After reading most of rippys post, I think we have outlined the problem. IRC has taking everything to a whole new level. It's full of assholes and assholes who lie and lie. After a while all the lies become true to the people in IRC, because thats all they see. I'd like to say it's a great that FTR is distancing itself from IRC, because not only has it lost a great member but it's giving FTR a bad name and allowing bad people to create a bad reality.

I will never be in IRC again and because of it, I'm qutting poker and FTR. And on that note, let me be the first to say...