KINGARTHUR'S PROFILE

When it comes to computers, I've learned first-hand that the slightest of inconveniences can push even the smartest of people away. Command-lines are, really, more forbidding than it would seem to many average people.

In addition, a lot of people new to IRC don't understand concepts unique to IRC like bots, idling, and discussions over extended periods of time. They are also biased by the misconception that IRC is a "dead" communications medium because of its age if they've heard of it at all, and if they haven't heard of IRC the misconception of it being an obscure communications medium also reinforces their initial impression that IRC is "dead".

Oftentimes, I see people new to IRC join a channel, say hi or ask a question, see that it's quiet at the moment, and then summarily leave because the quiet channel inadvertantly reinforced their assumption that IRC is dead, never to return.

People new to IRC try to treat it like they do Skype where people who aren't around actually show as offline; they try to treat it like they do Twitter or Facebook where talk is always happening or just around the corner; they try to treat it like a short conversation in an IM service when its not, when it's actually a cross between a forum/message board and real-time discussions.

Essentially, IRC's command-line history, its culture, and its age all play against earning the appeal of younger people, and while it is a shame I honestly can't fault them. IRC comparatively is inconvenient, and its culture and paradigms are markedly different from the trending mediums of communication today.

author=Shinan
So yeah I'd say IRC is alive and well. Not AS alive and well as it once was. But seriously, who under 20 even KNOWS what IRC is in today's social media world?

Ironically, I'd wager IRC does a far better job of "social networking" than the likes of Twitter and Facebook because it enables a real-time large communications network that is also redundant in its design, unlike Twitter/FB which aren't real-time without constant refreshing nor redundant (single point of failure in their websites). Also a ton more privacy than Twitter/FB too.

Alas, not many <20s who aren't already "in-the-know" one way or another know of or use IRC. Quite a shame since IRC is so effective in what it does.

Those are Kaduki's resources, came to prominence and popularity back in RMVX thanks to its outstanding quality and also because Kaduki's resources were compatible with the Tankentai side-view battle system.

As far as I know though, Kaduki isn't related with First Seed Material.

Added to the OP a Mediafire mirror for vx_sample.exe provided by GrandmaDeb over on RPGMakerWeb.

Linked LWG's archive in the OP.