Well, I was in the chatroom for Vampires! A dark alleyway. After some conversation and silliness, which includes occasional actions in the *action here* form, I'm told not to use caps, ever. Supposedly becuase I'll get kicked, despite there being NOTHING in the rules saying "Don't talk in all caps". (Some of them say it increases server load, which is bull****, becuase a capital letter takes the same amount of bytes (one) as a noncapital letter in ASCII. I point this out, and people just get angry). I ask where the no-caps rule. Nobody awnsers my question and I search for myself. I say that it'd be better if these rules were more official. Then, I say that some people see it as yelling, and thus rude in large amounts, and say that I'm using it sparingly. So then I think, "Okay, these people are uptight."
Eventually, I start to be frusturated at the lack of client features, and I speak my mind about it. Someone says "Why don't you just use your own client, then?" I say, "Becuase...I don't know the server address. I can't connect to this server without the address." He says, "Here. Lemme help you." Then he kicks me. (He had to say that before the kick since he couldn't add a comment to his kick, btw.)
I come back, frustruated (after a while of searching for the command to rejoin a channel). Returning I ask what my kick was warranted for. I don't really get a good reason. I let it slide for then.
I notice some more problems with the built-in client, and I voice my opinions on them. People start getting annoyed with me. I explain the possibility for being in multiple chatrooms at once. They say it'd 'slow everything down'. I reply, saying that IRC clients aren't that taxing - I have a client set up on my box with an 850MHz processor and a DSL connection. People tell me to "shut the hell up" at the drop of a hat.
Eventually, I tell them that I'm just trying to talk about possibilites for upgrades. But they won't listen, and I eventually say I'm leaving.
Unfortunately, I had to ask "Uhm, what's the disconnect command?" Apparently, the only way to disconnect is to close the window. Very professional, not having a quit command. ¬_¬
I'm not going into one of those chatrooms. Again.
Had similar chatroom experiences?
EDIT: Post refined. It should be easier to understand now.
Edited by Stungun, 04 July 2005 - 01:07 AM.