The Official AGS Awards 2010 *LIVE* Ceremony Topic (Download)

[Mati256]

I'm in. I voted and now I want to see the ceremony.  

[Monsieur OUXX]

If I'm not mistaken, here is how it works :
- There will be this IRC channel -- your typical IRC channel (if you don't know what's an IRC channel then you've never been young and cool). I guess this will be the official IRC channel of AGS (#ags on irc.adventuregamestudio.co.uk)
- If you're lousy, you connect to IRC using your regular IRC client (like mIRC) and just chat with all other attendees to the ceremony
- If you're fresh and awesome, you use the custom "IRC client", based on AGS, released for the ceremony. This is no classic IRC client. It will be like an adventure game, with characters and all. Everything you say appears on the IRC channel, and vice versa. You also see all other attendees walking around you and you can read what they say.

Am I right? AM I RIGHT? Oh if it's how it works I'm all frisky already.

[Ponch]

Apparently, I've just arrived in the world of tomorrow. I've never used irc for anything. But wrapping it in the warm and familiar concept of AGS makes it seem more palatable (like chocolate covered ants or something). So, sure, sign me up for this brave new world of AGSirc. I'll get my lil' avatar together as soon as I can.

[arj0n]

I'd like to join too but do I need to create an avator or something?
And what else do I need to do for it?

[cat]

For those who are afraid of irc and mirc: the instant messager Pidgin for example has irc support. Just check you IM client, you might already have an irc tool installed!

[Dualnames]

@Arj0n: if you want an avatar cool, if you don't want an avatar, you can still use one that other people have provided.
@Ponch: Everything is handled by me for you, so all you need to do is double click on the exe, choose a name, choose your avatar and type non-sense.

The AGS executable directly connects to the irc channel of the ceremony, translating various messages to certain ways. Like when bici gives v+ to an announcer, I transport said announcer on stage. Tadda, magic. The beta-testing will probably be better with words than I am.

[cianty]

I am so in!

Will the files that I already sent you work, Dual? I am asking because they are meant for 320xY not 640xZ resolution. I might turn out a little small....

I still find it hard to imagine how this works because they way it sounds it seems too cool to be true so I really can't wait for the beta testing.

[Ponch]

@Ponch: Everything is handled by me for you, so all you need to do is double click on the exe, choose a name, choose your avatar and type non-sense.

Holy poop! It IS the future! Where do I go to get my jetpack and my flying car?!?  :o

[Kweepa]

I would love a sprite sheet that I can recolor and paste my head onto for a custom avatar. Hint hint.

[Dualnames]

I would love a sprite sheet that I can recolor and paste my head onto for a custom avatar. Hint hint.

And to think I thought when JimReed suggested this, I thought nobody would appreciate this idea and turned him down

[Kweepa]

turned him down

Get the man back on the case!

[kaputtnik]

Hm, this might actually be the one and only reason ever for me to draw something resembling a "character", haha. Count me in!

[Armageddon]

So, how do I join in on this? Do I have to provide a dude?

[Darius Poyer]

count me in as well!

[Icey]

I'm in.

[arj0n]

@Armageddon :

@Arj0n: if you want an avatar cool, if you don't want an avatar, you can still use one that other people have provided.

[Peder 🚀]

I don't understand.. Are you asking for announcers?
Eitherway sounds like an awesome idea, someone should broadcast the video live! .

[Dualnames]

I don't understand.. Are you asking for announcers?
Eitherway sounds like an awesome idea, someone should broadcast the video live! .

Okay, I will explain this once again.

First we have an irc channel (ags ceremony). For those who have attended a ceremony before, you remember that bicilotti was playing with the +v -v modes to give voice status and with the m+ m- to silence the whole channel or unmute.

Now what this ags executable does (let's call it AGSIRC for now) is that it connects to the agsceremony channel and a secondary channel. The secondary channel works for commands and you need to know nothing else for it. Now a normal person would connect to the agsceremony channel using an irc client and just see text. We on the other hand, will have awesome features such our own avatars (same for announcers and crowd). The difference is that an announcer joined  can walk on stage. That's all.

Also we have a text log and list of the members that joined the agsceremony. Everything you type goes to the agsceremony channel cause you've actually joined it.

[Peder 🚀]

So it is basically for anyone? If so sign me up .
I haven't got an avatar though.. Would be great to be provided with one I can use to help me make one myself in the right sizes..

[Wyz]

And of course you can add me to the list. I'm looking forward to this!