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Many Globulation2 users and developers socialise in the official Globulation2 'Game' Channel ([irc://irc.globulation2.org/glob2 #glob2]), here you chat to other Glob2 fans and developers and find out whats happening with your favourite (we hope) game. You may be also able to find yourself some opposition for an online game using [[YOG|Ysagoon Online Gaming]]. |
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Many Glob2 users and developers socialize in the official Globulation2 'Game' Channel ([irc://irc.globulation2.org/glob2 #glob2]), here you can chat to other Glob2 fans and developers and find out whats happening with your favorite game. This is also a great place to connect with others to start up an online game using [[YOG|Ysagoon Online Gaming]]. |
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Globulation2 developers also run a Globulation2 Development Channel ([irc://irc.globulation2.org/glob2-dev #glob2-dev]) where the development cycle and additions are commonly discussed. |
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The Globulation2 Channels are currently hosted on the [http://www.oftc.net OFTC IRC Network] which is accessible via irc.globulation2.org or irc.oftc.net (both go to the same network). This is normally done by issuing '/server irc.oftc.net' followed by '/join #glob2'. |
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The Globulation2 Channels are currently hosted on the [http://www.oftc.net OFTC IRC Network] which is accessible via irc.globulation2.org or irc.oftc.net; both go to the same network. This is normally done in most IRC clients by issuing the command '/server irc.oftc.net' followed by '/join #glob2'. |
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* [http://www.mirc.com mIRC] - Windows |
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* [http://www.silverex.org SilverEX's XChat build] - Windows |
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* [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/16/ ChatZilla] A simple extension for Mozilla Firefox, also available in Catalan, French, Italian, Spanish, German and Portuguese localization - Windows, Linux, Mac,... |
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* [http://www.irssi.org irssi] - Linux |
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* [http://opera.com Opera web browser] features a built-in IRC client - Windows, Linux, Mac, ... |
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More information on the IRC Protocol can be found at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat wikipedia], as can a more complete [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_IRC_clients list of IRC clients] be found there. |
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Many Glob2 users and developers socialize in the official Globulation2 'Game' Channel (#glob2), here you can chat to other Glob2 fans and developers and find out whats happening with your favorite game. This is also a great place to connect with others to start up an online game using Ysagoon Online Gaming.
Globulation2 developers also run a Globulation2 Development Channel (#glob2-dev) where the development cycle and additions are commonly discussed.
Connecting to IRC
The Globulation2 Channels are currently hosted on the OFTC IRC Network which is accessible via irc.globulation2.org or irc.oftc.net; both go to the same network. This is normally done in most IRC clients by issuing the command '/server irc.oftc.net' followed by '/join #glob2'.
More information on how IRC works can be found at Wikipedia, along with an extensive list of IRC clients.
