BarGikopoi(BarGiko-ish) Online (BARギコっぽいONLINE), or Gikopoi (ギコぽい), was the Flash-based AA chatroom and BarGiko clone, developed by “llll” and select contributors,¹⁾ that opened in June 2005.²⁾ After the end of Flash, the Gikopoi servers had actually remained online until August 2024.

There were three main Gikopoi servers in total with numerous rooms that users could broadcast and chat in, presented below:

• General (_gen) - The main Japanese-language server, which was normally the most populated server until its relative death.
• Junior (_yng) - The alternate Japanese-language server for the underage users. It was likely meant to mitigate stress and be a 'safe' alternative since the game is technically for adults.
• International (_for) - The server for foreigners, usually the English users from 4chan and Chinese users from PTT or Komica.³⁾

Additionally, there were secret VIP (_vip) and Kawaisosu (_kws) servers, but you could only broadcast at the bar and these were normally empty since nobody was really visiting them in the 2010s.

The Seaside Town (海辺の街, Umibe no Machi) was the small town that Gikopoi takes place in. The overall world had a total of 32 rooms which users can manually walk towards, or teleport with a Dragon Quest-inspired #rula (#ﾙｰﾗ) spell⁴⁾ that relied on an MP system.

As a side note, the spell can't be used to teleport to the 'secret bar' in the starting area or the underground 'izakaya' that enforced anonymity. You would also have to recharge your MP, using the open-air bath on the hilltop, but most people just re-log since there's no penalty for doing so.

The administrators did provide a list of prohibited behaviors on Gikopoi.⁵⁾ However, it isn't known if the same rules were ever enforced on non-Japanese users in the international server.

• Don't say any stupid shit like 'please speak',⁶⁾ 'looking to ERP',⁷⁾ or use a trailing 'ぉ' or 'ぅ'.⁸⁾
• Don't post phone numbers, regardless of whether it's a landline or cell phone number.
• Don't post anybody's real addresses.
• Unauthorized access through the use of Flash disassembly.
• Unauthorized use of 'accelerators' and so on.
• Don't discuss crimes, partake in acts that encourage crimes, or post an advance notice of a crime.
• Don't exchange money or securities (e.g. book coupons,⁹⁾ gift cards) in the Junior server.
  • Even if the exchange isn't announced on Gikopoi, such activities shouldn't be conducted through Gikopoi. For example: announcing a fundraiser on Gikopoi with your Skype account.
• Don't broadcast dentotsu (i.e. stream yourself spamming companies with phone complaints).¹⁰⁾

• When you tried to input “llll” as your name, it would get changed to Bae Yong-joon (ﾍﾟ･ﾖﾝｼﾞｭﾝ).
  • Of course, this can technically be circumvented by inputting “IIII” instead.
• There were efforts to translate Gikopoi into other languages, but they didn't get very far.¹¹⁾
  • In its early days, there used to be constant scuffles between English users and Chinese users.
• 4chan's /b/ board used to wordfilter “gikopoi”, changing it to “ohno” for some reason.
• At the time, people used idling scripts to keep Gikopoi open. “iccanobif” had created idlepoi, which would be ported to userscript by “roris” as idlescript and “2sh” as idlegiko afterwards.

• BAR GIKO POI ONLINE - The front page of Gikopoi, requires Flash.
  • Changelog + Development Blog - It supposedly moved in June 2012, but they didn't link it.
• Yonkoma Manga ~Hentaipoi~ - Hentai Neko's yonkoma. Ran until 2018.
• Bar Gikopoi Matome - An unofficial Japanese wiki.