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GameSurge
	File:Gslogo.png
Founded	February 2004
Geographic location	United States; Europe
Based in	Worldwide
Executive board	Organization
Website URL	www.gamesurge.net
Primary DNS	irc.gamesurge.net
Average users	18,000 - 23,000
Average channels	52,000 - 53,000
Average servers	21
Content/subject	Public/Video Games

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GameSurge is a popular Internet Relay Chat network devoted to the online multiplayer gaming community. Games commonly seen referenced on GameSurge include many first person shooters (such as Counter-Strike, Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat, Call of Duty, and Battlefield 2) and MMORPGs (such as World of Warcraft and Guild Wars).

GameSurge is consistently in the top 10 IRC Networks by users currently online.^[1]^[2]

History

GameSurge was created in February 2004, as a result of the merger of GamesNET users and the ProGamePlayer Network, a network with common interests.^[3] The merger, coincidentally, occurred during a time of legal disputes over the domain name gamesnet.net.

At present day, the user base of GameSurge is primarily North American, with a growing number of English-speaking gamers from Europe. The user base contains a large number of clans who participate in a wide variety of games. Among the more popular games on GameSurge are Counter-Strike, Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat, and Call of Duty.

Services

GameSurge runs a feature-rich package of services known as srvx, which was written by GameSurge's development staff from scratch in C.

GameSurge provides four user-accessible services:

AuthServ, which provides authentication for other services on the network and allows users to use an account to maintain channel access. In the interests of providing a service directed toward gaming (and thus allowing users to easily switch clan/team/guild tags), GameSurge does not provide nickname registration.
ChanServ, which provides facilities such as event logging and advanced user/ban management.
HelpServ bots, which manage support requests in certain channels via a FIFO queue.
- HelpServ, in the #support channel, for general user support.
- Other HelpServ bots in miscellaneous help channels throughout the network.
SpamServ, which provides spam protection services to channels on the network. This service was added in July 2008 (2008-07).
HostServ, which provides free "titles" to users wishing to use cloaked hosts. See the GameSurge Titles page for details.

Official Network Channels

#support - Support Channel (for Staff assistance such as channel registrations etc)
#Help - General Help Channel
#gamesurge - Network/Chat Channel
#srvx - SRVX Services discussion

Unofficial Bot Services

#SurgeBot
#ClanBots
#BotServ

Unofficial support channels

#ircd - Unofficial ircu support
#scripting - Scripting Help
#script - Scripting Help
#eggdrop - Eggdrop/Windrop Help
#hardware - Hardware support
#php - PHP Discussion

Key Staff Members

Board of Directors

andrew
Crad
def
Entrope
grendel
Jaden
Milon

Director of Technology

Milon

Support Director

Crad

Development Manager

Entrope

Infrastructure Manager

Crad

Security Manager

pb

Server Manager

Milon

Support Managers

Alacard2k
Alagos
gehenna
Jui
madCoder
pb
Soul_Chaser
ThiefMaster

Notable Former Staff Members

Former GameSurge Directors

hunnr
Jenny

Former GameSurge Support Manager

syn

Former GameSurge Head Security Manager

Diddlez

References

External links

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