FIRST Chat!

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There is a new and nicely established IRC channel for the discussion of all things FIRST. If you are familiar with IRC the channel can be found at:

irc.freenode.net - #firstrobotics

For those of you who don't have/want an IRC client you can use this handy java interface.

Now, some questions I anticipate I'll get:

What about TigerBolt/Webchat/All Those Others?

If you drop by these you'll notice they have been devoid of any notable activity for ages.

So how is this better than previous attempts?

We've got quite a few admins, a well written bot or two, and most importantly it's on a real IRC network (freenode).

Why was this created?

(As it has been explained to me) There had be many quasi-organized AIM-based chats and they were simply to hectic due to AIM's lack of moderation features and it's general inferiority to IRC.

What do you have to do with this?

Uh, I just want more people around to talk to. (We have about 10 steady users now)