Sam
i say it's all just wind in sails
So for the last year or so IRC has been on the decline. Top users in #xyuu have a few hundred lines while the norm used to be a few thousand lines. There's a pretty big reason for this: PS Rooms have been getting increasingly popular, drawing new players there instead of IRC. I think there is definitely merit to PS Rooms and I am not trying to talk them down. However, I don't think that they're a complete replacement for IRC.
I am on PS a decent amount (I'm a Leader on PS and a Room Owner for the UU Room) but for me and many others it's really difficult to be engaging with new users. The PS Room gets flooded with a lot of random people who don't really want to contribute and just ask random inane questions. I don't really have a problem with that since those users need some sort of outlet as well. What this does though is disrupt the ability to have really focused discussions and brings the overall chat quality down.
IRC is a little more exclusive in that you aren't going to have these random users who don't have any desire to contribute. Sure it's not going to be anywhere near as active as the PS Room but the quality of discussion is going to be better. I also am not saying to abandon PS for IRC: it's pretty easy to be on both.
The IRC discussion is also a little more casual, giving you a chance to connect with users more. It's how I started off and I got to know people very well through IRC (I only had about 200 posts at October of last year yet I was definitely a part of the forum community). IRC contributions also played a large part in me getting CC. Yes, IRC contributions count towards CC.
In order to join, just follow this link and enter your nick https://client00.chat.mibbit.com/#xyuu@irc.synirc.net
You can also join on other clients like mIRC or Chatzilla. If you have any questions, please ask them in this thread or PM me. I implore you to give IRC a shot.
(NOTE: I go by Starmie on IRC)
I am on PS a decent amount (I'm a Leader on PS and a Room Owner for the UU Room) but for me and many others it's really difficult to be engaging with new users. The PS Room gets flooded with a lot of random people who don't really want to contribute and just ask random inane questions. I don't really have a problem with that since those users need some sort of outlet as well. What this does though is disrupt the ability to have really focused discussions and brings the overall chat quality down.
IRC is a little more exclusive in that you aren't going to have these random users who don't have any desire to contribute. Sure it's not going to be anywhere near as active as the PS Room but the quality of discussion is going to be better. I also am not saying to abandon PS for IRC: it's pretty easy to be on both.
The IRC discussion is also a little more casual, giving you a chance to connect with users more. It's how I started off and I got to know people very well through IRC (I only had about 200 posts at October of last year yet I was definitely a part of the forum community). IRC contributions also played a large part in me getting CC. Yes, IRC contributions count towards CC.
In order to join, just follow this link and enter your nick https://client00.chat.mibbit.com/#xyuu@irc.synirc.net
You can also join on other clients like mIRC or Chatzilla. If you have any questions, please ask them in this thread or PM me. I implore you to give IRC a shot.
(NOTE: I go by Starmie on IRC)