I think the hangouts and the IRC wont be too much competition. I'll probably just be in IRC most/all the time to give instant help or crit, and I'll try to populate the hangout when actually working.
For someone like me, the google hangouts is a little intimidating. I feel like google+ doesn't have the same accessibility as IRC, and IRC isn't limited. I'll definitely try to hang out in the channel from time to time!
Oh god, I used to be addicted to IRC, why you do this to me D: Jokes aside, I really hope this becomes a "thing", because I love IRC and I love Polycount, so why the hell not!?
i loved irc, til i stopped using it due to no channel i would be interested in, now i can go back to my old love, gonna go get a client i think :) i love irc
hey guys, I love all the communication and shared knowledge of this subforum so I decided maybe why not have an IRC available too if people want to talk about the workshop or have any questions or want to share stuff, etc. Feel free to join, on freenode.net I'm in the #polycountdota channel. Anyone interested in making…
The hangouts could complement the IRC - they could be the place where people who want to stream work without using Twitch could go to share stuff. And the IRC could be used to coordinate multiple hangouts too. Really do wish the Hangouts would allow no limit to chat connections though. Would be cool there was like maybe…
Yeeeeears ago there was even a built-in IRC client straight within the main Polycount page ... Indeed, a great way to share knowledge, and makes you feel right at home :)