Flow of people into the channel is a trivial issue. Running four other fighting game channels on Mizuumi has taught me that people will go to a channel when they know about it, not because they look through /list (and if you can't be arsed to do it on a server with < 30 channels, why the fuck would you do it on EFNet?)
All of the FG channels in question on EFNet are flagged as secret/private, so they would never come up in a /list anyway. That is a non-issue.
Also, moving channels from one obscure network to another obscure network is not the same as moving a channel from a large public network (like EFNet or DALNet or Undernet) to a small private server. If you honestly believe that #mbac would be as big as it is now if it was on your server or some other obscure network than I will just have to disagree with you on that.
Using an EFNet server that sucks less has nothing to do with it. EFNet's shittiness goes beyond its instability.
We don't need to go into EFNet's issues (as I know both of us and several other people posting in this thread know about them), but it is not like every other small network performs better (lol Pyoko). On top of that, I have issues with running a channel on a server where one of the principle operators is also the server admin, as this can create a lot of problems that would not occur on a public server where the people running it just do not give a shit.
Though with all your passive aggressive bullshit and general negativity it'd do everyone a favor if I did get rid of you.
I doubt that most people would agree with this assessment (that the community would be better off without me -- I'm not going to deny the passive-aggressive nature or the general negativity, as that would just be retarded).
1. You contradict yourself by pointing out that all FG chans on EFNet are +ps. First you say that moving it will decrease the flow of people in the channel, then you point out how nobody can find the channel to begin with because it doesn't show up in /list or /whois. Exactly how is this any better than just having the chan on another net entirely?
2. Chan size is largely irrelevant. Half the people there in #MBAC now don't play the game. When have you ever cared about the size of the MB fandom? Aren't you the one always pointing out how nobody plays this game? Why are you so suddenly hung up over the size of the chan and "flow of people"? You're coming up with weak excuses.
3. Pyoko has been stable lately. Far more stable than Espernet, actually. And as far as your perceived "conflict of interest" goes, how is it any different than Arlieth running Meltybread.com and also being a person with vested interest in the game? What's stopping him from taking the site in his own direction? How is running a chan on a network where people
don't care somehow better than running it on a net hosted by someone who actually plays the game?
4. You have no idea how much people put up with you, Dippy, and if you do have an inkling of what sort of things have been said about you, you should be glad that people like Chibi are still around to back you up.
I'll end my side of the discussion now before this goes too far. At the end of the day, I don't care where the chan is hosted so as long as it's not EFNet, and I will point out that Sorcery, Esper, and Rizon are all somewhat unstable as far as public networks go. So as long as there's a functioning Chanserv and Nickserv I'll be fine with whatever choice people go with.