Chat rooms - Page 2

grandmaster · 12-07-2006, 08:35

I always preferred IRC. No moron playing music, no kids thinking they were hard and wanting to argue and fight.
I had a go at the lycos ship thing and that irritated me....

I wonder if there are any active IRC servers still about..

12-07-2006, 08:37

here is the lycos ship http://chat.lycos.co.uk/ (think ship should have a t at the end though

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**Paul** · 12-07-2006, 09:27

Top of every CF page, between Articles & Connection - rarely used so you should have no trouble getting in

(so remember to invite a few friends first

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12-07-2006, 09:51

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I wonder if there are any active IRC servers still about..

Yup there are loads about, see here for a few.

I use irc.p2pchat.net have done for 5 yrs now I think, it's a small server with about 150 channels and no more than 300 ppl in the main ones.

You can get on them using java through the p2p website but most of us use a chat script that way we can keep all the settings the same and personalise it.

I had a bit of hand in writing some of aGmIRCc chat script so that it the one is use

Been doing the job of mod in a main channel for yrs now and it's becomin less and less common to get hackers / groomers and general 100% odd uns, in fact the channel I mod on #x is a lot like here, most of us know each other, we all help each other if we can and we have a gallery ... Imma on the last page btw Fingers is me, long story lol

Millay · 12-07-2006, 10:01

I rember chat rooms, many years ago where one could go and enjoy themsleves... unfortunatly, I think you need to be a real chat addict to get any joy out of them nowadays..

sarahlouise45 · 12-07-2006, 14:46

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Originally Posted by pedantic

lmao ! I remember that ship. It was Lycos.

Or so a friend told me.

Certainly was Lycos until they joined forces with Yahoo!!

basa · 12-07-2006, 15:01

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Originally Posted by bopdude

At the end of the day, I put a LOT of the blame on irrisponsible parenatal control, I should know, my partner's one of them

Isn't that prior & during child birth ?? I think kids that young shouldn't be allowed to use computers anyway

Halcyon · 12-07-2006, 15:04

I used to be into them a good few years ago on Yahoo where there were different rooms, eg. specialist music chat rooms and DJ's spinning music but the novelty has gone now and I can't be bothered to use them now.
I think forums are much more interesting.

Jules · 12-07-2006, 17:32

Oh the days of the chat room and the memories it brings back

I met Mr Jules in a american chat room and 6 years later we are still going strong

If any one is interested there is a place called Talkcity that has loads of rooms that are always busy

budwieser · 12-07-2006, 18:03

Excite co.uk used to have some cracking chat rooms a few, (well 7 years) ago

Had some right laughs in there, especially the London and Ex pats rooms.

AndrewJ · 13-07-2006, 19:55

I used to be a moderator on chat.lycos.co.uk and I advise anyone who even THINKS about letting their kids on their to not bother, the moderators used to have to pass a police check, and pass a exam on technical and moral questions marked by three higher moderators.

Since I left in 2004 the standard of moderating has gone down pan since the liquidation of the old chatteam, moderators are added in a mentor scheme which means moderators add their friends, who then spend more time in private moderator channels then keeping out perverts and stopping fights.

The whole system takes a while to get used to, but it is about as reliable as a Ford Escort 1.3L from 1970.