How to join our IRC

[Regen]

 

THIS GUIDE IS PARTIALLY OUTDATED, WE ARE NOW ON:

Server IP: SynIRC.net

Channel: #Paradise

 

Welcome to the waterhole of knowledge where you learn how to (probably) use an IRC

 

IF YOU KNOW HOW TO WORK A BASIC IIRC CLIENT I SUGGEST SKIPPING THIS PART, AS IT IS MEANT FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH IRC CLIENTS.

 

IRC information:

Server IP: SynIRC.net

Channel: #Paradise

 

 

First off, we're going to need to get a client, personally I've tried several, and found Hexchat to be my favorite.

 

 

 

You can download it here:

http://hexchat.github.io/

 

Other noteworthy IRC clients:

http://xchat.org/

http://www.irssi.org/

http://www.mirc.com/

http://limechat.net/mac/ (For mac)

 

Alright so you got your IRC client installed and ready to go, now its time to connect to the server.

 

------- THIS PART IS FOR XCHAT AND HEXCHAT ONLY, IRSSI AND OTHER SIMILAR CLIENTS SUCH AS LIMECHAT WILL BE EXPLAINED LATER -------

If you are using Hexchat, you will probably be presented with this

 

Here you need to fill in the appropriate information that you want people to see when you connect (This can be changed at a later time as well)

 

After you have filled out the information, you want to press the "Add" button, by networks list

This will create a new network, which you can name whatever, smartest thing would be to name it "Paradise" or "Cyberiad"

 

Now you want to highlight it, and press the "Edit" button

This will present you with a new, quite simular window, it should look something like this

 

Now lets edit the "newserver" column, to match the server IP of our IRC

176.58.122.101

Remember that the /6667 at the end of the IP is important to have there, as it defines what port to connect to (6667 being default and the correct one)

 

Other fields such as Nickserv password and Favorite channels can be edited at a later date, and will be explained later in the thread.

 

Now you can close that window up and press connect, this will present you with something similar to this

 

Congratulations! You have now successfully connected to the IRC server!

 

Now we get to the command line, which is also used to communicate with other users, it is the input field on the bottom of the client, after your Nickname.

 

First thing you want to do is register your nickname, this is not required, but it is smart to do as it reserves your nickname, so that others may not impersonate you.

To do this type in the command line:

/msg Nickserv register *password* *password recovery phrase*

 

Always remember your password, as it can be rather hard to recover if you forget it and the recovery phrase.

 

Now that the registration is done, we can finally get to the part where we can talk to people.

 

Type in the command line "/join #crew" and you will join the crew channel (magic, right?)

 

Here you can talk to others and have a great time, if you need help with syntax or commands you can type /help or message Nickserv the command "help"

 

-------- FOR OTHER IRC CLIENTS --------

 

This should be really easy, if you use something like Limechat or IRSSI you can just type in the command line:

/connect 176.58.122.101

 

then /join #crew

 

[Zgun]

Please why would you suggest anyone to use xchat at all, no dev has happened on it for almost half a decade. Hexchat cares and devs still, never even bring up xchat as an option anymore T_T

[Froststahr]

 

GASP! You've left out nettalk! The krauts must have disdain for you now!

 

I'll bet this thread will be all about OP's choice in IRC clients.

 

Anyways, just connected. I had no idea you guys had an IRC

 

[Regen]

 

Please why would you suggest anyone to use xchat at all, no dev has happened on it for almost half a decade. Hexchat cares and devs still, never even bring up xchat as an option anymore T_T

I will definitely look into this, thank you

 

EDIT:

 

Redid the guide to also include easy to use information for the server at the top, so that you don't have to read my wall of text to actually get information such as the IP and channels, also remade it for Hexchat