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#escapist IRC

Forums not real-time enough for you? Have a fascination with chat protocols that predate the world wide web? Then come hang out with us in #escapist on irc.chatspike.net.

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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
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Edit: Nevermind.

You forgot to mention you can use Chatzilla in Firefox

Gone Gonzo
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*tries to find his old IRC client to set everything up*

I haven't used IRC in forever...

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Kross:
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.

Trivias are fun, but first we need to put more people in there.
There's plenty of people around the forums that don't even have Winrar installed let alone know how to join an IRC, despite the tutorial you guys made :).

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Gone Gonzo
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This is really cool. I can see myself having a lot of fun on this thing.

BANNED
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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.

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Press Junketeer
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Joined: 8 Nov 2008

There's a firefox addon for IRC too called "Chatzilla", anyone used it?
Wondering if it's any good.

Gone Gonzo
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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
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Joined: 23 Nov 2007

Linux users! Rally for hte great app irssi!

Beat Writer
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Woe Is Me:
Linux users! Rally for hte great app irssi!

You can use irssi under Windows as well and yeah irssi is a bit weird, but awesome;

On the Record
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Already there.
Does this mean I get a cookie?

Paperboy
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Joined: 8 Jul 2009

People still use IRC? O_O

Red Guard
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Maur DL:
People still use IRC? O_O

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
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Maur DL:
People still use IRC? O_O

Yes, they do. Have any other suggestions?

Paperboy
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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
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Maur DL:
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

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
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Joined: 16 Jul 2009

Really cool!

Nice innovation!

Press Junketeer
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Joined: 14 May 2008

Sorry to bump, liking the idea and all, but why isn't the channel hosted on espernet?

Paperboy
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Joined: 3 Oct 2009

For some reason IRC doesn't connect for me anyomre. I probably need to reinstall.

 
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