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Members have access to our Discord server. What do you need to know
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about Discord? Not much really! Most important though, keep in mind
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that our [Code of Conduct](index.html#code-of-conduct) extends to
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Discord as well as in-person events. Here are some other topics of
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interest.
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# [Joining](#joining)
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After you have been accepted into our community a member will send you
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an invite on Discord. Initially you will be in a virtual purgatory,
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limited to our `#welcome` channel. Shortly thereafter a member will
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grant you the `zargonauts` role. This will grant you full server
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access and all topics and sub-topics will become available.
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# [New Channels](#new-channels)
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Our community members are interested in all sorts of weird stuff. But
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not every hobby receives its own topic or sub-topic. Below are the
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criteria we consider when evaluating whether or not a new
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topic/sub-topic should be created.
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- Are several people interested in this topic?
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- Have a few people **expressed interest** in having a specific dedicated topic?
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- Is conversation about the topic overwhelming an existing channel?
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- Is this a niche topic?
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- Is this this topic temporal?
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Here are some examples of how specific topics/sub-topics got created
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in the past:
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**Time limited (temporal) topics**: We have the `#zargcon` channel
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which is primarily used in the weeks/months leading up to our annual
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in-person gaming event. `#sekret-zaron` is similar, there we
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coordinate for our annual sekret zargon gift exchange.
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**Sub-Topics**: Although `#miniatures` could fit into `#games` and
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`#maker` there was sufficient activity and participation to receive
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its own dedicated sub-topic. Similar story for `#minecraft`, there
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was enough conversation and participation in `#games` that it was
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dominating the channel and was given its own dedicated one to keep
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`#games` sane.
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OK! You've read all this background and understand what the
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considerations are and you think it's time to have a new
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topic/sub-topic added. Next you should see if a few people are also
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intersted. Then, if there is interest and agreement, tag the `@admin`
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group to look at the request (if they haven't noticed already).
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# [Zargon (our bot)](#zargon)
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## [Getting Started](#zargon-getting-started)
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Zargon is our friendly resident bot. He responds to messages prefixed
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with a `!`. For example:
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> `!help`
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If you `!help` in a channel Zargon will respond to you in a direct
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message with a list of commands and basic descriptions. If you want
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additional help with something specific you can run that command with
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`help` added to the end. Let's say you wanted to know what `!random`
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is all about:
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> `!random help`
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You will get another direct message explaining not just the `random`
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command, but also all of the other commands from that plugin (`random`
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is part of the `quote` plugin). Examples are included!
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## [Quotes](#zargon-quotes)
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Our community has a rich history of saying hilarious and otherwise
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poignant (or deeply disturbing) things. We like to memorialize those
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memories and the people who said them by capturing them in our quote
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database.
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There are two ways to capture a memory. You can add it to the quote
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database directly using the `!quote add` command, or you can use the
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reaction shortcut. Here's a direct entry:
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> `!quote add @SaltyWendigo: no worries, years in the tech industry have made me dead to notifications`
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_Important note here: If you want to fully attribute a quote to someone you should type the @ symbol, begin typing their handle, and tab complete the rest_
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Zargon will respond telling you the quote has been added to the db and
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give you the ID number if you change your mind and want to remove it.
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**But there is a quicker way!** Add the `double-quote` reaction to the
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message you want to save in the database.
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Zargon will notice the new reaction and add the full message to the
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database:
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**But how do you see quotes!?** Use the `!random` command and Zargon
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will spit out a quote at random. Use `!quote help` to see a list of
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other quote related commands.
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## [The Art of Figlet](#zargon-figlet)
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The Art of Figlet is taking text input and generating ASCII banners
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suitable for display on monospaced consoles. Zargon has a plugin for
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generating figlet banners. He will render your input with a randomly
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selected figlet(*). If this still doesn't make sense to you, here is
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an example:
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```
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!figlet Star Wars
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_______.___________. ___ .______
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/ | | / \ | _ \
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\ \ | | / /_\ \ | /
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.----) | | | / _____ \ | |\ \----.
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|_______/ |__| /__/ \__\ | _| `._____|
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____ __ ____ ___ .______ _______.
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\ \ / \ / / / \ | _ \ / |
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\ \/ \/ / / ^ \ | |_) | | (----`
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\ / / /_\ \ | / \ \
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\ /\ / / _____ \ | |\ \----.----) |
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\__/ \__/ /__/ \__\ | _| `._____|_______/
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```
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Due to the amount of screen space required for figlets, they are
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restricted to the `#shitposting` and `#bot-spam` topics.
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_* With one exception: Due to "historical reasons" the text 'Star Wars' is always rendered in the Star Wars font_
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