Sinsira now has its own never ending story!

No, not the movie. This is better -- it's an interactive story written by you and other members of the community. Just click "Interactive Story" on the left side to get started.

How it works

Start reading. At the end of each chapter, you'll find two choices. Each choice leads to a new chapter. That means the story branches off in two directions at each chapter.

Eventually, you'll hit a spot where one of the choices leads to nothing -- nobody has written anything for that choice! Now it's your turn to decide where the story goes.

By that point, you've probably got some idea where you expect or want things to go. Disregard your writing talent and just start typing! This is very casual. Think of it like posting on the forums, except it is a forum just for this, and it isn't linear.

Since each chapter results in another split in the story, you can be either very detailed or very brief. Longer chapters (a few paragraphs or more) will mean that the plot develops more and the story seems less frantic. Short chapters (a few sentences) will get quicker replies since the atmosphere is more casual, and will generally stick to one path -- the path with more action.

A Useful Tip!

Click the "Go to Outline" link at the bottom of any page to see a map of the story and quickly jump to any chapter. It's the easiest way to navigate!

Terms of Service and Privacy Policy

A few days ago, with the assistance of our User Services Division, we have completed the new Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.

If you haven't read these, you probably want to. The policies are very similar to those found in the previous Terms of Service document, but are more comprehensive with less specificity, allowing for broader coverage. In other words, our rules have changed and you should really go find out what they say since you're agree to them every time you connect.

Both of these documents are written to cover the IRC network and only cover a limited portion of the web site.

Upcoming Web Site Features

I've decided to go ahead with the additional services integration with the web site. Some of the things I'll be including for end-users are:

• ChanServ
  • Topic / AppendTopic
  • Modes (including those that affect users)
  • Access / XOP
• NickServ
  • Set
    • Password
    • Language
    • URL
    • E-Mail
    • ICQ
    • Greet
  • Release
  • Ghost
• StatServ
  • Monitor / Stop Monitoring (Channel founders only)
• HostServ / vHostServ
  • Instant virtual host assignment (similar to #vhost functionality)
• MemoServ
  • Send
  • Read
  • Delete
• Sinsira-Web-Site
  • Quotation database access similar to that of Karappo
  • Got an idea for this bot? Post it on the suggestions forum!

Since that list is rather lengthy, it will take quite a while for the functionality to be added entirely. Most likely, it will be several weeks before any of it appears on the network; extensive testing is done to ensure secure, bug-free operation of all new features before they are implemented in the live, production servers.

The last top-level bullet, Sinsira-Web-Site, is an experimental bot on the IRC network. It is used as a gateway for passing information between IRC, IRC services, other bots, and the web site. Right now, functionality is very limited: some user activity messages are posted to #general, StatServ's statistics may be used for various kinds of information such as last-connected status of a nick or mask, and very generic help messages on several topics can be found by using hard-coded help commands.

If you've got any ideas for some new features for the bot, post them in the suggestions forum. All of the bot's abilities will be either network-related or web site-related (that's right, no Google, weather, FML, or other external or unnecessary commands). If you have any questions about the bot, please contact me (Kabaka) either via MemoServ, query, or #Help (say my name).