Unofficial THP IRC Chat Room *Redux* |
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Posted Thu Feb 24, 2005 11:36 pm GMT by K-rug
I feel like I'm kicking a dead horse. But the eight guys (myself included) that hang out in this chat room usually have a grand old time and regularly play online against each other. Since the old message is on page 6 now I hope management doesn't mind me posting this.
There are two ways to connect and start chatting. The first and easiest is to click this link:
CLICK ME
Don't forget, once you connect, change your nick using the nickname box in the lower right or by using the following command:
/nick the_name_u_want
The second way:
1) Using the application :
u will need mIRC
IRC means Internet Relay Chat, and mIRC is an application to get into rooms and chat live with other persons.
u can download it for free, however it will say that u have only x days left to use it and once the period is over it keeps saying u have to register etc...just keep clicking "Continue", it will still work.
Configuration (to be done only the first time) :
You end up in a configuration window.
U must be on Connect on the left side of the mIRC Options window. (it's selected automatically normally)
Full name, email address : u put whatever u want (email address must be name@host.com or similar)
Nickname, Alternative : It's like the nickname on a forum, u choose whatever u want and Alternative is in case the 1st u gave is already used.
Server : make sure "Quakenet: Random server" is set. If it's not, go on Servers on the left side and select "Quakenet: Random server" in the IRC Server list (you can select your country if it's listed)
When all that is done, click on Connect To Server
You will see text appear in the Status window
You have to wait until a mIRC Favorites window pops up. (it can take up to 1 or 2 minuts depending on your connection and the traffic)
when it's there, type "THP" in the Enter a channel name and click join: box and...click join 
THERE YOU ARE !
Everything u will type will be seen by others.
The next times u will start mIRC u will just have to click on Connect To Server, then enter "THP" in the text box and click on Join
*props to Scan for the original post*
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Posted Fri Feb 25, 2005 3:45 am GMT by Geno
Great post, stuck. More people would make the room even better - you could wander in, ask for a game and probably get one any time you wanted with people you knew.....
Posted Fri Feb 25, 2005 1:00 pm GMT by JohnnyCache
I will be in the chat more and more - it all depends what shift I'm on at work, which in turn determines how much free time I have at work...
Posted Fri Feb 25, 2005 2:08 pm GMT by crack
Yep, it's a great channel. You have the pleasure of my company amongst others. 
If you are at work or whatever, that's no excuse. Just google for web based irc and you will find there are many Java clients you can use.
Posted Fri Feb 25, 2005 3:27 pm GMT by K-rug
Crack,
I'm hosting a web based java interface for people who don't want to install anything or maybe at work. Just click the link in my post.
Posted Fri Feb 25, 2005 4:11 pm GMT by crack
Oh yeah, so you are. Well keep up the good work. :D
Posted Fri Feb 25, 2005 7:18 pm GMT by ORGrinder
there's a 5 dollar program called flashchat. it works very nicely... i use it on Side-Pot.
feel free to take a look at it and if it interests you PM me (or whatever) and i'll shoot you the link to the site to purchase/download it (if you haven't already found it by then on your own).
it requires no skill what so ever to use (end user... instalation/administration requires some computer knowledge) and if the admin here so chooses can be linked to the DB so that members screen names in the chat room are automatically set to their usernames here.
it's a kewl program. i'd recommend it for sure if you're looking for a non-irc alternative that'd work for everyone.
Posted Fri Mar 04, 2005 1:42 pm GMT by JohnnyCache
My new hobby is popping in when everybody's idle, saying something, then leaving.
Posted Sat Jun 11, 2005 12:09 pm GMT by sergestorms
just hopped on, don't think ive used quakenet since my old quakeworld clan days heh.
Posted Sat Jul 02, 2005 7:11 pm GMT by Geno
Look what you are missing 
| IRC wrote: |
01:05 <age_of_sages> sometimes I can totally understand why people don't want to play bad players
01:06 <THP`Craig1> yep
01:06 <THP`Craig1> sometimes
01:06 <THP`Craig1> the times you lose i bet
01:06 <age_of_sages> good bet
01:06 <THP`Craig1> i was all in
01:06 <THP`Craig1> now give me your chips
01:07 <age_of_sages> sorry, the fish just beat you with 92o
01:07 <THP`Craig1> stop talking in 3rd person
01:07 <THP`Craig1> you are the fish |
Posted Sun Jul 03, 2005 4:38 am GMT by wEbMaStEr
I'd just like to say, i just dropped by the IRC channel for my first visit, so you really are missing out
Just ask age_of_sages how sparkling and witty my repartee is
Posted Tue Jul 19, 2005 4:40 pm GMT by [psyonix]
My connection is refused...
Posted Thu Jul 21, 2005 1:28 am GMT by Orion
bah, gamesurge.net is better! ^_^ But if your on quakeNET, goto #poker as well.
JohnnyCache- Nice avatar, I used to play that game back in '97. What was that game called? It was tight :D
Posted Thu Jul 21, 2005 2:36 am GMT by saper88aa
no one is on at 3 30 am. oh well of to watch family guy
Posted Thu Jul 21, 2005 12:47 pm GMT by [psyonix]
11:51 Unable to connect : java.security.AccessControlException : access denied (java.net.SocketPermission whole.ny.us.quakenet.org resolve)
Posted Wed Aug 10, 2005 3:59 pm GMT by jonesyb
right then... i am going to get involved in this IRC thingy...
Posted Sun Aug 14, 2005 4:29 pm GMT by Ben4040
I can't connect anymore. I keep getting disconnected.
Posted Tue Sep 20, 2005 9:50 am GMT by zeroswarm
I tried getting on this but it says access denied for some odd reason.... 
Posted Sun Jan 29, 2006 7:12 am GMT by tame_deuces
I thought I'd just bump this thread so hopefully more people will join in on IRC.
I don't think the IRC applet works anymore (server it uses is down or something). If you follow the instructions for using Mirc in the 1st post, you should be fine though.
Posted Sun Jul 02, 2006 5:25 am GMT by crack
bump bump
Posted Sun Jul 02, 2006 5:34 am GMT by jonesyb
cheers crack .... i am in again.
did have it installed on my last comp but not on here. have reinstalled and am ready to go..
Posted Sun Jul 02, 2006 5:43 am GMT by MrDarling
I'm reviving this old thread...
just found out about this , downloaded irc for mac and logged in.
it says 12 of us are in the room but its very quiet..
Am I in the right place?
Danny
Posted Sun Jul 02, 2006 5:56 am GMT by crack
Yeah, people usually idle there while sleeping. I am about though as is jonesy
Posted Tue Jul 18, 2006 9:20 pm GMT by Earthshine
downloaded and installed mIRC. Followed all your instructions but I can't connect. I get this over and over:
Unable to connect to server (Software caused connection abort)
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* Connect retry #8 de.quakenet.org (6669)
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* Unable to connect to server (Software caused connection abort)
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* Connect retry #9 217.75.98.139 (6669)
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* Unable to connect to server (Software caused connection abort)
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* Connect retry #10 irc.quakenet.org (6667)
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* Unable to connect to server (Software caused connection abort)
I'll keep messing with it to see what is up. But I'll gladly take any advice.
Posted Tue Jul 18, 2006 9:22 pm GMT by supafrey
| Earthshine wrote: | downloaded and installed mIRC. Followed all your instructions but I can't connect. I get this over and over:
Unable to connect to server (Software caused connection abort)
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* Connect retry #8 de.quakenet.org (6669)
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* Unable to connect to server (Software caused connection abort)
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* Connect retry #9 217.75.98.139 (6669)
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* Unable to connect to server (Software caused connection abort)
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* Connect retry #10 irc.quakenet.org (6667)
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* Unable to connect to server (Software caused connection abort)
I'll keep messing with it to see what is up. But I'll gladly take any advice. |
I got that in England. I didn't know how to fix it. I thought it might be Zonealarm or a firewall.. i couldn't figure it out.
COME ON GUYS HELP OUT WE NEED NEW PPL :D
Posted Tue Jul 18, 2006 9:34 pm GMT by Earthshine
Yeah, I have zonealarm, but I checked the settings and it shows mIRC as an allowed program.. Who knows.. I'll figure it out somehow, but sooner than later would be nice...
Posted Tue Jul 18, 2006 9:49 pm GMT by crack
in the irc box type /server sw2.de.quakenet.org and see if it connects
Posted Tue Jul 18, 2006 10:09 pm GMT by supafrey
mine said it was allowed to. i'll put money on that.
Posted Tue Jul 18, 2006 10:22 pm GMT by Earthshine
| crack wrote: | | in the irc box type /server sw2.de.quakenet.org and see if it connects |
Tried that, got this:
20:19 Connecting...
20:19 Unable to connect : java.net.SocketException : Software caused connection abort: connect
Same error on IE and Firefox.. It's something on my system, but no clue yet.... 
Posted Wed Jul 19, 2006 1:30 am GMT by MrDarling
Do you chat via a browser? IRC have a dedicated application.
Unless I somehow miss the point.
Posted Wed Jul 19, 2006 3:55 pm GMT by crack
/server irc.quakenet.org:6667
copy and paste that and see if it works.
Posted Wed Jul 19, 2006 8:40 pm GMT by Earthshine
No matter what I try (browser or mIRC app) I continue to get the error:
"Software caused connection abort"
I wonder what "software" is the problem. I guess I need to search the web for an answer. Has anyone else had this error? And what did you do? Thanks!
Posted Wed Jul 19, 2006 9:07 pm GMT by crack
Are you connecting from home or some sort of network such as university network?
If it's the latter then it's to do with their software and you can usually fnd a port which lets you in. If it's home, try turning off all firewall software and try a few different ports. If that doesnt work then I am lost I'm afraid.
Posted Wed Jul 19, 2006 9:16 pm GMT by Earthshine
I've pretty much tried all that and nothing has worked, but thanks for all the help.
I'm trying to connect from home. I'm running WinXP SP2 and ZoneAlarm Firewall. I disabled ZoneAlarm and it still doesn't work. I'm lost too. Now I'm just searching the web to see what I can find out.
Posted Thu Jul 20, 2006 4:19 pm GMT by aaronw
well... I just signed up. looks like this could be useful. thanks for putting up the FAQ. my name there is the same as on here.
Posted Thu Jul 20, 2006 8:56 pm GMT by kao85
i'm on after taking a break from poker i'm getting back into it oh boy... :D
Posted Thu Jul 20, 2006 9:34 pm GMT by Earthshine
finally got it figured out!!!
It was my McAfee software that was the problem. I run McAfee Enterprise 8. By default, it had IRC ports turned off.
To fix, I did the following:
right click on McAfee Virus Scan in toolbar, select Virus Scan Console.
double click on Access Protection
Under the Port Blocking tab, unclick both "Prevent IRC communications" tabs.
Apply changes and that's it!
It was stupidly simple.
Posted Fri Jul 21, 2006 7:32 pm GMT by vyni
Simply posting this to all related threads:
THP now has its own chat server to be dedicated to the community (irc.texasholdem-poker.com), and moments ago, we launched a teamspeak server for voice chats.
First thing in the coming week, we'll begin to promote the chat features to the community, add a browser based java chat applet for users that do not have (or simply cannot figure out) chat clients, and add extensive help pages for these new chat features.
In the meantime, you can find easy linkage to these chats in the "who's online" section of the forum index (found at bottom of page) on texasholdem-poker.com. These stats and links will be released on thpblog as well later.
Posted Fri Jul 21, 2006 8:55 pm GMT by Fat Tony
Finally! A channel with 100% less bluef0x. :D
Posted Fri Jul 21, 2006 9:04 pm GMT by ScanX
what the hell ??!
I really dont understand why u started another channel on another server while we have been using this one without a problem for almost 2 years now.
no offense but I never seen u before and u come out with a channel working in parallel of something that already works perfectly.
u're kinda asking to split the community by doing that and I kinda find it insultive towards the people who took the initiative to start this...that is geno (yep, the moderator...since 2003) and myself.
we already have our regulars on quakenet, noone ever complained about it.
So I'm really askin all the newcomers to ignore that new server and to come to the quakenet server where it's actually crowded (unlike the other one that is empty)
Posted Fri Jul 21, 2006 10:45 pm GMT by Fat Tony
Saying that there hasn't been any complaints is totally inaccurate, you just aren't the one who received them. I'm not gonna say there has been a ton of complaints (none lately) but i have gotten a half dozen or so since the channel started.
Posted Fri Jul 21, 2006 11:06 pm GMT by ScanX
| Fat Tony wrote: | | Saying that there hasn't been any complaints is totally inaccurate, you just aren't the one who received them. I'm not gonna say there has been a ton of complaints (none lately) but i have gotten a half dozen or so since the channel started. |
that can only be about bluefox because besides that I really dont see what could have been wrong.
when u say that the new channel is "100% bluefox free" I would like to see that because nothing can stop him from joining it right now as far as I know.
If people wanted to complain they just had to msg me in the channel and I would have gladly sorted it.
Also, u never forwarded me any of these complaints.
And, as I'm no medium, I cant sort if I'm not informed about it :|
Anyway bluefox has been warned for the last time by me and the next bad behaviour will result in a permanent ban for him. (he hardly ever joins anymore though)
The reactions in the quakenet channel have all been negative towards the launch of that new channel by the way...reactions coming from very regular users of IRC and the forum...I wont name them, u know who they are.
Please reconsider this feature, I dont see any positive point in it.
Posted Sat Jul 22, 2006 12:09 am GMT by Fat Tony
I'm not really interested in getting into a long drawn out debate about the bluef0x issue, but i will say that i was told that you absolutely refused to ban him from the irc channel since it was "unofficial". (virtually all of the complaints were about him)
Posted Sat Jul 22, 2006 1:34 am GMT by crack
These sort of responses is going to end up in a split community. That's not what we want.
I have my doubts over the IRC server. first of all, I don't see why THP needs a dedicated server.
Second, will the THP server be capabale of defense against attacks.
I don't see why the old channel could have been used. It's on a reliable server, and it has been up for a few years.
Another concern I have is the administration of the THP server and also, the fact we have just got the new users settled and they know how to get to the unoffical THP chan.
it is no problem for me, I know how to use IRC very well, I have been using it for years, but what about the newbies?
The bluefoxx issue is so last year so i don't care anymore. There is an ignore function for that reason.
I am idling in there and all I hope is we get a big community together that can chat in real time, wherever it happens.
Posted Sat Jul 22, 2006 9:02 am GMT by UrAteUp
| crack wrote: | These sort of responses is going to end up in a split community. That's not what we want.
I have my doubts over the IRC server. first of all, I don't see why THP needs a dedicated server.
Second, will the THP server be capabale of defense against attacks.
I don't see why the old channel could have been used. It's on a reliable server, and it has been up for a few years.
Another concern I have is the administration of the THP server and also, the fact we have just got the new users settled and they know how to get to the unoffical THP chan.
it is no problem for me, I know how to use IRC very well, I have been using it for years, but what about the newbies?
The bluefoxx issue is so last year so i don't care anymore. There is an ignore function for that reason.
I am idling in there and all I hope is we get a big community together that can chat in real time, wherever it happens. |
Here...here...I second this line of thinking. We don't want to split the forum. It works well as a collective unit. I agree with the ignore feature for use if ole Blue makes waves...besides that it is over the internet...so let the little creep say what he will.
Posted Sat Jul 22, 2006 11:33 am GMT by vyni
Such opposition to introducing a chat.
No offense taken scan, but lets take a moment to remember that this 'new guy' is the one pushing to bring the community into the spotlight. THP is big, but it could be alot bigger. Scratch could, it will be alot bigger before I'm through. The community in THP has been something that simply existed in the background.... new guy is pushing to get yall the exposure you deserve.
But back to the issue.
Population of the chat room will come from promotion of the chat on the site: for example the recent rise of persons in the admitted unofficial room has been directly from the instruction and notation of it here in the forums. It's just been opened yesterday, and theres been no promotion of its availablity on any of the sites as of yet, so no sh!t there's nobody in it yet. 2 year old 'unofficial' room has <20 persons in it.... 2 years and that's how big she's gotten huh. Yeah maybe you're right, we should stick to that.
| Quote: | If people wanted to complain they just had to msg me in the channel and I would have gladly sorted it.
Also, u never forwarded me any of these complaints.
And, as I'm no medium, I cant sort if I'm not informed about it  |
At what point did you appoint yourself the communities chat administrator? As you put scan, 'no offense' but I find it ammusing as hell that the person stomping his feet with objections so happens to be the only person with ops in this unofficial chat. The questions as to if this chat can be administered... well thats half the point of having an official thp chat server, so that it can be managed by THP administrators and moderators. Can it be adminstered... verses the zero administration now? I suspect this isnt about shifting away from the unofficial room, rather that we're shifting focus away from your room.
Nobody is saying you can't have your quakenet room, but its absurd to think for even a moment that the sites will promote a channel in which it has no administrative power.
As to the suggestion that there are no issues with the quakenet room... tell me why it is half the time I try to connect to it from home, I find my hosts been klined. Promoting the quake room as the THP room makes quakes issues our issues. Don't even get me started on the L and Q or whatever services bs... we're running a standard ircd with standard services (nickserv and chanserv). No need to jump through quakenets damn hoops just to register a name.
The presence of an official server dedicated to the community is not going to 'split' the community: less than 1% of most communities population ever enters the communities chat features. It's a feature, not a focal point. This is why you'll find I'll pay little mind to suggestions of some massive community drama. This 'new guy' has been managing communities for many years now. This 'new guy' has been a network admin on several irc servers for many years now. This 'new guy' has dealt with all of this before, and knows well how it ends. This 'new guy' is here for a reason.
'What about the newbies' what about them? They'll be guided towards the official chat. There's no loss on their part: it's awfuly vain to think they're coming to the room just for you. So the room they join doesnt get to listen to the 'scans sisters hot' bs, or listen to your cries of bad hands, or listen to you guys banter back and forth of who's better or who's to scared to go heads up. Im sure thats exactly what the official room will become as well, but anyone who thinks the chat will be at a loss because they themselves arent there... at what point does the veteran members declare themselves a community attraction. Seriously.
Let me also note another reason why we want the room official and under oyr management, and this is specificly for those 'newbies': I'm going to setup one of my bots for the official chat rooms: newbies will be able to pm it to get preflop and postflop odds. The bot eventually will also serve global announcements of thp private tourneys, and the returning thp exclusive freerolls. There's no end to how I may integrate the bot with the community. And before it's even suggested, no we're not jumping through hoops with quake to connect it to a network we dont control.
Should probably note at this point that in numerous other communities, I get harrassed for the length of my posts... lol
Let me touch on the 'bluefox' issue: this is before my time, but I get the idea of what went on. All chats have the same issues. I don't want to see priviledged power trippers on the chat. What goes on in individual users channels is that channel owners/groups bussiness, unles it gets out of hand, in which case we will intervene. Pretty common sense. As to the official rooms, those with previledges will be encouraged to use them wisely: someone being annoying is not enough reason in itself to ban them. Chat clients have this lovely ignore feature... use it. Power in the chat is no different as to here on the forums: restraint. Banning persons becuase they are annoying is a road we do not want to start down. Issue on the THP chat server will handled as they arise, with valid reason.
Now I appologize to anyone whose feeling may be hurt by this post. PM me stating such and I'll be sure to swing by and pick out some Hallmark cards. Heck if you're in the Pittsburgh area, stop by and I'll give ya a nice long comforting hug if you like. But the feelings of a few individuals does not steer the community nor the efforts to improve it.
Posted Sat Jul 22, 2006 12:07 pm GMT by supafrey
loller-fukkin-caust.
Posted Sat Jul 22, 2006 2:34 pm GMT by Johny
This is going to get ugly.
Posted Sat Jul 22, 2006 2:58 pm GMT by Adam Marshall
Wow vyni...
Here's the quick version:
THP wants an official chat. We can't just knight the IRC chat and make it "official". So we need something else. So we do our own chat.
The argument against is that we shouldn't have another chat because it would split the community, yes?
By that argument, THP can never have an "official" chat ever. I'm afraid I can't go for that.
I'm open for suggestions though...
Posted Sat Jul 22, 2006 3:38 pm GMT by vyni
Yes, I know.
I need to work on my sugar coating.
I tend to be too blunt.
Suggestions on the dispute are clearly welcome, but using quakes servers for an official room is not an option for a reason (on top of those already noted) that I've yet to discuss, nor intend to detail in the publics view. The subject is individual player security: that's as far as I'm going with it. To detail it is simply inviting someone to try it.
Posted Sun Jul 23, 2006 12:58 am GMT by crack
Wow, nice long post. I read it. I haveto disagree with you about scan. The way your post came across, however you intended seemed to imply Scan is power mad. He isn't. He has never abused his power from my knowledge and the only reason he is the only guy who has ops is because him and Geno setup the chan.
Yeah we do have <20 in there at the moment, but I think you said only 1% of forum members use chat features or something? THP is not that big, 11k members and we all know that really it's less than 200 regular posters, so to get 20 members in the chat I think isn't too bad.
I am not kicking up a fuss, I am just stating a few facts and concerns. I don't care if we move, I am already in both channels anyway!
Posted Sun Jul 23, 2006 1:44 am GMT by zinn0
Not to mention all of the new users we've rounded up the last few weeks...
Posted Sun Jul 23, 2006 1:53 am GMT by supafrey
yeah the new guys are awesome.
Posted Sun Jul 23, 2006 1:54 am GMT by LeafsFan1122
Thank you, thank you.
Posted Tue Jul 25, 2006 2:05 am GMT by age_of_sages
wWho are you trying to kid?
Everyone knows people only go there to see me.
Posted Tue Jul 25, 2006 8:46 am GMT by Freud
| age_of_sages wrote: | wWho are you trying to kid?
Everyone knows people only go there to see me. |
Yeah, we love your ASCII style!
Posted Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:51 pm GMT by ScanX
I already sorted it with you in PM but I just have to react to this because that was a bit too "harsh" (I read this after reading/replying your PM) :
"There's no loss on their part: it's awfuly vain to think they're coming to the room just for you."
You're so wrong about my ego...see supafrey for the monster ego stuff. :)
"So the room they join doesnt get to listen to the 'scans sisters hot' bs, or listen to your cries of bad hands, or listen to you guys banter back and forth of who's better or who's to scared to go heads up."
The 'scan's sister is hot' is a topic (that obviously wasnt set by myself...see supafrey again for that kind of bullsh*t :p) and that exactly shows how I let anyone do about anything they want as long as it doesnt go too far...and believe me, you are too worried about the way you want your channel to be administrated. The guys in here are all grown up (besides supa who's still a little kid that needs attention) and they dont need to be slapped on their fingers. Everyone is cool with everyone and the channel can run by itself. I'm admin just in case.
As I said in the PM but I also want to state this here so noone believes I'm the dictator fighting to keep his little part of power : I'm the only admin (along with geno...but he never comes on IRC anymore) because I dont want anyone to be jealous...if I give admin rights to one, then the other wants it etc...it becomes a mess. And quite frankly noone in the channel really cares, all they wanted was to be able to change the topic, which I of course did.
"Im sure thats exactly what the official room will become as well,"
hell yeah :)
" but anyone who thinks the chat will be at a loss because they themselves arent there... at what point does the veteran members declare themselves a community attraction. Seriously."
u call a "community" people who sign up on monday, come check what's going on on wednesday and never come back again ?
U may have thousands of sign-ups on the forum, but the real active community doesnt exceed 200 players imo.
I never said the channel would be at loss without us, but to my eyes the 20 guys in the IRC are also the guys that are part of the backbone of this forum...just look at the number of posts. Out of the top 25 in the memberlist sorted by # of posts, 10 or 11 of them are regulars users of the channel.
They are not community attraction, but they are the ones that your community reads/talk to everyday.
I just needed to react to express my opinion on this...I just wished u had contacted me before starting all this.
I know you dont owe me anything, but that would have still been nicer...you know what I mean.
For my part the case is closed and we can sort the rest in private.
Scan
Posted Thu Jul 27, 2006 11:45 am GMT by vyni
I appologize: at that time the harsh reply was appropriate based on the tone of the posts it was in reply to. Sorry it had to go that route
We'll sort this out, and the community as a whole (vets and n00bs) will benefit from it.
As to the ircd brought online last week: you'll see i removed linkage to it on the index. We have a temporary issue to resolve. A decision must be made. Many may have noted approx 4 1/2 hours of downtime on sunday for THP. Logs suggest this was a network issue in the datacenter, though they have denied it. Followed up with an error in their billing department which threatened to pull the server offline..... these are the kind of issues we dont need to deal with, so moving the sites/community to a new datacenter has been suggested. I wont promote the chat to users until the dc issue has been resolved.
In the meantime....
I suspect our posts have many viewers waiting for a pic of that sister
Posted Thu Jul 27, 2006 11:55 am GMT by supafrey
I did her. She's okay.
P.S. Ostracize the REAL IRC crowd and we'll see just how active this forum can be. Not to mention how many stupid questions would go unanswered. Never knew you really felt like cutting the legs out from under this puppy right before you try to make it "big"....
Posted Thu Jul 27, 2006 12:11 pm GMT by vyni
Frey, I believe we've established that we're going to resolve the issue so forgive me if I ignore any continued instigation on this matter.
Posted Thu Jul 27, 2006 12:45 pm GMT by supafrey
I ain't instigatin' nothin', love.
Posted Wed Aug 02, 2006 6:06 pm GMT by efram
I'm not an old THP timer nor do I post all the time, but I do enjoy the forum and think the idea of chat is pretty cool as well. Since reading this thread I installed mIRC and popped in to both chat rooms.
One point I fell I want to make is that this forum should list the chat room on the main forum page. When I found that link, it made it easy for me to connect to the correct server and get in. It wasn't until I read deeper into the thread, and someone else casually mentioned the other room on chat, that I joined the other room to see many more THP'ers in there.
It would seem to me that having 1 room benefits everyone more so than 2. It would also seem to me since this site is moderated by the moderators, the chat room should be as well.
Logic also says to me, the chat room should be linked off the forum for simplicity in finding/using for people who aren't familiar with the forum and where the information to the quake channel lives.
Maybe I'm sticking my 72off where it doesn't belong but it seems to me that if we all act like grownups, which most on here are, its very simple;
change with the times, migrate the channel to THP moderated, THP hosted, THP linked and only 1 channel. Everyone can find it/use it easily because its linked off the forum index page, everyone uses the same channel always because there is only one and we can all play nice with the other kids. *shrug*
Posted Wed Aug 02, 2006 7:22 pm GMT by supafrey
nah.
Posted Thu Aug 03, 2006 6:57 am GMT by UrAteUp
The only problem I could see with a moderated forum chat is the mods would have to be a little less strict in the chat. It is often that someone will enter the chat and launch the f-bomb after a horrible beat. I would hate for myself or one of you other great people to get banned for something like that. I know some will say why not conduct ourselves as adults. Well sometimes after a brutal beat you just want to let off steam. Also things do tend to get a little vulgar. I would hate to think if it was from a group of adult guys and all in fun, that someone might get banned from such a small infraction because it doesn't meet with typical forum standards.
Posted Thu Aug 03, 2006 10:37 am GMT by supafrey
Exactly. None of the language I use is PG-13. I really don't need Geno (who's notoriously good natured and um... straight-edge) or Vyni telling me to stop calling someone a cumt-bag if they're being one.
Posted Thu Aug 03, 2006 10:38 am GMT by LeafsFan1122
And vise versa.
Posted Thu Aug 03, 2006 10:38 am GMT by supafrey
I don't even want to fathom how many times I've been told to F off in IRC. WE CAN'T JUST LOOOOOSE THAT.
Posted Thu Aug 03, 2006 12:57 pm GMT by UrAteUp
| supafrey wrote: | | Exactly. None of the language I use is PG-13. I really don't need Geno (who's notoriously good natured and um... straight-edge) or Vyni telling me to stop calling someone a cumt-bag if they're being one. |
Quit your darn whining you curnt-bag...
Posted Thu Aug 03, 2006 1:19 pm GMT by efram
We're all adults. I see swearing on the forum all the time.
Would someone get banned from chat for dropping an F bomb?
Posted Thu Aug 03, 2006 1:27 pm GMT by Jauron
I swear on the forums all the time, I never really thought about getting banned. So how close am I? 
Posted Thu Aug 03, 2006 3:22 pm GMT by vyni
Th linnkage will return to the site/forum index after another situation has been addressed.
The purpose of having an official room is not in the moderation. Pretty sure nobody here cares how many times you drop an f bomb in the chat. Thats what chats are. Until things get carried away, mods likely arent going to get involved.
Theres no conspiracy, no movement to govern the activity that exists on quake. We're just bringing it in house with a simpler interface/connect for newer users.
Posted Thu Aug 03, 2006 4:03 pm GMT by Sean_in_NJ
I think the whole argument is pretty much a waste of time. People just starting out will probably go to the new one. Those who've been on for a while will probably stay where they are. The official/unofficial thing has very little to do with where people end up in the long run.
Posted Thu Aug 03, 2006 5:27 pm GMT by Fat Tony
| Sean_in_NJ wrote: | | I think the whole argument is pretty much a waste of time. |
I agree. If people want to come to the new channel, great we'd love to have you there. If they want to stay where they are that's perfectly fine too.
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