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CiA IRC channel? - Pulverizer - 08-11-2007
I was wondering how come CiA doesn't have an IRC channel, since most clans and gaming communitys have one for communicating gaming times and for just chatting about this and that, solving addon/mission making problems and whatnot. I created a channel on Quakenet called #ciafdf if anyone's interested to try it out.
What's IRC (internet relay chat)? In a nut shell, it's a protocol for chat room programs where people can talk with each other, send files and more. A relatively old (1988) finnish invention. Anyone can join an IRC server and create channels on them simply by typing /join #channelname, if the channel doesn't exist, it will be created.
How to join?
1. Get an IRC client such as 0irc, Miranda or Trillian
2. Connect to an IRC server such as irc.quakenet.org (/connect irc.quakenet.org)
3. Set your nick (/nick yourname)
4. Join a channel (/join #ciafdf)
5. That's it, you can now send messages and receive everyone else's
The advantages over msn chat et cetera is that you can join it any time without an invitation and leave it on while you are away to read what other's where chatting about when you come back later for example.
Re: CiA IRC channel? - Lobanak - 08-12-2007
As I remember, I tried to establish IRC a long time ago.
I had registered one, but nobody used it, so it was shut down after some time of not using it.
Also I had set up one at our old server.