Bush integrated IRC / Chat

[Maxi]

As we all know, the community is what keeps the game alive. IRC is very important for Bushtarion, and a lot of players would've left (including myself) wasn't it for the random chatting and fun. For new players, downloading and installing an additional program (mIRC) isn't very attractive. Therefore, it might be nice to integrate an IRC connected chat room in Bushtarion, on the left hand menu for example. Click on it, pop-up opens with IRC. Could use your account name automatically with a possibility to change it in Account settings under IRC chat options, for example. We could also add an option for the alliance leader to set-up an alliance channel with a key, which would help alliances lower down the rankings. Make sure it automatically joins #bushtarion and the alliance channel (if configured).

I'm not sure this is do-able coding wise, but it sure would bring more people on IRC and hopefully make them stick around longer. Maybe a nice addition before starting the Age 5 ads-campaign? ;)

[Alcibiades]

Thumbs up.

[Ogluk]

i like it!!! :)
anything to get more people involved in the community :D

hope it can be done!!!!!!!

[Augustus]

This is a brilliant idea. There are many people who don't use IRC, either because of work issues(but still play Bush at work), don't know how to set it all up, or dont wan't a random programme installed on their PC. If this was tied up with the suggestion of a forum account being activated when a Bushtarion account is set up I think the community would flourish, due to it being made easily accessible.

[Garrett]

yeah and it will keep people out of my alliance channel since they wouldn't have to use tal-shiar. i play runescape and am part of the tsa, quit trying to check on my activity by crashing my channels with your garbage. You lazy filth.

[TheNamelessWonder]

Delightful idea.

[pinpower]

definite thumbs up! Great idea...i have IRC but this would make me be on a bit more even as i can never be bothered to load up IRC as well as bush...lol


(see what computers have done to the youth of today...now we are not only too lazy to move we are to lazy to click...)

[Steve_God]

Brilliant idea! :D
As I personally often log in at computers where irc isn't installed.

[atsanjose]

bravo maxi *two tumbs up*

first good suggestion since a long time

[Bobbin]

Possible. Infact easily enough done. But!

It would kill the server. CGI:IRC uses huge amounts of resources and bandwidth... It would probs slow the server down alot.

[Twigley]

Surely not hard to put mibbit or Talshiar IRC into a window of a bushtarion page.

Legal? Im pretty sure there are ways to get around it.
Useful? I would use it.

[Saints]

just like the one on facebook???

[Garrett]

i would say mibbit as tal_shiar defaults to that chatroom where we do not belong.

they make that available to the public out of the kindness of their heart and I don't think that it would be fair to blast their bandwidth just for this game.


in fact I on a daily basis try to help tal_shiar ban bush noobs from their channel.

[WildDisease]

How do you get around NetGamers multiple connections issue?

[Twigley]

Same way as mibbit and talshair does?
^.^

[harriergirl]

Maybe I'm being a bit retarded but can't you set your maximum logins on the netgamers page? I'm often logged in mIRC on the main computer , but then run Mibbit when i'm forced onto the yucky laptop =P I'm able to be logged in both places.

That may not be what your talking about though....

[WildDisease]

Maybe I'm being a bit retarded but can't you set your maximum logins on the netgamers page? I'm often logged in mIRC on the main computer , but then run Mibbit when i'm forced onto the yucky laptop =P I'm able to be logged in both places.

That may not be what your talking about though....

You can set your logins of your NG user name but multiple connections from the same IP/host will get you Glined. Not sure if this has changed or if Mibbit runs on proxies but that was the case back then.

[Markb]

I believe mibbit has an exception limit of 20 users

[Alcibiades]

I believe mibbit has an exception limit of 20 users

With the number of people in #bushtarion these days we honestly wouldn't need much more. :(

[BlackWolf]

1. Suggested years ago, Azzer said wont ever happen.
2. CGI:IRC doesnt use insane amounts of bandwith, my old 350MHz AMD was able to run webserver,IRC server, cgi:IRC all at the same time, if current comps with multiple prosessors cant then what can?

lock the thread?

[Markb]

Blackwolf, actually:

<@Maxi|Beep> Azzer, if you saw the 'bush integrated irc/chat' suggestion, think it's doable?
<@Azzer> Maxi - is this a new/recent suggestion? I've missed a fair number of topics in the past 9 or 10 days, I've been skipping around the forums on an evening
<@Azzer> I just happen to be on my desktop PC today as I was doing some DB work (which I need to do on my desktop), hence going through forums a bit today and being here on IRC
<@Maxi|Beep> Yes Azzer, coulple days ago
<@Azzer> (most of my days I work on my laptop - no MSN or anything on there just code code code)
<@Azzer> Cheers
* Azzer looks.
<@Azzer> If there is a way of integrating something already done (like Twigs mentioned Mibbit), that either isn't hosted by me (just a link with a pre-set config), or doesn't use barely any server resources, then yes
<@Azzer> But... there may be issues if the IP given to NetGamers is that of the server, not the user
<@Azzer> As ovviously netGamers has max connections per IP... so that would need looking in to
<@Azzer> I'm not great with IRC stuff at all, never have been
<@Azzer> I have no idea, I've only heard of Mibbit in passing
<@Azzer> It'll need looking in to properly either by me when i've finished the core of this Age 5 stuff, or anyone else that wants to look in to it with mind to the two problems I mentioned above I'd welcome it
<@Azzer> if my two issues can be solved I'd love to integrate IRC
<@Azzer> A) If it was like Google, where the data was in a form, I could pass the data directly as the link, so it'd be possible/do-able
<@Azzer> Legality wise, it'd depend on Mibbit/the IRC client's own license
<@Azzer> The IP's would have to be that of the user
<@Azzer> If the IP is that of the server, I can't do iot
<@Azzer> *it
<@Azzer> We need to be able to see who a user is
<@Azzer> (so does NetGamers)
<@Azzer> Aye, I think integrating IRC might be best. At the worst, I'm sure there are Firefox add-ons that have IRC built in, maybe I could configure one to be pre-set to connect to Bush and just advertise/host/link to that add-on

I'm currently looking at using for mibbit for another project, and I believe I have a way around the "IP of the user is the mibbit server" problem. Just need to get a certain NetGamers admin interested and allow me to trial it so that all NetGamers Mibbit users can benefit.

[Iamsmart]

Go MarkB!