CODA Chat, Friday 4th: Transcript inside!

[Dr. Jonas Bashir]

Hello everyone!

With presence confirmed, Don Mappin and Doug Burke, and also (probably) Jesse Heinig will be awaiting your questions about Decipher's Star Trek Role Playing Game, the CODA system and upcoming products, this Friday, October 4th, at 8 PM EST, or 1 AM GMT.

We'll be publishing the rules for the chat very soon, on this very same thread. We expect that the attendants are respectful and wise: any behavior disturbance will merit the old 'n good kick/ban. And believe me, Anarchy Bob is ten times quicker than I am with it.

Finally, a request to the mods/admins for a sticky thread. Thanks in advance!

UPDATE: Transcript included. Title change.

[AslanC]

As one of the Chan Ops who will not be there (stupid regular roleplaying group not even playing Star Trek) I am envious of you all and look forward to the transcript

[C5]

Same as AslanC, although the reason I'm gonna miss the chat is simply that I'll probably be sleeping at this time (damn time zones!)

[Lancer]

Originally posted by C5
Same as AslanC, although the reason I'm gonna miss the chat is simply that I'll probably be sleeping at this time (damn time zones!)

If it's any consolation: You are not alone with that little problem.

[Ineti]

If the Chat funtion through the forum gets bolluxed up, is there another option to getting to the chat room? I'm hoping to be there.

[Perrryyy]

Originally posted by Ineti
If the Chat funtion through the forum gets bolluxed up, is there another option to getting to the chat room? I'm hoping to be there.

Log on to Magicstar & use TrekRPG for the channel.

Or d/l MIRC

[qerlin]

Enjoy. I'll be watching John Doe most likely...

[Perrryyy]

Originally posted by qerlin
Enjoy. I'll be watching John Doe most likely...

Actually, ditto

[Dr. Jonas Bashir]

These are the methods to access the chat channel:

- IRC clients (mIRC, etc), MagicStar network, channel #TrekRPG
- Trillian, the same
- www.magicstar.net, Chat Now! button, and TrekRPG as channel.

For those who never had the pleasure to chat, I recommend to use the latter. Go to www.magicstar.net, then press the Chat Now! button. Put TrekRPG as channel, your nickname (replacing 'Gamer' which is there as a default option), press Connect, and there you go!

And now, the rules:

- Please, be civil. Not only with the ones hosting the chat and our guests from Decipher, but to everyone.
- The channel will be moderated, that is, you won't be able to speak directly into the main chat window when the Q & A session begins. To be able to ask a question, please query (private message) the ops, like this:
/msg OpName Your question goes here
- Remember, the ops will be posting on the main chat WHEN you'll be able to relay a question. Please, do not send them when you're not asked for. We'll attend and send those questions in strict order of appearance, and all of them will be relayed.
- Any questions you may have, please ask them to the ops, in the same way you would relay a question to our guests
- Do not message or query the guests directly
- There will be free chat at the end. In case we don't have many visitors, the chat will be probably unmoderated the entire time.
- Any breach of these rules during the chat will earn you a one-minute kick and ban (you won't be able to enter the channel for one minute) first, and then a night-long kick/ban.

Thank you for everything. See you there tomorrow!

[Ineti]

Quick question - is it possible to save a chat log through mIRC? That's the program I'll be using...

Looking forward to the chat!

[Dr. Jonas Bashir]

Yes, it's possible:

The best way is just enabling general 'logging'. Go to mIRC main menu (the little chat window icon top left) and select 'logging'.

You can also 'dump' the text into a file in any moment. Go to the same menu, then select 'Buffer > Save as'

That's it.

[Ineti]

Thanks for the info! Who will be the channel ops for this evening?

[Dr. Jonas Bashir]

I think I'll be quite alone with my @ tonight. Three of my four co-ops (Anarchy Bob, Styro and AslanC) are busy. I don't know about Brian K though.

[Don Mappin]

I'll be there and dusting off my "Starships" and "Enterprise" manuscripts to answer questions or on anything Coda in general.

[Ineti]

Thanks to Don and Doug, and the Doc for oping the chat last night. It was very informative and a lot of fun!