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It's been brought to our attention that mIRC is typically problematic for people to get into. Viruses, poor server stability, and generally confusing set up make it less than ideal to host the Kerth ceremony and chat. As a result, NK, Folc4evernaday, and I have made the decision to move this year's chat and ceremony to Google Hangouts. Our suggestion is to come and hangout some time before the awards on April 29, to get used to it. It's pretty much a standard chat room and way less confusing than mIRC. Here are the links: Kerth Ceremony Kerth Chat As usual, we ask that all chatter be kept to the Chat itself, and only the presenters and winners use the Ceremony to speak in. Thanks, and if you have any questions, please ask! ETA: An added bonus of Hangouts is that you will be able to read all the previous messages in the links if you have to come in late or log out and back in for any reason.
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Google Hangouts has the added bonus of being available on your phone or tablet as well
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Google Hangouts has the added bonus of being available on your phone or tablet as well Yes, very important! Thanks for pointing that out!
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I don't (and *won't*) have a personal Google account; therefore, I will be missing the ceremony. Would it be possible to make a transcript of it available in a way that does not require a Google account to see?
Thanks, Lynn
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I don't (and *won't*) have a personal Google account; therefore, I will be missing the ceremony. Would it be possible to make a transcript of it available in a way that does not require a Google account to see?
Thanks, Lynn It should work without the Google account.
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Lynn- you don't need a google account to access it from your computer. Your regular email address will work
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Really? Live and learn. Thanks. - Lynn
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Google Hangouts has the added bonus of being available on your phone or tablet as well Very true! I also wanted to add that it has the added bonus of not requiring you to download anything to use it. If you have a Google Account great, but if not the links above will allow you to join Hangouts without the account. Just click the link and you're in. The three of us did extensive testing to be sure
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Great, thanks for setting it up! Michael
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I don't post often, so please pardon a brief correction here:
IRC *is* accessible from either your cell or tablet.
Just like accessing Google Hangouts, all you have to do is download an app. Be sure to search apps for "irc" (not "mirc").
Personally, I like AndChat, but there are various, free apps.
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Bumping this up top. Reminder - the Kerth ceremony takes place this weekend, April 29 at 4pm CST. Please remember to add an hour when you adjust for your time zone, if you are in an area that observes Daylight Savings Time.
Can't wait to see you all there!
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Here's a list of local times for the ceremony
Central Standard Time is GMT/UTC-6
Anchorage- 2pm Auckland (NZ)- 10am Sunday Bangkok- 5am Sunday Berlin- 12am (midnight) Sunday Brisbane- 8am Sunday Calgary- 4pm Chicago- 5pm Honolulu- 8am London- 11pm Los Angeles- 3pm Mexico City- 5pm Moscow- 1am Sunday New Delhi- 3.30am Sunday New York- 6pm Paris- 12am (midnight) Sunday Perth- 6am Sunday Rio- 7pm Salt Lake City- 4pm Singapore- 6am Sunday Sydney- 8am Sunday Tel Aviv- 1am Sunday Tokyo- 7am Sunday Toronto- 6pm Vancouver- 3pm
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Okay, you've totally confused me. I thought this started at 4pm CENTRAL time zone (ie. Chicago & Kansas). But now you're saying it's 4pm MOUNTAIN time zone (Salt Lake City). I've done all my planning for 2pm PST (Los Angeles/Vancouver). When does this thing start again? Hi everyone! We've shut down the Kerth ceremony poll. The Kerth ceremony will be held in Google Hangouts on April 29th at 4pm Central Standard Time (GMT/UTC -6) You can use Google Hangouts via your computer or mobile device. Kerth Chat is the venue for chat about the Kerth Awards. Kerth Ceremony is the venue for the ceremony itself. Feel free to join them at any time to test it out Just a quick note- to use Hangouts on your mobile device, you'll need to download the free app, available on both iOS and Android.
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Hi Timezones...sigh... London 11pm daylight savings time is gmt 10pm utc. For New York that's 5pm utc and Los Angeles 2pm utc and 3pm daylight.
Vicki posted the time as gmt/utc so you have the daylight adjustment.
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It starts at 4pm Central STANDARD Time (which is currently the same as Mountain Time). I forgot to adjust for daylight savings when I set the times as we don't observe it in my state.
That's why I did up the list above. All of the times on the list above are current local times (including the daylight savings)
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Thanks so much for all your hard work on setting up a Time Zone list. I plan on being by my computer at 5:00. Hubby's dinner will be ready long before than!
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I will try to be there. I have a performance tomorrow, but if my phone can get a signal, I may be able to participate while I'm backstage.
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Thanks, ladies! Hope to see you there!
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Reminder: We ask that all chatter be kept to the Chat itself, and only the presenters and winners use the Ceremony to speak. Here are the links: Kerth Ceremony Kerth Chat 4pm CDT (5pm CST) is when the Ceremony will begin.
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