There comes a time in every man's life when they must leave the warm, moist cushioning of their mother's womb and venture forth into the cold, dark world of reality to contend with murderous clowns and surprise buttsecks. That sentence is just slightly relevant to what I'm about to say.
Dtoid IRC, sponsored by the distinguished
IRCartel, is finally moving servers. No more will we have to put up with
Gamesurge's suckiness. Instead, we'll be hosting the room on
DynastyNet. Along with the move come a few improvements:
1) Better connections
Some people have had
trouble connecting to Gamesurge's servers in the past, and we're hoping the switch to DynastyNet should fix that.
2) Voices for regulars
Dtoid IRC is not moderated (mode +m) since we've never had any problems with
spam, so all those auto-voices (+v) aren't really doing us much good. Under the new system, voices will be given out to IRC regulars who have hung out in the channel and moved beyond just staying for a few days. So if you want a
useless status symbol, lurk less and talk more!
3) Stats
Again, not a major upgrade, but something that should be fun to use. After a week of solid use, a channel is eligible to get
daily stats collected on it, ranging from random quotes of its users to most-used words to number of actions done. These are updated at midnight every night and should be
fun to look at.
4) New Ops
I can't say who quite yet, but a few long-time channel regulars will be getting ops and halfops, seeing as I'm currently the only active op in IRC. (Any previous op will get their op back upon request.)
So how do you get here? First of all, make sure you have an IRC client, such as
mIRC if you're on Windows or
Colloquy if you're on OS X. (Linux users should be used to
fending for themselves.) Then, connect with this info:
Server: irc.dynastynet.net
Channel: #destructoid
Once on, say hello to
whoever is on and get to registering your nickname. Choose a nickname with the following command:
/nick YOURNICKHERE
And register for your exclusive use it with this command:
/ns register PASSWORD EMAIL
Note: a few names have been set aside for previous IRC users. If this is the case for you, contact me and I'll sort it out for you.
That's pretty much it. I'd suggest telling your IRC client to auto-connect to irc.dynastynet.net every time you turn it on. Here are some additional start-up commands (in proper order) you'll want to put in your client to auto-execute when you start up the program:
/nick YOURNICKHERE (restores your nickname to what you want your default to be)
/ns identify PASSWORD (identifies yourself to the network, like signing-in, so it doesn't kick you off your own nick)
/join #destructoid (joins the room automatically)
Happy
typing!
P.S. IRCartel "members": your cblog banners will be updated soon in order to reflect the change of servers. You don't have to do anything but maybe refresh your cache once it's changed.
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Yay! Now the editors will have no excuse not connecting. RIGHT?
Theres no such thing as Dtoid IRC. Go to Vent.
@ Yashoki
Just because it's imaginary, doesn't mean it isn't real!
@ Yashoki
Just because it's imaginary, doesn't mean it isn't real!
@ Yashoki
Just because it's imaginary, doesn't mean it isn't real!
damnit, I already have three server windows open, now I need to have 4 :/
[oTo]
yeah fuck that lol, should have gone to EnterTheGame more than anything, or quakenet.
Oh the new IRC is the hotness... if only all these people would connect so they could actually see how many hot girls are chatting in there with us.
Awesome, I look forward to having more time free to hang out there.
Is there a benefit to using this IRC.. Couldn't we jsut find a built in Chatroom and put it in destructoid itself.. like with meebo or something? instead of having IRC and vent?
wowzers what i started and transformed into something more.......
/pats his self on the woof'n back!
Clique bullshit!? Have you ever seen West Side Story? They're the Jets, we're the Sharks! As the song goes:
I feel pretty,
Oh, so pretty,
I feel pretty and witty and bright!
And I pity
Any girl who isn't me tonight... in IRC.
Just kidding... the whole situation is more like Grease.
I might just have to jump on there today...been a while since I've been on!
@Bluewolf: that's funny, I haven't seen you on IRC since the radio debacle :)
After which it kinda picked up and opened up etc.
Fuck Vent! The revolution is textual! BITCH.
Pew, I may need your help again... heh...
Er, nevermind. :)
ITS AWW-RIGHT!
(King) Necros is right: Dtoid IRC is moving. In fact, it will easily rank among the top 3 most moving experiences in one's life.
Guys, since no Destructoid employees are involved in moderating this IRC channel and I don't have the resources to manage one on an ongoing basis yet to make it a project, please do not call it Dtoid IRC, etc. That's something I'd like the opportunity to make in the near future.
Didn't Ron approve this IRC? I could be wrong, but could someone clarify that? I thought we got the go-ahead to be the proper IRC channel?
NOOOOOOOOOOO!
That makes me a saaaaad panda.
@Niero: Ah, I thought it was "official" after Ron said it was now official in his cblog some time ago?
Err how are we supposed to call it in the meantime? The way we figured it, we'd keep the channel running since not many people use IRC. Any editor will of course get ownership straight away. I doubt any of us on it really care what it's being called in the meantime, do you want to have it renamed as well?
If there's an epic lightsaber/force power duel between you and Ron, Niero, could you please record it and up it to YouTube? Kthx.
Also, Necros is rooming with an editor, so isn't that, like, almost kind of not quite but sort of the same thing?
It's been unofficial FOR THE LONGEST TIME.
HAHAHAHAHAH wut the fuck did i tell all u guys. Dtoid doesnt have an irc and that comes straight from fucking niero. i told u this shit so many times mother fuckers. HA
Unofficialness is the new hottness.
This post is made of lulz
with niero's comment it's kinda a sign that you should rename the irc to something elss and not associate it with Destructoid.
Destructoid is copyrighted and should not be used with out express written consent from niero.
BTW, bluewolf your a loser.
i luv u pedro
BURN DTOID IRC.... BURN
The way I see it right now, what does it matter if the IRC is official or not? There are a handful of dtoid people that want to have an IRC. And there isn't an official dtoid IRC yet so why can't they put together an IRC channel in the meantime and just call it the "unofficial dtoid IRC"?
/agree with NamelessTed
separating the community is bad ted, also your worthless remember so stop trying ted
how is this possibly separating the community? dtoid community people want to have an IRC that they can chat in, why should they be not able to have that? Some people like vent, some like IRC, some like forums. Its not separation, it is giving more ways for the community to expand.
/agree with NamelessTed
No-one is being seperated. Noone is being told not to join and anyone can get involved. It's readily available information and it's not as if we're ganging up on anyone. If you wanna join IRC, then ny all means, please do. If not, no big deal. There's always Vent, Forums and Clogs.
I agree with Ted and Dale. It's just a way to communicate. It's not like anyone is forcing you to use any of these methods.
It's not really separating the community if some people who would not go into vent (even if they should) anyways go into IRC. Anyone's welcome to join in, just like anyone can join vent. After all, we're all in favor of Dtoid above all else.
The IRC channel is not closing, because lots of Dtoiders enjoy using it. As of the moment I'm typing this, it's now Unofficial Dtoid IRC, so go ahead and keep coming. Just be aware that this is not officially endorsed by any editor and is (as of now) just a gathering of Dtoid community members who like to hang out and show our support for Dtoid.
Cool Necros..... thats why i created it in the first place...... I honestly didnt consider the facts of it being own or not owned i just wanted to create a fun place to hang out besides Vent.... So keep up the good work Necros!
In the beginning, Necros created the dynasty IRC and saw that it was good. All Hail Necros, king and just single ruler of all.
I don't get all this IRC hatred. Oh well, at least the IRC people are the ones not acting like immature fags. *strokes e-penis*
Help me Obi-Ron Kenobi, you're our only hope!
Its not about copyright at all. Destructoid is for everybody. However, what is is about is about is "who is responsible when bad stuff happens" on the IRC and about properly representing the editorial voice from the home page to the radio show. Its hard to explain that to somebody on the site that my company is not responsible when they're looking at something called "Destructoid XYZ". So to make this easy for everybody, nothing should be called Destructoid Anything unless I'm personally involved somehow. And I'm just not ready (yet) to support these 2 projects due to time constraints and priorities on bigger things I'm trying to make happen for us.
Specifically speaking, I had 10 emails this weekend complaining about things that happened on Destructoid IRC in regards to what somebody said about Kittie's blog or things about the home page editorial. Some of these people didn't understand that the community runs the IRC channel. Instead, they were asking how I could possibly let this go on in my company, etc etc. Even worse -- somebody was apparently chatting pretending to be site editors. This is funny, but you can see how dangerous that can be if somebody decides to pretend to be me and does a bunch of racist stuff or whatever under "Destructoid's official chat". Instead of trying to manage all of the above, which I can't yet, I just asked for a change of name so there is no misunderstanding. I can't have that kind of liability, and it hurts everybody when it goes unchecked.
Obviously, for every 1 person that sends an email there are another 100 that just form opinions and don't bother writing. The same thing happened with people who wanted me to influence what Aaron was doing with his radio show. These are 2 things I don't have the resources to support yet -- as you can see Cblogs needs my attention first!
So in the end, please continue to enjoy Necro's IRC channel and what Aaron does on BlueWolf72 radio -- just keep in mind that if you're not clear about who's in charge of your project and something bad happens people will come to me first when I'm not ready to take responsibility yet. Big emphasis on Yet!
Niero, what about Vent? That's official and, while it's owned by an editor, it doesn't have much more editor involvement than the IRC. It just doesn't seem quite fair.
lol "what is is about is about is" should be a shirt
Vent is also not official -- it was something Fronz thought we should have and the plan was to make it official someday, but it got put on hold, same thing with Stickam. If it isn't part of the Dtoid web site tabs or have a Destructoid URL in it then I'm not involved and it isn't official yet. That's why I never link to Vent. That's more for Dtoid Army people -- people that have been around with the site for a long time and know about our little ins and outs.
That does all make sense, appart from "what is is", and I agree. If there were complaints made against something in Dtoids name, and isn't Dtoids fault, that's a fair point. I wasn't aware there had been problems :-(
Oh, okay. People were talking about Vent like it was official. I'm just making sure everything's fair. :)