IRC was such an interesting place - vast with a ton of different niches.
I spent a whole summer downloading and burning dreamcast games - to a 14 year old it felt like I'd won the lottery.
All of my gaming friends hung out on IRC as well, on top of stuff like cracked passwords for pay sites , software, and just all the weird niche hangouts like the phreaking channels.
It was a great part of growing up, sometimes I'm tempted to check in and see what's still around but somehow I never get around to it.
I spent a whole summer downloading and burning dreamcast games - to a 14 year old it felt like I'd won the lottery.
All of my gaming friends hung out on IRC as well, on top of stuff like cracked passwords for pay sites , software, and just all the weird niche hangouts like the phreaking channels.
It was a great part of growing up, sometimes I'm tempted to check in and see what's still around but somehow I never get around to it.