by paul424 » 26 Feb 2013, 20:17
IRC is for real time ONLINE COMMUNICATION when there are MOST of the TEAM. On our channel usually there is NONE.
FORUM/TOPICS are for discussing and documenting a part of the game devel process relevant to ONE thing ( like art / code / future etc.) especially for people which are external : they are new and maybe they wanna join , or maybe they wanna learn .
So suppose someone wants to learn about particular engine solutions in your game , but he stumbles upon something like : " Can you do XYZ before ZYX ? " " Haven't the WXY done that ? " " No I mean XYZ not XYY " "Ohh, sorry, I cannot I 'm sick " "WXY : I can easily make XYZ from XYY, onlty if XYX was avalaible " .... etc. etc. etc.
Maybe that new person, or team members would find that trashy or just NOT A useful INFO ?