| Caelestia.net is a small IRC network that focuses on games and
the gaming community. Caelestia.net evolved as the offspring of JEOCOM, which itself is the offspring of the older DreamMyst IRC Network. This evolution was more or
less organic as staff members from each of the networks continued chatting amongst themselves.
Caelestia.net's codebase is
Farpoint, which is derived from Unreal, and its services set is based on Anope. The network's central and most distinguishing feature is RPGServ, an integrated dice service that
provides a network-wide facility for rolling dice for roleplaying games,
which remain a central focus of the network. This service exists in its current form only on Caelestia.net, though an older
rendition can also be found on MagicStar where the head coder of Caelestia.net still officially serves as staff. A
different version can also be found on Mystical because it gained access to the code after a dispute between the founders
of DreamMyst and the then WorldIRC network. Updates have subsequently been provided in both directions.
Historically, Caelestia.net and its predecessors have often served as the chat network for various computer games that chose
not to run their own server. During the height of DreamMyst IRC, the network served as the official chat location for
several games including Fallout 2,
PlaneScape: Torment, and Baldur's Gate. Currently Caelestia.net serves a similar function for the
popular web game AdventureQuest, a lunch break sized flash game that has consistently grown in usership over the past year and half.
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