HuxleyGame's Official IRC channel

[Ghos7]

irc.quakenet.org #huxleygame

Come there now for a great time.

A Guide to IRC
For the absolute newbies in this thread, IRC is Internet Relay Chat. That's still garbage but in plain english, IRC is a place where players like you and I can come and chat to one another, keep in the know on the latest goings on and plot or plan in one of the rooms that Huxleygame is in the ownership of. Its a good bit of fun and an awesome tool to have at your disposal. For returning users, you are likely just after a channel list or a few passwords. I recommend scrolling down. A lot. Lets move on...

Clients

A Client is the fancy name given to a program that you use to connect to the IRC service. Because of the varying Operating Systems and user preferences, there is a lot of choice on which client you would like to use. As i said before, I will be working mainly on the Windows client, mIRC. That said, there are clients for Mac as well as Linux too. Failing all of the above, it is possible to connect to IRC through your Internet browser.


For windows, I recommend mIRC. There are others available but thats something for you to google yourself. Get mIRC


Apparently, I am led to believe that Colloquy is a good client for MacOS. Once again, there are others out there. Get Colloquy



I recommend X-Chat if you're a Linux user. Available here


If nothing seems to work for you, try using a web client. Most use the Java technology which you should already have installed. They are compatible with most browsers out there. I have uploaded a fully working (albeit simple) client which should work almost anywhere. It is configured correctly and needs only for you to begin using it. Go for it

Client Setup

You will almost certainly need to do a little basic setup to get your client working the way you like it. I'll start with mIRC.

mIRC
At this point i will assume you have downloaded and installed mIRC on to your computer and are just about to open it. Go ahead, open it up. You will see something asking you to register your copy within a time limit, but you may ignore this. Even after the timer hits zero, no program functionality is lost and it can be used normally



Next up, after we have the mIRC idle screen, it is time to begin the initial configuration. Click the 'Tools' menu, followed by 'Options'. Or hit Alt-O. Either method will bring up the main options screen....



Fill in the initial screen like the above screen. A name, email and two nicknames. The alternate nickname will be used if your current one is taken at the moment in time. Once you have done this, it is time to set up a server: -

¬ Click 'Servers' on the left
¬ Click the 'Add' Button
¬ *A new window appears*
¬ For 'Description', put My IRC Server, or anything you like
¬ Now, for 'IRC server', I recommend "irc.quakenet.org"
¬ 'Ports', 'Password' and 'Group' can be left as they are
¬ Once this is in, click add

Note: You can simply select "Quakenet Random Server" from the list if you are lazy



Once this is done, you may simply hit 'Connect to Server' to connect to IRC. You will be connected to the Espernet IRC Network. Congratulations if you have made it this far. More will be coming up after the Mac and Browser clients are explained.

Colloquy
Instructions here are short, and to the compliment of me. Ask another Mac user if you are running into trouble

¬ Click the 'New' button in the connections window
¬ Click the 'Details' button
¬ Choose a Nickname
¬ Type: irc.quakenet.org in the Chat Server box
¬ You may want to edit your Username and Real Name
¬ Click the (+) button next to the join rooms box add the channels that you wish to join
¬ Click the 'Connect' Button

X-Chat

[connnnn]

You mean Unofficial?

[Ghos7]

I said official channel, not the official thread.

[Decent_xVICIOUSx]

ever hear of ventrillo

[Ghos7]

No, I have never heard of ventrilo

[Decent_xVICIOUSx]

download it its like TS but better

[Murvel]

Personally I use Ventrilo to speak with my clanmates, and IRC to experience the gaming community.

If you join #Huxleygame on Qnet you get a cookie.

[Ghos7]

I'm on, do I get a cookie?

[connnnn]

I thought the QNet channel was run by this site, which isn't official.

Some companies will actually throw a fit when people use the word official for anything that they aren't directly controlling, that's the only reason I mention it.

[Decent_xVICIOUSx]

lol yup dont want any companies throwin a bitch fit

[Ghos7]

Since when does Webzen check out huxley communitys?

[Murvel]

The IRC-channel #Huxleygame on QuakeNet is in fact www.huxleygame.com's official IRC-channel. Not in any way Webzens official channel, but I can't see where anyone has claimed that either?

I can create a channel called #Volvo or #IKEA or #EA-Games for that matter, on QuakeNet, and I can guarantee you that these companies will never care about that.

capishe?

[Pyrath]

TS and Ventrilo UBER PWN... mIRC not so much

[Decent_xVICIOUSx]

yea vent is prob the best in my case im kindda a nub wit all that but vent was easy 2 set up and ts was just a pain and ive never tried mIRC but ehh dont want 2 cause vent pwns

[Ghos7]

I couldn't use a teamspeak unless I'm actually playing a game. I usually have to do stuff and IRC helps when I need to catch up on a conversation.

[Murvel]

*Bump*

For the new members, besides guys, the offer with a free cookie still stands.

[prjngl]

Originally Posted by Murvel

Personally I use Ventrilo to speak with my clanmates, and IRC to experience the gaming community.

yea, that's how i use it - ventrilo to talk with people i know well and IRC to converse with other noobs
i'll idle it