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'''IF Discussion Club''' (sometimes called '''Theory Club''' or '''IF Theory Club''') is an informal discussion group that meets monthly on [[ifMud]] on its #theoryclub channel to discuss a topic of interest about [[interactive fiction]], with a emphasis on [[theory]]. It was hosted by [[Emily Short]] from March 2014 to March 2015.

The plan was to meet on the first Saturday of each month at 20:00 GMT. (Sundays were out to avoid conflicts with [[ClubFloyd]].) This  changed to the second Saturday of each month beginning in May 2014 to avoid conficts with [[SF Bay Area Interactive Fiction Group|San Fransisco IF Meetups]]. Because of other scheduling difficulties, sometimes the meeting happened on the month's third Saturday.

Meetings were held at 8 PM GMT / 3 PM Eastern / Noon Pacific, one Saturday per month, on ifMUD’s theoryclub channel.

The March 2015 meeting will be the club's last meeting unless a new host steps up to organize it. It may also be desirable to choose a new venue other than ifMud that is more newbie-friendly; Slack.com has been suggested as a possible new meeting site.

==Transcripts==
* [http://emshort.wordpress.com/how-to-play/reading-if/transcript-of-march-1-2014-ifmud-discussion-on-interiority/ Interiority]. March 1, 2014.
* [https://emshort.wordpress.com/if-discussion-club/transcript-of-april-5-2014-ifmud-discussion-on-time-simulation/ Modeling Time in IF].
* [https://emshort.wordpress.com/if-discussion-club/transcript-of-may-10-2014-ifmud-discussion-on-cyoa-structures/ Structures in Choice-based Games]. May 10, 2014.
* [https://emshort.wordpress.com/if-discussion-club/transcript-of-june-14-discussion-on-interactive-nonfiction/ Interactive Nonfiction]. June 14, 2014.
* [https://emshort.wordpress.com/if-discussion-club/transcript-of-aug-9-ifmud-discussion-on-testing/ Testing]. August 9, 2014.
* [https://emshort.wordpress.com/if-discussion-club/transcript-of-sept-13-ifmud-discussion-on-game-audience/ Games and Audience]. September 13, 2014.
* [https://emshort.wordpress.com/if-discussion-club/transcript-of-oct-11-ifmud-discussion-on-replayability/ Replayability]. October 11, 2014.
* [https://emshort.wordpress.com/if-discussion-club/transcript-dec-13-new-directions-in-if/ New direction in IF]. December 13, 2014.
* [https://emshort.wordpress.com/if-discussion-club/transcript-jan-10-comps-anthologies-shows-zines/ Competitions, Anthologies, Shows and Zines]. January 10, 2015.
* [https://emshort.wordpress.com/if-discussion-club/transcript-feb-21-tour-of-seltani/ Tour de Seltani]. Field trip to [[Andrew Plotkin]]'s [[Seltani]] server. February 21, 2015.
* [https://emshort.wordpress.com/if-discussion-club/transcript-march-22-parsercomp-postmortem/ ParserComp post-discussion] about [[ParserComp 2015]]. March 21, 2015.

==Links==
* [http://emshort.wordpress.com/if-discussion-club/ IF Discussion Club]. Homepage.
* [http://emshort.wordpress.com/2014/02/10/if-discussion-live-online/ IF Discussion, Live Online]. Initial announcement. Posting by [[Emily Short]], 10-Feb-2014.
* [http://emshort.wordpress.com/2014/03/01/ifmud-if-discussion/#comment-53264 ifMUD IF Discussion]. Aftermath of the first meeting and request for topics. Posting by Emily Short, 01-Mar-2014.

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