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IRC for Coordinating ONLINE -FRIEND CODE BOT IS UP!
- Thread starter Crossjeremiah
- Start date
Actually they do have a point. Although IRC is not very difficult, you organized it very poorly and made it seem complicated. Just look at the first post; most of the stuff doesn't even need to be there. There are about 4 different instructions for setting up IRC in your orginal post. Also, no one calls smash games "scrims".
It looks like you didn't even try to proofread, organize, or simplify it, and you just threw a bunch of crap together without understand exactly what coordinating online requires. Overall you just have poor planning and organization, otherwise this would have been a decent idea.
Crossjeremiah
Smash Ace
I just made it very detailed. so people would know what to expect. . theres a fool proof irc tutorial. and theres a lot of people on the channel right now too.
I'm inclined to agree with Yawgmoth in the area of arbitrary instructions...you're writing this guide for people who are new to IRC, and won't understand the difference from one client to the next. It seems unnecessary that you're telling people how to set up more than one client...after all nobody starts off on IRC knowing which clients are better than others.
However, the organization of the rooms themselves is right on the money. Using a script to reduce spam, he has made it impossible for anyone to flood the room...you can only post 4 times in one minute before you're kickbanned (iirc bans are cleared every 10 minutes, so it's not that exorbitant a penalty but enough of a deterrent that people won't try stupid stuff). I don't know about you, but I've been to scrimmage rooms with insufficient censoring, and it's ****-near impossible to get matches in without these safeguards (Serebii's room being the worst offender). Jeremiah recognized this and took preventative measures; you're not going to see offtopic rambling in the scrimmage rooms, but if some people are so inclined to have offtopic discussions...well they have another room for that. That's a pretty clear indication of experience to me.
And even if you do consider Jeremiah unsound, he allready has ops with experience monitoring the rooms to ensure nothing gets started. I know personally I'll be keeping a sharp eye on the room.
Anyways Igloo, good luck with your AIM room but I don't see much happening with it. With AIM it's hard to police a matchmaking service as it needs to be handled on a per-user basis given the lack of a scripting engine, and assuming this doesn't deter potential users, I don't think the audience is there. The GameFaqs userbase (for better or for worse) seems drawn to IRC, and if this topic is any indication you're not winning Smashboards users over. We capped 84 users yesterday, and Brawl isn't even out...I think that's telling of future success.
For Jeremiah: have we thought of adding a ranking system to the matchmaking service? It wouldn't be too hard...barring dishonesty of course, which could be easily handled with screenshots. Set up a bot that, when messaged the results of the match (a format of name
lace,namelace seems easy enough) adjusts the scores of the battlers given some sort of algorithm. If conflicting reports come in the rankings are not changed, a screenshot can be sent to someone with control of the bot, and they can manually adjust the rankings, with a penalty for whoever lied. The ranked match channel would of course be seperate from the scrimmage channel, meaning skilled players can scrimmage with other skilled players...perhaps it could even be used to seed players in future online tournaments? I think the idea is worth considering.
However, the organization of the rooms themselves is right on the money. Using a script to reduce spam, he has made it impossible for anyone to flood the room...you can only post 4 times in one minute before you're kickbanned (iirc bans are cleared every 10 minutes, so it's not that exorbitant a penalty but enough of a deterrent that people won't try stupid stuff). I don't know about you, but I've been to scrimmage rooms with insufficient censoring, and it's ****-near impossible to get matches in without these safeguards (Serebii's room being the worst offender). Jeremiah recognized this and took preventative measures; you're not going to see offtopic rambling in the scrimmage rooms, but if some people are so inclined to have offtopic discussions...well they have another room for that. That's a pretty clear indication of experience to me.
And even if you do consider Jeremiah unsound, he allready has ops with experience monitoring the rooms to ensure nothing gets started. I know personally I'll be keeping a sharp eye on the room.
Anyways Igloo, good luck with your AIM room but I don't see much happening with it. With AIM it's hard to police a matchmaking service as it needs to be handled on a per-user basis given the lack of a scripting engine, and assuming this doesn't deter potential users, I don't think the audience is there. The GameFaqs userbase (for better or for worse) seems drawn to IRC, and if this topic is any indication you're not winning Smashboards users over. We capped 84 users yesterday, and Brawl isn't even out...I think that's telling of future success.
For Jeremiah: have we thought of adding a ranking system to the matchmaking service? It wouldn't be too hard...barring dishonesty of course, which could be easily handled with screenshots. Set up a bot that, when messaged the results of the match (a format of name
lace,namelace seems easy enough) adjusts the scores of the battlers given some sort of algorithm. If conflicting reports come in the rankings are not changed, a screenshot can be sent to someone with control of the bot, and they can manually adjust the rankings, with a penalty for whoever lied. The ranked match channel would of course be seperate from the scrimmage channel, meaning skilled players can scrimmage with other skilled players...perhaps it could even be used to seed players in future online tournaments? I think the idea is worth considering.Hello all,
I am new to the board...read occasionally for a few months, but finally just decided to join. I already use IRC, so I was excided to find a channel that I could talk some smash on. I will be hanging out in #smashworld. I have experience with IRC, so if you need any help, as others have said, I am willing to give it if needed.
I look forward to talking to all of you, definitely in the next month, to help me get through until the game is released...it's killing me! I can't wait!
Also, I know you guys are trying to stop the talk of it, but the main aspect or IRC that makes it better than an IM program (for something like smash,) is the fact that you can come into a room with many people, and quickly find someone to play with...instead of having to get the screen name of individual people and IM them. IRC is really not that bad at all to get up and running.
With that said, see you in chat! ... only 27 days left!
I am new to the board...read occasionally for a few months, but finally just decided to join. I already use IRC, so I was excided to find a channel that I could talk some smash on. I will be hanging out in #smashworld. I have experience with IRC, so if you need any help, as others have said, I am willing to give it if needed.
I look forward to talking to all of you, definitely in the next month, to help me get through until the game is released...it's killing me! I can't wait!
Also, I know you guys are trying to stop the talk of it, but the main aspect or IRC that makes it better than an IM program (for something like smash,) is the fact that you can come into a room with many people, and quickly find someone to play with...instead of having to get the screen name of individual people and IM them. IRC is really not that bad at all to get up and running.
With that said, see you in chat! ... only 27 days left!
miller483
Smash Ace
It's pretty cool. You should try to get this stickied. It should blast off once the game comes out though.
Crossjeremiah
Smash Ace
Thanks for the support miller.We have many users in the room at night and during the day, alot of people just idle to. If any mods want to be a operator in the room just ask in #smashworld and any other channels i own, and i will put you as a operator with out hesitation.
Yeah, thats a good idea. Stickied would be good...the more people the better!
Crossjeremiah
Smash Ace
theres a seperate channel for spoilers #smashspoilers. but were not going to register it because theres no point because the game comes out in japan next week
miller483
Smash Ace
Actually.....two weeks.
Crossjeremiah
Smash Ace
come join us cry about the brawl delay 
Mr.Snifflez
Smash Cadet
- Joined
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good idea
10char
10char
Crossjeremiah
Smash Ace
tonights topic is WHOBBY convention
Blu-ninja
Smash Journeyman
its great procedure n' all but..
really..
isnt this something msn cant cure?
ile check this out when i get beter internet.....and a wifi box.
after actually READING IT...
heck id say this i great.
an alternate smashboards..plus place SPEFICIALLY made for online brawling..
youve done yourself well smasher.
really..
ile check this out when i get beter internet.....and a wifi box.
after actually READING IT...
heck id say this i great.
an alternate smashboards..plus place SPEFICIALLY made for online brawling..
youve done yourself well smasher.
Crossjeremiah
Smash Ace
Yea the channel has a lot of outside and insider info. and i found a couple of good Smash64 Matches. and when Brawl comes out who knows what kind of chaos will happen. Seriously guys, do you want to play randies in matchmaking in SSB wifi. or wait 15 minutes for someone to reply to your post with a Wii code. In IRC its instant. and for you people who said it was unorganized before. Now it has a table of contents..color coded and everything
Flatfeet
Smash Apprentice
Nice, I'll be signing up and all that, but since Brawl has no release date for NZ yet, it'll be a while before I get much use out of it.
miller483
Smash Ace
lol Waiting 10 min for FC replies on GameFAQS got annoying. That's why I'm a big fan of chatrooms like this.
Crossjeremiah
Smash Ace
simna was in the room today ago. ^_^ we should have more pros in the the irc channels.
i decided if smashscrim gets more than 60 idlers then we will make #smashscrim2
i decided if smashscrim gets more than 60 idlers then we will make #smashscrim2
CO18
Smash Hero
Great idea, i'll sign up.
S2
Smash Lord
I'm gonna wait and see if this idea actually goes anywhere.
SWF is nice because we know we can find skilled players here. Its hard to convince players to move somewhere else.
That being said, I'm sure that some easy way of finding players will be established in the first few months... once something becomes popular that'll probably be it.
SWF is nice because we know we can find skilled players here. Its hard to convince players to move somewhere else.
That being said, I'm sure that some easy way of finding players will be established in the first few months... once something becomes popular that'll probably be it.
Blu-ninja
Smash Journeyman
hoping this'll be it though.
dont wanna sign up and get comfortable,only to find out theres a new mega chatroom right across the block.
ile wait too.
dont wanna sign up and get comfortable,only to find out theres a new mega chatroom right across the block.
ile wait too.
Crossjeremiah
Smash Ace
its not moving to a different channel. its just fast response. instead of waiting 10 min. only pro we got in here is simna. you can meet a lot of skilled players in smashworld and smashscrim
This chat is sweet and ftw lol
Just join now, its very easy, right now its just a smash bros chat room with a growing amount of people, and already there are regulars that are on every day. No point in waiting,
Dowloud Mirc, type in the server name, and type #smashworld and hit connect, easy
Just join now, its very easy, right now its just a smash bros chat room with a growing amount of people, and already there are regulars that are on every day. No point in waiting,
Dowloud Mirc, type in the server name, and type #smashworld and hit connect, easy
Mattman88
Smash Rookie
I agree entirely
Firestorm88
Smash Lord
It would be nice if the Smash community migrated from DC++ to IRC.
Crossjeremiah
Smash Ace
they still use dc++
Dark Link
Smash Journeyman
I found an alternative if you dont want to download firefox or mirc.
http://kickmeto.gellar.net/pjirc/
This is a web based java app to run IRC. Just click advanced settings then:
Pick a nickname
leave password blank(this is nickserv which is not used by gamesurge.)
Channel= #smashworld
IRC Server= irc.gamesurge.net
then save the settings. Use load settings when you come to use it later.
If you need help, catch me by pm or messenger.
http://kickmeto.gellar.net/pjirc/
This is a web based java app to run IRC. Just click advanced settings then:
Pick a nickname
leave password blank(this is nickserv which is not used by gamesurge.)
Channel= #smashworld
IRC Server= irc.gamesurge.net
then save the settings. Use load settings when you come to use it later.
If you need help, catch me by pm or messenger.
miller483
Smash Ace
Join the IRC! You can find some Smash 64 Kaillera P2P scrims there.
Suna
Smash Journeyman
I would use IRC but I can't be on the wii internet and the computer's internet at the same time,because I only have one ethernet port in my wall....
Crossjeremiah
Smash Ace
To fix that is get a router. so you can have multiple internet connections.
Yea, you have to constantly add Wii friend codes. and deleting them. If the theory of battle records is right from the interview with iwata, then we could keep your records too. Eventually within a year we'll have #smashmatch or w/e where you can have serious matches. but thats just being optimistic.
Mattman88
Smash Rookie
^-- this is good juju
GhostAnime
Smash Ace
sup guys. I never actually posted in this topic.
miller483
Smash Ace
Well I changed my sig for advertisement. Peace.
Crossjeremiah
Smash Ace
the date is approaching sooner than we think. And you don't want to play with people in JAPAN with high lag. come too #smashscrim