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I don't know why, but every time I see Tcl popup on HN or somewhere else, I get this nostalgic feeling of writing tcl scripts for IRC eggdrop bots in the early
by gt565k 10y ago
I don't know why, but every time I see Tcl popup on HN or somewhere else, I get this nostalgic feeling of writing tcl scripts for IRC eggdrop bots in the early 2000s.
For those that remember, this site has a good collection of such scripts:
http://www.egghelp.org/tcl.htm http://www.egghelp.org/tcl.htm
I miss the days when IRC was the primary way of messaging people. Thinking back of quakenet and gamesurge... Nothing has really managed to replace that community infrastructure IRC provided. Especially for PC gamers.
Even joining your local city's channel, to find folks with common interests, and instantly chat with them. Ahhh, the feels!
- eggy 10y agoI wasn't a gamer, but belonging to ECHO (East Coast Hang Out) in NYC in the early 90s was similar. We had monthly meetups at a bar downtown, and I got to meet people with similar and different, but interesting passions. I chalk it up to the novelty and size of this sort of thing back then. It exists now in meetups and other such things like Gitter, but it's more common, so it seems less special (but it's not!).