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Canucck Alpha Tester Joined: Thu Oct 30, 2008 4:54 pm Posts: 3931	Re: Connecting to Global Agenda IRC with mIRC Right now there aren't really any "popular" channels since it's a new network. There is #lobby that you autojoin, #protocol, and #agendastats, that's it really. That's why we need help getting the network to grow. With time as rekk and torokokill work their magic there will be more channels with spiffy bots that can do things like pull stats, live AvA results feed, and the other stuff torokokill listed above for now. With any luck and some dev interest they may be able to further link IRC into the game as well, there a lot of things that can be done fairly easily even by unexperienced programmers. The biggest benefit it can provide right now is to give agencies wihout (or even with) a forum or website a place to congregate. They can make their own channel easily and for free. IRC is a great way of staying in touch with groups outside of games. oh and thanks for the sticky btw whoever that was
Mon May 24, 2010 10:02 am

Recon Beta Tester Joined: Mon Mar 23, 2009 6:15 am Posts: 631 Location: Tar Valon	Re: Connecting to Global Agenda IRC with mIRC I see some real potential in this. I remember back in the days of Anarchy Online when we used to have chatbots connecting our organization (guild) chats to IRC, and someone even developed an entire program that, in all practicality, separated the chat from the game itself. This was extremely useful for PvP tower control and such, and just for chat idling without having your computer run an entire game. If Hirez could set up and IRC server, and set a server connect passkey and such for each individual account (IRC nick would also need to be ingame nick), with some work we could seamlessly relay IRC with ingame chat. Alot of companies overlook this, but this is really one of the best things any real community driven game could implement. Just think: Effective AvA monitoring, ability to communicate with those ingame without having to start a 1.5 gb mem application, stats tracking, and loads of other possibilities. Alliance/agency channel names could be #<name>, or #Alliance-<name> or some variation. Only members of said agency or alliance could join without permission, but others may be invited by those with auths (spying!). Such merging of the ingame and inactive communities could really be something to make this game take off (more than it already has). _________________
Tue May 25, 2010 12:10 am

Xtol Beta Tester Joined: Tue Jul 07, 2009 12:27 pm Posts: 950	Re: Connecting to Global Agenda IRC with mIRC Canucck wrote: Right now there aren't really any "popular" channels since it's a new network. There is #lobby that you autojoin, #protocol, and #agendastats, that's it really. That's why we need help getting the network to grow. With time as rekk and torokokill work their magic there will be more channels with spiffy bots that can do things like pull stats, live AvA results feed, and the other stuff torokokill listed above for now. With any luck and some dev interest they may be able to further link IRC into the game as well, there a lot of things that can be done fairly easily even by unexperienced programmers. The biggest benefit it can provide right now is to give agencies wihout (or even with) a forum or website a place to congregate. They can make their own channel easily and for free. IRC is a great way of staying in touch with groups outside of games. oh and thanks for the sticky btw whoever that was There's also #GA and #swarm-gaming (shameless advert.) Anyway will see if I can get some agency members interested. Would be nice to have this succeed.
Tue May 25, 2010 1:26 am

Wobberjockey Beta Tester Joined: Tue Dec 22, 2009 4:30 am Posts: 8726 Location: In a handbasket, heading somewhere	Re: Connecting to Global Agenda IRC with mIRC never mind. i got it figured out somehow i managed to have 2 separate copies of mirc open ()_() _________________ original art at http://tinyurl.com/shazbotsig The Tribes READ ME. Quite possibly the most important thread you'll never read
Tue May 25, 2010 2:19 am

Dopesunk Joined: Fri Feb 26, 2010 4:21 pm Posts: 63	Re: Connecting to Global Agenda IRC with mIRC Personally I always found the Scrim/Pug channels to be the IRC's main attraction as it's easier to coordinate them in IRC. If the game keeps growing and people idle/use the Scrim/Pug channels it would def help the game.
Tue May 25, 2010 2:18 pm

rekk Joined: Tue Feb 02, 2010 10:35 pm Posts: 1278	Re: Connecting to Global Agenda IRC with mIRC Dopesunk wrote: Personally I always found the Scrim/Pug channels to be the IRC's main attraction as it's easier to coordinate them in IRC. If the game keeps growing and people idle/use the Scrim/Pug channels it would def help the game. That's exactly what I was thinking of originally while remembering all my time in #findringer for counter-strike. First we need to work on getting a decent number of people in the IRC to begin with though because even the lobby rarely has more than 5 people in it right now. Problem is people connect and see that no one is on or chatting so they leave, we need to reach a certain level of activity and then the activity itself will continue to attract more people. Soooo... if you aren't idling, go idle now!
Tue May 25, 2010 7:13 pm

Xtol Beta Tester Joined: Tue Jul 07, 2009 12:27 pm Posts: 950	Re: Connecting to Global Agenda IRC with mIRC rekk wrote: Dopesunk wrote: Personally I always found the Scrim/Pug channels to be the IRC's main attraction as it's easier to coordinate them in IRC. If the game keeps growing and people idle/use the Scrim/Pug channels it would def help the game. That's exactly what I was thinking of originally while remembering all my time in #findringer for counter-strike. First we need to work on getting a decent number of people in the IRC to begin with though because even the lobby rarely has more than 5 people in it right now. Problem is people connect and see that no one is on or chatting so they leave, we need to reach a certain level of activity and then the activity itself will continue to attract more people. Soooo... if you aren't idling, go idle now! Yeah everyone should go idle there. Keeping a steady 8-10 people online though.
Wed May 26, 2010 11:37 pm

dual Joined: Fri Feb 26, 2010 8:07 pm Posts: 6354 Steam Gamer Name: EpicBroccoli	Re: Connecting to Global Agenda IRC with mIRC Looks like we have that now, it'd be nice to have a little more activity than just idlers though. The scrim idea sounds pretty d*** interesting, hopefully more people will join in. Also, IRC is NOT dead. ._. _________________
Thu Jun 03, 2010 2:33 pm

Oclock Beta Tester Joined: Thu Jul 30, 2009 7:25 am Posts: 2	Re: Connecting to Global Agenda IRC with mIRC <- idle masta.
Fri Jun 04, 2010 7:51 am

rekk Joined: Tue Feb 02, 2010 10:35 pm Posts: 1278	Re: Connecting to Global Agenda IRC with mIRC I took this guide and formatted it onto the new IRC page on agendastats, I'm assuming you don't mind
Fri Jun 04, 2010 4:05 pm

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Canucck

Alpha Tester

Joined: Thu Oct 30, 2008 4:54 pm
Posts: 3931

Re: Connecting to Global Agenda IRC with mIRC

Right now there aren't really any "popular" channels since it's a new network. There is #lobby that you autojoin, #protocol, and #agendastats, that's it really. That's why we need help getting the network to grow. With time as rekk and torokokill work their magic there will be more channels with spiffy bots that can do things like pull stats, live AvA results feed, and the other stuff torokokill listed above for now. With any luck and some dev interest they may be able to further link IRC into the game as well, there a lot of things that can be done fairly easily even by unexperienced programmers.

The biggest benefit it can provide right now is to give agencies wihout (or even with) a forum or website a place to congregate. They can make their own channel easily and for free. IRC is a great way of staying in touch with groups outside of games.

oh and thanks for the sticky btw whoever that was

Mon May 24, 2010 10:02 am

Recon

Beta Tester

Joined: Mon Mar 23, 2009 6:15 am
Posts: 631
Location: Tar Valon

Re: Connecting to Global Agenda IRC with mIRC

I see some real potential in this. I remember back in the days of Anarchy Online when we used to have chatbots connecting our organization (guild) chats to IRC, and someone even developed an entire program that, in all practicality, separated the chat from the game itself. This was extremely useful for PvP tower control and such, and just for chat idling without having your computer run an entire game.

If Hirez could set up and IRC server, and set a server connect passkey and such for each individual account (IRC nick would also need to be ingame nick), with some work we could seamlessly relay IRC with ingame chat. Alot of companies overlook this, but this is really one of the best things any real community driven game could implement.

Just think: Effective AvA monitoring, ability to communicate with those ingame without having to start a 1.5 gb mem application, stats tracking, and loads of other possibilities.

Alliance/agency channel names could be #<name>, or #Alliance-<name> or some variation. Only members of said agency or alliance could join without permission, but others may be invited by those with auths (spying!).

Such merging of the ingame and inactive communities could really be something to make this game take off (more than it already has).

_________________

Tue May 25, 2010 12:10 am

Xtol

Beta Tester

Joined: Tue Jul 07, 2009 12:27 pm
Posts: 950

Re: Connecting to Global Agenda IRC with mIRC

Canucck wrote:

There's also #GA and #swarm-gaming (shameless advert.)

Anyway will see if I can get some agency members interested. Would be nice to have this succeed.

Tue May 25, 2010 1:26 am

Wobberjockey

Beta Tester

Joined: Tue Dec 22, 2009 4:30 am
Posts: 8726
Location: In a handbasket, heading somewhere

Re: Connecting to Global Agenda IRC with mIRC

never mind. i got it figured out

somehow i managed to have 2 separate copies of mirc open ()_()

_________________

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The Tribes READ ME. Quite possibly the most important thread you'll never read

Tue May 25, 2010 2:19 am

Dopesunk

Joined: Fri Feb 26, 2010 4:21 pm
Posts: 63

Re: Connecting to Global Agenda IRC with mIRC

Personally I always found the Scrim/Pug channels to be the IRC's main attraction as it's easier to coordinate them in IRC. If the game keeps growing and people idle/use the Scrim/Pug channels it would def help the game.

Tue May 25, 2010 2:18 pm

rekk

Joined: Tue Feb 02, 2010 10:35 pm
Posts: 1278

Re: Connecting to Global Agenda IRC with mIRC

Dopesunk wrote:

That's exactly what I was thinking of originally while remembering all my time in #findringer for counter-strike. First we need to work on getting a decent number of people in the IRC to begin with though because even the lobby rarely has more than 5 people in it right now. Problem is people connect and see that no one is on or chatting so they leave, we need to reach a certain level of activity and then the activity itself will continue to attract more people. Soooo... if you aren't idling, go idle now!

Tue May 25, 2010 7:13 pm

Xtol

Beta Tester

Joined: Tue Jul 07, 2009 12:27 pm
Posts: 950

Re: Connecting to Global Agenda IRC with mIRC

rekk wrote:

Dopesunk wrote:

Yeah everyone should go idle there. Keeping a steady 8-10 people online though.

Wed May 26, 2010 11:37 pm

dual

Joined: Fri Feb 26, 2010 8:07 pm
Posts: 6354
Steam Gamer Name: EpicBroccoli

Re: Connecting to Global Agenda IRC with mIRC

Looks like we have that now, it'd be nice to have a little more activity than just idlers though.

The scrim idea sounds pretty d*** interesting, hopefully more people will join in.

Also, IRC is NOT dead. ._.

_________________

Thu Jun 03, 2010 2:33 pm

Oclock

Beta Tester

Joined: Thu Jul 30, 2009 7:25 am
Posts: 2

Re: Connecting to Global Agenda IRC with mIRC

<- idle masta.

Fri Jun 04, 2010 7:51 am

rekk

Joined: Tue Feb 02, 2010 10:35 pm
Posts: 1278

Re: Connecting to Global Agenda IRC with mIRC

I took this guide and formatted it onto the new IRC page on agendastats, I'm assuming you don't mind

Fri Jun 04, 2010 4:05 pm