Let's try an IRC chat...

[Glitch ErrorWeaver]

Soooooo. I was thinking. Let's try to form an official IRC chat!

I started one up at irc.blitzed.org and channel #op9 -- anyone welcome =)

[Ayame]

there's one up on Quakenet uk server, named Outpostnine There are a few people in there now.

[Bobbybirdtree]

Much better. We can see who is on. :)

[Sardaukar]

I joined it. Hurrah.

[Bobbybirdtree]

Need more people. I hope more know how irc works. :p

[Glitch ErrorWeaver]

The Quakenet room has 2 others in it, and one is a bot. Let's merge into Blitzed...

Quakenet has horrific services. Blitzed is a much better server regardless.

[Bobbybirdtree]

Anyone need help or not know what it is?

[Firefly]

I need help. I try to go to this irc.blitzed site and yet, um, it doesnt work! help >_<

[Bobbybirdtree]

There is your problem. It's not a site lol. You have to get an IRC client(download) and go to that server.

[Firefly]

Does it cost money?

[Bobbybirdtree]

No it is completely free. Some of them will ask for donations though.

[Firefly]

where do I download it? i can only find mIRC and it there is like way too many versions

[Spy]

Hmm.. so far I've been using Trillian for it and that's working fine... umm... mIRC should run it perfectly fine also

[Bobbybirdtree]

Get mirc. All those ones are the same thing just downloading from different locations.

[Firefly]

ok done. i'm in channel #op9 but no one is there. Am I missing something?

[BluZytrix]

Success is inevitable.

[Bobbybirdtree]

Wrong server. Go to connect and select the blitz server. Citizen is gonna make a direct link soon too so that should help some of the others.

[Bobbybirdtree]

Here (irc://blitzed/op9)There it is i think.

[BluZytrix]

Hey. All of you that aren't in the chat room are missing some cool stuff....

[Loc]

This chat is so confusing but I can see it being better than chatzy in the future.... :confused:

[silentplummet]

I am in the middle of setting up an IRC server/network exclusively for the use of OP9 and its members. I am working toward something that can be trusted as the official chat.

For now you poor souls lost in Windows-land and non-free software can download this client from my server. It's free and should do at least everything you'd need from an IRC client.

http://www.ephemereal.com/xchat-2.0.9.exe

[ChronoSphere]

Well, as soon as I can figure out why I am klined on that server, I will connect. Its funny, I've never been on that network before, and my IP is a commercial static IP, so it would be weird if it was klined because of someone else before.

[silentplummet]

Are you certain it's specific to your IP? Perhaps you are banned on the basis of host/mask or even simply because you are part of a bad netblock. Admins have been known to do this.

[ChronoSphere]

I'm an IRC user, but never really took the time to unserstand hostnames, idents and the like versus IP addys. You tell me what the below is supposed to mean :P

00:30 [blitzed] -!- Irssi: Looking up irc.blitzed.org
00:30 [blitzed] -!- Irssi: Connecting to irc.blitzed.org [69.20.59.82] port 6667
00:30 [blitzed] -!- Irssi: Connection to irc.blitzed.org established
00:30 [blitzed] !mango.va.us.blitzed.org *** Looking up your hostname...
00:30 [blitzed] !mango.va.us.blitzed.org *** Checking Ident
00:30 [blitzed] !mango.va.us.blitzed.org *** Found your hostname
00:30 [blitzed] -!- You have been Autokilled.
00:30 [blitzed] !mango.va.us.blitzed.org *** You are not welcome on this
network.
00:30 [blitzed] !mango.va.us.blitzed.org *** Autokilled for [33173] Ident used
by spambots - change if you are not one. FORCE (2005/06/29 14.19)
00:30 [blitzed] !mango.va.us.blitzed.org *** Your hostmask is
ChronoSphere!~x@64.238.160.30
00:30 [blitzed] !mango.va.us.blitzed.org *** For more information, please mail
kline@blitzed.org and include everything shown here.
00:30 [blitzed] -!- ERROR Closing Link: 0.0.0.0 ([33173] Ident used by spambots
- change if you are not one. FORCE (2005/06/29 14.19))
00:30 [blitzed] -!- Irssi: Connection lost to irc.blitzed.org

[Bobbybirdtree]

Did you try more than one name?

[ChronoSphere]

Its not the nick, i'm being killed because of my hostmask or ident, which are different from your nick. I'm trying to figure out if i can change that info.

[silentplummet]

If you have access to firewall software, close port 113.

[Jiant Flying Panda]

How come my name kept on getting changed back to "guest". And also, why was somebody making say thing I didnt say?

[Bobbybirdtree]

The saying thing is a command anyone can do. I dunno about the name thing. Try using something like Panda1234 or something.

[silentplummet]

Anyway irc.ephemereal.com is up for whoever wants to use it. I'll talk to the forum moderators and maybe Az about making this official, and making some of you guys IRCops.

Anyone with a server wanting to join the network is also welcome.

If you manage to break my server that's fine, just PM me or post to this forum.

[Glitch ErrorWeaver]

To change your ident in mIRC:

Type Alt+O to access options
Expand the "Connect" group
Select "Identd" from the expanded list
Check the box that says "Use ID from email address"
Click on "Connect" (don't expand or contract it, just click the word itself)
Change your listed e-mail address to something else (doesn't have to be a real e-mail address in that setting, either)

That will let you in.

[No_]

YAY! IRC! :D
This will be good :D
My home field ;)

Baaah, can't join in right away, gtg to work.

[Monseur Tinklekins]

o_o I am a dumbass, for I have no idea what the term "IRC" stands for or means. >.<

[Jay]

Okay, in the spirit of losers like me who've never used mIRC and as such have no knowledge of how to operate it - how do you operate it?

[silentplummet]

The best way to operate mIRC is to pick it up and put it in the trash receptacle of your preference.

Get xchat or something similar. I don't really know what is or isn't available for windows these days but on the previous page I linked to a great client that does everything.

[Loc]

Guide to MIRC (http://www.mirc.com/)

What's with all the idlers in there today? Wake up :p

[zell583]

how do i create a irc chat using trillian?

[Bobbybirdtree]

Put irc.blitzed.org::6667 into the message box that asks for server then go to change. There will be a little box here you need to tick that allows you to type into a big rectangle. Put /join #op9 into there and right when you connect it will take you to the outpost 9 channel.

[zell583]

it doesn't work. it isn't letting me on. what am i doing wrong? (other than the fact i have never used irc before)
*edit* ok here is the error message i got
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b120/zell583/ircerrormessage.jpg
now how do i fix the problem?

[Loc]

Tried clicking the link BBT posted in the previous page?
Your firewall might be blocking it or something too...

[zell583]

is this how it should look?
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b120/zell583/help1.jpg

[Bobbybirdtree]

Remove the ( )

[zell583]

Remove the ( )
i did and it still doesn't work. and i did take care of the firewall part, and it still won't connect. i have never used irc before, so i don't know just how exactly to use it.

[Bobbybirdtree]

Take a shot of your connections window where it shows the info for irc.

[zell583]

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b120/zell583/help2.jpg
there ya go. so what do I have wrong?

[Bobbybirdtree]

irc.blitzed.org::6667 You need periods not slashes. LOLz

[zell583]

here is what i keep getting.
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b120/zell583/help3.jpg

[Bobbybirdtree]

I dunno wtf is going on tbh lol. Did you try the link i put on the first page here?

[zell583]

its all fixed now thanks for the help.

[Pierrot le Fou]

http://www.chatzy.com/741470699474

For all the shit I got about chatzy, it seems like IRC is just a tad bit too much of a pain in the ass for almost everyone. IRC is a pain in the arse. One click webchat is the wave of the future. It's brainless, it's simple, and anyone can do it without any struggle whatsoever. Furthermore, it is cross-platform, so nobody has to search for a linux IRC client, or a mac one, and can just use plain ol' browsers regardless of the OS.

[Marblehead]

I don't see why mirc so hard for people. It's no more complicated than programming your vcr.

[Bliss]

Ok, which chat are we using and how many are there?

[silentplummet]

Someone started an #op9 on blitzed.net and I guess everyone's there.

[Pierrot le Fou]

I am in chatzy, alone. I have no idea about IRC.

There is nothing hard about IRC if you are a nerd with no life who's been using it since he was 13. If you're new to the net in the sense that you use a browser and outlook, and that's 'bout it, then IRC is hard as Hell and confusing.

Unless you set up a web interface for IRC that everyone can use, that will direct everyone to the right server and channel, then there is no point in trying, as you will never be able to top simple web-based chat for ease of use.

[Bliss]

When I go to that blitzed site, nothing is really there except this Apache thing. Is there something I have to download?

[silentplummet]

You can download an IRC client from my website.

http://www.ephemereal.com/xchat-2.0.9.exe

I am also running an IRC server but I don't know if anyone's going to use it. I forgot to mention one important benefit in doing so in the thread I made asking for it to become the official OP9 chat.

Pierrot, IM me on AIM/yahoo/MSN as silentplummet(@hotmail.com for MSN) or something and I'll give you a tutorial on IRC.

[zell583]

When I go to that blitzed site, nothing is really there except this Apache thing. Is there something I have to download?
you need a IRC program to get into the chat. I use trillian myself.

[silentplummet]

I don't know how well trillian works but if it's anything like the IRC support in gaim (a trillian-like program for linux and windows) I'd avoid it personally and use a dedicated client like xchat, bitchX or mIRC if I wanted to pay $20 for the right to use a stupid IRC client.

[CorSec]

If you have mozilla, as in the full suite, then you have an IRC client, which is ChatZilla.

It isn't very pretty, but it is right there if you use mozilla.
http://www.mozilla.org

[Pierrot le Fou]

You can download an IRC client from my website.

http://www.ephemereal.com/xchat-2.0.9.exe

I am also running an IRC server but I don't know if anyone's going to use it. I forgot to mention one important benefit in doing so in the thread I made asking for it to become the official OP9 chat.

Pierrot, IM me on AIM/yahoo/MSN as silentplummet(@hotmail.com for MSN) or something and I'll give you a tutorial on IRC.
I've been using IRC since about 1995 or so (give or take). I know how to use it. However, I am at work, and I only have a mac at home (which doesn't have a handy client that's free and dandy like mIRC) which makes me dislike the prospect of using IRC for chat. Plus the only time I have to chat is during work, where IRC is not really a possibility (can't download to the PCs here).

Sorry!

[Bobbybirdtree]

I did make a link for anyone that has trouble operating it on the first page. Just get yourself a client and you're in business. I'm sorry about the mac situation pierrot. There has to be something that you can use for free.

[Pierrot le Fou]

There are things that I can use for free. I just don't particularly have enough time at home generally, as my girlfriend does not like it when I sit at the computer for hours on end, and therefore I don't generally do it. At work, however, I like to chat but can't do it without a client. And I don't have a client. And I can't download one.

So booooooo IRC.

[Bobbybirdtree]

Ah the power of google. :p Mac IRC client (http://www.snak.com/)

edit:Well damn that sucks.

[Pierrot le Fou]

And it is shareware, which after 30 days cuts chat off after 30 minutes.

I know because it's what I have on my home PC.