IRC Channel For The Server

[Marcell]

The reason why IRC channel would be useful is cause whenever you see a hacker around, /c report won't do anything unless admin luckily reads the log just when someone is hacking and someone reports him, which doesn't happen too often. This forces our admins to stay on communicators like MSN, and our users to know their emails. IRC channel is a mobile thingy to see what happens ingame without doing too much, if you see 10 people whining about a hacker then it's not some guy who fights good, but a real hacker. Then admin comes undercover and banhammer lifts up..

[Call_me_Dad]

One big problem with IRC is:
All generated messages are echo'ed all over the IRC channel.
It doesnt PM a particular player anything.

So imagine an admin checks alias from IRC.
The alias and IP gets displayed in the whole channel, which is visible to anyone who is present on the channel.

All other servers have IRC channels, they say they just cant live without it....well we can!

[Hess]

One big problem with IRC is:
All generated messages are echo'ed all over the IRC channel.
It doesnt PM a particular player anything.

So imagine an admin checks alias from IRC.
The alias and IP gets displayed in the whole channel, which is visible to anyone who is present on the channel.

All other servers have IRC channels, they say they just cant live without it....well we can!

IRC has the ability to both echo and send messages to particular users in the channel. Its a case of whether its possible to script it to do so, eg. when player sends a report ingame, making it send a message just to the admins in the IRC channel.

As far as checking aliases go, the aliases would be stored in a file. So a command could just be scripted for the IRC chat-side to read that file directly, instead of through the server.

[detective_perry]

There is really no need for this. Admin/moderator goes undercover, sees a rule breaker on act. Punishment. 

[Marcell]

There is really no need for this. Admin/moderator goes undercover, sees a rule breaker on act. Punishment. 

They need to go ingame, get information from another player thru communicator like MSN, or be at the situation, or check the logs. While being connected to IRC channel you can fap to redtube and then notice someone reporting someone. That's not possible without it, you would need to be informed by regulars through MSN or check the logs (which is annoying cause it ain't dynamic)

[Kessu]

They need to go ingame, get information from another player thru communicator like MSN, or be at the situation, or check the logs. While being connected to IRC channel you can fap to redtube and then notice someone reporting someone. That's not possible without it, you would need to be informed by regulars through MSN or check the logs (which is annoying cause it ain't dynamic)

You ever tried fapping for redtube while looking at mIRC? It's very hard you know 

[Hess]

Well, you can have mIRC running in the background and have it play a notification sound when a report is detected :redface:

[Marcell]

You ever tried fapping for redtube while looking at mIRC? It's very hard you know 

Nice experience there 

[JDC]

You ever tried fapping for redtube while looking at mIRC? It's very hard you know 

Hell no, that site is shitty anyways.

[StatuZ]

What about replacing the current chat system on the forum with IRC? If there are a lot of chatting users on the current system, it will lag the forum dramaticly, proven by the last clan meeting.

I've been using IRC for quite a few years now, and in my opinion it still beats chatprograms like Windows Live. Just like Teamspeak, you can create your own channels etcetera...

[stormeus]

The problem is that the forum chat is AJAX-based, so it has to keep sending requests just to see if there's any new data. Not a problem with one or two people, but when you go to eight, ten, or fifteen, it gets really bad. I suppose the Flash socket functionality of AJAX Chat could be used, but that's a different discussion altogether.

[Hess]

What about replacing the current chat system on the forum with IRC? If there are a lot of chatting users on the current system, it will lag the forum dramaticly, proven by the last clan meeting.

I've been using IRC for quite a few years now, and in my opinion it still beats chatprograms like Windows Live. Just like Teamspeak, you can create your own channels etcetera...

And it is generally easier to manage.

[Morphine]

An IRC channel would be a nice way to communicate/discuss things while not necessary being in-game..

[JDC]

An IRC channel would be a nice way to communicate/discuss things while not necessary being in-game..

That is a problem, people on IRC can also cause problems for those ingame, while admins on IRC would be unable to do more than half of their tasks.

[Kessu]

Idea is good, I like it very much.. But the negative sides are so hard that I would rather not see this implemented.