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QuakeNet is the largest IRC network in the world, with its average number of users well over 150,000. It has been part of the Big Four (the group of four largest IRC networks) since 2002. At its peak on 17th November 2003, the network recorded 218,709 simultaneous connections.
Founded in 1997 as an IRC network for Quakeworld players, QuakeNet has seen huge growth over the years as it attracted many other gamers. It became popular because of its service bot 'Q'.
QuakeNet has many services, some of which are:
- F - Manages #feds operator help channel
- G - Automated help and control service service, second version of H and F, undergoing beta testing
- H - Automated help service (Newserv module)
- L - Lightweight channel management service
- N - Newserv control service, controls Newserv service framework, used by opers
- N2 - Another Newserv control service
- O - Operserv, for use by opers
- P - Proxy scanner (Newserv module)
- Q - The fully featured channel management service, the most famous QuakeNet service
- Q9 - New version of Q channel service, currently undergoing testing (Newserv module)
- R - Q request service (Newserv module)
- S - Spam scanner
- T - Trojan scanner (Newserv module)
- Y - Another Newserv control service (runs test code)
- Z - Network version scanner, used rarely for giving client counts (Newserv module)
Former services:
- E - E-mail service, used by for processing the trust queue and sending acceptance/rejection emails
- B - Private service used by Boomtown customers.
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