Okay I've had so many people get mad at me for "ignoring" them on IRC because they think whatever IRC tells them is the absolute truth. Here are some facts about my connection to IRC:
- I connect using a ZNC server so that I can link my Desktop, my Laptop and my phones to ONE IRC account. This way I'm not logged in as Jeff, Jeff_Laptop, Jeff_Android or Jeff_iPhone.
- As a result, I am usually connected 24/7 unless my server goes down. That rarely happens.
- If you /whois me, the information report is most of the time inaccurate due to my setup. Idle time is especially inaccurate, because ZNC itself will report information to the IRC server on my behalf, whether or not I'm actually there. I don't know exactly how, when or why this is the case, but it is. I'm not ignoring you, I'm probably away.
- If you VERSION me, you will likely get back between 4 and 8 responses, depending on how many devices I have turned on and connected. Both my iPhone and my SGS3 sometimes receive push notifications, I don't know if VERSION will report them all the time.
Please for the love of god, if I don't respond to you, stop flipping out. Tabbing me multiple times and getting angry solves nothing, especially because I'm likely not even there. I also frequently lose queries when I'm not connected, so even if you leave me a message I still might not get it. If you need to contact me and I'm not there, PMing me on the forums is the best way to do it, because I have a definite record of it and unless I forget I will respond when I get a chance.