IRC Chat Guide For Newbies

BY FETT

This is a guide written to help you get an IRC chat client set up so you can start chatting in #dcemu.

1. Firstly download a IRC chat client . There are many irc chat clients such as:

PIRCH98                http://www.pirchat.com/

Visual IRC '97        http://www.megalith.co.uk/virc/

OrbitIRC                http://www.orbitirc.com/

TurboIRC              http://members.xoom.com/TurboIRC/

LeafChat                http://www.leafdigital.com/Software/leafChat/

Farenheit Carera   http://www.sofasitters.com/

We will be using mIRC . If you dont already have mIRC it can be downloaded from  http://www.mirc.com/get.html 

2. After downloading unzip using WINZIP . If you dont have winzip you can download it http://www.winzip.com/

3. Install mIRC and run it. After starting it up close down the introduction page ( The one with the Bill gates lookalike  picture on it )   Then click the ADD button.

4. Fill in the details as follows the click ADD.

5. Then fill in your name , email and nickname details with what ever you want and then Click CONNECT TO SERVER .

6. After connecting to the server you can join #dcemu in one of 2 ways . By entering this into the channel to join .

7. Or By typing this into the STATUS window and pressing ENTER.

8. When you are in #dcemu here are some basic commands which may be of   some help to you.  ( NOTE THAT ALL IRC COMMANDS START WITH  /   )

/HELP              shows general help or help on the given command.

/NICK               changes your nickname

/LIST                lists all current channels.

/JOIN               to join a channel

/INVITE            sends an invitation to another user

/AWAY             leaves a message saying you're away or not paying attention

/PART             to leave a channel (same as LEAVE)

/QUIT               exits your IRC session, (same as BYE and EXIT)

/WHOIS           displays information about someone

TAKE NOTE THAT ANY DISCUSSION OF DC WAREZ IN #DCEMU RESULTS IN A BAN . DCEMU IS NOT ABOUT WAREZ .