Does gamesurge have a vHost/HostServ service to hide my real hostname? Just a security thing... I would idle in the channel more if they had this.
From the desk of Jake Eisenman http://www.ddosthe.net/ Development Team On 5/24/2010 1:41 PM, Kate wrote: > Thanks Jeff! :) Yes, that channel is great. :) Though I still miss the old > #hlds that was around when Eric would visit on new releases... *sigh* the > good'ol days. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jeff Sugar > Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2010 7:05 PM > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > Cc: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list > Subject: [hlds] Reminder: HLDS/SRCDS Administrator IRC Channel Notification > > I said I'd send a reminder about this a few times a year, so that new admins > and what not could notice it! So, here is said reminder :) Below is the same > message as the last time it was sent > --- > 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* > > Feel free to join and enjoy :) > > For IRC newbies, here's some recommended clients for... > > - Windows: *mIRC* or XChat > - OSX: *Linkinus*, 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
