MP blitzing invitation

BigDisAwesome · #1 July 27th, 2007, 08:39 PM

Also...

IRC://irc.gamesurge.net:6667

Gandalf had posted that in the IRC channel sticky. Firefox has a IRC plugin, and that link opens it up and connects to the Gamesurge server. All you have to do after that is type /join dominions.

Gandalf Parker · #2 July 27th, 2007, 09:25 PM

Many browsers will. Opera also can handle a direct URL to an IRC chatroom.
mIRC is actually a standalone program that does not use the browser to connect you to IRC servers.

IRC= Internet Relay Chat
Once on a chat server you can create a room, join a room, chat in a room.

This makes blitz games even blitzier.

The players can chat while the game is going on. There have also been suggestions for creating a room inside the various servers that support voice communication but so far that hasent been much agreement on which one to use.

Wikd Thots · #3 July 27th, 2007, 09:30 PM

Yeah I use opera. But if you join THAT chat room then be prepared to pick up and run some mods for a blitz. The guy that makes the CBM mod that changes many things in the game hangs out there and they really push using it in all of the games.

But you could always just create a new room called Dom3

quantum_mechani · #4 July 27th, 2007, 09:43 PM

The honor of a whole channel just to get away from me!

A balance mod in this case would defeat the point of showcasing balance problems, anyway.

PashaDawg · #5 July 27th, 2007, 10:30 PM

Here is another thread: http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/thr...b=5&o=&fpart=1

PashaDawg · #6 July 27th, 2007, 10:32 PM

If you use a Mac, here is a good IRC program: http://colloquy.info/

Wikd Thots · #7 July 27th, 2007, 10:32 PM

I said "they"

It isn't just you. But the channel did seem to be more of a mod-blitz channel than a blitz channel.

Plus its not much of a place for someone who isnt already pretty good with the game. You mention a nation and hear something like "oh one of the weakest in the game". In fact I think that channel is a great place to get a pretender or scales or tactic reviewed by the experts if you can understand the conversation. But I did not think much of it as a place for new people to get into blitz games and try things out.

Wahnsinniger · #8 July 27th, 2007, 10:42 PM

Thats why it needs more people. The more the merrier.

quantum_mechani · #9 July 27th, 2007, 10:43 PM

Actually, it has been more of a no-blitz channel for a while now...

It's true that games there tend to have a higher ratio of veteran players, and involve mods more often than in an average forum game, but that's no reason for people to not be able to 'try things out'. It's not like it's some kind of game ladder where people are fighting tooth and nail to be the absolute winner, games are for the fun of it and whoever is the final winner tends to almost an afterthought.

PashaDawg · #10 July 27th, 2007, 11:31 PM

Yes. No need to use mods in the blitzes, and certainly less experienced players are welcome to utilize the room to organize noob blitzes, too.

I have played the game for quite a while now, but I still scratch my head when someone says a nation "weakest in the game," because I have not even played all the nations yet. Some of us are long-term noobs.

The more the merrier!