Before you “go offline” to spend time with your family this week we wanted to remind every one of our upcoming 2nd Annual WyldRyde New Year’s Eve Party on December 31, 2008 from 11pm to 2am EST/8pm to 11pm PST! Please remember, although the party is meant to be fun, it’s also a very important [...]
Since last evening the WyldRyde Web Chat has been experiencing an intermittent problem and successfully loads about 50% of the time. We believed that we would have this problem fixed last night but it was more complex than initially thought. Our techs are continuing to work on the issue and they expect to have it [...]
We’re going to ring in New Year’s Eve again with Subservient Chris on December 31, 2008 from 11pm to 2am EST/8pm to 11pm PST! As you may remember from last year, Chris Pirillo acts out any reasonable request in-exchange for a minimum $10.00 donation to WyldRyde.* Chris sang songs, danced, answered tech questions, put his [...]
LIVE from the North Pole, Santa Claus is streaming video and chatting on WyldRyde everyday from 6pm-12am EST/3pm-9pm PST until December 24th! Bring the kids and join the fun at http://www.wyldryde.org/channels/santa/! Brought to you by TheSquirrelCam.com, Ustream.TV and WyldRyde IRC Network!
Due to recent issues caused by unofficial bots and their owners we must remind everyone of our Bot Policy and begin strictly enforcing it. If you operate a bot please reread the policy and the rest of this post carefully. The biggest issue of late is the rise of complaints of unofficial bots joining channels [...]
After weeks of testing we’re happy to announce the addition of the following servers today: atlantis.wyldryde.org in Secaucus, NJ. Sponsored by ProTypoz.net. excelsior.wyldryde.org in Atlanta, GA. Sponsored by Lockergnome.com. pegasus.wyldryde.org in Los Angeles, CA. Sponsored by Geekstogo.com and ProTypoz.net. WyldRyde thanks the server owners and their sponsors! As always, you should connect to the WyldRyde [...]
Unfortunately, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals are often subjected to homophobic remarks and harassment online, as in real life. We do not want anyone to feel disrespected, insecure, unwanted or unsafe. Homophobic remarks such as “thats so gay” or “this is gay” are the most commonly heard. Even since these slurs are often [...]
On WyldRyde all our users’ IP addresses and host masks are privatized upon connection to prevent others from determining your IP address or full hostmask. Only WyldRyde Staff and YOU can see your own IP address and full host. So when YOU “/whois your-own-nick” you will see it. However, when others whois you they will [...]
We really appreciate everyone who hangs out in #Help and is eager to try to help others but there are some instances when you shouldn’t get involved and instead allow the WyldRyde Staff and official helpers (halfops and higher) deal with the problem. Some examples of serious issues where it would be best for you [...]
