Farscape I.R.C. Chat
I.R.C. or irc stands for internet relay chat. It is a form of real time chatting. Depending on the client you use it can be very entertaining with some of the bells and whistle addons that are available such as 8ball and quiz scripts.
The popular ones that come to my mind are:
Mac Users go to http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/mac/ to find software for your machines.
To download a copy click on the links above or if you are a freeware hound like myself visit these sites below and try out some different ones. The clients above may be at these freeware/shareware sites also.
Personally, I use Mirc and MSChat 2.5. I prefer Mirc because thanks to addons it provides more security from ping flooding by trolls.
A troll is a person who intentionally disrupts a chatroom by ping flooding them until they are kicked from the room with malicious scripts.
Mirc has addons that help protect you from these little no life having "I'm gonna make your chatroom miserable bums".
Setting Up Mirc
Mirc is fairly easy to set up I will incorporate some screen captures in a step by step process to help you get to #Farscape chat.
Step One
Click on "File" and select "Options".
Step Two
Click on "Add"
Step Three
Type in #Farscape in the "Description" area.
Type in "irc.scifi.com" in the "irc server" area. It should look exactly like the sample. Select "add".
Step Four
Now for security and saftey's sake I would advise you NOT to use your real name and email address. In this area put in fake ones please. In the Nickname area type in the nickname you will like to use in the chatrooms. In the alternative area type in a backup name incase the one you chose has been taken. Now for the fun part. Click on Connect To Irc.
Step Five
If a box like the one below did not pop up go up to the top of the screen and select the
channel icon. The screen below should pop up. Insert the information as follows in the top blank exactly as you see it below. #Farscape. Select "Add". The #Farscape should now appear in your list; select #Farscape it should highlight and then select Join.
Step Six
If you have done everything exactly as instructed you should end up in the room below and some of the names you see may be there. Also, go to the Options, connect, perform box and enter this //mode $me +q 99999999999 hit enter then below it put /ctcp off.This will help prevent you from being ping flooded off the server.
Make sure you have the enable perform on connect box checked. I hope to see you soon.
By the way, I'm Dalequan. To learn more about mirc and irc visit the following link. It has tutorials about mirc and irc a very good reference site. Irc for Beginners
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