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[Komodo_Saurian]

AsianJoyKiller, on December 27 2012 - 03:47 PM, said:

Komodo_Saurian, on December 27 2012 - 03:39 PM, said:

No.

Why not_

I'm not a people person and I think forums are more than enough.

[AsianJoyKiller]

Komodo_Saurian, on December 27 2012 - 04:00 PM, said:

AsianJoyKiller, on December 27 2012 - 03:47 PM, said:

Komodo_Saurian, on December 27 2012 - 03:39 PM, said:

No.

Why not_

I'm not a people person and I think forums are more than enough.

I'll be honest.
Those are pretty bad reasons. Considering join in on the IRC would be entirely by choice, and as it's a community project, ADH wouldn't need to spend any time away from working on Hawken.

[Komodo_Saurian]

AsianJoyKiller, on December 27 2012 - 04:01 PM, said:

Komodo_Saurian, on December 27 2012 - 04:00 PM, said:

AsianJoyKiller, on December 27 2012 - 03:47 PM, said:

Komodo_Saurian, on December 27 2012 - 03:39 PM, said:

No.

Why not_

I'm not a people person and I think forums are more than enough.

I'll be honest.
Those are pretty bad reasons. Considering join in on the IRC would be entirely by choice, and as it's a community project, ADH wouldn't need to spend any time away from working on Hawken.

True. I did express my opinion on the topic though.

[nonsiccus]

Hi all,

I'm beginning the channel registration process. If you are unfamiliar with IRC and using a software client, you can use the web-based one found here: http://webchat.quakenet.org/

Select your username and join the channel "#hawkenscrim" without the quotation marks. I require 3 more unique users in order to register the channel.

Please refer to the knowledgebase articles available on the quakenet site for more info on creating a permanent account if using your own client. (http://www.quakenet.org/help/general)

[bacon_avenger]

nonsiccus, on December 27 2012 - 04:06 PM, said:

I'm beginning the channel registration process. If you are unfamiliar with IRC and using a software client, you can use the web-based one found here: http://webchat.quakenet.org/

Why not esper_  I know that quakenet wouldn't allow AJK to reserve the same name due to it's length (mine is too long), but I'm pretty sure Esper would (as it does for mine)

[nonsiccus]

quakenet doesn't allow name reservations at all in the conventional sense - http://www.quakenet....ter-my-nickname

I selected quakenet due to its history, population and server availability. Esper appears to only have 5 servers, of which 1 is in the US, 4 are in Europe. Additionally, I would imagine as time goes on people will begin to tag their respective teams, forcing a truncation of names with the addition of a tag.

Addendum: quakenet supports 15 characters in the name.

Edited by nonsiccus, December 27 2012 - 04:26 PM.

[bacon_avenger]

nonsiccus, on December 27 2012 - 04:25 PM, said:

quakenet doesn't allow name reservations at all in the conventional sense - http://www.quakenet....ter-my-nickname

Which esper does

nonsiccus, on December 27 2012 - 04:25 PM, said:

I selected quakenet due to its history, population and server availability. Esper appears to only have 5 servers, of which 1 is in the US, 4 are in Europe. Additionally, I would imagine as time goes on people will begin to tag their respective teams, forcing a truncation of names with the addition of a tag.

Addendum: quakenet supports 15 characters in the name.

Esper doesn't have as many server, true, however, what it does have is stable and I've seen a lot more net splits on quakenet than esper.  Besides, the number of servers I've found to be mostly irrelevant.  If Mojang and bukkit find esper good enough to use for their official IRC support channels (and those two are huge communities), I think it's good enough for our small but growing community.

Supporting IPv6 on Esper is cool for the geek factor as well.

Nick length...  I wasn't able to find a specific length, but I was able to connect to it and go into a channel with a nick of steel_killers-asianjoykiller (AJK, your name was the longest one that came to mind when I was testing this, I've no intention of trying to impersonate you )

I have no real stake in the network you choose nonsiccus, I just wanted to point out a few things that esper offers than quakenet doesn't (and for the record, I use both).

[AsianJoyKiller]

bacon_avenger, on December 27 2012 - 05:50 PM, said:

Nick length...  I wasn't able to find a specific length, but I was able to connect to it and go into a channel with a nick of steel_killers-asianjoykiller (AJK, your name was the longest one that came to mind when I was testing this, I've no intention of trying to impersonate you )

No worries.

I'd obviously be naming myself butternut-squash-rivetsucker anyway.

Edited by AsianJoyKiller, December 27 2012 - 05:52 PM.

[RedVan]

Something we did in Fallen Empire: Legions and Tribes: Assend (c wut I did thar), was a public VOIP server in addition to an IRC chan. Far easier to organize in a VoIP server IMO.

[Rei]

I'm cool with using any server. I'm on several as it is anyway, won't hurt to join any others. quakenet, EFNet, Esper. It doesn't really matter what region it's in since IRC delay doesn't matter that much lol.

Wherever the community agrees on going to, I'll join up.

Edited by Rei, December 27 2012 - 06:46 PM.

[NotKjell]

If people don't realize, the channel is up. Anyone can connect, go to #hawkenscrim

[RedVan]

On quakenet_

[Rei]

Yeah I'm idling in quakenet

[ReachH]

Beats waiting for Meteor to fathom chat rooms. So... how do we use this thing_ IRC was before my time.

Edited by ReachH, December 27 2012 - 07:39 PM.

[nonsiccus]

If you check out my post above, there's a webclient that you can use. Basically, just launch it as a browser tab or window, pick a name, and join #hawkenscrim.

[nonsiccus]

Bump for visibility.

[Rei]

*partial bump*
You can also use programs like X-Chat, mIRC, hexchat, etc. Whatever you prefer for IRC (I personally use X-Chat)

I'm not a big fan of using webclients, but they do work. Mibbit is another popular IRC web client you can use.

[nonsiccus]

Rei, on December 28 2012 - 03:37 AM, said:

I'm not a big fan of using webclients, but they do work. Mibbit is another popular IRC web client you can use.

I was thinking that using a webclient would be the easiest introduction to IRC for people who are unfamiliar with a software client. I may put up a guide to setting up a basic software client at future date (or most likely link to one of the multitude already online elsewhere).

[ReachH]

The sign up page looks ridiculously complicated. I am but a humble farmer

[Coot]

http://forums.afterd..._view.cfm/47221

A good guide to get you started with basic setup using mIRC