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krystyn

Heh, I was wondering if someone might make mention of that. Hee!

Steve, Scraps, and Space (oooo, alliteration!) all had excellent posts on the topic.

Indeed.

**Posted:** Wed Jul 21, 2004 12:34 am

Varin

**Posted:** Wed Jul 21, 2004 12:54 am

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fireball

Okey dokey, I'll put up my opinion on this matter.

Personally, I see no real reason to create an additional room. Chances are (and no, I don't know this for sure), the PM already knows about #beekeepers, and if Dana wanted to post that, she could (a la Pythia pointing to the Jawbreakers guide) If we pointed her to the unfiction "The Haunted Apiary" site, it says right there "Discussion in #beekeepers".

So, I see it, we have three scenarios:

The PM knows we're here, has no inclination to join into the #bk discussion as a character or his/herself, but wants to have explicit permission to steer others here.
The PM, or his/her characters desire to join into the conversation in #bk.
The PM doesn't even know we are here.

Ok. I figure Case 1 is most likely, and I see no harm in pointing to #bk. Hey, we might attract new people to the genre, and get them involved in the fun. Pointing to them to #ilovebees almost seems like we're screening them first.

Case 2 would be pretty laming, and that would be a game I wouldn't be that interested in. I don't (shouldn't) be playing from work, and to have to watch characters spilling game info in a channel all day would just be rather blah. So far, this seems to be a pretty quality game, and I think this case is unlikely.

Case 3 is most unlikely, considering that packages are getting sent to the ARG board masters (Steve from ARGN, Bill from Deaddrop). If the PMs don't know about this place, they're living under a pretty big rock.

So...I think this is just a public request from the PM to allow them to publicize our chatroom. And I honestly see no harm in that.

**Posted:** Wed Jul 21, 2004 6:03 am

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maybe this game [i]really[/i] relates to Kingdom of Loathing

**Posted:** Wed Jul 21, 2004 12:24 pm

alaranth

Re: maybe this game [i]really[/i] relates to Kingdom of Loat

**Posted:** Wed Jul 21, 2004 12:55 pm

Orikaeshigitae

I think my Mariachi pants are key to getting a UF stamp of approval.

I had heard that you needed stench resistance.. perhaps an asshat would be in order?

**Posted:** Wed Jul 21, 2004 2:37 pm

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Wishi-san

Oh yeah, Dana, gosh I'm living in the past here. Must be my inner dolphin pushing outwards.

**Posted:** Wed Jul 21, 2004 5:01 pm

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aliendial

Unbelievable. To the paranoid:

Clearly this was a request for permission to post a link to direct other gamers to a player group. Don't over analyze. (spherewatchers and cloudmakers got linked inside the Beast, BECAUSE THE PMs CHOSE TO LINK THEM)

Just because FB got the email (was he even the only one?) doesn't mean his answer is the only link they'll post. What do you want to bet that if/when something goes up there will be several links? The xbox ad alone is going to spawn groups all over the place. Personally, I think FB would be entirely appropriate in answering with #beekeepers.

So, "Guest" and "wife of Guest", send your own links. The game universe will take off wherever critical mass forms. Assuming the PMs want to post your links. Jeez.

All that aside, I know we consider UF "out of game" but if the goal of this request is to offer options to other gamers, and esp. for those w/o access to irc, what forums can we offer? By taking this approach (not suggesting Dana mention UF as well) we actually deny ourselves the role cloudmakers played in the Beast.

**Posted:** Thu Jul 22, 2004 5:06 pm

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alaranth

Someone (I forget who though, sorry!) mentioned today in #beekeepers that, if this is a tie-in to Halo 2, we might be better off having a filter channel to keep script kiddies out.

Though having some "31337 h4x0rz" running around could be entertaining... Very Happy

**Posted:** Thu Jul 22, 2004 8:32 pm

Greyelf · Boot Joined: 03 Apr 2004 Posts: 56 Location: Melbourne

I would think that if the PMs wanted / needed a in-game irc channel, that they would create one themself, and that its not up to the players to do this.

Game is just a life.

**Posted:** Thu Jul 22, 2004 11:46 pm