[arg_discuss] ARG SIG in 2007

[Hugh Davies]

I havnt used IRC before, just skype, but i will get it up and running and
will join in. How hard can it be.
hugh


On 1/2/07, Brian Clark <bclark at gmdstudios.com> wrote:

>

> Happy to be involved in whatever format (and I'll be up for GDC in March,

> which seems like a good meta time for some face-to-face).

>

> Downside of IRC (can you tell I've PMed?) is that it tends to produce

> noisy

> conversations full of short ideas and lacks the emotional nuance of voice

> communications. Conversely, it's more difficult to filibuster and less

> likely to succumb to the tyranny of the long-winded.

>

> -----Original Message-----

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> On

> Behalf Of James Jones

> Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 6:01 AM

> To: 'Discussion list of the IGDA ARG SIG'

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>

> I vote for IRC as well. I help run an IRC network and I am sure I could

> get

> something arranged.

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: arg_discuss-bounces at igda.org [mailto:arg_discuss-bounces at igda.org]

> On

> Behalf Of Paul Williams

> Sent: Tuesday, 2 January 2007 11:41 p.m.

> To: Discussion list of the IGDA ARG SIG

> Subject: Re: [arg_discuss] ARG SIG in 2007

>

> Being the IRC nerd I am I also "vote" for IRC. I have experience (and

> also run my own IRC network) in getting things like webchats, logging,

> inter-channel connections and whatnot setup. Most corporate firewalls

> don't block packets, like you mention, but rather just the common ports

> (6667, 6697, etc etc). A CGI:IRC  program should be able to solve any

> issues regarding not being able to access through a corporate firewall,

> or even just a random port number being opened for client connections.

>

> But this is all off-topic ;)

>

> Being quite new to the SIG has left me somewhat on the outside of

> things. I'm not a puppetmaster. I've only played (am playing) one ARG,

> that is considered to be out of the ordinary for most ARGs. However, I

> am all for getting involved in the development of ARGs - which is

> probably why I haven't unsubscribed from this list yet. I'll be at the

> chat to lend whatever it is I can to it. :-)

>

> ~ Paul Williams

>

> Adam Martin wrote:

> > On 31/12/06, Gupfee <gupfee at gmail.com> wrote:

> >

> >> I would prefer an IRC chat, myself.  Telechat has several problems

> >>

> >

> > Sorry for the confusion, but Skype was cited only for the

> > chatroom-based messaging system part, not the voice part. Most of the

> > IM systems these days have all the same features, Skype isn't really

> > anything special, just a free cross-platform one that happens to be

> > particularly good at punching through firewalls (e.g. the last place I

> > worked blocked all outgoing and incomnig IRC traffic through

> > packet-inspection, but skype went through fine - they had a corporate

> > policy of not allowing any IRC in particular).

> >

> >

> >> Can you tell I'm a fan of IRC? :)  I know there are many of us who are

> >> channel operators on chat-solutions.org, where most ARG-related chat

> >> happens these days anyways, so if you want any help setting up a

> >> channel or the like, please let me know.  I'd be happy to help.

> >>

> >

> > Thanks, if everyone's happy with IRC that would be great.

> >

> > Adam

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