8wayrun has a new IRC Channel!

Dullyanna

Dullyanna

[10] Knight
It's simply #8wayrun and it's on synirc, I'm even going to link a list of servers for people who can't be bothered to look for themselves: https://www.synirc.net/servers

If you don't know jack shit about how to use irc to begin with then read this, it's less complex then you'd think: http://www.irchelp.org

This link takes you directly to the server and 8wayrun channel, no hassle whatsoever: http://mibbit.com/?channel=%238wayrun&server=irc.synirc.net

As for irc clients in case your standards are understandably too high for mibbit: http://www.mirc.com
http://www.hexchat.org
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/chatzilla/ (Firefox only)
http://www.silverex.org

Each site should have instructions to help you through the process, but if you have any questions feel free to ask. If you come in and don't get any responses for five minutes or so, don't worry and just leave the tab open. People are often afk/busy but sooner or later people pop up and feel like chatting, and if leaving it open doesn't bog down my horrible outdated computer it won't affect yours.
 
Finally, a channel where I'm not monitored by the entire site that doesn't lag me down. This shoutbox shit is assssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss.
 
Or... you could not be stupid and just use our old chatroom?

http://lightirc.com/start/

Then type /join #8wayrun

Also... fuck you Purist. For everyone one person who complains about the new chat room, there are tons of people who like it better. So I don't care about your opinion. "The People" prefer the new chatroom. Accept change... Experience Bij.
 
  1. 4 minutes ago - Phragonist:
    I really don't think shoutbox's lag is client side
  2. 4 minutes ago - DarkRhythm:
    lololol
  3. 4 minutes ago - Jaxel:
    if that slider lags your computer... and I can't imagine how the feature slider on the front page should RAPE your computer
  4. 3 minutes ago - DarkRhythm:
    A picture slider lags your computer? Thats not very good 0.o .
  5. lololololol
  6. 3 minutes ago - IdleMind:
    running minecraft on full specs with netflix on a separate monitor doesnt even make a dent
  7. 3 minutes ago - IdleMind:
    but shoutbox with picture slider does
  8. 3 minutes ago - IdleMind:
    so i fail to see the problem on my end
  9. 3 minutes ago - DarkRhythm:
    o.o
  10. 3 minutes ago - DarkRhythm:
    thats weird.
  11. 2 minutes ago - DarkRhythm:
    I can barely play wow and run youtube at the same time but I never lag on 8wr
  12. 2 minutes ago - IdleMind:
    im just asking for an option to turn off the picture slider
  13. 2 minutes ago - IdleMind:
    im not asking you to restructre the whole site
 
Jaxel said:
Or... you could not be stupid and just use our old chatroom?

http://lightirc.com/start/

Then type /join #8wayrun

Also... fuck you Purist. For everyone one person who complains about the new chat room, there are tons of people who like it better. So I don't care about your opinion. "The People" prefer the new chatroom. Accept change... Experience Bij.
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no one wants you in charge of anything. that is why we made a new channel.
 
Shoutbox lags, doesn't have pms, doesn't have good enforcement options, doesn't allow for any customization (custom pings etc) and other things that irc can do. It sucks. The only reason it was worthwhile over irc was because it can be accessed with 1 click, which is now dealt with for the irc channel.

The old 8wayrun irc server was terrible. Netsplits all day. We chose a new server that is known to be stable and has better features. If you want perma protected status in the channel ask Partisan to give it to you Jaxel. Purist made the channel because I was too lazy to do it myself, and then he handed over founder to Partisan as soon as he came into the channel.

We aren't doing this out of spite.

[edit] It has nothing to do with you being in power over the channel, even if Purist says it to make you mad. It is because irc is the better option. You are extremely stubborn so there was absolutely no point approaching you about this. Even when presented with a better option you will fight to the death to have it your way.
 
Why did we have to "upgrade" to a chat without PM's? Like it's just a chatroom, so I feel like a lot of the stuff people are bitching about is trivial... But that's a feature you kinda need
 
Jaxel said:
Or... you could not be stupid and just use our old chatroom?
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Because synirc isn't a terrible server with frequent netsplits? Not to mention it also hosts other FG chans.

Also to state another advantage of irc: if I'm not mistaken, Ceirnian didn't mention the fact that you can easily keep logs of the chat, which is pretty nice considering a significant portion of valuable discussion happens on chat instead of the forum.

Gonna put SuckingMaw's link on the top post for people who couldn't give less of a shit about any other irc chans.
 
One non-obvious thing about synirc is that they require authenticated accounts to see some stuff
(like the #8wayrun channel. Or maybe it didn't like my 5 character nick until I registered. So if you're having problems, try registering your nick on the site and then trying again.

I don't quite know how to parse it:

First try -- pidgin: nick, mneme. Could log in, and see room list, but 8wayrun wasn't on it and I couldn't join some roms.

Second try: web client. Refused mneme outright, used mnemex. Got into 8wayrun.

Third try, registered first, pidgin: Logged in as mneme (with password), could see 8wayrun, worked fine.
 
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