The Mabination IRC!

• Vinhthehero wrote on 2011-10-11 01:19
  [SIZE="4"]#[email protected][/SIZE]

  
  
  
  [SIZE="3"]Connecting to The IRC:[/SIZE]
  
  For users without an IRC Client:
  Use this webchat: #Mabination [Bookmark it!]
  
  For users with an IRC Client:
  Server: irc.seraphimlabs.net
  Channel: #mabination
  Direct Link: irc.seraphimlabs.net/mabination
  
  
  [List of IRC Clients] Recommended: HydraIRC | XChat-WDK
  
  [SIZE="3"]Some Commands:[/SIZE]
  
  *note: For the instructions, do not include the brackets, "[ and ]".
  
  To change your nickname, type /nick [new nickname]
  To use RP commands, type /me [action]
  
  Registering your nickname:
  /nick to your desired nickname (if you don't like your current one. If you do, skip this)
  Type: /msg nickserv register [password] [email]
  You'll receive an email with a confirmation code and the command to confirm it. Just follow those instructions.
  
  Every time you log on the IRC with that nickname, you have to confirm with your password.
  /msg nickserv identify [password]
  
  Assigning a vHost:
  When you login to the IRC Channel, people can see your network address. You want to mask that so no one can identify you. Setting up a vHost is easy:
  
  You must have a registered nickname (look above for instructions).
  Your vHost address must contain a dot, "." For example, "my.vhost"
  It must not lead to a valid web address (such as mabination.com). Create your own address.
  
  Type: /msg hostserv request [your.vhost]
  
  Wait for your vHost to be approved, it may take a bit, but not more than a few minutes. It is handled by a bot.
  
  After it is approved, type /msg hostserv on
  
  *note: You can only change your vHost once every 7 days.
  
  For more info on nickserv commands, type in /msg nickserv help
  For more info on hostserv commans, type in /msg hostserv help
  
  That's mostly what you need to know. If you need to know more, ask.
• Bakuryu wrote on 2011-10-11 01:20
  I'd love an IRC :( Guru one was so much fun.
• Vinhthehero wrote on 2011-10-11 01:22
  You can join now! I created a #mabination channel. I'm an OP on there. If you want, I could register the channel.
• Bakuryu wrote on 2011-10-11 02:31
  I missed IRC :3, More people should join- the fun increases exponentially with more people!
• Osayidan wrote on 2011-10-11 13:56
  Main thing is that no one used it. It was only the same few people who got on and AFKed in the channel instead of chat.
  The occasional new person would pop in, say hi, no one responds so they would leave almost immediately.
  
  This has been the case for every single forum chat/IRC for every website I ever joined, been staff on or owned.
  
  So I'm now very reluctant to ever add such things.
• Nyo wrote on 2011-10-12 01:55
  #mabination is my new idling channel.
• Vinhthehero wrote on 2011-10-12 02:07
  I think if we just put the word out more, a lot more people will be willing to join in. We're open 24/7 and you can just go in there and idle, maybe say a little bit of something, start a discussion or just be a lurker. There's already a few fellow idlers in the channel who has been there since I've made it. I know IRCs usually don't work out, but it doesn't hurt to keep the channel open. I've already registered the channel under my nick, so it's open for anyone to join in.
• Strawberry wrote on 2011-10-12 02:22
  People try to eat each other in the IRC.
• Bakuryu wrote on 2011-10-12 02:26

  Quote from Strawberry;616770:

  People try to eat each other in the IRC.

  
  
  You look yummy that's all o3o
  
  

  it doesn't hurt to keep the channel open.

  
  Indeed D:
  People can just idle and at some point creep into a conversation that could be going on, ask something or luls around.
• Navy wrote on 2011-10-12 02:39
  what is this irc you speak of
• Vinhthehero wrote on 2011-10-12 02:58
  IRC stands for Internet Relay Chat. It's basically like chat rooms to put it simply. The sessions are established through channels (and channels have # depicted in front of them) located on a server. Some popular servers are like quakenet (usually used for gamers), freenode.net (used for tech, open-source developers), or irc.rizon.net (anime fansubbers). IRC also allows one-to-one messaging and file transfer too if you are using an IRC client. A user enter via channel with a nickname. IRC also has commands usually starting with a "/". For example, to change your nickname, you use the command /nick [nickname]. There are many commands available, but you don't need to know all of them to chat on IRC. Many forums have a dedicated IRC channel, along with other websites.
• Navy wrote on 2011-10-12 03:03
  oh that seems cool
  as long as it;s not dead like our tinychat ):
• Vinhthehero wrote on 2011-10-12 03:10
  It's not dead, just that many people are busy, such as playing on Mabinogi so they idle on there. It's open 24/7, as I am the OP on there and I keep the channel alive (and when I'm gone, it's still there due to our dedicated idlers). Also, Kitae has been idle on there ever since I made it. You don't always need to talk on there, you just say whatever when you feel like it. Check back later for a reply. Sometimes the chat really gets going. There's also RPing on there, since you can use the RP command /me. You don't always have to RP, but it does sort of bring some fun to the chat. I'm also planning to do little events each day. Maybe a Topic of the Day or a day dedicated to Roleplaying. For now, I'll see how the IRC goes.
• Yoorah wrote on 2011-10-12 05:00
  Yay, IRC fun. It's been a while since I really used it. xP
  /me idles
• Osayidan wrote on 2011-10-12 11:19
  The idling is pretty much why it died in my past experiences. Unless there's dozens of regulars who frequently come online and talk in there, so that even if most people idle there's usually a couple of people available, there's a very high chance that newcomers log in, ask a question or just say hi, get nothing in response in a timely manner, so they leave and never come back to it.
  
  On a forum it's perfectly normal to leave a message and check back later for a response, but in a live chat they would expect near instant communication. Even if the regulars know how it is, new people won't know and/or care. All they'll see is a chat where no one chats.
  
  So to me there's a huge difference between an official IRC that's always fairly active when it's reasonable to expect it to be active (in our case probably daytime to late evening in eastern to western time), versus an IRC that's primarily just the website regulars who idle and ocasionally check messages left for each other. The later is similar to a bigger, more open version of the skype chat group a lot of people are in.