Anyone else miss IRC?

Makhaira · 4 Oct 2009 at 08:45

Am I just showing my age, or does anyone else miss the days before Xfire and Steam when IRC was the chat of choice?

Forums have obviously taken off massively in the last 10 years, but does anyone else miss the ability to drop into a subject chat channel of like-minded people without it being just a handful of AFK idlers?

Mp4 · 4 Oct 2009 at 08:56

People still use IRC

Makhaira · 4 Oct 2009 at 08:59

To a limited extent, they're mainly idlers

VeNT · 4 Oct 2009 at 10:27

I still use IRC

A/S/L?

Mr_White · 4 Oct 2009 at 10:58

I still use it.

.:MBK:. · 4 Oct 2009 at 11:00

still use it, but to nowhere near the extent that i used to "back in the day"

Russinating · 4 Oct 2009 at 11:00

Me and my friends from home still use it (although it's just us in the channel). Means we're always in the same place and can quickly tell everyone something/leave messages in the topic etc.

CliffyBiro · 4 Oct 2009 at 11:08

I use it, but not for gaming. SpursCommunity has it's own channel for matchdays. Usually get about 100 people. So it's definitely not a dead tool.

Nix · 4 Oct 2009 at 11:08

IRC actually depresses me.

LordSplodge · 4 Oct 2009 at 11:12

I used it a lot "back in the day" and still use it today but only because the chat rooms for Twit Live (live.twit.tv) use IRC.

Also lets not forget other fallen comrades such as Finger and Gopher. Some of use were on the Internet before it was just HTTP like some of the newbs think it is today.

Burnsy2023 · 4 Oct 2009 at 11:14

Is the OcUK channel still up? Anyone fancy some reminiscing?

njj1046 · 4 Oct 2009 at 11:23

I still use IRC, in fact I couldn't do without it.

#pbbans on quakenet is my favourite channel. Sometimes it can be quiet for hours, other times it can be overrun with fools complaining about being banned for cheating on PB enabled games. Great entertainment

NathanE · 4 Oct 2009 at 11:30

I still use it across 4 networks. I must be going on 15 years now

Makhaira · 4 Oct 2009 at 11:31

I'll hop on in a little bit, time to get some nnScript goodness installed and configured!

GhostlyPea · 4 Oct 2009 at 11:57

IRC is a powerful tool, I used to use it all the time but don't any more due to nobody being around on there I communicate with

- Pea0n

Makhaira · 4 Oct 2009 at 12:01

The OcUK revival has started....2 people!

dangerstat · 4 Oct 2009 at 12:03

VeNT said:
I still use IRC

A/S/L?

16/F/Cali, and u?

L0rdMike · 4 Oct 2009 at 12:19

Burnsy2023 said:
Is the OcUK channel still up? Anyone fancy some reminiscing?

Not many people in there.

Alex_6n2 · 4 Oct 2009 at 12:48

I miss multiplayer notepad

Used to use it a lot when I played Unreal. I completely forgot about Xfire, checking my profile for gaming hours depresses me.

Vulcan · 4 Oct 2009 at 12:53

* Longbow slaps Makhaira around a bit with a large trout

I leave my IRC client running in the icon tray all day, periodically checking on it. But IRC isn't as popular as it used to be.