Because I've gotten a few questions about this already...
The reason I moved away from using the Tigerbolt chat server for this year's kickoff site as I have done in the past is due to their flaky (at best) Nickserv/Chanserv system. I remember a lot of times when I (somewhat) recently tried getting in through the java system, some strange nick/chanserv error would prevent me from getting into the chat(nick must be registered, etc, etc...even with a registered nick)...if this problem has since been resolved, drop me an e-mail, and I will have no problems using Tigerbolt's system again this year for the Kickoff site. I know that I was the one who originally introduced the founder of the Tigerbolt chat to Webmaster's system, but the Webmaster server seems to have deteriorated in recent months. If I could rely upon the majority of the visitors to have and know how to use an IRC client, i would simply put the server information in place for that, but the core reason for the Kickoff Central site is to provide a central location for all things kickoff-related, and having to open another app to have some things work, in my opinion, takes away from that central goal...
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Originally Posted by Greg Needel
in regards to the tigerbolt chat.....
that java consol used here http://www.rit.edu/~us1stwww/chatindex.html is very sketchy at best. the best way to use the chat is in any standard irc client (mirc, trillian, etc) the server name is irc.webmaster.com and the channel is called firstrobotics if you go in using a client the chat is fully functional but don’t rely on that java one on the website...we welcome you to join us on the day of the kick off
but anyway great job nate! |