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We have an irc channel on freenode that gets some traffic.  There's a fair amount of development talk there, but there's plenty more to be had.
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We have an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat IRC (click here if you don't know what IRC is)] channel on freenode that gets some traffic.  There's a fair amount of development talk there, but there's plenty more to be had.
  
 
== Joining the IRC Channel ==
 
== Joining the IRC Channel ==
  
Pick your favorite irc client and connect to freenode. You can connect to irc.freenode.net, then join #armagetron using the command "/join armagetron"
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Pick your favorite [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_IRC_clients IRC client] and connect to freenode. You can connect to the server irc.freenode.net, then join #armagetron using the user interface of your IRC client or the command "/join #armagetron"
  
Once there, you'll find plenty to talk about, I'm sure.
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Alternatively use an easy web interface such as [http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=armagetron%2Carmagetron.tourneys Freenode's].
  
== The Armabot ==
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Once there, you'll find plenty to talk about, I'm sure. There is one thing you should not do, however: enter the channel, say "hi!", maybe ask a question, and leave after a minute of getting no response. If there is no discussion currently going on, everyone has their chat windows in the background and simply won't notice you in time. Have some patience.
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== Bots ==
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As of writing this, there are two active bots on the channel : ljrbot and Frobot.
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ljrbot is owned by luke-jr and Frobot is owned by Jip, contact them if you have a problem with the bots.
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To use ljrbot use:
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]<command>
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To use Frobot (preferred) use:
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!<command>
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Here are some useful commands that "should" work on both bots
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calc
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weather <city/postalcode/zipcode, country (if outside USA or canukistan)
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google <search query>
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list (lists all available commands)
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help (help, obviously)
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later (use later help for a list of options)
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Dont ever say ]y or ]yandere in #armagetron... (even if luke-jr does).
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It starts an annoying and complex game and should only ever be mentioned in #Yandere
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<!-- == The Armabot ==
  
 
There's a bot there that gives some additional features.  For a list of stuff, type:
 
There's a bot there that gives some additional features.  For a list of stuff, type:
  
#list
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#list
  
 
Then, for example for the Weather module, do:
 
Then, for example for the Weather module, do:
  
#list Weather
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#list Weather
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This combination will register you as a user of the bot and give you access to more features, such as a welcome message (herald):
  
This combination will register you as a user of the bot and give you access to more features, such as notes left to other users.
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<nowiki>/msg armabot register <username> <password></nowiki>
  
/query armabot
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After registering you need to identify to armabot using
#register
 
  
The bot will walk you through the rest.
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<nowiki>/msg armabot identify <username> <password></nowiki>
  
After you've registered, you can leave a note for another registered user like this:
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You can leave a note for another user like this:
  
#tell Lucifer_arma You're a prick
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#message Lucifer_arma You're a prick
  
When the other user checks his notes, he'll see it.  Of course, to check your notes, you just do:
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When the other user comes into the channel and says something armabot will automatically deliver the notes as private messages. To see which users have notes waiting to be delivered use
  
#notes
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#notes
  
You can also get RSS feeds, math calculations and conversions, coin-flipping, and other neat things.  It's intended that we'll provide a module to query servers and see who's playing where, but that's not yet implemented.
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You can also get RSS feeds, math calculations and conversions, coin-flipping, and other neat things.  It's intended that we'll provide a module to query servers and see who's playing where, but that's not yet implemented. You can get a list of servers and the number of users playing there with the command #armaservers (somehow unreliable, but usually it works) or get help on a console command in arma using #armaconfig.
  
 
So have fun with it!
 
So have fun with it!
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== Logs ==
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* http://generalconsumption.org/irc/armagetron/
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* http://armanelgtron.tk/armagetronad/IRC/
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* http://wrtlprnft.ath.cx/armalogs (2006-2009)
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* http://havoc.ift.uni.wroc.pl/~p4/logs/armagetron
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Revision as of 13:59, 24 March 2016

We have an IRC (click here if you don't know what IRC is) channel on freenode that gets some traffic. There's a fair amount of development talk there, but there's plenty more to be had.

Joining the IRC Channel

Pick your favorite IRC client and connect to freenode. You can connect to the server irc.freenode.net, then join #armagetron using the user interface of your IRC client or the command "/join #armagetron"

Alternatively use an easy web interface such as Freenode's.

Once there, you'll find plenty to talk about, I'm sure. There is one thing you should not do, however: enter the channel, say "hi!", maybe ask a question, and leave after a minute of getting no response. If there is no discussion currently going on, everyone has their chat windows in the background and simply won't notice you in time. Have some patience.

Bots

As of writing this, there are two active bots on the channel : ljrbot and Frobot. ljrbot is owned by luke-jr and Frobot is owned by Jip, contact them if you have a problem with the bots.

To use ljrbot use:

]<command>


To use Frobot (preferred) use:

!<command>

Here are some useful commands that "should" work on both bots

calc
weather <city/postalcode/zipcode, country (if outside USA or canukistan)
google <search query>
list (lists all available commands)
help (help, obviously)
later (use later help for a list of options)

Dont ever say ]y or ]yandere in #armagetron... (even if luke-jr does). It starts an annoying and complex game and should only ever be mentioned in #Yandere


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