Hey i am into counter-strike and i like to play my friends over the internet however we usally meet on msn and so on... but if one of us is late we change our nicks to the servers ip, but leaving msn on for me lags the hell out of me (56k) so is there a way i can make a program that shows the cs server i am on but doesn't us alot of bandwidth?

There is an option for that in HLSW ( http://www.hlsw.org/?language=English ) but it's only for mIRC.

Maybe you should download it and study how it works then start making your own for MSN..

Cool thanks.

if you had access to a webserver, and somehow let your progrom know/find what server your on, you could upload the info to a webserver.

thats a nice idea. However Serria has updated their online gaming system now and it includes a chat program (they do listen!). Thanks for the surgestion mate.

Dear lord, I thought he was out of line posting on 3 month old questions, but a year and a half?

hey, i provide suggestions and help if I can. you have to realise people besides the writters of the original question will read this. you're making an archive of knowledge, not just a "chat board", so, why would time between posts matter?

There is no need to create a VB program for communicating to a chat server for CS.
Sierra provided a new innovation in their systems a wide chat room for online players.
I tried it, it really communicates but certain it has a delay, it depends in you internet connection speed.