IRC

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Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a way to chat over the Internet. For a detailed description and history, refer to the Wikipedia article Internet Relay Chat.

Many Doomers can be found on IRC, and on several different IRC networks.

See also forums for Doom-related web forums.

For help connecting to an IRC channel, see the reference documents at IRChelp.org.

EFNet channels

Freenode channels

OFTC channels

QuakeNet channels

IRCnet channels

Zandronum channels

Misc networks

Defunct

Some IRC channels were once quite popular, but are now defunct for various reasons:

Skulltag channels

Quotes

"I don't go on irc."
John Carmack, October 27, 1996 .plan update [1]

References

  1. http://www.gamers.org/pub/archives/plans/johnc@idsoftware.com/1996-09-03_1996_11_23

See also

  • 32in24, a recurring mapping event with its own IRC channel