IRC, anyone still use it?

PixelChef · 27 Jan 2012 at 10:31

Only use it for #quakelive at the moment.

Mp4 · 27 Jan 2012 at 10:31

Still use it on quakenet

AMMUT · 27 Jan 2012 at 10:49

Not used it for a while. Used to use it for clan stuff. Mirc and nnscript was my setup with a BNC.

Narj · 27 Jan 2012 at 11:22

I used to use it a lot, even from work with BitchX client. Was great as it looked like I was doing some work.

I quite fancy using it again, I quite miss the laughs that were had on IRC. Far less chavs than the web chat services as well (although it could be argued that IRC hosts a lot more deviant perverts).

I think EFnet was my network of choice back then.

TommyV · 27 Jan 2012 at 11:51

#css.mix and the such like a while back. No longer use it.

decoy · 27 Jan 2012 at 12:34

Used it a fair bit in the past, but not so much these days.

Natwee · 27 Jan 2012 at 12:40

I used to love irc!

but my ex was an IRCop, so him spending soooooooooo much time on it made me bored of it.

the trivia quiz things were pretty fun though!

wez130 · 27 Jan 2012 at 12:44

I used to use it on #ukchatterbox, when i was a mod there, i went back on recently and seen at least one other member of ocuk there

KNiVES · 27 Jan 2012 at 12:46

IRC is a horribly antiquated entirely user unfriendly anachronism that should be consigned to the dustbin of the web along with angelfire websites and under-construction banner gifs.

Vulcan · 27 Jan 2012 at 13:13

How is it unfriendly?

Narj · 27 Jan 2012 at 13:14

Natwee said:
I used to love irc!

but my ex was an IRCop, so him spending soooooooooo much time on it made me bored of it.

the trivia quiz things were pretty fun though!

Ah yeah, run on bots. Used to run a few eggdrops myself

whitecrook · 27 Jan 2012 at 14:04

Yamahahahahaha said:
I still use it occasionally for tech support on more obscure systems - the kind of people who know about them hang around on IRC

But WHERE?

e.g. if I want to ask a question on Linux DNS where should I go

sniffy · 27 Jan 2012 at 14:17

whitecrook said:
But WHERE?

e.g. if I want to ask a question on Linux DNS where should I go

Try #linux on freenode.

valkia · 27 Jan 2012 at 14:26

Yeah for finding matches on cod4

Witor · 27 Jan 2012 at 14:50

Not for yonks. Spend far too much time on it from oooh 1995-2002 roughly, starting off on Undernet as an op for #gibraltar, then moving onto Quakenet for Q2/3/others...

Great system in its time, kinda run it's course imo.

drizzy · 27 Jan 2012 at 15:19

KNiVES said:
IRC is a horribly antiquated entirely user unfriendly anachronism that should be consigned to the dustbin of the web along with angelfire websites and under-construction banner gifs.

IRC is a protocol, not an implementation.

Still using it everyday for Quake and related gaming socialness. If any former quake players fancies giving it another shot, try #qwrookie and #quakeworld @ QuakeNet and take a look at www.quakeworld.nu

antijoke · 27 Jan 2012 at 15:25

/waves

^187 · 27 Jan 2012 at 15:33

Yep still use it, moved from Quakenet a year or so ago to a private server, only half a dozen at most use it but find it much easier to have a chinwag than most things.

Ps. If you're you're using IRC and the mIRC client with the FixedSys font you need shooting

anything I don't mind · 27 Jan 2012 at 15:58

I have been on irc since 1997 and I still am active in a few channels on freenode and efnet. For IT assistance there is nothing like freenode, you can join a channel of most software and hardware types and there will be experts ready to take the **** out of you for asking the wrong question.

I use irssi on freebsd via putty.

Em3bbs · 27 Jan 2012 at 17:24

Still use it everyday, I'm on ircnet and a couple of Android and motoring channels.