Christer,

We have set this network up for the YaBB Board mod.  Most of these people do NOT use mIRC.  They are very basic users who use Web Based chat services.  They will not be able to access cyberamy network via the board mod but will be able to access any help channels on this network.

As far as being comfortable, that is cool.  Stay there if you wish to, but, the Bulk of the Chatters and people needing assistance will be with us.  You can be just as comfortable where we are.  Plus, those who are there, helping others, will be given an opportunity to grow with the network.  We are starting with a very small staff and will be expanding the network staff as needed. 

This network has been in the works for some time now with the idea to set up a secure and fun place for YaBB board chatters to meet and chat.  We are not going to advertise this network as a IRC network because of the fact that most chatters dont use mIRC.  IRC connections are also allowed but not advertised.

Capt

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I don't think so. People who would be confused of a server changing would also use a web client and therefore wouldn't even see a change.

I hower understand Teme's point. People who are into IRC won't bother on which server they are on. People who don't know anything about IRC however will use a client directly supplied by the web page. And in this case, you can't connect to two servers at once. Now when boardmod, yabb and all the other channels would be on the same server, they could connect to all of them without the installation of an extra client. That sounds good to me though...

Now what's the point of using cyberarmy?

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There is none, I think. And after I had a good long talk with the server admins of HobbyGab.net, I'm warmly recommending that we move to them. All we lack is your final order, sir.

Capt wrote on Aug 31^st, 2002 at 7:27pm:

No, just the people who use the default settings of chat mod. Most users don't even use chat mod. In fact, I only see three channels advertised that might be from users of chat mod.

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What?

In any case, I'll support the move to hobbygab now. My thought before was "why move if we're already setup?" but your point that chat mod users will already be using Hobbygab is a good one. Not a problem to me either way, I just started the YaBB channels on Cyberarmy because it's a smaller network (like yours) and the IRCops have been very helpful to me (as I'm sure your IRCops are). My only concern is that IRC servers are resource-intensive, so I wonder how long such great charity can last?

Capt wrote on Sep 2^nd, 2002 at 10:17pm:

Ah, I thought it was out already.

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I still don't understand what you mean by "IRC connections," can you explain some more?

First I'd like to say what a wonderful service the Live support channels are and give kudos to the people of Boardmod and YaBB for taking the time to staff these channels and support us users. What a great tool.

Because there is talk of possibly moving these channels to our network, and it appears in this thread there may be a little confusion over certain issues please allow me to explain a few things.

We are long time IRC users but also YaBB forum owners. We wanted to combine the two for our own purposes but wanted to stay away from the bigger established IRC nets because of , well all the "Crap" that's normally assosciated with them. We set up our own IRC server and had a little mod made by Shoeb Omar to use on our forums.

Our thinking then became, wouldn't it be a nice idea to have an IRC net exclusively for YaBB forum owners to enjoy the same experience. So we set up our server network to do just that.

About 8 weeks ago we started releasing the mod to select forum owners for testing. There are currently 14 channels coming from YaBB forums using the service, with little or no problems reported.

As far as resources, when the mod is released publicly (In about a week) we will have 3 servers on board ..enough for 3,000 simultaneous users. It is our intention to keep this a "private" network with almost all connections being made via the applet in the YaBB mod. This should help limit abuse of resources, which is the main problem most IRC nets encounter. Of course we will allow connections via "normal" IRC clients, hopefully mostly by channel owners, admins and staff but we will not publicize this as another IRC network open to the general public. Additional links will be added as use dictates.

As far as the help channels go, it seems a natural to have the channels reside on the same network as the mod, people will be able to pop in your channels without leaving their forums and of course still be able to reach you from here and the YaBB boards. It will all be seamless to the applet users, who for the most part wont even know a change has been made.

If you decide to use our service, we welcome you and will support you any way we can. If you decide to stay where you are, that's cool too ...Live support is great, regardless of where it's hosted !

Apologies for being long winded....hope this clears up any confusion.

Alan Stehman
(sce)
Network Admin
HobbyGab.net

well, AFAIK, there is not ONE server, there's three. Two in the US and one in the UK. Also, I know that they won't take them offline because they're dedicated to YaBB now and will be. So much I've spoken to them.

Also, they're both old enough to be married, so I don't think they'll move

@t-master: They are usually online in the #hobbygab server on irc.hobbygab.net(the mod server) in our "waking hours", so you can stop by and have a chat

alright - all ok

just wanted to get some information and especially if it's a fast idea of a lil' kid or not - thx for the answers and for your offer

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