Yes, the infamous chat room is back. However, we are ditching the java applet and going pure irc clients. We want to promote chat room usage, but there are some things that you must agree to, lest we kill you with a spork. You must also have a irc (internet relay chat) client, which is an application you can use to enter the chat channel (re: room). Note: We know that there are java applets that allow you to access irc channels, however, in our experience most of them suck. So don't tell us about them, we know about them. Rules and Behavior - Keep profanity to a minimum. We understand that sometimes the only way you can express yourself fully is by showing off your cool grown-up language, which is fine. But keep in mind that some people find cursing offensive and there may be some young children present. If you excessivley curse, we will ban you from the room.
- No racial slurs. This relates to the above rule, but this one is much stricter and you will be banned on your first offense.
- Respect the other users and especially the ops (channel operators). Pissing off an op is a quick way to get you kicked from the room, and pissing off the normal users is not an effective way of making friends.
- No flooding,"scrolling," spamming, "flaming," or anything that will piss off the entire room.
- Do not ask to be an op, or how to become one. If one of us thinks that you would make a good op, you will know. Asking to become one is a great way to make sure you will never become one.
- If you are an op, do not abuse your "powers." Your op status is never permanant, we can always make you a normal user again. Kicking/banning people because they are newbies is unexceptable and untolerable.
- The channel is not the only means of getting in touch with the webmasters and staff. We have other means of communication, we highly reccomend using them rather than irc (ie, the forum, email, AOL/AIM, and ICQ.).
Computer Requirements If you are using a Mac (68K/PowerPC, Mac OS 7+, including X) we reccomend ircle, or your favorite IRC client. If you are using Windows (3.1+, 95/98/2000/NT/ME), we reccomend mIRC, or your favorite IRC client. Got everything and willing to follow the rules? Good. The irc channel is located at us.austnet.org #ssjrpg. |
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