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Mnemonix
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Posted: 25th May 2004 14:54
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Mike Johnson has kindly agreed to join the darkbasic irc channel tonight (May 25th) at 8pm GMT for questions regarding DBPRO and the plugins. This however will not be a flaming session, we are going to be using for the first time some kind of question queueing technology.
For those who do not know, to get on to the irc channel you need to join irc.foreverchat.net and then type
/JOIN #darkbasic

Details of how the question queueing system will work, will be displayed here in a few hours time(once we finish it!)

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Posted: 25th May 2004 14:56
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Sounds good...


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Posted: 25th May 2004 15:43
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I'll come along and listen

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Mnemonix
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Posted: 25th May 2004 15:45
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Ty

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Before that time we'll also post up a list of rules for that time, last night it was just chaotic. If you dont abide by the rules, you will be kicked or banned.

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Posted: 25th May 2004 16:27
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is it ok to come and just spectate?
I'll drop by and just observe


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Mnemonix
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Posted: 25th May 2004 16:31
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no problem cow person. We do not discriminate against animals

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Dave J
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Posted: 25th May 2004 16:49
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You descriminated against me though, I specifically asked for the QA time to be moved forward 7 hours so it wouldn't disrupt my sleeping patterns but apparently that was too 'difficult'.


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Mnemonix
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Posted: 25th May 2004 16:51
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LMAO! get a better time zone!!!

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lol.

Will the chat room be able to handle many users, clearly something it hasn't had to deal with before?




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Mnemonix
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Posted: 25th May 2004 18:25
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OI!

yes it will be able to handle many users

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Posted: 25th May 2004 18:35
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The entire channel will be muted, and there's going to be a way to ask questions to a script which is being worked on, to avoid the total chaos we had last time.

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Posted: 25th May 2004 18:44
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Indeed, only operators will be able to talk, so everybody will be able to listen to Mike answer the questions that have been put to him. You will still be able to ask questions however, and there will be a special method of doing this (to be explained later), and Mike will try his best to answer them.

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Posted: 25th May 2004 18:47
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so if it is at 8pm UK time, that means 4pm EDT right? My time zone is GMT-5 but we "Spring Ahead" 1 hour in eastern US in spring.

Just trying to make sure I have the time right


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Ian T
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Posted: 25th May 2004 18:59
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Unless GMT is also an our ahead that is 4pm EST. I'll check in at 3:00 anyways to be sure

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Posted: 25th May 2004 19:00
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No it is 3:00pm EST, we are also one hour ahead. So its 3:00pm

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Ian T
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Posted: 25th May 2004 19:02 Edited at: 25th May 2004 19:03
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Sir yes sir. Four hours and counting sir!

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Posted: 25th May 2004 19:09
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Cattlerustler we change to BST (British Summer Time) in Spring too.
There are only a few places that don't seem to alter thier clocks, like Arizona

Might be interesting to check out tonite, perhaps.

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ok ill do my best not to belch too often. but be understanding ..
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Posted: 25th May 2004 19:29
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You wont be able to, the channel will be muted, and only mike will be able to talk. You can still add questions to the queue however, and they will at some point come to Mike.

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Rob K
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Posted: 25th May 2004 19:30
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And for goodness sake people, please, please try to be tactful!

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Posted: 25th May 2004 19:52
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LOL, I am sure I will be an hour late and everyone will be gone and I'll be standing there like:




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how do i "join" foreverchat

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RichS, you get an irc client, like mirc or xchat. Then via a menu you can connect to irc.foreverchat.net, and join the channel #darkbasic

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for mose windows users. get mirc.
http://www.mirc.com/get.html

on the servername is: irc.foreverchat.net
and the room is #darkbasic

[href]irc://irc.foreverchat.net/darkbasic[/href]
for the whiz kids who can execute irc:// (e.g. mirc)

so get in there for 8pm BST(uk time)

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Posted: 25th May 2004 20:15 Edited at: 25th May 2004 20:17
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Alternatively you can follow this link(if you have java) and use the applet on this website.

http://www.thegamecreators.com/?gf=irc

Details of how to ask your question will be up in a second!

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[quote]***you have not registered[\quote]

wat now

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problem fixed

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you dont need to register.
but if you want to, type this:

"/msg nickserv register passwordhere e.mail@here.com"

you'll get an email with a confirm code. type that in.

then everytime you login you have to identify
"/msg nickserv identify passwordhere"

fairly straight forward

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.

Here is how to ask your questions to Mike


At 8pm the question system will be activated and you will not be able to speak in #darkbasic, however you can add your question to the list by typing

/notice lagmast3r !question <Your question here>

Mike will be able to speak in the channel, so if you have anything to say to Mike or want to hear what others say then be there tonight.

Note, anybody asking silly or inappropriate questions will be kicked and maybe banned.

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Teh Go0rfmeister
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will the script say who the question is from?

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Yea it will. So we will be able to determine the smacktards from everybody else

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lol

will it also print the question prior to the reply?

I am assuming obviously yes


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dam

ive been caught smack-handed

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Yes, mike sees it at the same time you guys see it (if you can read english, in the room and looking at the screen).

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Quote: "please try to be tactful!"

Like at the convention!?


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lol

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just so everyone knows, my posture throughout the event will be

<sits quietly, listening>
<claps where appropriate>
<whistles only rarely>
<intermittently throws things at forum and chat moderators>

thank you


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lol nice posture cattlerustler. I'm going to go on now and i might ask a few questions but i will probably just watch.


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Anyone who's online please help me here, never used an IRC before. The link to the DB irc doesn't work for me and I am trying to use XChat

How do I join exactly? When I try to join channel "irc.foreverchat.net" doesnt' work. Help please before the chat is over

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Ok, questioning has started so this is a last call for anyone who want's to hear what mike has to say.
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For those of you who are at the chat now but can't figure out how to ask questions:

/notice lagmast3r !question <your question here>

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eh I give up, hopefully someone will log it

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Kain, you have to connect to the server irc.foreverchat.net, then join the #darkbasic channel.

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yeah that's what I tried but I couldn't get it workin, the DB java one is working for me now though. 3rd try it just worked, go figure

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Quote: " Ok, questioning has started so this is a last call for anyone who want's to hear what mike has to say."

An hour too early, me thinks.

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Posted: 26th May 2004 00:25 Edited at: 26th May 2004 00:26
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Quote: "An hour too early, me thinks."


Yeah they should have said it was 8pm BST not 8pm GMT

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Indeed.

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the funniest part was when Mike left and Chaos chat started, then red_Eye came in and was all like what happened, what did I miss - LOL

sorry Red_Eye


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so stick a fork in it, it's done ?

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