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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The AGS community has had an IRC channel for general chat in one form or another for around 5 years. The latest incarnation is #AGS on [irc://irc.bigbluecup.com/AGS AGS-IRC], a network owned and operated solely by certain AGS community members. | The AGS community has had an IRC channel for general chat in one form or another for around 5 years. The latest incarnation is #AGS on [irc://irc.bigbluecup.com/AGS AGS-IRC], a network owned and operated solely by certain AGS community members. One much-loved resident of #ags is [[Roger]], an IRC bot who loves to tell people messages, absorb and deal out factoids and play [[acro]]. | ||
A channel also exists for AGS technical matters, aptly named #AGSTech, again on AGS-IRC. | A channel also exists for AGS technical matters, aptly named #AGSTech, again on AGS-IRC. The procedure on #agstech is to call the names, one-by-one, of those who are opped or voiced (@ or + before their name) until one replies who will help you with your technical AGS problem. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
The first #AGS was created around 5 years ago by Jeroen "def" Dekker, on [irc://irc.quakenet.org QuakeNet]. He chose QuakeNet, a network mostly associated with FPS gaming, rather than another more general chat network, because he already frequented several channels on the network. | The first #AGS was created around 5 years ago by Jeroen "def" Dekker, on [irc://irc.quakenet.org QuakeNet]. He chose QuakeNet, a network mostly associated with FPS gaming, rather than another more general chat network, because he already frequented several channels on the network. | ||
Revision as of 14:31, 29 November 2005
Overview
The AGS community has had an IRC channel for general chat in one form or another for around 5 years. The latest incarnation is #AGS on AGS-IRC, a network owned and operated solely by certain AGS community members. One much-loved resident of #ags is Roger, an IRC bot who loves to tell people messages, absorb and deal out factoids and play acro.
A channel also exists for AGS technical matters, aptly named #AGSTech, again on AGS-IRC. The procedure on #agstech is to call the names, one-by-one, of those who are opped or voiced (@ or + before their name) until one replies who will help you with your technical AGS problem.
History
The first #AGS was created around 5 years ago by Jeroen "def" Dekker, on QuakeNet. He chose QuakeNet, a network mostly associated with FPS gaming, rather than another more general chat network, because he already frequented several channels on the network.