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Join the #musicbanter IRC/AIM chatroom!
How to connect to the IRC chatroom #musicbanter on irc.rizon.net, port 6667 Alright. Me and Comus have now started the #musicbanter channel (chatroom) on the IRC network Rizon. The reasons are many so let's not get into that. Suffice to say instead that it's a place where anyone who want can come and chit-chat with other members of our community. Because I know most people don't really know IRC, I've made a quick and simple guide to those who are clueless. Follow this guide in 4 simple steps and you can join us in a matter of very few minutes. What is IRC? Before you start, you may wanna know what you're getting yourself into. IRC stands for Internet Relay Chat. It's basically a realtime chat system aimed towards letting a large number of people communicate at the same time. Two people can also message with eachother in private, just like on MSN. The chat takes place in different chatrooms. #musicbanter is one such chatroom. The IRC is not a program like MSN, but is made up of several interconnected servers. Several servers go together to form a net. IRC today is made up of many such nets. People has to connect to the same net in order to communicate, that is - they have to be on connected servers. In order to connect to such a server, you need an IRC client. An IRC client is a "chat program" that let's you connect to an IRC server and chat with others. One of the easiest and most popular IRC clients today widely used today is mIRC. Chances are you've already heard about it and that's what I'll teach you how to use in this thread! Step 1 : Get mIRC and start it up! Downloading and installing the program is easy. Just navigate to this site : http://www.mirc.comClick the big, green "Download mIRC" button. Save the file somewhere on your computer. Run the file after downloading to start the installer. Install the program. Run it. Congratulations! Step 2 : Enter your info! When you start the program, you'll see a box that says it's an evaluation version and you have 30 days. Don't worry, you can use it for free forever, it's just trying to trick you. Click continue. Now you'll see a box eagerly awaiting for you to fill it with some information. http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/9644/379612.png You can see how I've filled in the information in the picture above. Just do something similar. If you want a little bit more specific info :
Step 3 : Find the right server and connect to it! In the Category list on the left in the box, you should see "server" almost on the very top. Click it! It looks like this : http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/2826/89993325.png You'll see an alphabetical list over available IRC networks. Scroll down the list until you find the one called Rizon. Double click it, mark the Random server that came up and then click the select to the right. This will take you back to the previous window where you entered your information. It has a connect button in the middle of it. Click connect! Wait patiently a few seconds and you should get connected to a rizon server. ( PS! If nothing happens, check the connect button in the top left corner. If it looks like it does in this picture, you need to click it. If you are connecting or connected, the lightning icon will be broken, meaning you'll disconnect from the server if you click it http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/4447/39037953.png ) Step 4 : Join the #musicbanter chatroom! When you've connected, you will get a box up asking you what channel you want to join. Just write #musicbanter in the box, then click join. In other words, do like in this picture. http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/9022/67367881.png Step 5 : Have a good time! Welcome to our channel! So far, I have one eggdrop bot (programmed user) up and his name is simply Banter. Feel free to say hello to him. To message with him, do for example like this : /msg Banter helloThat will register you as a user of the bot. This is not needed, but since he moderates the channel, it may give you some privileges. IRC basics If you followed the steps above, you should be on the channel as we speak. Chatting is no problem (just write something and press enter), but you might be a little confused about how to join/leave channels, change your nick and interact with other users beyond mere chit-chat. For you poor, confused people, I'll write some basics here. On IRC, all commands are done by the following syntax - /command - In other words, you always precede a command with a / Here are just a few of the most basic commands. Just write them into the text box like you do when you chat and press enter.
There are many, many more commands such as kick, ban, ignore, give and take operator status, whois, ip-lookup and more. However, if you're using mIRC, you can access all these commands simply by right clicking on a users name. That gives you a neat little dropdown menu where you can choose what you wanna do. Thus, I'll wait a bit before I elaborate more on IRC commands. If you want more help, try out the IRC Beginners Guide from Internet Relay Chat (IRC) Help |
Sounds good as long as that's not full and no-one posts on MB :(
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I don't think it should steal much action from the actual forums .. It might not even get popular, so this is still very much in the experimental phase. Right now, there's only me, Comus and the bot.
Join us Lee and I can make the bot give you operator (moderator) status whenever you join. ;) |
unmoderated real time speech tends to be lounge+, the music discussion will either be unbearable because of the extream spammers or because of the fan bois.
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Sounds like a great idea! i'LL BE GETTING INTO THIS.
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Might be an interesting way to kill boredom when msn fails. I haven't used mIRC in almost a decade...:laughing:
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Is it possible to connect to this through ChatZilla?
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The only likely deviants from that rule are browser-based clients that only operate on one channel/network. edit : A-ha! * jackhammer (jackhammer@C5A2139D.608E9FF7.2D74EF07.IP) has joined #musicbanter * jackhammer (jackhammer@C5A2139D.608E9FF7.2D74EF07.IP) has left #musicbanter Come back, Lee! :D edit again : I found a browser client that you can use to join our chat as well, although it should only be a temporary solution.
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What's all this about unmoderated? :D |
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I'm in #musicbanter but no one else is :(
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Look a couple of posts back, you'll see my latest response to Janzsoon. Try that, should fix it! :) |
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If that doesn't work, you could go through the steps. You're obviously on the wrong network! There's a slight chance that you're on a rizon server that is experiencing a temporary split from the other servers, but I think that's less likely. It doesn't usually stay like that for long anyways. |
Figured it out. :thumb:
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You're not there yet though >;(
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Nice idea this. I might pop by a bit later if I'm not really doing anything else.
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Great tutorial tore. Thanks for putting the time and effort into it...(:
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Enjoying the chat now Tore. I think I'll be spending many hours here. :)
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I figured it out! Yay!
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Perfect example of why Tore makes a great mod. I'll join up later tonight after my Cleveland Cavaliers tie the record for best home record in NBA history!
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Say goodbye to the advancement of post counts! Yay!
No, seriously though, I'm totally on this. When I get around to it. |
I set it up. But I cant see anybody else on, though Comus did write something about ethan being gay.
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Meh I dont feel like chatting with any Europeans, I imagine theyd be all pretentious.
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i'm on now and no one is talking. :(
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Awww for awhile there's going to be some times of inactivity until we get some regulars who idle.
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Good idea Tore! I will definitely be there at least idling full time considering I have it running 24/7.
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We need more people to just hang around even if there's no chat going on. Several times already, I open the IRC client and see people have joined and said "hello?", then left again before I noticed anyone had joined. Have a little patience, people! edit : About an operator (moderator) policy, I'll of course set every MB moderator who join up as operator on the channel. Basically, I'd like the people in power there to be the same as on here. Temporarily since there's not much people on, I'll also make the Banter bot give op-status to anyone I trust who can hang around on the channel for longer periods of time since it helps for channel stability. Aside from a few moderators, Comus and RezZ are currently auto-ops! |
Oi, Tore.. didn't know you had to pay for mIRC.
Know of any good IRC clients that are free? You might get a bit more folks sticking around if they don't have to shell out the 20 bones to register mIRC after the 30 day trial. Just a suggestion. |
you don't have to pay for it, it's just a slight nusiance.
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Yup, it's free .. but maybe I should specify that in the tutorial. I will edit.
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Oh god if I knew about this sooner. I love IRC.
use mIRC btw, it's free even though it says it isn't. |
ANyone on it right now?
I just did it but Im all alone and wanna know if i did it correctly |
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