- GameSurge
GameSurge is a popular
Internet Relay Chat network devoted to the online multiplayer gaming community. Games commonly seen referenced on GameSurge include many first person shooters (such asCounter-Strike , ,Day of Defeat ,Call of Duty , andBattlefield 2 ) andMMORPG s (such asWorld of Warcraft andGuild Wars ).GameSurge is consistently in the top 10 IRC Networks by users currently online. [ [http://searchirc.com/network/GameSurge Search IRC, displaying network information for GameSurge ] ] [ [http://irc.netsplit.de/networks/GameSurge] ]
History
GameSurge was created in February 2004, as a result of the merger of GamesNET users and the ProGamePlayer Network, a network with common interests. [http://www.irc101.org/news.php?id=370 GamesNET, ProGamePlayer Announce Network Merger] ] The merger, coincidentally, occurred during a time of legal disputes over the domain name gamesnet.net.
At present day, the user base of GameSurge is primarily North American, with a growing number of English-speaking gamers from
Europe . The user base contains a large number of clans who participate in a wide variety of games. Among the more popular games on GameSurge are "Counter-Strike", "Counter-Strike: Source", "Day of Defeat ", and "Call of Duty ".Services
GameSurge runs a feature-rich package of services known as "
srvx ", which was written by GameSurge's development staff from scratch in C.GameSurge provides four user-accessible services:
*"AuthServ", which provides authentication for other services on the network and allows users to use anaccount that allows them to maintain channel access. In the interests of providing a service directed toward gaming (and thus allowing users to easily switch clan/team/guild tags), GameSurge does not provide nick registration.
*"ChanServ ", which provides facilities such as event logging and advanced user/ban management.
*"HelpServ" bots, which manage support requests in certain channels via aFIFO queue.
**"HelpServ", in the "#support" channel, for general user support.
**Other "HelpServ" bots in miscellaneous help channels throughout the network.
*"SpamServ", which provides spam protection services to channels on the network. This is a new service as of July, 2008.
*"HostServ", which provides free "titles" to users wishing to use cloaked hosts. See the [http://www.gamesurge.net/titles GameSurge Titles] page for details.References
External links
* [http://www.gamesurge.net/ GameSurge]
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