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===Ep2 launch: The unofficial IRC channel===

hansschmuckerhansschmucker
edited August 2009 in Tales of Monkey Island
NOTE: WE DECIDED TO MOVE THIS TO THE EXISTING MONKEY ISLAND CHANNEL. SEE YOU THERE

When episode 1 launched a few people (over a hundred at the same time actually) moved to IRC when the forum was down. It was a pretty uncoordinated affair with many people posting links in the blog's comments section.
I thought that this time it may be a good idea to be prepared and spread the word a little earlier, so that should the forum come down again people would know where to go. The original channel still exists, so it's probably best to reuse it.


Just use this link if your IRC program supports links (like Chatzilla)
[url=irc://irc.gamesurge.net/monkey-island]irc://irc.gamesurge.net/monkey-island[/url]

otherwise it's simply
#monkey-island on irc.gamesurge.net

or use the web interface (thanks to firsttimeuser)
http://www.gamesurge.net/chat
Simply type "/join #monkey-island" (without the "") to join.

In case you're not familiar with IRC:
It's basically a standardized chat system. In order to join you need a client software like Chatzilla (a Firefox addon), mIRC (a standalone program) or one of the many web-based clients.

Don't be afraid to give this topic a little bump now and then ;)

Comments

  • MatakuMataku
    edited August 2009
    Trying to easy link it:

    [url=irc://efnet/talesofmi]#talesofmi[/url]
  • hansschmuckerhansschmucker
    edited August 2009
    Didn't think that would work.

    Do data urls work as well?
    Edit: No, unknown protocols are prefixed with http:// . Impressive that they remembered to include irc:// on the whitelist.
  • SurplusGamerSurplusGamer
    edited August 2009
    There is already an unofficially-official monkey island fan chat room which has plenty of people floating around in it and that's #monkey-island at irc.gamesurge.net ...

    So why create another one?
  • hansschmuckerhansschmucker
    edited August 2009
    Well plenty of people is relative. But we used the #talesofmi channel during the launch of ToMI1 because apparently nobody knew about the other one.
  • hansschmuckerhansschmucker
    edited August 2009
    Just fought it out with some of the guys on #monkey-island. They won :(

    So we're moving the discussion there.
    BloodShed, if you read this, could you instruct the bot to direct people to the new channel?
  • firsttimeuserfirsttimeuser
    edited August 2009
    And for all the lovely people that don't want to download anything there is a web-based chat at http://www.gamesurge.net/chat

    Simply enter a nickname of delight. After being transfered to the #welcome channel simply type " /join #monkey-island " (without the ") to join #monkey-island channel.

    There are various commands that do something, sometimes are even usefull. A beginner's overwiew is at http://www.ircbeginner.com/ircinfo/ircc-commands.html
  • hansschmuckerhansschmucker
    edited August 2009
    Added instructions to the first post.
  • SurplusGamerSurplusGamer
    edited August 2009
    hansschmucker wrote: »
    Added instructions to the first post.

    Thanks. And sure, #monkey-island isn't a constant hive of activity, but put it this way: in one form or another, that channel has existed since before Curse of Monkey Island even came out, and it's had active community members in it all along - many of which went on to work for Telltale!
  • hansschmuckerhansschmucker
    edited August 2009
    *bump*

    (Yes I know. It's awful: people just running around and bumping into anything that hasn't climbed the nearest tree at the count of three. Rest assured, if I was a monk from the middle ages I'd punish myself)
  • hansschmuckerhansschmucker
    edited August 2009
    *bump*

    If I was you, I wouldn't stand for that kind of behaviour. Revolt, people. Start shouting. Who do I think I am just bumping topics?
  • hansschmuckerhansschmucker
    edited August 2009
    *bump*
  • MarillMarill
    edited August 2009
    I'm in there at the moment. I'm obviously not in a chatty mood :)
  • firsttimeuserfirsttimeuser
    edited August 2009
    hansschmucker, thank you bumping. Wanted to do it myself to save the forums and site from another crash. But as you have already done there is no need for me to bump this.

    Except me and my stupid humor.
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