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Re: LUGNet Chat
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lugnet.admin.general
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Wed, 7 Oct 1998 14:47:09 GMT
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Mike Stanley wrote:
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> Matthew Miller <mattdm@mattdm.org> wrote:
> > It'd be cool if it used IRC - not necessarily being part of any network, but
> > using the standard protocols so we can use our own clients. Although it'd
> > probably be good to have a simplified web interface.
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> Well, there again, if it happens, I personally would prefer that it
> used the same protocol as all the other IRC networks - efnet,
> undernet, whatever. Because I'd be 10 times more likely to fire up
> another screen and logon using a unix IRC client than to sit with a
> dedicated browser window using it.
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> I know most people would prefer a web interface, but I bet there is a
> way to give it one and allow mIRC and other common IRC clients to use
> it as well.
What about using a telnet socket-based talker? Telnetting to
lugnet.com:4000 or whatever is simpler for most people than finding and
setting up an irc cliet. I tend to find that telnet chat rooms are more
personal and friendly than irc - because you have more of a presence -
you can emote and wander about etc :)
Richard
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 | | Re: LUGNet Chat
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| On Wed, 7 Oct 1998 14:47:09 GMT, Richard Franks <richard@__no_spam_p...pider.com> wrote: What about using a telnet socket-based talker? Telnetting to (...) This is what I meant about MUSHes. IF I go somewhere to talk, it's going to be a MUSH 98 (...) (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.admin.general)
| | | Re: LUGNet Chat
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| (...) Hrmmm. Interesting. I guess, in a sense, you could say that our private IRC network ends up having all of the chat benefits you mention without the game aspect. I know what you mean about not being too impressed by just general IRC folks. I (...) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-98, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: LUGNet Chat
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| (...) Well, there again, if it happens, I personally would prefer that it used the same protocol as all the other IRC networks - efnet, undernet, whatever. Because I'd be 10 times more likely to fire up another screen and logon using a unix IRC (...) (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.admin.general)
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