[tetrinext] Re: let's talk about the chat interface. (fwd)

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OOPS :)
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Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 22:08:43 +0000 (GMT)
From: jcommons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: Jared Johnson <solomon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [tetrinext] let's talk about the chat interface.

This is probably a bit off-the-wall .. but .. what about creating a
communications subset of the irc protocol ?

I know this isn't the best example, but Microsoft's comic chat sort of
does this in that it makes use of irc /msg s so that one person can notify
everybody of the character he or she uses on irc (represented by a
picture)

What if such were to be used?

This is not to say that it would be an irc server, just take advantage of
IRC functionality.

I imagine there are flaws in this idea and I am far from an expert.:)

--Andrew Dvorak


On Wed, 1 Mar 2000, Jared Johnson wrote:

> 
> I think everybody agrees that the irc-like chat style is fun.  How far should
> this go?  Personally, I would like to be able to do most of the things that I
> would be doing in a game this way.  After all, this is a game, not just a 
> chatting
> app.
> 
> lemme brainstorm.  here is some stuff that would be nice.
> 
> nickserv
> chanserv
> teamserv
> server ops and chanops
> devoicing (unlike in irc, all users have voice by default but can be devoiced
> by ops in a single channel or on the server)
> /team 
> /nick 
> /join 
> /msg 
> /who 
> /whois 
> /op /kick /ban
> /set <--for regular irc stuff as well as setting game options like classic vs.
> pure, block percentages, gaming styles, etc.
> /stats (shows ratings and such)
> /teamstats
> /winlist
> /winlist #channel
> 
> it would be nice for much of that stuff to be doable via menus as well.
> 
> anybody have anything to add?
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Jared Johnson
> solomon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
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