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Title: IRC is better than AIM.
Post by: Rolken on February 19, 2004, 01:19:29 pm
New chat room: irc.mysteria.net:6667 #soniccenter

If you don't know how to use IRC, pick up this (http://www.mirc.com/) and hit the IRC link on our menu.

edit: server changed in deference to brian/xebra.
Title: IRC is better than AIM.
Post by: cubentop on February 19, 2004, 03:28:13 pm
How do you tackle idle disconnects?  :angry:
Title: IRC is better than AIM.
Post by: General Throatstomper on February 19, 2004, 03:38:05 pm
When I go to that page, it says action canceled........ Wait, I need to run the program beforehand, right? And do I need to log into aim?
Title: IRC is better than AIM.
Post by: Rolken on February 19, 2004, 04:10:51 pm
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When I go to that page, it says action canceled........ Wait, I need to run the program beforehand, right? And do I need to log into aim?
It's not AIM, it's IRC. You need mIRC or some other IRC client.

I've never got idle disconnects on the server we're using...
Title: IRC is better than AIM.
Post by: F-Man on February 19, 2004, 10:47:58 pm
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AIM is way more common than IRC, and you dont have the hassle of connecting to some random crap server that only 2 people can connect to.  stick with what worked.  you're not going to get a lot more members by making things more difficult.  there's no reason to use irc.
...Uh what? IRC works, you DID something wrong, even if you don't know it. Seriously... In 99% of the cases, people can download IRC and use it just fine, I'm in the chat room right now. The fact that blueblaze had problems connecting isn't surprising, but don't think EVERYONE have problems with it. Rolken said it all. IRC > AIM.
Title: IRC is better than AIM.
Post by: SadisticMystic on February 19, 2004, 10:49:55 pm
At least put up a point of entry into the IRCApplet like before.
Title: IRC is better than AIM.
Post by: Rolken on February 20, 2004, 01:17:26 am
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What's the point to using IRC?  I thought you were trying to get more members.  More members are going to have AIM than IRC.  There's no reason to use IRC for something like this.  It's just a chat.  You're not trying to dcc warez to people.

My goal for the chat room is not to have the maximum number of members, but to be useful to the members who are most interested. AIM is a crappy method for group chat because there is zero moderation.

Plus, well, you were outvoted 6-2. If you know of another server that isn't huge or crappy, perhaps we could switch, but we're not going back to AIM.
Title: IRC is better than AIM.
Post by: Cybrax on February 21, 2004, 08:50:28 pm
dude, leave the aol chat back up there too, I cant install anything new on this computer.  And you can kick people out of aol if you want I just dont know how yet.
Title: IRC is better than AIM.
Post by: F-Man on February 22, 2004, 07:46:16 pm
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I cant install anything new on this computer.
Care to explain?

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And you can kick people out of aol if you want I just dont know how yet.
Yeah... sure.