Winter in Quebec.

[Alex (Se7eN / leophanx)]

This year, some cities where I live have broken records when it comes to the amount of snow we've had. The streets covered in snow were worthy of taking pictures (and quite possible worthy as an article for the LaG news page?  ). Most of the snowbanks are as high as the houses' 2nd floor. I got creative and thought I'd write LaG in the snow  Take a look at this.

[Khellendross]

Whats the cost of living like up there?

[Alex (Se7eN / leophanx)]

It's fairly reasonable if you weight both the average rent prices compared to our minimum wage (8.00$). Quebec though, is one of the very few provinces that has a provincial tax as well as a federal tax. And the tax is actually higher than the federal. It's a lot better than Ontario though. The prices for rent there is nuts compared to here. A friend of mine has a bachelor appartment in Ottawa and pays around 900$ a month. You can get a 3 bedroom appartment, heated, lighted, cable tv and parking for that price here in Quebec.  Canada spends billions and billions of dollars for snow removal projects. It's very costly. I think this year we busted our budget of 2.5 billion.

[Alex (Se7eN / leophanx)]

You really need to start using IRC Khell. There's over 30 people in the channel. If you can't get mIRC to work, try Trillian, it's actually easier to use than mIRC.

[Khellendross]

I have trillian, somewhere...

Im at work atm though, hence me not being on (*points to xfire link* yeh, offline... er... online... but not at home, left the PC on, GG!)

[Andrew (I2ed3ye)]

Holy crap!  Where's the igloos at?   You could make a stellar maze out of all that!  Crespo IRL hehe.  Awesome LaG tag BTW.  Looks pro!

[Donnie (S3 / Jagor)]

Now this post is full of win.  Nice job Se7, I think you may have given me a basis for a new contest I'd been thinking of starting for a while.

[Oakmist]

I totally feel guilty for grouching about the 7 inches of snow that keeps my kids home from school...

[bitchgoddess]

not me! i complain when it rains.

<3 South Texas ( and Se7 too)

[Donnie (Arne)]

our Mirc chan is boring.  No one ever talks in it.

[Alex (Se7eN / leophanx)]

Starring at your monitor for hours waiting for something exciting to happen on IRC is not the way to go about it.

We IRC because we started playing UT, UT came with IRC chat, enabling people to talk to other gamers, that eventually formed clans and made what the FPS gaming world is today etc. To be honest LaG would have never been the same if it wasn't for IRC. Hell, clans wouldn't be the same. Where would people go for a CoD4 pug or UT pug? Yahoo chat?  (Pick up game)

Emails and ventrilo and forums is all fine, but mIRC takes up very little space, and its a great way to keep direct contact.

An average of 35 people idle in #LaG daily. Like I said, we don't use it 24/7, so it's only normal that the channel is dead every now and then. I think the days of chatting to "have fun and meet new people" are over, and kind of in the "im 13" chapters.

Those who use IRC are regulars, albeit out of habit. It's not really to meet people or chat, it's like I said above, mostly a means of direct communication, with all the added benefits of being close to other clans, gaming communities etc. Don't get me wrong though, we have great times on IRC. There's countless memories of good times when I think of IRC, and I think all the regulars like I2ed3ye, Deli, Pizzaman, Lazyman, bitchgodess, S3VYN have their share of good memories too. It's a combination of that, and it's usefulness that makes us still use it.

Now Donnie, why did you turn my winter in quebec post into an IRC subject