IRC network

[Timbo]

It appears there is a mutiny afoot to move from Quakenet to Freenode, mainly due to Quakenet's recent instability. I'm not really fussed about where #tremulous is, but it's pain in the arse to move if it's only a minority that feels it's necessary. So...

[DarkWolf]

Why were you planning to move anyway?

[Timbo]

I wasn't. Did you read my message? :roll:

[DASPRiD]

People came to me and asked for a move, due to the instability of Quakenet. So I registered the channels and about 30 people joined #tremulous on Freenode. Now the final decision of the move stays with you.

[khalsa]

Reasons to Move:

Quakenet's services are horrible or non-existent
The Constant Net-splits ruin conversations, interaction, and the ability to help each other
The quakenet ops recognize the problem, and know that there is no solution for the short term, or long term that is in the roadmap
It's been horrible for a long time now

Why Freenode is better

Stable
Nickserv/Chanserv/Memoserv
Dasprid has allready done the legwork and "officially" registered the Tremulous group, so he has full control over everything
Solid roadmap and staffers on-call 24/7

These are just a Few of the reasons.

Also: All the cool people are already on Freenode, come join us!


Khalsa

[DarkWolf]

I wasn't. Did you read my message? :roll:

Ah lol, read it better now, but why would other people want to move to there then   ?

EDIT: Hehe read Khalsa's post, nvm .

[peoro]

$ grep " has quit (\*\.net \*\.split)" .xchat2/xchatlogs/QuakeNet-\#tremulous.log | wc -l
6049

[tuple]

$ grep -ri " has quit (\*\.net \*\.split)" .xchat2/xchatlogs/QuakeNet-\#tremulous.log | wc -l
6049

That alone is pretty telling.  I was frustrated when, for the last 4-5 days, even the quakenet.org site was down.  I worry when a network has trouble keeping a site up.  Not to mention the almost daily netsplits anymore.  It was most frustrating to find myself the only op in #tremulous, only to have it abruptly taken away when the networks merge again!

I might add that the #ioquake3 channel is on freenode so we would have company

[f0rqu3]

+no wallop spam
+ops tell you before netsplit
-geek community

[Caveman]

+no wallop spam
+ ...
-geek community

Wallop-Spam is your own fault, if you don't configure your client properly.
The geeks you get on all nets

I personally got driven to freenode, by the horrible instability. (on a dedicated box I had over 64 reconnects in 7 days.)
No matter the server. And as was already told, not even the admins of the linked hubs can do anything about it.

[David]

$ grep " has quit (\*\.net \*\.split)" .xchat2/xchatlogs/QuakeNet-\#tremulous.log | wc -l
6049

What more reason do you need?

[gareth]

Quash the mutiny! Quakenet rulez!

[Caveman]

In dubio pro reo...

[Lava Croft]

Quakenet, there is no reason to move at all.

[Greudin]

Quakenet !!, Freenode is only for serious software ;o))))))

[sleekslacker]

I'm serious about my Tremulous. And I don't trust a network which had their own website down for more than 5 days. No redirection, no downtime message.. just a firefox timeout. www.quakenet.org that is.

[Basilisco]

Both

[Caveman]

*sigh*
I wish you'd experienced the split of under- and efnet... THAT was something

[Odin]

Um, how the heck did you register a channel? I've been trying to do that for a while for another site I go to.

[Lakitu7]

I wish there were a vote for neither. Quakenet has been terrible lately, but Freenode is IRC's hub of all internet operating system zealotry and this community hardly needs any growth in people with those attitudes.

[Caveman]

Lakitu, I am also not really happy with freenode, but I see no real alternative

- Nick protection
- Channel protection
- Host masking
- allowing bouncer
- allowing bots
- allowing scripted access
- multi servered

It's just not easy to get all that...

[Lakitu7]

- Nick protection
- Channel protection
- Host masking
- multi servered

Those four at least are all really really common. Quakenet is just too big to do it or too old to change; I don't really know which one is the problem.

- allowing bouncer
- allowing bots
- allowing scripted access

It's pretty rare for those to be banned just for existing until/unless they become a problem. If your bouncer isn't a public one, they don't even really have a way to know. If your bot is only in your own channels, it's a nonissue short of perhaps one "clone" connection and noone has the close limit to only 1 because of ghosting and such.

I honestly don't know what you mean by scripted access though.

[Raytray]

#dretchstorm
#mercenariesguild
#tremulous

and a few other channels have been moved.  It's really simple to just change the topic and just go there and wait.  #dretchstorm was able to do it within 30 minutes of confused chatter about random things while we got everyone there.  (about 8-10) people.

[Caveman]

I guess this place is as good as any to advertise .)

#aliens_wrath and the affiliated channels on qnet have been abrogated.

At the same time we found it a good idea to rename our main channel to #wraths and the others accordingly.

[Timbo]

OK, this seems pretty conclusive.