Better idea: Why go create a new channel when there's a perfectly good one already running at #tycoon on irc.quakenet.org </PLUG>
It has the following in its favour:
1. It's already established, with services, channel bot, etc.
2. DALnet is pretty crap at the best of times.
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There's also the fact that DALnet doesn't exactly work anymore, what with all the netsplits and DDoS attacks - and the fact that their round-robin server no longer works.
Last time I checked, any talk of a sequel was pretty much on-topic in #tycoon.
Note: DCC is only a problem when it comes to trading your warez, since there's plenty of places to post little pictures. Email, this forum, your webspace, to name just three...