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.
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.
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
- #dea - The Darka-Eston alliance channel
- #oldgrehk - Channel for Old Grehk in Beluaterra
- #south-darka - The realm channel for Darka
- #bm-far-east - The channel for the Far East Island
- #ikalak - The realm channel for Ikalak on the South-East Island
- #riombara - The realm channel for Riombara on Beluaterra
- #minasithil - The realm channel for Minas Ithil on Atamara
- #Ibladesh - The realm channel for Ibladesh on East Continent
- #thalmarkin - The realm channel for Thalmarkin on Beluaterra
The People
So who hangs out on these channels?
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.
