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IRC Channel?

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2014 8:35 pm
by K73SK
What do you think? Should we have one?

Re: IRC Channel?

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2014 8:44 pm
by Redhollowlives999
... I...R...C... Indoor Racecars?!


Serious I'm no smart people what the heck is that.

Re: IRC Channel?

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2014 8:50 pm
by GoldenPower89
Sure, but... what's IRC?

Re: IRC Channel?

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2014 8:56 pm
by K73SK
A chat channel a lot of people prefer over forums. Basically a place where we could get a large live community instead of relying on them to have to register just to use the shoutbox.

In other words, it's the shoutbox but for anyone who wants to join the channel.

Re: IRC Channel?

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2014 8:59 pm
by Redhollowlives999
I've suggested that SO MANY TIMES. Along with the guest posts iirc.


Yeah, no; at least for now. I don't need bots ruining things. Also there really IS no point if that's all. I was guessing it was like a private IM box for two users who just want to talk but don't wanna PM (CUZ I ALSO SUGGESTED THAT SO IT'S MY IDEA).

Re: IRC Channel?

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2014 9:01 pm
by K73SK
The IRC channel wouldn't be part of the forums in any way. It's separate from the website and hosted by another server.

Re: IRC Channel?

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2014 9:02 pm
by GoldenPower89
An extra place to complain about my problems? Sure, I'm up for that. My only worry is that we'd run into a lot of spambots.

Re: IRC Channel?

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2014 9:04 pm
by Redhollowlives999
Any way to "Shut it off" incase some users just don't want to deal with it? A simple toggle option can fix all this and eliminate the need for a poll.

Re: IRC Channel?

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2014 9:15 pm
by K73SK
I'll make the channel only useful for those who have registered with the nickserv for freenode. And there's not really a big spam issue to worry about. I use IRC often for unity3d and have never seen a spam bot before.

And of course, mods+ will be able to kick and ban users.

Re: IRC Channel?

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2014 9:45 pm
by Redhollowlives999
Well because the structure looks pretty sound, I'll change that answer to yes/neutral for now. You can fill me in on the whole banhammer stuff later I suppose.