[arg_discuss] ARG SIG in 2007

[Michael Monello]

IRC, Skype, or smoke signals, count me in. I do agree with Brian that  
discussions such as this are better served via voice chat.

Helpful PM tip -- I have a new rule on my current project (which has  
three teams working in two different time zones):  Any discussion  
requiring more than three emails or posts back and forth must be  
taken to the phones and the fourth email or post in the chain must be  
a summary of what was agreed on the phone call.

We now operate more efficiently, and with fewer miscommunications as  
a result.

Best,

Mike
__________
haxan | films | http://www.haxan.com



On Jan 2, 2007, at 8:33 AM, Hugh Davies wrote:


> 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-----

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

>> bounces at igda.org]

>> On

>> Behalf Of James Jones

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

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

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

>>

>> 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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