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asgarddawning2012-01-01 06:30 pm
bosses) wrote in asgarddawning2012-01-01 06:30 pm
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#asgard on IRC!
I am in the process of setting up an IRC channel so that people can hang out and do all their OOC talkin' and figurin' out stuff in there in a place that's easily moderated and that everyone can get to!
"But we can use AIM chat, Matty!"
You may argue. I will tell you that AIM chat tends to lag after a while, is not conducive to just sitting in and idling (since it likes to ping you anytime anyone says... anything at all), and is nowhere near as easy to make side channels with (for example, if I need to grab all my Saints in a side channel for plotting, it's much easier to do that on IRC than on AIM.) And there's nothing wrong with using the AIM chat - I would just like to present an alternative!
Note that this is not an official chat unless it becomes one but don't do anything you wouldn't do in AIM (don't be too much of a jerk, etc).
"But how do we do this, Matty?"
The first step is to get some sort of IRC client, OR JUST CLICK THIS LINK IF YOU'RE LAZY.
mIRC is a great Windows client, though it will nag you after a while to register it (note: you don't have to).
HydraIRC is a Windows client that apparently is good but I have zero experience with it!
Colloquy is a great Mac client ... or so I'm told. I don't touch Macs, so.
Mibbit is the web choice for people who don't want to download a client - it's alright!
After that (no matter which of the ones you're using), tell it to connect to irc.lunarnet.org, port 6667 or 4444. Join channel #asgard and HEY THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THERE... or... they're all idle, but that's not really the point, PEOPLE.
"It's not working, Matty!"
It might be a firewall issue! Make sure you let your firewall know to let you connect on port 6667 and you should be alright. If that doesn't work, you may need to fuck around, and here is a handy list of things that may or may not work.
"Okay, I'm on! What do I do, Matty?"
Here is a useful list of Commands You Should Know. Most of them are pretty self-explanatory and the LunarNet people have done a good joerb in making sure to explain what the commands are.
The first thing you should do is REGISTER YOUR NAME, because if someone else takes it, well, sucks to be you I guess! A lot of people I know on LunarNet go by character names but since there are other CFUD games on LunarNet that use IRC, you may not get it - regardless, whatever you do decide on, register so people can't troll you and kick you (and if I need to give people IRC powers, I can do that).
Also, if you are adding a name to your collection of names, use /msg nickserv GROUP, not register a new name - it'll link the name to your previous name (with all permissions/etc that go with it!)
Questions? Comments? Please ask here!
"But we can use AIM chat, Matty!"
You may argue. I will tell you that AIM chat tends to lag after a while, is not conducive to just sitting in and idling (since it likes to ping you anytime anyone says... anything at all), and is nowhere near as easy to make side channels with (for example, if I need to grab all my Saints in a side channel for plotting, it's much easier to do that on IRC than on AIM.) And there's nothing wrong with using the AIM chat - I would just like to present an alternative!
Note that this is not an official chat unless it becomes one but don't do anything you wouldn't do in AIM (don't be too much of a jerk, etc).
"But how do we do this, Matty?"
The first step is to get some sort of IRC client, OR JUST CLICK THIS LINK IF YOU'RE LAZY.
mIRC is a great Windows client, though it will nag you after a while to register it (note: you don't have to).
HydraIRC is a Windows client that apparently is good but I have zero experience with it!
Colloquy is a great Mac client ... or so I'm told. I don't touch Macs, so.
Mibbit is the web choice for people who don't want to download a client - it's alright!
After that (no matter which of the ones you're using), tell it to connect to irc.lunarnet.org, port 6667 or 4444. Join channel #asgard and HEY THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THERE... or... they're all idle, but that's not really the point, PEOPLE.
"It's not working, Matty!"
It might be a firewall issue! Make sure you let your firewall know to let you connect on port 6667 and you should be alright. If that doesn't work, you may need to fuck around, and here is a handy list of things that may or may not work.
"Okay, I'm on! What do I do, Matty?"
Here is a useful list of Commands You Should Know. Most of them are pretty self-explanatory and the LunarNet people have done a good joerb in making sure to explain what the commands are.
The first thing you should do is REGISTER YOUR NAME, because if someone else takes it, well, sucks to be you I guess! A lot of people I know on LunarNet go by character names but since there are other CFUD games on LunarNet that use IRC, you may not get it - regardless, whatever you do decide on, register so people can't troll you and kick you (and if I need to give people IRC powers, I can do that).
Also, if you are adding a name to your collection of names, use /msg nickserv GROUP, not register a new name - it'll link the name to your previous name (with all permissions/etc that go with it!)
Questions? Comments? Please ask here!
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