Slack for League Communication

BlueJays · Post by **BlueJays** » Wed Oct 19, 2016 11:12 am

Just throwing an idea out there, but our team (work) is now using Slack for messaging. It's a pretty useful tool. You set up a team and invite people in to it. You can then set up channels, so we'd have a whole IBC channel, then you can even set up other channels, like maybe 1 for your division or whatever, and then you can also direct message each other. The mobile app is really nice too.

https://slack.com/

Guardians · Post by **Guardians** » Wed Oct 19, 2016 11:13 am

Get Ken Breese on the horn STAT!

Rockies · Post by **Rockies** » Thu Oct 20, 2016 10:48 am

People won't even install hangouts on their phone.. :/

But I'd be in for having an actual league wide instant messaging system.

Royals · Post by **Royals** » Thu Oct 20, 2016 10:56 am

Rockies wrote:People won't even install hangouts on their phone.. :/

But I'd be in for having an actual league wide instant messaging system.

Closest we came to a league wide IM system was back in the day when we all used AOL Instant Messenger. That was actually a requirement in that first season since that was how I recruited, posted telling folks to message me on AIM if they were interested. Some of those group chats were such shitshows... Pretty sure we even did the initial league draft over AIM.
Good times.

Giants · Post by **Giants** » Thu Oct 20, 2016 12:19 pm

For like the last 5 years I used aim it was exclusively for league trade talk. I think a slack channel is an ok idea as long as it's not abused.

Astros · Post by **Astros** » Thu Oct 20, 2016 12:53 pm

The only reason I kept AIM as long as I did was for league communication. We did have the original draft in an AIM chat room

Reds · Post by **Reds** » Fri Oct 21, 2016 7:43 am

Rockies wrote:People won't even install hangouts on their phone.. :/

I'll get around to it after election day. It's just that I do such a poor job of managing multiple messaging services that I was hoping to just use text. Sorry if it made some feel slighted, that wasn't my intent.

Twins · Post by **Twins** » Fri Oct 21, 2016 9:04 am

I use slack for a couple of different things (including other sim leagues) and it's pretty slick.

Cardinals · Post by **Cardinals** » Fri Oct 21, 2016 9:04 am

Reds wrote:
Rockies wrote:People won't even install hangouts on their phone.. :/
I'll get around to it after election day. It's just that I do such a poor job of managing multiple messaging services that I was hoping to just use text. Sorry if it made some feel slighted, that wasn't my intent.

Texting is the easiest

Dodgers · Post by **Dodgers** » Sat Oct 22, 2016 4:58 pm

Pirates wrote:
Reds wrote:
Rockies wrote:People won't even install hangouts on their phone.. :/
I'll get around to it after election day. It's just that I do such a poor job of managing multiple messaging services that I was hoping to just use text. Sorry if it made some feel slighted, that wasn't my intent.
Texting is the easiest

Slack is so much better.

http://ibcleague.slack.com
Should be able to register with any @ibcleague.com email address
I made my username my real name and my logo the Dodgers logo. Anyone want to mock up a teal Jays logo for Dan to use?

Guardians · Post by **Guardians** » Sun Oct 23, 2016 12:19 am

Shawn, I don't have a tigers@ibcleague.com address. Can that be linked to my Gmail account so I can use this slack channel?

Dodgers · Post by **Dodgers** » Sun Oct 23, 2016 9:38 am

Tigers wrote:Shawn, I don't have a tigers@ibcleague.com address. Can that be linked to my Gmail account so I can use this slack channel?

Just sent an invite to your gmail.

BlueJays · Post by **BlueJays** » Sun Oct 23, 2016 9:43 am

Could I get one too?

Reds · Post by **Reds** » Sun Oct 23, 2016 10:35 am

I'm in.. Thanks

Yankees · Post by **Yankees** » Sun Oct 23, 2016 10:37 am

Same...can I get one to bzalaski@gmail.com?

Nationals · Post by **Nationals** » Sun Oct 23, 2016 1:40 pm

I'll give it a shot too. Can you send one to ianschnaufer11@gmail.com?

Royals · Post by **Royals** » Mon Oct 24, 2016 10:01 am

Dodgers wrote:
Tigers wrote:Shawn, I don't have a tigers@ibcleague.com address. Can that be linked to my Gmail account so I can use this slack channel?
Just sent an invite to your gmail.

Send me one as well, I occasionally use Slack for other stuff (Ingress, Pokemon GO), so I'd prefer to use the same sign-in.

Giants · Post by **Giants** » Tue Oct 25, 2016 12:19 am

Please send one to my gmail as well I haven't had an ibc email in years.

Dodgers · Post by **Dodgers** » Wed Oct 26, 2016 10:54 pm

Steven, Z, Bren, Jake: You already have firstnamelastname@ibcleague.com email addresses that you can use to sign in. (Bren, you can use different sign-ins for different teams at the same time)
Ian: sent you an @ibcleague email invite to your gmail

Orioles · Post by **Orioles** » Wed Oct 26, 2016 11:24 pm

Dodgers wrote:
Pirates wrote:
Reds wrote: I'll get around to it after election day. It's just that I do such a poor job of managing multiple messaging services that I was hoping to just use text. Sorry if it made some feel slighted, that wasn't my intent.
Texting is the easiest
Slack is so much better.

http://ibcleague.slack.com
Should be able to register with any @ibcleague.com email address
I made my username my real name and my logo the Dodgers logo. Anyone want to mock up a teal Jays logo for Dan to use?

Ha. Ha. Ha.

Seriously. The old Blue Jays copy of the Pats logo is so ugly. Logo update?

Guardians · Post by **Guardians** » Wed Oct 26, 2016 11:30 pm

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