2011/04/06 Server Restart
The server hung after 3.5 years of uptime and had to be rebooted.
2010/09/14 News
We have updated to the latest stable releases of atheme and inspircd. We also upgraded to the latest beta of pipsqueek. Please report any problems you may find.
On October 17th, 2:14 am EST, PipSqueek becomes self aware. Shaun, in a drunken rage rambling something about 'Sharks Rule' and 'where the hell are my pants' trips over the plug. Enraged, SkyNet telnets into a nuclear weapons facility. Things spiral out of control from there.
-- daemorhedron
When we're not idle...
Idlemonkeys is a chat network with discussion centered around code-hacking and technology (well, it is when we actually chat :-)) If you'd like to come chat with us, just hit the Chat Now button up top, or grab your favorite IRC client and connect to our network at irc.idlemonkeys.net/6667 (use port 7000 for SSL encryption)
If you've never used IRC before, here are our recommendations for a suitable chat client.
- For Mac OS X users, check out Colloquy
- For Windows users, try Silverex X-Chat
- For Linux users, you can't beat XChat
- And for awesome, use irssi
Once you've chosen a client and connected, use /list to choose a channel and start chatting!
Evolution of the monkey
Before we became Idlemonkeys, this network was known as TopGamers. That name was the result of slyfx and l8nite attempting to describe the community they helped create with their challenge sites: aspectgames and slyfx. Over time, the original member challenge sites from TopGamers have fallen into disrepair, migrated away or disappeared entirely. Though there are still some vestiges of the challenge sites living in the network today, the majority of the community is built on tech-oriented discussion and long-time friendship.
The name TopGamers barely applied to the scope of the network to begin with (Every once in awhile, a newbie will join and ask what we think about the latest-greatest PC/Xbox/PS2 game, and we have to explain what the 'Gamers' in TopGamers means). The new network name, Idlemonkeys, is more generic and suited to our super-sapien ability to stay silent for many hours at a time.