diff --git a/baystation12.dme b/baystation12.dme
index d8416d1446..efe4602b91 100644
--- a/baystation12.dme
+++ b/baystation12.dme
@@ -816,6 +816,8 @@
 #include "code\modules\events\viral_infection.dm"
 #include "code\modules\events\viral_outbreak.dm"
 #include "code\modules\events\wallrot.dm"
+#include "code\modules\ext_scripts\irc.dm"
+#include "code\modules\ext_scripts\python.dm"
 #include "code\modules\flufftext\Dreaming.dm"
 #include "code\modules\flufftext\Hallucination.dm"
 #include "code\modules\flufftext\TextFilters.dm"
diff --git a/code/controllers/configuration.dm b/code/controllers/configuration.dm
index 02f8c521aa..ece38b4b83 100644
--- a/code/controllers/configuration.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/configuration.dm
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@
 	var/alert_desc_delta = "The station's self-destruct mechanism has been engaged. All crew are instructed to obey all instructions given by heads of staff. Any violations of these orders can be punished by death. This is not a drill."
 
 	var/forbid_singulo_possession = 0
-	var/useircbot = 0
 
 	//game_options.txt configs
 
@@ -118,6 +117,11 @@
 	var/gateway_delay = 18000 //How long the gateway takes before it activates. Default is half an hour.
 	var/ghost_interaction = 0
 
+	var/use_irc_bot = 0
+	var/main_irc = ""
+	var/admin_irc = ""
+	var/python_path = "" //Path to the python executable.  Defaults to "python" on windows and "/usr/bin/env python2" on unix
+
 
 /datum/configuration/New()
 	var/list/L = typesof(/datum/game_mode) - /datum/game_mode
@@ -359,8 +363,8 @@
 				if("allow_holidays")
 					Holiday = 1
 
-				if("useircbot")
-					useircbot = 1
+				if("use_irc_bot")
+					use_irc_bot = 1
 
 				if("ticklag")
 					Ticklag = text2num(value)
@@ -399,6 +403,21 @@
 				if("ghost_interaction")
 					config.ghost_interaction = 1
 
+				if("main_irc")
+					config.main_irc = value
+
+				if("admin_irc")
+					config.admin_irc = value
+
+				if("python_path")
+					if(value)
+						config.python_path = value
+					else
+						if(world.system_type == UNIX)
+							config.python_path = "/usr/bin/env python2"
+						else //probably windows, if not this should work anyway
+							config.python_path = "python"
+
 				else
 					diary << "Unknown setting in configuration: '[name]'"
 
diff --git a/code/controllers/shuttle_controller.dm b/code/controllers/shuttle_controller.dm
index 44f601f6a3..879a25ac3e 100644
--- a/code/controllers/shuttle_controller.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/shuttle_controller.dm
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ datum/shuttle_controller
 
 						start_location.move_contents_to(end_location)
 						settimeleft(SHUTTLELEAVETIME)
-						send2irc("Server", "The Emergency Shuttle has docked with the station.")
+						//send2irc("Server", "The Emergency Shuttle has docked with the station.")
 						captain_announce("The Emergency Shuttle has docked with the station. You have [round(timeleft()/60,1)] minutes to board the Emergency Shuttle.")
 						world << sound('sound/AI/shuttledock.ogg')
 
diff --git a/code/game/gamemodes/game_mode.dm b/code/game/gamemodes/game_mode.dm
index e1fbf5dfb4..f9343161e7 100644
--- a/code/game/gamemodes/game_mode.dm
+++ b/code/game/gamemodes/game_mode.dm
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ Implants;
 	if(escaped_on_pod_5 > 0)
 		feedback_set("escaped_on_pod_5",escaped_on_pod_5)
 
-	send2irc("Server", "Round just ended.")
+	send2mainirc("A round of [src.name] has ended - [surviving_total] survivors, [ghosts] ghosts.")
 
 	return 0
 
diff --git a/code/game/gamemodes/gameticker.dm b/code/game/gamemodes/gameticker.dm
index dd15f58063..684576550a 100644
--- a/code/game/gamemodes/gameticker.dm
+++ b/code/game/gamemodes/gameticker.dm
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ var/global/datum/controller/gameticker/ticker
 		if(C.holder)
 			admins_number++
 	if(admins_number == 0)
-		send2irc("Server", "Round just started with no admins online!")
+		send2adminirc("Round has started with no admins online.")
 
 	supply_shuttle.process() 		//Start the supply shuttle regenerating points -- TLE
 	master_controller.process()		//Start master_controller.process()
diff --git a/code/modules/admin/verbs/adminhelp.dm b/code/modules/admin/verbs/adminhelp.dm
index 597ffc6d06..89a56065f0 100644
--- a/code/modules/admin/verbs/adminhelp.dm
+++ b/code/modules/admin/verbs/adminhelp.dm
@@ -106,15 +106,10 @@ var/list/adminhelp_ignored_words = list("unknown","the","a","an","of","monkey","
 	log_admin("HELP: [key_name(src)]: [original_msg] - heard by [admin_number_present] non-AFK admins.")
 	if(admin_number_present <= 0)
 		if(!admin_number_afk)
-			send2irc(ckey, "[original_msg] - No admins online")
+			send2adminirc("ADMINHELP from [key_name(src)]: [original_msg] - !!No admins online!!")
 		else
-			send2irc(ckey, "[original_msg] - All admins AFK ([admin_number_afk])")
+			send2adminirc("ADMINHELP from [key_name(src)]: [original_msg] - !!All admins AFK ([admin_number_afk])!!")
 	else
-		send2irc(ckey, original_msg)
+		send2adminirc("ADMINHELP from [key_name(src)]: [original_msg]")
 	feedback_add_details("admin_verb","AH") //If you are copy-pasting this, ensure the 2nd parameter is unique to the new proc!
 	return
-
-proc/send2irc(msg,msg2)
-	if(config.useircbot)
-		shell("python [config.nudge_script_path] [msg] [msg2]")
-	return
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/code/modules/ext_scripts/irc.dm b/code/modules/ext_scripts/irc.dm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bc4774af11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/code/modules/ext_scripts/irc.dm
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/proc/send2irc(var/channel, var/msg)
+	if(config.use_irc_bot)
+		ext_python("ircbot_message.py", "[channel] [msg]")
+	return
+
+/proc/send2mainirc(var/msg)
+	if(config.use_irc_bot && config.main_irc)
+		ext_python("ircbot_message.py", "[config.main_irc] [msg]")
+	return
+
+/proc/send2adminirc(var/msg)
+	if(config.use_irc_bot && config.admin_irc)
+		ext_python("ircbot_message.py", "[config.admin_irc] [msg]")
+	return
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/code/modules/ext_scripts/python.dm b/code/modules/ext_scripts/python.dm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a6e578635d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/code/modules/ext_scripts/python.dm
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/proc/ext_python(var/script, var/args, var/scriptsprefix = 1)
+	if(scriptsprefix) script = "scripts/" + script
+
+	if(world.system_type == MS_WINDOWS)
+		script = replacetext(script, "/", "\\")
+
+	var/command = config.python_path + " " + script + " " + args
+
+	return shell(command)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/logout.dm b/code/modules/mob/logout.dm
index f85ff5bae5..5627dbd43b 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/logout.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/logout.dm
@@ -7,26 +7,7 @@
 
 			message_admins("Admin logout: [key_name(src)]")
 			if(admins_number == 0) //Apparently the admin logging out is no longer an admin at this point, so we have to check this towards 0 and not towards 1. Awell.
-				var/cheesy_message = pick( list(  \
-					"I have no admins online!",\
-					"I'm all alone :(",\
-					"I'm feeling lonely :(",\
-					"I'm so lonely :(",\
-					"Why does nobody love me? :(",\
-					"I want a man :(",\
-					"Where has everyone gone?",\
-					"I need a hug :(",\
-					"Someone come hold me :(",\
-					"I need someone on me :(",\
-					"What happened? Where has everyone gone?",\
-					"Forever alone :("\
-				) )
-
-				if(cheesy_message)
-					cheesy_message += " (No admins online)"
-
-
-				send2irc("Server", "[cheesy_message]")
+				send2adminirc("[key_name(src)] logged out - no more admins online.")
 	..()
 
 	return 1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/config.txt b/config/config.txt
index a98daab842..abc333949b 100644
--- a/config/config.txt
+++ b/config/config.txt
@@ -212,4 +212,21 @@ NUDGE_SCRIPT_PATH nudge.py
 ALIEN_PLAYER_RATIO 0.2
 
 ##Remove the # to let ghosts spin chairs
-#GHOST_INTERACTION
+#GHOST_INTERACTION
+
+## Uncomment this to enable external .rsc downloads. URLs must be separated by no more than one space.
+## The linked .zip file should contain the required .rsc
+#resource_urls http://firstserver.org/myresource.zip http://secondserver.org/myresource.zip  http://10.22.11.1/myresource.zip
+
+## Uncomment to enable sending data to the IRC bot.
+#USE_IRC_BOT
+
+## IRC channel to send information to.  Leave blank to disable.
+#MAIN_IRC #main
+
+## IRC channel to send adminhelps to.  Leave blank to disable adminhelps-to-irc.
+#ADMIN_IRC #admin
+
+## Path to the python executable on the system.  Leave blank for default.
+## Default is "python" on Windows, "/usr/bin/env python2" on UNIX.
+PYTHON_PATH
diff --git a/scripts/ircbot_message.py b/scripts/ircbot_message.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a1f01b6a3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/ircbot_message.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
+
+# Two arguments, channel and message.
+# EG: "nudge.py #adminchannel ADMINHELP, people are killing me!"
+
+import sys,pickle,socket
+
+def pack():
+    ip = sys.argv[1]
+    try:
+        data = sys.argv[2:] #The rest of the arguments is data
+    except:
+        data = "NO DATA SPECIFIED"
+    dictionary = {"ip":ip,"data":data}
+    pickled = pickle.dumps(dictionary)
+    nudge(pickled)
+def nudge(data):
+       HOST = "5.39.81.199"
+       PORT = 45678
+       size = 1024
+       s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+       s.connect((HOST,PORT))
+       s.send(data)
+       s.close()
+    
+if __name__ == "__main__" and len(sys.argv) > 1: # If not imported and more than one argument
+    pack()
+