[MISC] Unofficial PAX IRC Channel

DaNerd

Ehhh. Still not sure if I'm doing this right, but it's 3am. I'm gonna get some sleep and try this again with your tutorial...

BigRed

Since there are some people that cant figure out irc. Heres a graphical walkthrough.
If you still cant do it, ask in here but these are easy to follow.

I will lump all my walkthroughs under this post. I will cover connecting to irc (using mirc, sorry not going to cover every client), registering your nick, setting up preform so you will auto-login when you connect, and linking different nicks (incase you want to have a Work nick or a phone nick).

Starting off with
CONNECTING TO IRC:
Follow the arrows in the pics, I made this easy to not require me to type anything :P

Download and install mirc
http://mirc.com

Step 1:

Step 2:

Step 3:

Step 4:

Step 5:

Now we move onto:
REGISTERING YOUR NICKNAME
(just doing a copy-pasta of my earlier post)

So... The Channel will be running with moderation on, anybody else who joins will need to register their nick and PM either me or moe to be added to the channel access list so you get auto-voiced so you can talk in the channel.
Whenever I am in the channel ill be proactive for a while at PMing new people and walking them through the register process, for now heres some short instructions.

Instructions:

Go to the server window (depends what client you use) and type this:

/msg nickserv register password email

password = what password to register your nick under
email = your email addy to recieve a confirmation #

it will then ask you to do this:

/msg nickserv auth code

code = the code you got in your email

Then when Every time you reconnect to slashnet you will need to type this

/msg nickserv identify password

password = the password you used to register your nick with

Then you are all set Just be sure to PM me or moe on irc (whichever you see active) to get added to the access list.
Or you can post in here asking to be added, we will check here too

Next:
LINKING NICKS TO YOUR REGISTERED ONE

This is pretty simple. When you are logged into slashnet (and your nick is identified) all you have to do is type this:

/msg nickserv link nickname

nickname = the other nick you want linked
so, I have my BigRed nick thats my registered one, then BigRed-Worky is linked to that.

after you link a nick, when you login to slashnet. You will have to identify with the same password as your registered nick.

Moe Fwacky

You know, BigRed, this thread is quite old, if you wanted to start a new, up-to-date one with all your walkthrough info in the OP, I would support it.

BigRed

k, I will when its completed. I still have a few things left to cover

BigRed

Dont do what parabola just did and join/quit over 10times, and spam the channel with nick changes asking for voice BEFORE reading the topic directing people to register their nicks then PM me.

That will get you a tempban for spam, not voice :P

Moe Fwacky

Also, I'll set +n, which will prevent people from changing their nicks while in channel. Which will mostly just make BigRed rage more.

BigRed

Moe Fwacky wrote: »

Also, I'll set +n, which will prevent people from changing their nicks while in channel. Which will mostly just make BigRed rage more.

Ill stab you.

Vander

I'm on a Mac. Am I boned? I downloaded something called IRCLE but I'm pretty lost on what to do next.

BigRed

Vander wrote: »

I'm on a Mac. Am I boned?

as a PC gamer... do you really want me to answer that? lol

I know theres a few mac users in the channel, not sure what clients they use though.
I will add this to the walkthrough but you can always use mibbit
http://www.mibbit.com/
web based irc client

BigRed

Moe Fwacky wrote: »

You know, BigRed, this thread is quite old, if you wanted to start a new, up-to-date one with all your walkthrough info in the OP, I would support it.

ITS DONE MOE

GOING TO BED NOW

proXimity

Vander wrote: »

I'm on a Mac. Am I boned? I downloaded something called IRCLE but I'm pretty lost on what to do next.

Use Colloquy- fantastic mac IRC app (better than that crap mirc on pc, too)

Moe Fwacky

New thread here
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?t=89104