tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Nov 12 08:24:13 1999
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Re: tlhIngan irc chat room
Savan,
I'm afraid I have to agree with malqa, I've used IRC ever since I started
on the internet (Back in 94) and I've tried to set up #tlhIngan on dalnet
and other irc servers, and even advertised here and no one ever showed up,
except people who would ask me if I spoke Klingon, and then laughed and
left. The only person who ever stayed around was _worf_.
The other problem with large IRC servers is you lose a lot of control over
what goes on, you can't control the services (DALnet's is nearly always
down) which mean you lose control over the channel. Also, you generate a
lot of lag, due to messages going through a lot of different servers
before getting to you. You also have the problem of netsplits (when a hub
crashes, disconnecting everything on either side of it).
If the problem is spreading the word, then most Klingon speakers goto the
KLI web page, or are on this list (or other lists). I can easily send out
a message to the 5 or 6 star trek/klingon lists I'm on telling people
about the server.
That said, if everyone want to move to a large server, then I'll follow
along, even though I think it's a bad idea.
qurgh
On Fri, 12 Nov 1999, malqa wrote:
> If this channel goes to larger server then I probably will cease to come .
> As a beginner I enjoy having a closed (small) server that only folks who
> are really interested in learning/speaking tlhIngan Hol come to . Most of
> the time now, I can't follow what is being said .But I have learned alot
> in one week. I fear that lamers who either only want to make trouble for
> those in the channel or want to make fun of us trying to learn will show
> up if this channel goes broader. *Lessons* will probably go out the
> window. And if the channel op's are not there.. as they aren't all the
> time, the potenetial for outside problems grows. There are already many
> klingon type channels on irc. On the fleetchat.org server , a new one,
> there is Qo'noS . This server ,like klingon.dhs.org is very new and very
> small and only those really interested know of it ,and there are no
> outside problems . Perhaps in the future is enough people come to
> klingon.dhs.org there can be several channels, one for general chat, one
> for beginners, and one for advanced and one just to chat about klingon
> culture. I rather like the idea of a klingon based server myself.
> Respectfully,
> Lt.Commander Maud Freifelder /Lt.Commander malqa
> Chief Security Officer /Chief of Cadet Corps.
> USS Triumph NCC-26228/R2/ Starfleet
> (Triumph Against All Odds)
>
> jIjatlhpa' jatlh Hovmey (The stars will talk before I will)
>
> On 12 Nov 1999, Mark E. Shoulson wrote:
>
> > >Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 16:03:28 -0500 (EST)
> > >From: malqa <[email protected]>
> > >
> > >The server name is klingon.dhs.org ... the channel name is #tlhIngan
> >
> > So... why don't we take this show on the road? I mean, set up #tlhIngan on
> > some wider network/server like DALnet or something? Might get us a little
> > more exposure, we could look for channels like #startrek or #klingon and
> > troll for other interested folks... Sound worthwhile? Might be good.
> >
> > ~mark
> >
>