IRC

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What is IRC?

Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a form of instant communication over the Internet. It is mainly designed for group (many-to-many) communication in discussion forums called channels, but also allows one-to-one communication. More information can be found in the wikipedia article


How do I get on?

You need an IRC-client to connect to the network. There are many clients available and it's up to you to decide what you use. Every clients homepage usually has a nice tutorial or help-page on how to connect with the client.

For a more full list of clients refer to this wikipedia article.

Windows clients

Unix/Linux clients

Mac OS X clients

Battlemaster IRC history

The Battlemaster community has traveled through a multitude of irc-networks. Here's a little background information on the history of each network and why it was abandoned and why we moved on to other networks.


Jurai

This is the original and first network where a Battlemaster channel appeared. It was a nice network, but unfortunately it went belly up and merged with IRCWorld

IRCWorld

As a result of the merger, the Battlemaster community "moved" to this network. Unfortunately the network caused lots of troubles and generally performed badly, so the community decided to move.

IRCWorld homepage

Quakenet(irc.quakenet.org)

The third network where a Battlemaster channel appeared and it is still the home for #battlemaster. Quakenet is the stronghold for Battlemaster related channels. There are many realm specific channels and of course there is also #battlemaster. #battlemaster was created on April 13th 2003 and it serves as a gathering point for all Battlemaster players. Currently the channel hovers at around 20 people at peak times and sports a wide variety of troopleaders(kings, bankers, dukes, normal troopleaders and so on) and players(from the USA, Mexico, Finland, Belgium, Netherlands and so on).

Quakenet homepage

irc.battlemaster.org

There was a time when Tom had created an own IRC-server for Battlemaster. The server was up for a short time, but was closed down. The reason probably being that it never really caught on or that it was more trouble than it was worth. Hopefully we'll see the server up once again and see it catch on.


The channels

Here's a little list of channels that exist on various networks.

Quakenet

  • #battlemaster - The main BM channel. Talks go from BM related stuff all the way to the meaning of life. Even Tom stops by sometimes ;)
  • #battlemasters - Rebel channel owned by Innoova
  • #BloodStars - The channel for Morek, Astrum, and Saguis Astroism on Dwilight.
  • #bm-far-east - The channel for Far East Island
  • #DragonShire - The colonization channel for The Kingdom of Dragon Shire on Dwilight
  • #Dwilight - The channel for Dwilight.
  • #Falasan - The channel for Falasan on Atamara
  • #Fontan - The channel for Confederacy of Fontan on East Continent
  • #Itorunt - The channel for Itorunt on the East Continent
  • #Lunaria - The channel for Grand Lodge Of Lunaria on FEI (open for everyone)
  • #oldgrehk - The channel for Old Grehk on Beluaterra
  • #Pian-en-Luries - The channel for Pian en Luries on Dwilight
  • #riombara - The channel for Riombara on Beluaterra
  • #south-darka - The channel for Darka on Atamara
  • #Springdale - The channel for Springdale on Dwilight
  • #thalmarkin - The channel for Thalmarkin on Beluaterra
  • #Tlahtocayotl - The channel for The Blood Cult on Beluaterra

The People

So who hangs out on #BattleMaster these days?

Regulars:

Occasional Visitors:

Once in a Blue Moon:

Gone, but Not Forgotten:

Quotes

IRC is a very social medium and as such there's lots of talk and funny moments. Here are some memorable quotes from various channels.

Quotes

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