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 Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 6:51 pm
By the miracle of friendship we are happy to invite you all to the Alexis-net IRC network.What it isNow some of you may be asking "What the fudge is IRC?" to which I have a pair of answers. Wikipedia defines IRC as: Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a form of real-time Internet chat or synchronous conferencing. It is mainly designed for group (many-to-many) communication in discussion forums called channels, but also allows one-to-one communication and data transfers via private message. In simpler terms IRC is a chat system similar to the chat in the gaia games, the puzzles for example, except with out the puzzle, you can be in more than one, they can be named whatever the admins of the channel want, and there are admins ranging from the owner who has power over everybody to the half-ops that cant really do much of anything useful. Some of the rest of you may have been thinking "I already know all this" to which I say: IRC://irc.alexisnet.net/Gaia SSL: 7000 Now back to those of you who don't know about IRC. IRC requires a special client (program) to connect to it. Eventually you will want to get a full client, so I'll get to them next. The administration of Alexis-Net (you will come to know him as nate) is very thorough and has provided a pair of browser-based clients, meaning you don't need anything more than what you are viewing this thread with. If it means anything to you one is java(pjIRC) and one is CGI(CGI:IRC), I suggest you use the Java one which you can find here but if that doesn't work for whatever reason the CGI client is here. Both of those links should open a new page and ask for a username and some other information, for the moment the only one that matters to you is the username but don't worry about it, you can change your username at any time. Click Connect and it will switch over to a white screen with text on it, wait a moment and it should switch over to one with a panel on the side with names listed in it. You have now joined a channel on Alexis-Net.
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Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 6:06 am
ClientsSome of you might have a program such as Trillian or Miranda, what is technically called a 'multiprotocol instant messaging application', these kinds of programs will let you connect to the yahoo messenger service, MSN messenger service/windows live messenger And IRC, I don't really know how, but it shouldn't be to hard for you to find out how. Now that you've been on IRC and found some people to talk to or even met up with the people in the RPs you're involved with you will probably be looking for a higher quality client, something that doesn't our of a web page though you can still have a client that runs out of your browser. If you want a stand-alone program I suggest you pick one of the main two, mIRC and XChat, and that you try them both before deciding. mIRC is pretty much the standard, features it initially provided have spread across the entire spectrum of clients, features such as colored text. mIRC also has a scripting system that will let you do everything from make every other word blue to develop an extensive bot system to do with what you please. XChat is also a standard but you will find more people using mIRC, XChat offers pretty much all the same features and a few one-ups. It comes with a system to automatically log you into nickserv (more about nickserv later), announce that you are away/back, but most noticeably XChat offers a much more powerful scripting system. Straight off the shelf XChat can run perl scripts and C++ modules, this might not mean much to alot of you but think of it this way, a very high number of websites use perl to make them run, and almost every program you have ever run was written in some flavor of C, most dominantly C++, and XChat has the power of both those things under it's belt. Personally I use mIRC but XChat is just as good and possibly better, but mIRC and XChat are vastly difference in some major ways, this is why I say you should try both. XChat comes in two forms, one you have to pay for, the other you don't, beyond that I'm not really sure of the difference. The free one can be found here: http://www.silverex.info/download/ mIRC on the other hand is 'shareware' which basically means they want you to pay for it, and if you don't a window will pop up every time you start the program and ask you to pay. In mIRC's case you get a month's trial where the window has a close button but after the trial it makes you wait three seconds before it lets you close the window and you dont have to worry about it until the next time you start the program. And there is absolutely nothing wrong with just dealing with the window and never buying the program. mIRC can be found here: http://mirc.com/get.htmlIf you run firefox you have the choice of Chatzilla, and thats all I have to say about that. If none of these clients are to your liking you here is a comparison of a bunch of IRC clients, make sure you can run it though http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_IRC_clientsIf you are going to choose a client that has scripting please be careful of running other peoples scripts, they can be just as malicious as a virus or spyware. The only thing protecting you is your own common sense.
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Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 6:37 am
The Six StepsNow you should all still be reading this through the first time, maybe you've tried out the web clients but haven't done everything in step with this sticky becuase most of you probably dont know how to do much of anything in IRC yet. Before we get started things in these boxes are code you enter
/things like this, with that slash at the start, are commands
things inside are places to insert your own information Step one: Connecting to a serverIn almost every client you connect to a server by typing In almost every client the port is optional as that is very standard across the world of IRC. For Alexis-Net type /server irc.alexis-irc.net Step two: Changing your nameIf you aren't content with the name you started with it is really easy to fix, but there are some rules about what can be in a name. To change it type /nick The first rule is that you cant have the same name as someone else at the same time. The next rule is that you cant have spaces, or some other characters, I wont list all of them but for sure you can use any letter, lower case or upper case, any number, the underscore(_) and hyphen(-) characters, and the period, feel free to try any other characters, if it's invalid you will get a message saying so. Step three: Finding a channel to joinThis is the simplest thing to do in irc but it may take a moment for all the channels to fill in. Type this to get a list of channels: /list Or, if you want to search for channels with a key word: /list Once the channels stop coming in just find one that interests you and double click on its name to join, all channel names start with the # symbol, such as #help , you go here for help with IRC. Channel names are chosen by the person who started the channel and don't always have anything to do with what the channel is about. Step four: Joining a specific channelIf you already know what channel you want to join type this /join <#channel> Step five: Talking and actionsTo talk simply type what you want to say and hit enter IRC also supports something like PMs here, their called PMs, most clients will let you PM someone just by double clicking on their name in the nick list but you can also do it by typing /msg The drawback to doing it this way is a window might not open so you'll have to wait for them to reply for a window. To preform an action just type /me this will make text like this Action * Carroteer yawns and melts in her chair instead of Step six: Leaving channels and disconnecting from networksto leave a channel simply type /part in the channel, or this to leave a specific channel with out being on the channel's window /part <#channel> to leave a network you have two choices /disconnect and /quit Disconnect causes you to disconnect immediately but sometimes the server might not acknowledge that you have left and a 'ghost' will stick around until it notices. Quit is the proper way, it tells the server that you are gone so you never leave a ghost, and it lets you have a quit message which is displayed in the channels you are on at the time.
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Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 6:47 am
ServicesServices are an optional component to an IRC network, most good networks have them but some do not. Generally the two you will have to deal with are nickserv and chanserv, these make sure that you can keep the usernames and channels you make and other people cant use them. Registering a Username with nickservto start with you have to be using the username, or 'nick' that you want to register. Once thats done you will need to do a few things, first type PLEASE NOTE: you must put your own password and email in. Once you have done this wait a minute or two then check your email, you should have gotten one from Alexis-Net, inside you will fine a code, it should also provide the whole line you need to use to authenticate your registration, just copy it over and hit enter. You should now have registered your nick. (You will Never receive spam mail because of Alexis-Net) Next time you connect with that nick it will tell you that it is registered and you need to put in a password. To do this type this Now this is a fun bit; If you ever find that someone is using your username, or your ghost is still hanging round type And they'll get disconnected. If you need any more help with nickserv simply type /msg nickserv help Tip: Most clients will let you do /ns instead of /msg nickserv, this is safer than messaging nickserv since if the services are down for whatever reason a user could take the name of a service and would receive your identification information, letting them take your account Registering a Channel with ChanservBefore you go about starting a channel you have to have a registered nick, instructions are above. Next you must have ops on the channel you want, if you join a channel that didn't exist before you automatically get ops and any channel that already exists should already be registered. So now if you plan on making your own channel for whatever, an RP you run maybe, you should have those things to start with. Your first step will be to pick a password and describe the channel a bit, the description isn't to important and most people never see it but it cant be blank. Once you have those the command is /msg chanserv register <#channel> there should be a few signs but only one of them makes a good segue, if it works in chanserv will change the modes in the channel so that the channel is +nrt now if you 'hop' (leave the channel and immediately come back, most clients have a /hop or /rejoin command) you will get +q, which basically means you are the supreme overlord of the channel and no user other than the network admins can challenge your word, I'll talk more about the main modes in the third post.
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Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 6:57 am
Running a ChannelChannels have something called the topic, its that other text you see when you join and your client probably puts it at the top of the window somewhere, this is sort of like the title of a thread, and the ops of a channel can change it at any time. Some clients will bring up a window to edit stuff about the channel when you double click a blank area of the chat buffer (where all the words people say are). If the one you picked doesn't just type /topic <#channel> Note: you do have to have ops to do this. As an oper of a channel you have some other rights, mainly the use of the /mode command, its fairly simple but a lot of people can get confused about it. Modes control mostly everything on IRC, they even give the admins their power, but those are usermodes, you're not likely to be working with them any time soon. Channel modes control what power someone has in the channel, how the channel acts as a whole, and some other stuff. Lets say I have a bunch of users in my channel #mychan, bob, jane, joe, floyd, daren, and Yeet, I want to give everybody but daren 'voice', but daren is a jerk so I want to ban him. I would use one of these commands /mode #mychan +vvvvvb bob jane joe floyd yeet daren!*@*
/mode #mychan +vvvvbv bob jane joe floyd daren!*@* yeet
/mode #mychan +vvbvvv bob jane daren!*@* joe floyd yeet see how the b matches the location of daren!*@* in the list? think of it like this /mode <#chan> +123456 1 2 3 4 5 6
/mode >#chan> +162753 1 6 2 7 5 3 the +bla block tells the server what to apply to which position in the list. There are limits to how many modes you can set with one command, it's a good idea to stick to about 4 per line but Alexis-Net supports up to 12. this would do exactly what I said, set everybody but daren +v and daren +b, but I must stress, banning someone by their name is a terrible ban, they can evade it simply by changing their nick, instead you should whois the person (/whois nick), find this line nick is ~something_unimportant@big.long.address * something else unimportant Mine is Avargrra is ~Greys@Nothing.But * Greys I have a virtual host, you can get one too but the services are set up so changing your vhost doesn't let you evade bans. So now lets say for whatever reason you wanted to ban me (please don't), you would take my hostmask, Avargrra!~Greys@Nothing.But , and turn it into a wild mask by replacing parts of it with *s, a good strong ban should only control the address, everything else the user can change. So you would end up with *!*@Nothing.But /mode <#chan> +b *!*@Nothing.But Note: Never Ever Ever set +b *!*@* it will ban everyone, even you. Now, before you ban someone, except in extreme circumstances, it is customary to give them a warning kick, a kick forces them out of the room. The command is /kick <#chan> Also, once you've banned someone they will remain in the room until made to leave
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Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 6:58 am
Frequently Messed Up StuffIt's like A FAQ but instead its a FMUS, or F moose
##channel - It's easy to get the wrong channel by typing # twice when you /join, just take one off and try again
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Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 7:01 am
Common Modes(Please note modes are case sensitive) For a full list of modes go here: http://www.alexisnet.net/index.php?view=page.Modes n - Only people in the channel can send messages to it
r - Channel is registered (you can't set this)
t - Only ops can change topic
m - Users may only talk if they have +v or greater
v - Voice, it lets you talk while the channel is +m and not much more
h - Half Op/Help Op, can kick, ban, set +/-v, and change the topic
o - Op, can do everything half ops can plus some, cant be kicked by half ops
a - Protected, pretty much the same as op but the only +q can kick you
q - Owner, mainly this is the person who started the channel but there can be more than one, the owner can do everything there is to be done in the channel, mostly it's just for looks.
The person who registered the channel is called the Founder, only the Founder gets access to the chanserv commands
b - Ban, this uses a hostmask or wildmask to prevent someone from joining the channel, also if someone is banned but hasn't left the channel yet, and aren't +v they can't talk
e - Exception, this prevents someone from being banned, it also uses a hostmask or wildmask
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Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 7:01 am
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Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 7:17 am
Why Alexis-Net?
IRC can be a dangerous place, most larger networks are full of mean people, botnets, script kiddies, the rare true hacker, illegal file sharing groups, and just generally bad things. Alexis-Net is a great place, I know almost all of the users there personally and none of them would do anything more than call you names, which you can avoid by being a nice person and using basic good speech and grammer, not even semi-lit, but talking in numbers will probably get you some flak.
Alexis-Net is also closely related to gaia, most of it's users came from here and some are even gaia mods. (heck, Fleep has even been known to stop by once or twice)
To me there just isn't another reasonable choice.
Now that all that is done, if anybody has questions, comments, or problems go ahead and put them here, but no advertising of channels or networks.
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Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 7:50 am
And it's open, we'll bump it down to sticky after a little while
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Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 10:15 am
Awesome! I'll be on it when I can biggrin
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Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 1:25 pm
Aw... Nobodies stopped by yet, well I started #SDRP ( irc://irc.alexisnet.net/SDRP ) for official jibber jabber and general nonsense, but if you have any seriousness to run past us I'll be there most of the time.
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Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 9:14 pm
If anybody goes to stop by don't be too surprised if nobody responds immediately, or within ten minutes, especially if you stop by ten minutes from midnight, if you're looking for instant gratification the closest thing you'll get is in #gaia
(This may become outdated)
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Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 8:59 am
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Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 9:22 am
"sniff sniff" nowbowdy wants two be on da irc,im sad... crying
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