.

🎧TrackDrop profile song

A searchable profile song, separate from an uploaded MP3.

1. Open your profile, stay on the Account tab.
2. Select Profile song.
3. Search for a song or artist.
4. Select a result and review the preview.
5. Select Use on profile.

🔗Link a Google account

1. Open Profile > Account.
2. Select Link Google account.
3. Complete Google's authorization page.
4. Return to ChatSpot and confirm the linked address.

🖼Profile gallery photos

1. Open Profile > More > Manage photos.
2. Select Add.
3. Choose an image and wait for the upload.
4. Repeat up to the gallery limit shown.

✉Change your email

1. Open Profile > Account > Edit email.
2. Enter the new email address.
3. Enter your current password.
4. Select Save.

🔑Change your password

1. Open Profile > Account > Change password.
2. Enter your current password.
3. Enter the new password twice.
4. Select Save.

🚪Sign out other sessions

1. Open Profile > More > Logout options.
2. Review the available session controls.
3. Confirm only when you intend to close other signed-in sessions.

🗑Request account closure

1. Open Profile > More > Close account.
2. Read the warning and scheduled deletion information.
3. Confirm the request only if you want the account closed.

⚙Configure preferences

Open Profile > More > Preferences. Depending on your account, control:

• Who may call you: everyone, members, friends, or nobody
• Who may private-message you
• Whether member colors appear in message bubbles
• Whether profile music autoplays
• Whether friend requests are accepted
• Whether login is permitted by all methods or restricted to email

🕶Shared profile information

Open Profile > More > Privacy. Turn sharing on or off for:

• Age
• Gender
• Location
• Friend list
• Gift list, when gifts are enabled

🌍Language, country & time zone

1. Open Profile > More > Language & location.
2. Select your interface language.
3. Select your country.
4. Select the correct time zone.
5. Select Save.

🔊Sound settings

Open the sound control from the chat menu. Separate switches exist for:

• Public chat sounds
• Private-message sounds
• Notification sounds
• Username/mention sounds
• Incoming call sounds

🚪Join a room

1. Open the room list.
2. Select an available room.
3. Enter a room password if prompted.
4. Read the topic and pinned information before posting.

💬Send a public message

1. Select the main message box.
2. Type your message.
3. Use an enabled toolbar button to add media if desired.
4. Press Enter or select Send.

＋Create a room

1. Open the room list and select Add room when available.
2. Enter a unique room name.
3. Choose an access level permitted for your account.
4. Optionally add a password and short description.
5. Select Create.

⚙Manage a room you own or staff

Open User Menu > Room options when available:

• Settings — icon, name, access, password, description, and default station.
• Manage staff — assign or remove eligible room roles.
• Manage action — review and reverse authorized mute or block actions.
• Topic — use the control or /topic new topic text.

😊Emojis

Select the smiley button beside the message box, choose a category, then choose an emoji. If a category icon is missing, refresh and report the category name and a screenshot to staff.

🎞Send a GIF

1. Select the GIF icon (Tenor or Giphy).
2. Search for a subject or reaction.
3. Select the result you want to send.

▶Share YouTube content

1. Select the YouTube toolbar button.
2. Search or paste a supported link.
3. Select the video to post.

🎙Voice message

1. Select the microphone button.
2. Allow microphone permission.
3. Start recording, speak, then stop.
4. Preview or send the recording.

♫Browse and share music with KrazeDrop

1. Open the message-input + menu and select KrazeDrop when available.
2. Browse or search for a track, artist, album, or playlist.
3. Use result tabs to narrow the list, then select an item to play or browse.
4. Choose Share to chat or Open track.

📣Read System News and required announcements

• Open the left menu and choose System News to read, react, comment, or report when permitted.
• Read required announcement overlays and choose I Understand after following any safe instructions.
• Staff will never use announcements to request passwords, authenticator codes, recovery codes, or payment-login details.

⌕Find members and use the right panel

1. Open the right-side panel with the users/menu control.
2. Choose Users, Friends, Staff, Group Call, or Search.
3. In Search, enter a member name and open the matching profile or action card.

✉Start a private conversation

1. Open a member's profile or user-list menu.
2. Select the private-message option.
3. Type and send your message.

🗑Clear or delete private messages

Use the private conversation options to clear the visible conversation when allowed.

📎Send media in a private conversation

Use the paperclip for permitted files, the smiley for emojis, or the private + menu for enabled tools such as YouTube, Tenor GIFs, and Paint. Wait for uploads to finish before switching conversations.

➕Send and manage friend requests

1. Open another member's profile.
2. Select Add friend or the friendship control.
3. Wait for the member to accept.
4. Open Profile > More > Manage friends to review.

🚫Ignore a member

Use the member's profile/menu to ignore them. To reverse it:

1. Open Profile > More > Manage ignores.
2. Find the username.
3. Remove the ignore entry.

📌Post on the wall

Open the Friends Wall/news area, write a post, attach supported content if offered, and select Post. Visibility depends on the wall and friendship settings.

❤Interact with a wall post

Use the post controls to like, comment, report, or delete when permitted. The time shown follows your saved ChatSpot time zone.

⭐Profile ratings

Open a member's profile and locate the rating widget. Choose an allowed rating and submit it.

🎁Gifts and Ruby wallet

When gifts and wallet features are enabled, profile and wallet menus allow permitted transfers or gifts. Verify the recipient and amount before confirming.

◈Check your wallet or send Gold and Ruby

1. Open your user menu and choose Wallet to view balances.
2. Open the intended recipient's profile or action menu and choose the wallet/share control.
3. Select Gold or Ruby, enter an allowed amount, confirm the recipient, and choose Send once.

🏆View leaderboards

Open Side Menu > Leaderboard. Available lists can include XP, level, Gold, gifts, and likes, with weekly, monthly, all-time, total, Gold, or Ruby views.

🔔Enable push notifications

1. Open ChatSpot in the browser you want notifications on.
2. Use the notification prompt or ChatSpot notification control.
3. Select Allow in the browser permission window.
4. On mobile, also allow notifications in OS settings.

🔧Fix missing notifications

1. Confirm notifications are allowed for chat.chatspot.space in the browser.
2. Confirm ChatSpot sound/notification preferences are enabled.
3. Check Focus, Do Not Disturb, battery saver, and background-data settings.
4. Make sure you're signed into the same account on that browser.
5. Remove and re-enable permission only if earlier checks fail.

📞Start or answer a call

Open a member's profile/private conversation and choose the call control when permitted. Allow microphone and camera access. Incoming calls display an accept/decline window.

👥Group calls

Use the group-call controls to create, join, or leave an available call. Room, rank, and capacity settings may restrict participation.

🖌Site theme

Open the style/theme selector from the side menu or profile options, preview an available style, and apply it. Available styles depend on site configuration and account permissions.

✨Profile theme or effect

1. Open the side menu.
2. Under Apps, select Profile Themes.
3. Preview a premium animated theme or classic effect.
4. Select the desired option, then Apply Theme.

🏷Nameplate

1. Open Apps > Nameplates.
2. Preview the animated identity styles.
3. Select a nameplate, then Equip Nameplate.

👑Buy or use VIP

Open Buy VIP from the side menu when offered. Review the price, duration, included features, and payment details before confirming.

🧠Trivia

1. Open Game Center and choose Trivia.
2. Choose a custom subject or Open Trivia category.
3. Choose game length and mode.
4. Start the game and answer before each timer expires.

🎵Music Trivia

Choose the category, mode, and question count, then start. Listen to the available preview and submit your answer before time expires. Audio availability depends on the external music source.

🃏Blackjack

1. Create or join a table.
2. Review the displayed wager and table rules.
3. Use the offered actions: Hit, Stand, Double, or others enabled.
4. Wait for the dealer and result before leaving.

♠Texas Hold'em Poker

1. Open Poker setup.
2. Choose casual or ranked mode and the displayed options.
3. Create the table or join an invitation.
4. Ranked tables begin at the configured minimum — ChatSpot currently supports two through six seats where configured.
5. The host uses Deal Cards when lobby requirements are satisfied.
6. On your turn: Check, Call, Bet, Raise, Fold, or the exact actions displayed.
7. Enter an amount or use pot-fraction shortcuts when available.

🖍Draw & Guess

1. Create or join a Draw & Guess game.
2. When drawing: use brush color, size, eraser, or clear controls.
3. When guessing: enter your answer in the guess field.
4. Stay until the round or game finishes unless you intend to leave.

🔗Word Chain

1. Start with /game wordchain and have room members join the public card.
2. On your turn, enter a valid word in the panel or type /word apple.
3. Begin with the required ending letter and do not repeat an accepted word.
4. Watch the shrinking turn timer.

♟Connect Four, Tic-Tac-Toe, Checkers, and Chess

• Connect Four — challenge one opponent and select a non-full column.
• Tic-Tac-Toe — the host is X and moves first; make three in a row.
• Checkers — the host is Red; captures are mandatory and multi-jumps continue.
• Chess — the host is White; check, checkmate, castling, en passant, promotion, and standard draws are supported.

◉CS UNO

Create a two-to-six-player lobby, choose the offered timer and optional rules, and start after enough members join. Match color, number, action, or Wild cards; choose a color after a Wild. Use Block, Bounce Back, and Last Card only when offered. Other players see your card count, not your hand.

🎲Dice games

Open Dice Arcade and choose an available mode:

• Lucky Roll — match the configured lucky number.
• Dice Duel — two-player, multi-round high-roll duel.
• High or Low — predict whether the next die is higher or lower.
• Pig — roll or hold; a 1 loses the unbanked turn. First to 100 wins.
• Ship, Captain & Crew — secure 6, 5, and 4, then score cargo.
• Farkle — keep scoring combinations and bank before risking a bust.
• Five Dice — keep dice across three rolls and fill scorecard categories.
• Liar's Dice — raise the bid or challenge; only you see your hand.
• Craps — choose Pass Line or Don't Pass and follow the point result.
• Sic Bo — choose an offered high, low, odd, even, or number bet.

🚩Report content or a member

Use the report option on the message, private message, wall post, or profile area when available. Describe the issue accurately.

🧾Info for a technical problem

• Your ChatSpot username
• Device type and operating system
• Browser and approximate version
• Feature, room, or game involved
• Approximate local date and time
• Exact button pressed and what happened
• Visible error text
• Game number or transaction identifier, if applicable
• A screenshot without passwords, tokens, private messages, or payment details

🖱A button does nothing

1. Wait a few seconds in case an action is already processing.
2. Reload the page once.
3. Try the same action in a private/incognito window.
4. Disable only extensions that block scripts or content, then retry.
5. Report the exact button, browser console error if known, and time.

🖼An image or icon is broken

1. Reload the page without using an old bookmark to an image.
2. Check whether other ChatSpot images load.
3. Temporarily disable an image-blocking extension or filtered DNS service.
4. Report the menu/category name and a screenshot.

📤Uploads fail

• Confirm the file type matches the picker.
• Use a smaller file.
• Rename the file using ordinary letters and numbers.
• Keep the page open until the success message appears.
• For images, try JPG, PNG, or WebP.
• For uploaded profile music, use MP3.

🕒Times are wrong

Set the correct time zone in Preferences & Privacy and reload the chat.

🔄Site appears stale after an update

Reload once. If needed, use the browser's hard-refresh command.

🎤Microphone or camera fails

Check browser site permission, OS privacy permission, the selected input device, and whether another application has exclusive access. Reload after granting permission.