Yes we have an IRC channel. And yes, we've been waiting for you
In continuation of NEO|Phyte's IRC threads such as this one, I'd like to take the time to remind people that, yes, we do indeed have an IRC channel! In order to alleviate concerns about the complexity of setting up an IRC client, we've simply set up a widget that allows you to connect to the channel in two clicks, so that forum-goers who haven't even heard of IRC can join in.
1. Go to the widget page here. 2. Pick a nickname, preferably similar to the one you use here for easy recognizability. 3. Hit Connect. Let the widget warm up, and you're in!
It's a great community, with recognizable members such Fax Celestis, Gralamin, AstralFire, NEO|Phyte and SweetRein, as well as many other frequent visitors to the forum. Ongoing games are semi-frequent if that's your thing, and we've got an in-channel dicebot to help with such things.
Probably best of all, you get to interact with other GITP forum-goers, even if the boards are down, without having to worry about furious debate over the monk's merits, and with more freedom to work with - less moderation, no scrubbed posts, and no locked threads!
If you have a traditional IRC client, you can reach us at the server irc.gamesurge.net, channel #giantitp.
With that, join us here at the IRC chat, and have fun!
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Re: Yes we have an IRC channel. And yes, we've been waiting for you
We also organize and run many games, D&D or otherwise. Real-time is so much better than PbP. Better enough that you should drop by.
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How often are these run? And is it the entire IRC, or only a select few?
Games usually run weekly, almost every day of the week in fact. The games themselves don't happen in the channel itself (usually on another channel or MapTool) but they're organized through the main channel.
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Frankly, a Wizard can suck even more than a Fighter could ever dream of sucking. A Fighter can stab himself to death, but only a Wizard could Plane Shift to some horrible far realm to be tortured for an eternity of insanity.
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Games usually run weekly, almost every day of the week in fact. The games themselves don't happen in the channel itself (usually on another channel or MapTool) but they're organized through the main channel.
I see. I'll have to look into these .
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/me steals cookies and hides at msn.
Maybe, maybe I'l fire up MIRC again, but last time I checked this, it was pretty dead. Then again, that was uhhh, already a couple of years ago? o.0
Time goes fast.
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Maybe, maybe I'l fire up MIRC again, but last time I checked this, it was pretty dead. Then again, that was uhhh, already a couple of years ago? o.0
Time goes fast.
41 users in the channel, at the time I make this post. It's pretty lively.
Pun-Pun is purely a thought exercise, made to go "haha, look at this series of poorly finished but easily properly understood rules which can be abused for the purpose of laughter." It is the D&D equivalent of being endowed like a tribal fertility statue, or 90's Madonna outfits - scary, striking, suggestive, and completely nonfunctional.
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As the owner of the channel, I suppose I'd better post here too. Not sure the exact date I registered the channel, but it's certainly over four years since my first IRC thread. Maybe we'll come up with something fancy for the 5 year anniversary. Assuming we don't forget by the time it gets here.
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AIM chat's where it's at.
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I dunno, the IRC's not bad. Just if it gets crowded you can get lost in the group.
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No man, MSN is the place to hang out.
I currently have around 120 playgrounders on msn, 30 of which are online at the moment.
MSN has sooooo many people in the chat and like 50 conversations going on at once it is so confusing. And no one noticed me when I went in there.
AIM's got at most 10 people in the chat, usually more like 5 or 6, it's very cozy and personal.
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MSN has sooooo many people in the chat and like 50 conversations going on at once it is so confusing. And no one noticed me when I went in there.
AIM's got at most 10 people in the chat, usually more like 5 or 6, it's very cozy and personal.
And Mauve is usually the only person around when I log in. If I'm lucky. It's usually dead when I'm on it (which is rare, I'll admit)
MSN chats are confusing though. And usually end up in discussions about FFRP, leaving me completely lost. Pros and cons of both!
Anyway, I'm glad you posted this thread, Starsinger, because the last time one of these threads was around I didn't have IRC. So by the time I got one I'd completely forgotten about this.
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I downloaded the client that was in the old thread, joined, said "hi", then accidentally closed it, and now it won't let me connect because it says that my name is already in use.
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I downloaded the client that was in the old thread, joined, said "hi", then accidentally closed it, and now it won't let me connect because it says that my name is already in use.
GameSurge is a big network - there might be another Balford somewhere. Alternately, it may not have disconnected properly, which means that you just have to wait a bit until your ghost pings out (a few minutes at the most).
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Ok I went on with it just before a big warforged-alter self debate, msn seems more fun but more confusing than this. Despite the fact I only have 20friends on msn and only 1 is on Giantitp
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Ok I went on with it just before a big warforged-alter self debate, msn seems more fun but more confusing than this. Despite the fact I only have 20friends on msn and only 1 is on Giantitp
We don't always talk about D&D, but when we do, we talk about 3.5.
#giantitp, the most interesting IRC channel in the world.
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