Talking Cloud  Posts: 772 Joined: 10 Jul 2006     | |
Server Administrator  Posts: 550 Joined: 27 Sep 2004     | All of the ops in the channel are Escapist staff, and we're usually watching the channel during the day so feel free to say hi! Also, there's a (currently) fairly basic bot in there (Escape) that posts site news as it goes live. So it's a nice way to get a quick update as to when your video of choice may be posted rather then refreshing the website or RSS reader. I'm still trying to think of useful/fun ways to tie the irc channel (via the bot) to the Escapist website, including some potential badges. But that's still in the works pending suggestions and feasibility. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3643 Joined: 3 Apr 2008     | Edit: Nevermind. You forgot to mention you can use Chatzilla in Firefox |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1811 Joined: 8 Apr 2008    | *tries to find his old IRC client to set everything up* I haven't used IRC in forever... |
BANNED  Posts: 3535 Joined: 11 Oct 2008     |
Trivias are fun, but first we need to put more people in there. User was banned for: FUN FORUM GAME THX FO PLAYIN :3. (Permanent) |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3760 Joined: 18 Dec 2007    | This is really cool. I can see myself having a lot of fun on this thing. |
BANNED Posts: 3535 Joined: 11 Oct 2008 | I'm actually looking for an add-on for mirc that added tons of stuff, like skins, customizable actions (like poking another person on the chat and an auto-away system) although I'm not finding it, any help would be highly appreciated. User was banned for: FUN FORUM GAME THX FO PLAYIN :3. (Permanent) |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 470 Joined: 8 Nov 2008   | There's a firefox addon for IRC too called "Chatzilla", anyone used it? |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2141 Joined: 23 Jan 2008   | I'm going ahead and bumping this something fierce. The Java client is available for anyone to use very easily, but just getting mIRC is also very simple, and allows for everyone to connect to thousands of networks with millions of channels out there. I have yet to find a more pleasant channel than #escapist though, and I've been IRC'ing for six years. ^_^ Chatzilla.. works, I guess. It's a lot simpler to just get mIRC or any other simple client though. =) |
Paperboy Posts: 11 Joined: 23 Nov 2007    | Linux users! Rally for hte great app irssi! |
Beat Writer  Posts: 131 Joined: 3 Nov 2008    |
You can use irssi under Windows as well and yeah irssi is a bit weird, but awesome; |
On the Record  Posts: 5011 Joined: 28 Feb 2008   | Already there. |
Paperboy  Posts: 27 Joined: 8 Jul 2009     | People still use IRC? O_O |
Red Guard  Posts: 4910 Joined: 14 Oct 2007  |
Yes indeed. It's also very popular with the ladies of the Escapist. Just so you know. And in "Ladies", I'm including Nuke Lassic. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2622 Joined: 2 Aug 2008  |
Yes, they do. Have any other suggestions? |
Paperboy Posts: 27 Joined: 8 Jul 2009 | Any good suggestions? Probably not. Though I have seen some forums use some kind of built-in chat thing which isn't much different from what is available here I suppose, though I guess it saves a step... I don't know, once I started using messenger(s) I eventually stopped using IRC and don't really see/hear people use it except for like, warez and the like... :s |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 2141 Joined: 23 Jan 2008 |
This is ChatSpike. Heavily monitored, and we follow the law. I'm used to QuakeNet, DALNet, EFNet, Rizon and the like, so this is quite different. IRC, my friends, will never go out of fashion. And even if it does, it will be long before anything can substitute it. |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 666 Joined: 16 Jul 2009   | Really cool! Nice innovation! |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 395 Joined: 14 May 2008  | Sorry to bump, liking the idea and all, but why isn't the channel hosted on espernet? |
Paperboy  Posts: 13 Joined: 3 Oct 2009    | For some reason IRC doesn't connect for me anyomre. I probably need to reinstall. |
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