It only really confuses me because there's not really a lot of value in writing your own "not quite IRC" type chat system. Just think about the development and administration time that went into setting something up that's probably not as good as something you can apt-get install.
Are there any great examples of IRC being used for the backend of a games chat system?
How would you envision using IRC in this case?
Would have been great to see RiotGames write their own custom framework to interface between their game and an IRC backend, open source it for other companies to contribute to and prevent further reinventing of the wheel.
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It only really confuses me because there's not really a lot of value in writing your own "not quite IRC" type chat system. Just think about the development and administration time that went into setting something up that's probably not as good as something you can apt-get install.
I can't agree more.
Are there any great examples of IRC being used for the backend of a games chat system?
How would you envision using IRC in this case?
Would have been great to see RiotGames write their own custom framework to interface between their game and an IRC backend, open source it for other companies to contribute to and prevent further reinventing of the wheel.
Worms Armageddon and some other Worms games use IRC for lobby chat.
http://worms2d.info/WormNET_(Worms_Armageddon)
Pretty sure Eve did/does. Twitch does.