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IRC (come and chat)

Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 9:37 am
by Error
most of the modding community chats on IRC, so it'd be kick ass if everyone that isn't already there would idle and/or talk in the #qc channel on irc.gamesurge.net.

see you there.

Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 11:53 pm
by Sajt
No thanks

Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2005 12:13 am
by Wazat
I'll be back on IRC once I get internet back. The school here blocks IRC out and the flooding took out the internet connection at my home. :(

Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2005 12:18 am
by c0burn
Sajt wrote:No thanks
So what's your problem, exactly?

Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2005 12:19 am
by Sajt
I don't like the distraction. #qc is nothing but small-talk anyway.

Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 10:56 am
by Labman
Sajt wrote:I don't like the distraction. #qc is nothing but small-talk anyway.
Almost never any intresting mod talk

Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 2:24 pm
by Urre
Labman wrote:Almost never any intresting mod talk
I agree, and it's sad really... Off-topic chat is nice, if it doesn't take over the entire channel. I remember once when I brought up qc talk, including code samples, people said I should move that somewhere else, to not pollute the channel. I was completely dumbfounded by this, and wondered how it could possibly pollute a channel if someone for once was on topic... Put in other words: WTF!

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Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 12:05 am
by Harb
I've neer seen anyone complained at for posting QC in #qc, but hey, it's a community channel, OT talk is fine.

sigh

Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 6:31 am
by Electro
yeah the off-topic talk was rather boring to be honest

i don't really bother going into IRC anymore because of the distractions and useless blabble that goes on.

i may make a return one day, or at least a little bit before qexpo, during, and a bit after.

don't know, see how things turn out.

i'll be most likely relocating and i don't know what dates that will fall on as of yet.

Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 3:21 pm
by Entar
The Quake modding community would be much bigger/stronger half the off topic chat on #qc was about qc instead... :?

Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 3:32 pm
by MauveBib
Oh come on! You can't talk about QC 24/7! #qc is a place for QC coders to chat, but not neccesarily about Quake.

That said, I have never seen anyone get shouted down for discussing QC there, and I have often done so myself.

Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 4:28 pm
by Wazat
I don't visit #qc anymore. I've never been actually yelled at for bringing up actual Quake topics, but all too often ignored until I go away. I go to #darkplaces and #prydon because I can often get questions and comments that are Quake-mod related there. And I can make small talk, too.

You can't talk QC code 24/7, but it wouldn't hurt to do it a little. Just a little...

O_o

Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 7:49 pm
by Tei
I like #qc because its friendly people. But Its not a really good location to speak about modding. So I use more forums. And I am not much IRC fanboy. But as always, #QC guys are nice by default

Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 11:04 pm
by Urre
I'm not saying it's regularly happening that coding talk would be looked down upon in #qc, and I'm not surprised that it hasn't happened to you. It just did to me, once, but once too many. The whole idea of complaining about that, IN THERE, was just outrageous to me.

I'm also not asking anyone to talk qc 24/7, that's ridiculous... But, I think Wazat nailed it again, it wouldn't hurt to stay on topic just a little... The amount of actual qc talk in #qc is so low it shouldn't be called #qc in the first place... #retiredquakemoddersrus sounds more like it. (yes I'm aware of the active modders in there, being one of them)

Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 11:11 pm
by MauveBib
Well maybe if everyone complaining about #qc not being qc enough were to go there and converse on the subject then we'd discuss it more frequently :p