22||0|2348|0|yes 0|0|0|||1||%23eyrie|StaticdashPulse||23:15:42|11/14/2008|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Dec-20-11 AT 12:34 PM (EST)]Is irc.eyrie-productions.com still the IRC server of choice for EPU fans%3F Before yesterday%2C it had been a while since I checked in with %23eyrie%2C and while there are a few people in there %28who I believe qualify as %22The Usual Suspects%22%29%2C but it%27s pretty quiet.%0D%0A%0D%0AIs there another place where EPU fans hang out these days%3F 1|1|0|||1||RE%3A %23eyrie|Gryphon||23:59:13|11/14/2008|%3EIs irc.eyrie-productions.com still the IRC server of choice for EPU %0D%0A%3Efans%3F Before yesterday%2C it had been a while since I checked in with %0D%0A%3E%23eyrie%2C and while there are a few people in there %28who I believe %0D%0A%3Equalify as %22The Usual Suspects%22%29%2C but it%27s pretty quiet. %0D%0A%0D%0AThere was a steep dieoff in traffic on the fan channel some years ago%2C after we fixed the infobot so that certain jackass users couldn%27t use it to spy on the studio channel any more. We may also have spoken sternly to those responsible. I vaguely remember the incident prompting a round of This Is Why You Don%27t Have Traffic%2C You%27re All Such Nazis over here on the boards%2C as well...%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0Afandom-quashing Nazi%2C apparently%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Admin%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 2|2|1|||1||RE%3A %23eyrie|Ardaniel||00:04:48|11/15/2008|Ah%2C IRC.%0D%0A%0D%0AThat%27s an experiment that sometimes fails in fascinating ways%2C such as the guy who kept macking on Gryph%2C the jackass shit with the infobot%2C the guy who spontaneously explained to the lot of us that he was %28no shit%29 a %5Bi%5DP6 telepath%5B%2Fi%5D %28for reals%2C yo%29%2C probably at least one visit from my personal fanboy stalker%2C and then some stuff with my divorce.%0D%0A%0D%0AYou can understand why we%27re kind of... really%2C the only thing we %5Bi%5Ddidn%27t%5B%2Fi%5D get in there was anything resembling interesting people to talk to.%0D%0A%0D%0AArd Collier%0D%0Athat Janice chick%0D%0AUsual Suspect and general menace 3|3|2|||1||RE%3A %23eyrie|Gryphon||00:07:48|11/15/2008|%3EYou can understand why we%27re kind of... really%2C the only thing we %0D%0A%3E%5Bi%5Ddidn%27t%5B%2Fi%5D get in there was anything resembling interesting people %0D%0A%3Eto talk to. %0D%0A%0D%0AWell%2C ISTR there were a %5Bi%5Dfew%5B%2Fi%5D fun conversations%2C but by and large they didn%27t outweigh the facepalm moments%2C which is why we stopped coming by. Now%2C why it didn%27t take off as a fans-with-fans venue%2C I dunno. Maybe there just aren%27t that many of you. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Admin%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 5|4|3|||1||RE%3A %23eyrie|Matrix Dragon||07:46:38|11/15/2008|%3ENow%2C why it didn%27t take off as a fans-with-fans venue%2C I %0D%0A%3Edunno. Maybe there just aren%27t that many of you. %3A%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AI tried it a few times years ago%2C but I was never a big IRC fan. Dunno why.%0D%0A%0D%0AMatrix Dragon%2C J. Random Nutter 17|5|5|||1||RE%3A %23eyrie|BobSchroeck||21:05:30|11/20/2008|%3EI tried it a few times years ago%2C but I was never a big IRC fan. Dunno %0D%0A%3Ewhy. %0D%0A%0D%0ALikewise. I burned through my excitement with party-line-text-messaging on Compuserve in the late 1980s%2C although I do poke my head in on a couple of fanfic-related servers once every couple of blue moons or so.%0D%0A%0D%0A-- Bob%0D%0A-------------------%0D%0AI intend to be a freak for the rest of my life%2C and I shall baffle you with cabbages and rhinoceroses in the kitchen and incessant quotations from %5Bi%5DNow We Are Six%5B%2Fi%5D through the mouthpiece of Lord Snooty%27s giant poisoned electric head. So theeeeeere... 18|6|17|||1||RE%3A %23eyrie|StaticdashPulse||09:23:55|11/21/2008|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Dec-20-11 AT 12:35 PM (EST)]If you don%27t mind my asking%2C what %22fanfic-related servers%22 are those%3F I%27ve been trying to find a fanfic-ish channel to jump start my own mojo %28one reason I dropped into %23eyrie%29%2C but if those others are public%2C I%27d be keen to visit them. If not%2C if you can%27t say%2C I understand. Thanks%21 19|7|18|||1||RE%3A %23eyrie|BobSchroeck||19:10:31|11/21/2008|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Nov-21-08 AT 07:13 PM (EST)]%3EIf you don%27t mind my asking%2C what %22fanfic-related servers%22 are those%3F %0D%0A%0D%0Airc.nabiki.com%2C port 6667 is the one I%27ve frequented most in recent years.%0D%0A%0D%0AThere%27s a weekly fic authors%27 meeting in %23fanfic on Sunday nights at 9 PM%2C in fact.%0D%0A%0D%0AI appear to have lost track of the others.%0D%0A%0D%0A-- Bob%0D%0A-------------------%0D%0AI intend to be a freak for the rest of my life%2C and I shall baffle you with cabbages and rhinoceroses in the kitchen and incessant quotations from %5Bi%5DNow We Are Six%5B%2Fi%5D through the mouthpiece of Lord Snooty%27s giant poisoned electric head. So theeeeeere... 20|8|19|||1||RE%3A %23eyrie|StaticdashPulse||23:22:58|11/21/2008|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Dec-21-11 AT 02:32 PM (EST)]Thank you%21 21|9|20|||1||RE%3A %23eyrie|BobSchroeck||09:39:15|11/22/2008|You%27re welcome.%0D%0A%0D%0A-- Bob%0D%0A-------------------%0D%0AI intend to be a freak for the rest of my life%2C and I shall baffle you with cabbages and rhinoceroses in the kitchen and incessant quotations from %5Bi%5DNow We Are Six%5B%2Fi%5D through the mouthpiece of Lord Snooty%27s giant poisoned electric head. So theeeeeere... 6|4|3|||||RE%3A %23eyrie|mdg1||08:27:25|11/15/2008|I managed to burn several bridges several years ago %28remember NIVLAC%3F%29 and by the time I outgrew my own issues%2C I sort of fell out of the irc habit.%0D%0A%0D%0ALast time I went on IRC was a year or two ago%2C and I couldn%27t keep up with the conversations anymore. Kids today type too fast. %3A%29 7|4|3|||1||RE%3A %23eyrie|StaticdashPulse||10:28:32|11/15/2008|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Dec-20-11 AT 12:35 PM (EST)]I remember the times I dropped in were fun%2C but %28or %22and%22 perhaps%29 I do remember it being kind of quiet between bursts of conversations. 4|2|1|||1||RE%3A %23eyrie|StaticdashPulse||00:09:25|11/15/2008|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Dec-20-11 AT 12:36 PM (EST)]Ah%2C okay. I was hoping maybe there was someplace to chat about EPU%2C but given what you said...aw%2C shucks. Thanks for the answer%2C though. 8|1|0|||1||RE%3A %23eyrie|Bad Moon||08:36:46|11/16/2008|There was an IRC channel%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A------%0D%0AJon Helscher%0D%0A%0D%0AThat thing you burned up isn%27t important to me. It%27s the fluid catalytic cracking unit. It made shoes for orphans. Nice job breaking it%2C hero.%0D%0A%0D%0AGLaDOS- Portal 9|2|8|||1||RE%3A %23eyrie|StaticdashPulse||11:27:13|11/16/2008|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Dec-20-11 AT 12:36 PM (EST)]It was %28and still is%29 at%3A%0D%0A%0D%0Airc%3A%2F%2Firc.eyrie-productions.com%2Feyrie%0D%0A%0D%0AI%27ve started dropping in around 8%3A00 -6GMT %28until at least 10%29 the last few days%2C so if you%27d like to chat %28and the management doesn%27t mind%29%2C feel free to come in. 10|3|9|||||RE%3A %23eyrie|Zuki||12:25:09|11/16/2008|I might try and join you%2C sir. It%27ll be nice to chat with some folks that don%27t look at me funny when I try to explain what Eyrie Productions fic is like.%0D%0A%0D%0ASomething about the immortal college students and the massive crossovers turns %27em off... 11|1|0|||1||RE%3A %23eyrie|sideways||15:48:54|11/16/2008|Meh%2C I remember dropping in a few times%2C but apparently I always missed anybody I might want to talk to. Oh wells. I spend too much time on IRC anyway.%0D%0A%0D%0AMike Thedford%0D%0ABoy Housewife 12|1|0|||1||RE%3A %23eyrie|StaticdashPulse||00:32:33|11/18/2008|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Dec-20-11 AT 12:37 PM (EST)]Many thanks to Pasha for chatting tonight%21 And I make a point of thanking him here%2C because he reminded me that there%27s an entire chunk of EPU stories I%27d forgotten%3A %5Bi%5D.45 Caliber Angel%5B%2Fi%5D.%0D%0A%0D%0AThank you%2C Pasha%21 13|2|12|||1||RE%3A %23eyrie|Pasha||12:24:38|11/18/2008|%3EMany thanks to Pasha for chatting tonight%21 And I make a point of %0D%0A%3Ethanking him here%2C because he reminded me that there%27s an entire chunk %0D%0A%3Eof EPU stories I%27d forgotten%3A %5Bi%5D.45 Caliber Angel%5B%2Fi%5D. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EThank you%2C Pasha%21 %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%5Bb%5DAndrew Burton%5B%2Fb%5D%2C aka Static-Pulse%2C aka jarodrussell %0D%0A%3E%5Blink%3Aandrewburton.biz%7Chomepage%5D %0D%0A%0D%0AI do what I can to push the crack.%0D%0A%0D%0A-- %0D%0A-Pasha %28RCW %23357%2C but I don%27t mention it much around Gryph.%29%0D%0AWhat was that feeling again%3F%0D%0AOh yes.%0D%0A-Rage- 14|1|0|||1||RE%3A %23eyrie|Ardaniel||00:25:49|11/19/2008|OK%2C so you guys have been coming back to IRC for all of%2C what%2C one day now%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AI didn%27t think I%27d have to make this clear%2C but apparently I do%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bb%5DThe server MOTD asks that you go to %23eyrie%5B%2Fb%5D. It does not invite you to randomly %2Fjoin other channels-- there are folks on the server who have nothing to do with EPU%2C there are other channels that are simply not for you guys%2C and you need to respect that.%0D%0A%0D%0ANot respecting that will earn you a %2Fkick from other channels%2C and may earn you a %2Fban if you are persistent about it. There is no arguing your way back from a %2Fkick-- if you show up where you are explicitly not invited%2C and then immediately complain that you want to go %5Bi%5Dback there%5B%2Fi%5D after you%27ve been shown the door%2C we won%27t be very pleased.%0D%0A%0D%0AI really%2C really shouldn%27t have had to explain this. I%2C personally%2C don%27t really favor having %5Bi%5Dany%5B%2Fi%5D of you on IRC%2C but if you%27re going to show up anyhow%2C at least behave like a reasonable person.%0D%0A%0D%0AArd Collier%0D%0Athat Janice chick%0D%0AUsual Suspect and general menace 15|2|14|||1||RE%3A %23eyrie|Pasha||01:06:18|11/19/2008|%3EOK%2C so you guys have been coming back to IRC for all of%2C what%2C one day %0D%0A%3Enow%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AOh%2C god. People%2C is it that hard to not piss off people by being clingy and stupid%3F%0D%0ABasic etiquette%3A If you%27re somewhere%3F And the people who were there first ask you nicely to leave%3F LEAVE. %0D%0A%0D%0AActually%2C no.%0D%0A%0D%0AApologize for the intrusion. Then leave.%0D%0A%0D%0A-- %0D%0A-Pasha%0D%0AWhat was that feeling again%3F%0D%0AOh yes.%0D%0A-Rage- 16|2|14|||1||RE%3A %23eyrie|StaticdashPulse||15:13:16|11/19/2008|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Dec-20-11 AT 12:37 PM (EST)]I deeply apologize for that. I did not see the MOTD%2C but will not poke around any more. 22|3|16|||||RE%3A %23eyrie|DaemeonX||01:19:13|12/02/2008|I did IRC back in the day%2C but had a falling out with it as I hated what they were turning it into. I prefer posting on forums or instant messaging now. %0D%0A%0D%0AVoice chat over Skype or ventrillo is also an acceptable form of communication.%0D%0A%28or in a game%2C as I am usually found playing Left 4 Dead%2C CoD5%2C or City of Heroes now.%29