Thursday May 24, 2012 4:59 PM AEST

Atomic IRC staff chat

By Staff Writers
00:00 Jan 1, 1900
Tags: Atomic | IRC | staff | chat

Last Thursday’s IRC m33t absolutely went off! Hours and hours of ‘tech and trash’ talk flying across the screen at near warp speed as a new channel record of 117 people discussed the mag, the community, computers, relationships – pretty much every

Last Thursday's IRC m33t absolutely went off! Hours and hours of 'tech and trash' talk flying across the screen at near warp speed as a new channel record of 117 people discussed the mag, the community, computers, relationships – pretty much every topic under the sun.

Although we'd stated there would be no formal Q&A session during the chat, the mood took us all and we decided to do a half hour moderated chat just for the heck of it. Posted below is the moderated Q&A session, for those of you who couldn't make it due to Uni/work/school/assignments and deadlines.

[20:59] Question : where did the idea for the atomic mag start?
[20:59] <@ChaosLady> Flouncy: Foofighter asks... can have the FooBox in the hot box section, you've seen some pics already tonight
[21:00] sorry foo, cant do that
[21:00] trev99 ask..... All staff: if you could be one video game charecter, who would it be and why?
[21:01] Trev: Without a doubt Guybrush Threepwood, Mighty Pirate
[21:01] Question : question: if you had to name the mag somehting else because at0mic was taken (god forbid) what would it have been?
[21:01] it was born in a radioactive marshland, just east of Area 52
[21:01] * @Flouncy would be the leader of the race that conquers the galaxy in MOO2.
[21:01] <@ChaosLady> can we start an offical Atomic clan in like quake, wc2 ect ect
[21:01] hmm. no idea on that game character one sorry :)
[21:01] Lush
[21:01] there already is an atomic clan isn't there?
[21:01] I'd be lara croft for my sheer sexiness
[21:02] <@ChaosLady> HSV_Guy asks, around how many issues of atomic do you sell each month?
[21:02] Ah zeddicus... you are definately Sarge from Quake 3
[21:02] theres a few, iirc. not using the word 'official' tho
[21:02] gotta say i'd be sarge from quake
[21:02] 4-9 million
[21:02] Question : [21:05] when r u guys getting a game cube?
[21:02] <@ChaosLady> How long was atomic being planned before it was started as issue 1
[21:02] hehe
[21:02] 4 months
[21:02] <@ChaosLady> soz Grams
[21:02] Flounce -- that's underestimating a little isn't it?
[21:02] 4 months? whoah...
[21:02] that includes China mart
[21:02] Question : [21:08] Sorry to bother ya, but the Atomic website is giving me a Runtime error (3 actually) every page i load. Browser or server prob?
[21:02] lol at that one
[21:03] Ah, yes.
[21:03] Thats because Linux is evil :)
[21:03] NOB: email me the error msg. bwebb@atomicmpc.com.au ill fix tomozz for ou
[21:03] you
[21:03] over to you Zed
[21:03] Question: [21:07] Why do they put lables on undies and shirts in positions that cause maximum irritation?
[21:03] did zedd break the site again?
[21:03] just wear them inside out - logical
[21:03] good one zedd
[21:03] Well Darkon, I blame the Freemasons
[21:03] site's up and running fine
[21:03] cant troubleshoot ASP and SQL error codes right now tho :)
[21:03] it sure is
[21:03] <@ChaosLady> Question: [21:01] What music do u guys work to? Or what music so u use to piss off the other offices?
[21:04] ACDC Thunderstruck is fave - gotta love that bass
[21:04] DJ, that is a loaded question indeed. I will say that Gunnie LOVES Mr. Bungle when I play it in the labs :P
[21:04] <@ChaosLady> god I hate that
[21:04] anything with base
[21:04] i have an extensive collection of d shiot
[21:04] Nooooo not the bungle!
[21:04] Bungle rocks
[21:04] bass, zedd, not base
[21:04] and anything NOT playing out of a mac
[21:04] muhahaha
[21:04] Question: 21:11] Martigen does FLF 1.5 rocks? and should more ppl play it? =)
[21:04] lol
[21:05] <@ChaosLady> Question: [21:03] what hardware does the server run on?
[21:05] nope... anything that is base...
[21:05] zedd?
[21:05] Yes indeed! Front Line Force 1.5 rocks most mightily, and everyone in the universe should play it!
[21:05] it's bitchin?
[21:05] dual p700 iirc. 512MB ram, 60GB disk
[21:05] off the top of my head
[21:05] Question: [21:11] Q: Who came up with the original idea for the green o in atomic?
[21:05] and it's got wheels!
[21:05] could be wrong
[21:05] yea, wheels :)
[21:05] the green O elf
[21:05] wheels! w00t!
[21:05] Question: [21:11] Ben: Can i come visit you guys in the office some time...? I pass redfern all the tie, can i come in and visit?
[21:05] Rik, the designer for concept and first issue
[21:06] benz - no.
[21:06] <@ChaosLady> Question [21:05] Has atomic, will atomic ever do a review on a mac in general?
[21:06] a wise decision Flouncy
[21:06] probably not chaos
[21:06] Question: [21:12] What games r u guys currently playing?
[21:06] who knows, Mac could be leading the pack in 5 years. Pffft.
[21:07] JKII, Morrowwind, Proj Goth Racing
[21:07] we can certainly look at that in 5 years
[21:07] * +Martigen throws some water onto Gunslinger to wake him up
[21:07] <@ChaosLady> Question: [21:06] is the reason for atomic being green the same as why x-box is?
[21:07] moo2
[21:07] the onyl reason we dont take heaps of ppl in to visit is simply time restrictions BenZor. even one person means at least an hour with not much work done

[21:07] moo3 [drool]
[21:07] HSV_Guy: we had the colors first. they copied us :)
[21:07] i've got the beta :}
[21:07] Question : [21:13] Q: Why do nice girls hate me?
[21:07] !
[21:07] <@ChaosLady> Question: [21:07] does the quality of the forums not concern atomic? Its a computer magzine after all, and should present quality material in its forums, a thing that is missing, and found rarly in quality posts.
[21:08] you've got to look in the right places...
[21:08] oooh i like this one
[21:08] <@ChaosLady> Question: [21:07] Is there spam in Potatocake?
[21:08] lol
[21:08] [21:14] Flouncy: where do you see at0mic magazine say.... 3 years from now?
[21:08] freespace: rephrase. what do you mean quality? Spam? downtime? what? then resend to chaos
[21:08] and repost :)
[21:08] absolutely, it should be 'Potatocak'
[21:08] <@ChaosLady> Question: [21:07] Ben / Bennet: whats the process for bench testing something when it comes in? are there certain steps etc? to test overclocking, or just what bennet wants to do
[21:08] the forums are as much atomic as the mag is, in some ways more. like the mag, the forums are very, very good.
[21:09] <@ChaosLady> Question: [21:08] what do the gods see as the next big area of hardware improvement in the nearish future?
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