Off-topic : IRC

Mixie

Is there a boards.ie IRC server, and if so, whats the address? I've asked on the CS board because more people on this board seem to use it (or refer to it in any case).

Does the chat link at the top of the main boards.ie page not work for anyone else?

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C:\WINDOWS\Desktop>ping www.chatireland.net

Pinging www.chatireland.net [194.125.76.137] with 32 bytes of data:

Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 194.125.76.137:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms


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bugler

OO err. We use #fortress.ie, which is on quakenet network. @ irc.barrysworld.com to be specific. Dunno much about the boards chat thing....

Shinji

Moved to Admin board as it has no relevance to CS.

DeVore

Its on the way, we just need to get the bots put into #boards.ie.

Cloud?

DeVore.

Hobbes

can you set up the bot to post something like.

<Q-Bot>Hobbes posted "Hello World" on Admin Forum.
<Q-Bot>Hobbes replied to "Off-topic : IRC" on Admin Forum.

Bard

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Hobbes:
can you set up the bot to post something like.

<Q-Bot>Hobbes posted "Hello World" on Admin Forum.
<Q-Bot>Hobbes replied to "Off-topic : IRC" on Admin Forum.

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That would be an interesting integration alright... announcements of changes in UBB on an IRC server

Maybe that should be #boards.ie-announce or something like that (where nobody gets a 'voice' except for the bot) with #boards.ie being just a general discussion forum.

I look forward to seeing the boards.ie IRC server in action It'd certainly be better than Undernet in it's current form... ooh- you could have a channel for every board (like #after-hours for example) with each mod being an op on the # (although I'm sure you're probably planning something along those lines anyway [...?] )

Zoop.

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Bard

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SantaHoe

Gah, I don't like the idea of 30 odd chatrooms - one for each board!!!
Too many open channel windows.

Like the Bot thing though.

Mixie

Nice1 Hobbes. I've seen it done before, but in the case of UBB it needed an IRC bot on running off that server - I'm sure theres some way around it. I'll have a look and see if I still have the code on disc somewhere...

Stephen

I think if boards gets and IRC channel they should use Quakenet, since lots of boards users already use quakenet

Bard

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Stephen:
I think if boards gets and IRC channel they should use Quakenet, since lots of boards users already use quakenet </font>

Only those who are online gamers. I, for example, am not one (because of the price of Internet access... hint hint ) - while I do play FPS and other games on a standalone PC and networks (occasionally), I don't do it on the net - and there's a lot of people who don't bother with gaming at all and are just here for the discussion (... mad, that - I know )...

Myself I prefer the suggestion of a unique IRC server for Boards.ie. Confining it to the realm of Quakenet (which is primarily FOR gamers) might, in fact, scare off some people.

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Bard

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LegacyUser

Maybe if we brought back a Irish Server ??

Lucy_la_morte

I hate quakenet, I would appreciate a server where the hostmask is hidden/reversed (like irc.stratics.com where everyone elses hostmask appears as your own to yourself - messed up any clone detectors though ). I find quakenet very unsecure and have been hacked via it many times.

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It's just a tail, but I'm sort of attached to it.

Lucy la morte.