what is OINK irc Channel?

[the_e_male]

why do they require the irc-er to have an account at oink before he/she can access the channel? so strange . IRC meant to be as talk channel .

suppose that :

someone got ban without knowing why? How the hell could he/she talk to the staff on irc if the account has been banned?

Members with banned accounts have access to 1 channel, where they can speak with staff about their accounts. They access this channel only through the chat link on the home page. Non-members, and members with disabled accounts are not allowed to join the regular channels, and have no reason to. The IRC server is for members only - it's not a public forum.

[pingponged]

Thats a bit misleading e_male, since you immediately kick anyone who has been caught 'cheating'.

[the_e_male]

Why would we allow them to hang around? There's no explanation that will allow them back on the site when they're caught. "It was my friend/sibling/roommate" doesn't work, and neither does "I was just trying it, and will never do it again."