chat channels.

i don't have much use for clan chat, seeing as i haven't exactly yet found any clan i'm not leery enough of to join. which would be a clan not too big that i can't get to know every person, a clan who doesn't consider joining them marrying the lot of them, in that they can actually be civil about letting people leave, and a clan not about to turn on me the moment we reach the wildy for hate-related reasons.

so my only use for clan chat would be to talk with friends, because it's much easier to spend a few seconds creating a chat channel and thereafter merely typing '/' before each sentence, rather than going through that whole ordeal of needing to click on the names, and apologise with sorry wp everytime you mix up random names with the strange questions asked. both of which are varied and numerous enough to confuse.

then there're the channels hosted by jmods, for various purposes. i don't suppose this is confidential, since some channels are, after all, open to the public. those being the channels i'll mention. some of them are completely empty. freakily. some are full enough, but no one talks, and anyone who tries to start a conversation's met with silence. of the worded sort.

then zezima enters one of them. and boom. it wakes up. i don't know how, but some people somehow manage to find their way in, and there you go.

i realise i'm not saying half of what i wanted to say because i don't know if it's sayable. short post then.

other than those i'm specifically directed to, i just don't come across any others. i've been warned of channels that try to remain rule-free, by virtue of trying to remain genuine player- and mod-free. a pity about that one, i've been trying to search out those like it. with 'the channel you tried to join does not exist' results.

well that's it. enforced (hopefully) month-long hiatus from rs. i'll probably only last till next weekend.

clan chat.

i don't know what to think of it, really.

1. it's a breeding ground for scams, cybering, rule-breaking... so what, go ahead and fester cos there's a 'report abuse' function?

my point (and many others') being that there's absolutely no one around or even able to moderate the chat channels.

2. useful practice for would-be eavesdroppers. such as me. i've learnt 'dropping eaves' ranks much more highly in the pasttime department than 'making a complete fool of myself and by association ruining the reputation of mods in general'.

or you could always term it 'ninja' if you'd go out of your way not to associate yourself with any lower form of espoinage.

3. networking. or social interactions. tbh i don't find listening in much fun at all. in the only chat channel i regularly seek out, i don't know half the people and have too low of an opinion of the other half for it to matter.

4. yeah. it's intended purpose. organising. i've never been in a clan, have been highly advised not to, and don't intend to anyway. so i can't judge how effective it really is in the clan department. the only time i've actually seen it in action, it was posted in response to flaming and abuse made via the channel...

so all in all. apathy's the word. i don't care much for it, and try as i might, i can't actually bring myself to.

there's so many other things more complicated, more important going on in real life. i want to blog about that, not about some irc for preteens.

so bear with me? i'm going to blog about rl right after this. i'd rather appear as a real person to you, and i know this is more important to me right now than anything else rs related, and blogging about clan chat, of all things, isn't going to make it dissapear, isn't even going to make me forget. and come to think of it, i don't want to forget. i shouldn't forget, i should remember.

and be glad.