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15 July 2005

#metachat is now fully up and running

post by: Ryvar at: 08:07 | 35 comments

Since I've been outted as Nerudan, there's no point in hiding it. For what it's worth, I was just looking for 15 minutes of cheap lolz and drama.

The channel is now setup. I helped dodgygeezer structure it in the following way:

dodgygeezer is founder and has final authority on everything in the channel

loquacious has maximum non-founder authority level, and can do just about anything he wants - he can kick people while being banned from the channel, is automatically opped upon entering the channel himself, etc.

ryvar gets a gold sticky-star whenever he enters the channel but has no authority whatsoever (basically I'm set +v, which prevents me from being muted and looks cool but the muting thing can obviously be overriden by just kicking and banning me).

That's everything, I think. I doubt I've forgotten anything but the services package on Slashnet is foreign and weird to me - if I have, dodgygeezer can modify anything and everything anyway. Enjoy your IRC channel, folks.

posted by Ryvar 15 July | 08:10

I'd just like to say that while Ryvar had a little bit of fun with us yesterday, he's also spent quite a bit of time today getting us into better shape than we were in before.

Thanks Ryvar, I appreciate the help.

posted by dodgygeezer 15 July | 08:14

let me know when you're on
and post which is the one we plant our flags and claws in
i'm calling you the line from now on, dodge
because no one can cross you
when it gets to be your time at my time, i need to be all businesslike
chatting isn't good prep for it but may be amusing
i should probably put on pants as well

posted by ethylene 15 July | 08:46

oh and
I WANNA BE AN ISTAMOD!
not really
as i figure if you all can't tell the difference between the real me and me
serves you right

posted by ethylene 15 July | 08:47

I'm afraid.

posted by Hugh Janus 15 July | 09:18

does that make you a pinprick anus now?

posted by ethylene 15 July | 09:21

don't worry, you'll find some pencil dick in there!
i'll protect you

posted by ethylene 15 July | 09:21

does that make you a pinprick anus now?

don't worry, you'll find some pencil dick in there!

*doggedly tries to remove images from brain*

posted by Frisbee Girl 15 July | 09:38

sorry, freezay, i'm leaving now
you can irk me (irc)

posted by ethylene 15 July | 09:40

Are we still allowed to be angry at Steve_At?

posted by greasy_skillet 15 July | 09:40

you need an excuse?

posted by dodgygeezer 15 July | 09:47

Hahaha, dodgy, you make me laugh.

posted by Frisbee Girl 15 July | 09:49

So, uh, which IRC am I supposed to use (if I use)?

posted by omiewise 15 July | 10:13

this one

posted by dodgygeezer 15 July | 10:15

You mean it was a secret? Last night there was someone lurking in #meta-chat with a nick of Ryvar and a username of Nerudan. I assumed it was either a joke or it was common knowledge. Or had the outing already taken place by then?

posted by George_Spiggott 15 July | 10:55

i just thot someone liked pablo neruda
didn't see the sad slap dash action

posted by ethylene 15 July | 10:56

some of us don't want to know some things
and thankfully that's a lot of us

posted by ethylene 15 July | 10:57

someone find a good IRC manual/index to link up?

posted by ethylene 15 July | 10:59

I don't know if it's what you're looking for, ethylene, but this may be helpful.

posted by kortez 15 July | 11:23

i meant for all, but thanks.
think like the gnostics, children
when you learn a new thing, translate it for others to understand
pass it on
anyone with a better/different irc primer, link away
and you geezers should look at links before going on about them
punk

now someone find my dog video or the singing penis or a typo to text translator!
i see many typos in my near future

posted by ethylene 15 July | 11:38

as i must leave soon and have posted enough front page nonsense for now:
someone ask what would you rather be doing?
me: i'd rather be high and underdressed, watching the last disc of the last season of angel, dammit

posted by ethylene 15 July | 11:57

ethylene: you sound like my ex when you say this.
"i'd rather be high and underdressed, watching the last disc of the last season of angel, dammit"

/nostalgia

posted by Schyler523 15 July | 12:08

you need an excuse?
posted by dodgygeezer 15 July | 09:47

I was hoping that since Ryvar has basically taken the blame for the 'incident' yesterday, maybe people would take back all the nasty things they said about Steve, but if hating Steve_at_Linnwood is the official #metachat policy then I guess that's ok.

posted by greasy_skillet 15 July | 12:57

well personally i think hate ultimately leads to the dark side of the force - but you know, what ever floats your boat.

posted by dodgygeezer 15 July | 13:01

...and his little dog, too!

posted by quonsar 15 July | 13:25

Well, steve on #mefi is ok, but he is a pretty odious douche most other times I've encountered him...

posted by Schyler523 15 July | 13:29

If sockpuppets on mecha weren't pointless, I might register as "pretty odious douche."

And I agree.

posted by Hugh Janus 15 July | 13:46

Whilst Ryvar is owning up for doing the deed, it was s@l that egged him on. However, I don't hate him - I pity him.

posted by deborah 15 July | 15:03

muhahahahahah

posted by ethylene 15 July | 19:23

And you know who controls Steve... the Republicans... and you know who controls the Republicans... the Jews... and you know who controls the Jews... Satan. Note that, furthermore, Steven is a variant of Stephan which has many letters in common with Satan. Note also that, among Stephan, Satan, and Sharon, who holds Satan's dominion over the Jews, the three names have exactly three letters (s,a,n) shared by all three words and furthermore Stephan and Sharon share two more letters with the Beast (h,t). These are all found in Shaitan, thrice reaffirming S@L's connection to Satan.

Kyoto Now!

posted by Peak Oil 15 July | 20:54

fyi you just ruined 'The Di Vinci Code', peak oil.

thanks a lot asshole

posted by Wedge 15 July | 21:02

I'm there, everyone seems to be idle.
:(

posted by kellydamnit 15 July | 21:06

You can ruin The Da Vinci Code? Isn't that like spoiling vomit?

posted by PinkStainlessTail 15 July | 21:11

man, you got your spoils in my vomit

posted by ethylene 15 July | 21:12

Kelly, there's a few of us there now. It's kinda dull without you.

posted by matildaben 15 July | 21:38

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