Eggdrops are so-called bots, i.e. robots for the Unix / Linux system. These slaves are loaded onto a shell (see also ShellProvider) in order to handle various tasks in the channel. In IRCNET (irc.uni-erlangen.de USW) there are no real IRC services (nickserv USW). Eggdrops are therefore often used as a nick holder or as a channel operator so that one does not lose the op rights. Sometimes you can feed these bots with other sometimes meaningful scripts. In most cases it is just a gimmick. In my opinion, eggdrops serve as a good support aid, because they can save you a lot of work, provided that the users participate. Often the pack is too lazy :) and thinks that a human ChatPartner could help better :) which is not always the case. All scripts of these egg drops are written in the "TCL" programming language. Some workshops - tutorials will be available on IRC-Mania.de from August Such a bot can show the current TV program, search independently on "google" and show the evaluations in the channel. In addition, these bots are often misused to make channel statistics;) An example here: http://ircmania.chanstats.de if you can't afford a shell and only have Windows as an OS at home, you don't need to despair. There are so-called windrops :) For this you need the normal Eggdrops + an additional program. And you can already use them :) there are workshops again :) @ IRC-Mania.de =