Well, between Syrup well on its way to movie theaters, Machine Man slated to hit bookstores in August, and a bevy of new features right here on Nationstates, it seemed as good a time as any to drag Max back online kicking and screaming to answer your questions! If you've been to one of these events, you should already know the drill; for newcomers and people who recognize that it's been nearly 2 bloody years and who should be expected to remember this stuff, read on for details and instructions to participate. They're a lot of fun and personally it is totally worth getting up ungodly early/staying up ungodly late for those of us in slightly more disagreeable timezones.
Final information
Date/Time: Thursday, August 18th/19 depending on your timezone.Check here for your local time. MaxChats typically run for about one hour, so be on time or you might miss it!
#nationstates - Main room
#nationstates_Q&A - secondary room and staging area.
Server: irc.gamesurge.net
Port: 6667
Web IRC client: http://www.gamesurge.net/chat/
Website: http://gamesurge.net/newuser
MaxChat Guidelines
In order to keep things from turning into an illegible zoo, we have some guidelines regarding how MaxChats are run.
- When you first sign on, make sure you're using your nation name as your nickname in the chat.
- Join both #nationstates and #nationstates_Q&A (this is done by typing in '/join #nationstates' and '/join #nationstates_Q&A' respectively.)
- Please note that #nationstates will be set +m, meaning that you cannot talk in there unless voiced. This is done to minimize confusion and enable Max to quickly see and respond to your questions. #nationstates_Q&A will be wide open for conversation and also as the staging area where you can put questions forward to be addressed in the main room.
- Please try and put forward relatively serious, on-topic questions regarding Nationstates, Max, and his work. We let some funny questions through, but Max is here to talk about his game and books, not about his opinions of influence/raiding/Security Council/etc. He owns the game, he doesn't necessarily know all the details about intra-regional politics or roleplaying organizations. This is also not the time nor place to ask Max about moderator actions or appeals.
- When posting a question for consideration, make sure that you post it in #nationstates_Q&A in bold text. (Bold text is activated in some IRC chat clients by pressing ctrl+b)
- If your question is selected, you'll be temporarily voiced in #nationstates while your question is put forward and answered. Please remember to stay on the subject!
- Do not spam in the Q&A room. These things typically draw dozens of people (I think the record is somewhere over 100) and the chat can be hard enough to follow when it's just normal conversation!
EDIT: OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT IS UP!
~Evil Forum Empress Rep Prod the Ninja Mod
~She who wields the Banhammer; master of the mighty moderation no-dachi Kiritateru Teikoku
