IRC Coding for Dummies?
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gul_dukat4president · 2017-06-08 20:54

Hello, I have no idea what I'm doing, but sure am hoping this is the
right place.

My pie in the sky dream is this, I want to set up a private server for
IRC, as well as create a bot for rolling and a script for logging.  I
know it's possible as I've played in a few games where people have set
such things up, but I have no idea how to even start to do it myself.

I am not a techy person, but I love to learn and to be self-
sufficient.  Is this something that I could even hope to accomplish,
having no prior programming experience?  If not, are there other
recommendations or possibilities available to me?

Also, do I need to buy a server, or can I rent server space somewhere?
I live in a shoe-box apartment in the middle of a downtown area and I
don't know if keeping a server here would be a good idea.

Thank you to any and all that took the time to read this!

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FevLover · 2017-06-08 23:06

rent is the best option here.
you can even rent a VPS if this private network gonna be for you and
your friends.
bigger if you gonna make this network global.

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gul_dukat4president · 2017-06-08 23:38

Gonna sound super ignorant, but what is VPS?

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Daniel_Oaks · 2017-06-09 02:12

Virtual Private Server. Essentially you head to a VPS Provider and
rent a server for $X per month (usually it's decently cheap, and it's
better if they specifically mention IRC somewhere). Once you have
that, you can install a private server on it and start playing around!

*edit:* I will note, if you're mostly looking to play with bots and
scripts, it could also be good to test them on public networks.
Usually what I do is have an IRC server on my local computer to do my
initial testing with, and then once I'm pretty sure it won't spam
things like crazy I can test it on live networks (most are alright
with bots, so long as they're not malicious and don't negatively
affect the server/network).

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gul_dukat4president · 2017-06-09 02:40

Thank you!

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rubinlinux · 2017-06-09 06:23

Sorry to be thus guy,  but ruining an IRC network is a LOT of work.
Instead,  I think you should register a private channel on an existing
IRC network,  and connect your bot there.

Source: helped run Afternet for 20ish years.

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Dijit · 2017-06-09 08:06

Depends how many people are involved.

I run an IRC network of 5 nodes (but only 200 people) and I never have
to spend much time on it.

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gul_dukat4president · 2017-06-09 16:54

I hear you, I remember how much work it was for an old pal of mine,
but I just have never liked public servers.   ;(  ty for the reality
check tho!

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FevLover · 2017-06-25 16:53

VPS = Virtual Private Server / Part of bigger server