IRC Server and MT

Dan Adnerson says:
:
:	Well, this is my very first post to this list, but I've been
:reading for a long while...  I hope my contribution is worth
:something.  :)
:
:	It seems to me that a modified IRC server would do nicely as
:a Traveller's Aid.  Program in certain commands to bring up task

Pardon my naivete.  What's an IRC server?


:The idea would also allow people from
:all over the world to play in a campaign, instead of just a few
:friends that have never played traveller before.  There are
:disadvantages as well, obviously.

You *ARE* new.  :=)  The PBEM does this quite well, too.  AND..
yes, there are disadvantages.  But the building of the global
village that happens makes it worthwhile to me.

:
:	While this has many disadvantages, another one being that
:you couldn't play it on pc's that aren't hooked to the internet
:somehow, the system would be virtually free, and there would be no
:compatibility problems.

Please elaborate.  This sounds strangely like what I was going to
posit as "idea number 2" after the furor from the first died down.

Are you saying, "set up a global BBS-like system, strictly for
role playing"?

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