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| − | '''#S2Beta''' is the official IRC channel for [[The Sonic 2 Beta Page]] (formerly Simon Wai's Sonic 2 Beta). Its current location is on [irc://irc.s2beta.org/ irc.s2beta.com]. The original AfterNET #sws2b was registered in mid-2005. | + | '''#retro''' is the official IRC channel for [[Sonic Retro]] (formerly Simon Wai's Sonic 2 Beta/[[The Sonic 2 Beta Page]]). Its current home is [http://badnik.net/ irc.badnik.net] a.k.a. [[BadnikNET]], the dedicated community IRC server run by Sonic Retro's owner, [[Scarred Sun]]. The channel's original incarnation, #sws2b on AfterNET, was registered in mid-2005. |
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| − | At first, S2B's Tech Members were automatically given op status within the channel, a power structure which often resulted in more ops than 'ordinary' members. It also rendered op powers essentially meaningless, since a majority of the regular users have them. This structure was abandoned in 2006, and the channel currently has five or six ops. | + | At first, the forum's [[Tech Member]]s were automatically given op status within the channel, a power structure that often resulted in more ops than 'ordinary' members. It also rendered op powers essentially meaningless, since a majority of the regular users had them. This structure was abandoned in 2006, and the channel currently has four or five ops and a couple of half-ops. Currently, Tech Members, [[Oldbie|Oldbies]] and [[Wiki Sysop|Wiki Sysops]] are given voice. |
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| − | <nowiki>#</nowiki>S2Beta has a far more informal nature than the S2B forums, almost to the point of having a completly different personality - frequent meme usage, CAPS ABUSE, non-sequitor conversations and monolouges, and so on. Most prominently, those banned or [[Pending Approval|PAed]] on the forum (for example [[Wetflame]]) can join the chat freely. | + | <nowiki>#</nowiki>retro used to have a far more informal nature than the Sonic Retro forums, almost to the point of having a completely different personality: frequent meme usage, CAPS ABUSE, non-sequitur conversations, and so on. Nowadays the channel has changed personality – rules are stricter and enforced a lot more, with a consequent increase of kicks and bans; with the addition of some filters, CAPS ABUSE is no longer possible; the flood limit has been increased, to a new threshold of 5 lines in 2 seconds; and so on. |
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| − | ==Server History==
| + | Those banned or [[Pending Approval|PAed]] on the Sonic Retro Message Board can still join #retro freely. |
| − | The channel was registered to [[voice]] on [http://www.afternet.org the AfterNET IRC Network] in early May 2005. It was actually an offshoot of #randomsonicnet on the same network, and the first regular users were regulars in #rsn; however, #sws2b quickly grew much larger than the (still-inactive) #rsn. AfterNET's open-proxy blacklist scans caused too much trouble for the channel, and in April 2006, voice decided to move it to CulTNET, the server for [[Sonic CulT]]. [[Sazpaimon]] set up a special sub-server for SWS2B that lacked fsay capabilities.
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| − | On June 12, 2006, the channel moved to [irc://tetraq.2y.net/ the Tetraq IRC server].
| + | ==Server history== |
| | + | The channel was originally registered to [[voice]] on [http://www.afternet.org the AfterNET IRC Network] in early May 2005, under the name #sws2b for [[The Sonic 2 Beta Page|Simon Wai's Sonic 2 Beta]]. It was actually an offshoot of #randomsonicnet on the same network, and the first regular users were regulars in #rsn; however, #sws2b quickly grew much larger than the (still-inactive) #rsn. AfterNET's open-proxy blacklist scans caused too much trouble for the channel, and in April 2006, voice decided to move it to [[CulTNET]], the server for [[Sonic CulT]]. [[Sazpaimon]] set up a special sub-server for #sws2b that lacked ''fsay'' capabilities. |
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| − | In September 2006, the channel was given official status and moved back to [irc://irc.sonic-cult.org/ the Sonic CulT server].
| + | On June 12, 2006, the channel moved to [irc://tetraq.2y.net/ the Tetraq IRC server]. In September 2006, it was given official status as part of SWS2b and was moved back to [irc://irc.sonic-cult.org/ the Sonic CulT server]. December 2006 saw the channel move to its own server at [irc://irc.s2beta.com s2beta.com] in an apparent attempt to stop rampant IRCop abuse. |
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| − | December 2006 saw the channel move to its own server at [irc://irc.s2beta.com s2beta.com] in an apparent attempt to stop rampant IRCop abuse.
| + | In September 2007, the channel was renamed to #retro to reflect The Sonic 2 Beta Page becoming [[Sonic Retro]]. #retro is hosted on [[BadnikNET]], Retro [[Administrator]]/owner [[Scarred Sun]]'s dedicated IRC network for various “tech, pop culture and video game-related sites”. |
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| − | ==External Links== | + | ==External links== |
| − | * [irc://irc.s2beta.com/#s2beta The channel itself] | + | *[irc://irc.badnik.net/retro The channel itself] |
| − | * [http://quotes.randomsonicnet.org Quote database chiefly culled from #s2beta] | + | *{{LinkRetro|topic=12220|title=Information and Rules thread on the forums}} |
| | + | *[http://www.badnik.net/qdb/ BadnikNET Quote Database, culled chiefly from #retro] |
| | + | *[http://www.badnik.net/stats/?m=c&p=status&chan=%23retro Channel statistics from Motobug] |
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| | [[Category:IRC]] | | [[Category:IRC]] |
| − | [[Category:Sonic 2 Beta Page stuff]] | + | [[Category:Sonic Retro Community]] |
#retro used to have a far more informal nature than the Sonic Retro forums, almost to the point of having a completely different personality: frequent meme usage, CAPS ABUSE, non-sequitur conversations, and so on. Nowadays the channel has changed personality – rules are stricter and enforced a lot more, with a consequent increase of kicks and bans; with the addition of some filters, CAPS ABUSE is no longer possible; the flood limit has been increased, to a new threshold of 5 lines in 2 seconds; and so on.
In September 2007, the channel was renamed to #retro to reflect The Sonic 2 Beta Page becoming Sonic Retro. #retro is hosted on BadnikNET, Retro Administrator/owner Scarred Sun's dedicated IRC network for various “tech, pop culture and video game-related sites”.
