Bahaha, nice one :) That actually got a chuckle out of me :P And, people have been talking more and more since the email that went out last week. We've had both random chit chat between admins and various solutions to problems at hand. One thing you can do is set your client to highlight any key words that you want to discuss so you can know when they're mentioned :P
Also, I plan to add a quotebot to my client for this channel in addition to the others it's enabled on both for memorable remarks and to easily notify newcomers of anything we don't want to have to type out again and again. On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 6:27 AM, Karl Weckstrom <[email protected]> wrote: > Love the idea - hate that no one ever talks in there. Someone should toss > an IdleRPG in there. > > Heck, model it after srcds and have it randomly kick everyone out of the > channel :) > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Jeff Sugar > Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 5:54 AM > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list; Half-Life dedicated > Linux server mailing list > Subject: [hlds] HLDS/SRCDS Administrator IRC Channel Notification > > Sometimes, admins may have small questions not necessary for the mailing > list, want to have a dialogue with other admins real-time, or simply want > to > discuss various topics they don't feel worthy for the mailing lists. I was > thinking to myself earlier today that while it's been mentioned from time > to > time in other topics that there's a HLDS/SRCDS support channel, there's > never been a thread dedicated to it to tell all server admins on both Win > and Nix that it exists. Therefore, I'd like to officially declare that > there > is such a channel! > > It's located on *GameSurge at #hlserveradmins *and is run by myself > (Atreus) > and nephyrin. While it's not currently super active, generally questions > people have are answered and will definitely become more popular if more > administrators, both those with questions and those with answers, were to > join. Take note I'm not "advertising" this in the common sense. Rather, I'm > hoping to help -- I personally gain nothing from the channel filling > further > other than to see it flourish and people have an easier time getting their > questions answered. > > For those who are skimming or using plaintext, and unable to see the bolded > info above, it's: > *#hlserveradmins @ irc.gamesurge.net*<irc:// > irc.gamesurge.net/hlserveradmins> > > Feel free to join and enjoy :) > > For IRC newbies, here's some recommended clients for... > > - Windows: *mIRC* or XChat > - OSX: *XChat Aqua* or Colloquy > - Linux: Haven't used IRC on nix, but I've heard good things about: > XChat, BitchX, issri > - Firefox Users: ChatZilla > > My clients of choice are bolded, as I use Windows on my PC and OSX on my > MBP > Laptop. I'm sure others have recommendations, as can be seen the last time > the channel was mentioned. Toodles! > > -Atreus > > Note: Offtopic chat is fine when technical issues are not actively being > discussed, but being purposely disruptive or rude and disrespectful to > others will result in a warning/kick/ban from the channel depending on the > severity of the offense. It's hard to get on my or Neph's bad side, but I > figured I should mention such. > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
