He does have a very valid point about the dcc tho EL. In a lot of situations people cant get dcc to work. Hell even getting the dcc connection to your own eggy can be a headache. It is more secure absolutely but I dunno if its the best for a game. Especially with more and more new irc users connectiong through java clients.

And to the OP, I kinda agree with BlueThen. It seems like theres always another narutobot or anime based something or other and it would suck to have yours get lost in the mix. But on the other hand it is nice to be able to use a anime\'s popularity to generate interest in your game.

If you do want to stick with something that exists already what about taking two of the animes and making the rpg like a battle between them. Like characters from naruto vs characters from bleach or something like that.

If I had to vote it would prolly be FF or Bleach.

Good luck.