Game Passwords

I am just curious where and how everyone exchanges passwords for the protected games. There are always a bunch with passwords that I can never get into.......there is probably a good reason for this...to keep random people like myself out, but I was just curious.

epist

epist wrote:

I am just curious where and how everyone exchanges passwords for the protected games. There are always a bunch with passwords that I can never get into.......there is probably a good reason for this...to keep random people like myself out, but I was just curious.

epist

You need to join the winbolo IRC channel. Min has written a helpful how-to guide on how to do this, which you can find at:

http://www.cablelan.net/924/mirctut/mirctutorial.htm

Enjoy. Note that there are now two IRC servers, one called "winbolo.com" and the other "winbolo.us". Which you choose to join is up to you. The directions on Min's page are for .com. If you choose .us instead (and you _can_ do both), substitute ".us" for every ".com" in the tutorial.

Kax

thx

:IDEA: I believe the lad has a point: exactly why do we maintain password use? To block out useless newbies. If you get the game from d.com, which links to .net, which tell how to get to IRC, which holds the passwords, what is the point? To keep those naughty children banned from IRC from playing with the rest of the children? kinda makes you go "hmmmm".
hmmmm...... 8)

but when you join a passworded game you MUST follow ettiquitte.

Zoso wrote:

:IDEA: I believe the lad has a point: exactly why do we maintain password use? To block out useless newbies. If you get the game from d.com, which links to .net, which tell how to get to IRC, which holds the passwords, what is the point? To keep those naughty children banned from IRC from playing with the rest of the children? kinda makes you go "hmmmm".
hmmmm...... 8)

I brought this up a while ago ... cuased a 6 page flamewar ...

Min

Kax wrote:

You need to join the winbolo IRC channel. Min has written a helpful how-to guide on how to do this, which you can find at:

http://www.cablelan.net/924/mirctut/mirctutorial.htm

I take no credit for this mirc guide, it was made by creo (as it says at the bottom of that page) .... I simply posted it due to its obvious usefulness. with his permission of course.

Min

Hrmmm. I think the most practical reason we have passwords on games is to encourage new players to IRC!!! btw, if u want a waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better mIRC tutorial, go here. Be sure that wherever the tutorial says "irc.winbolo.com", you change it to "irc.winbolo.us". .com server suxxx.