[Gandalf Parker]

Hmmm Ive heard it goes for long times with no conversation and lots of bots. Our chat is getting to the same point I guess.

The IRC room of #dominions on GameSurge.net is good for asking questions of the expert players. Quantum_Mechani, Sombre, lch, and others can often be found there. Possibly quietly botting but you can sometimes awaken them by the mention of their name.

And the IRC does seem to have more blitz games (immeadiate fast-play Dom3 games that are finished on the same day). I would like to see more use of our chat to do that also (you can create a seperate room just for the blitz game people to harrass each other without having to wait for one turn to get a message sent in-game). Our chat of course tends to work better for asking questions about any Shrapnel game, not just Dom3. You can also use it to challenge people to one of the games on the other button on the menu here. The one maked "Arcade".

At the left of this screen in the section for Forum NOtices you might also see that Shrapnel is planning some chats involving Staff or Devs so in order not to miss out on one it might benefit people to find that chat button and test it out. No software needs to be downloaded to use it.