Tim Gift updated his .plan with word on what he's been contending with on IRC that's kept him from updating some of Dynamix's TRIBES servers. Here's an excerpt:

Hmm, well I had originally intended to come in this weekend and upgrade the Combat and Training server and get ready for our next release, but when I got in our IRC server was under attack again. Using IRC for our chat server has been a major pain in the butt. We had wanted to use it because of it's open architecture. Wanted to allow people to connect and chat outside of the game, something people were used to using, etc., seemed a lot more flexible and friendly than a writing another proprietary chat system. Unfortunately, there are quite a few bozos who seem to get a kick out of disrupting our chat server, booting people off, or otherwise being a nuisances. I've already wasted several days getting up to speed on IRC and the MS server, and here I am over the weekend doing the same, when I could be working on TRIBES....