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

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OOPS :)

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Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 22:09:42 +0000 (GMT)
From: jcommons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: Jonathan Hall <jonhall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [tetrinext] Re: let's talk about the chat interface.

WOW! hehe.. as you can tell, i'm sort of backed up on reading my messages
from this list :)

On Wed, 1 Mar 2000, Jonathan Hall wrote:

> Then why don't we just make the game run on top of an ircd?  Make a bot that
> controls the game, then each player runs a client that creates a DCC to this
> bot...
> 
> 'course the netsplits and net lag will be a problem.  net lag will be
> anyway... but... heh.
> :-)
> 
> 
> On Wed, Mar 01, 2000 at 07:09:47AM +0000, 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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