Come talk to us! C&H IRC

D4RK ONION

Hey guys! I've just set up an IRC channel to use for random chats. IRC is a like a chat room. Here's how to use it.

1. Go to >>> http://webchat.quakenet.org/
2. Type in a nickname for yourself (no spaces, use _)
3. In channel, type #C&H PASSWORD*** e.g. #C&H student
4. and that's it!

***Please PM me or our three resident OPs (Pygmalion, Davidius or Konata) for the password. Preferably, one of them

If you like IRC and want to use a program instead (which has more options, and an ability to turn on sound so you know when there's new messages)

To start simply download mIRC here and install as you would any other program

Run IRC and select Tools > Options. This screen should be the first thing you see upon running the program

Fill in the basic details; i.e. Your alias, an alternative (just in case great minds think alike) and e-mail

Click the "Servers" tab. Open the "QuakeNet" folder and select a server

Go back to the "Connect" tab and click connect

Finally click Commands > Join channel

Insert "#C&H" into the field and there you go!

Anyone else with @ before their name is an admin in the room. Be nice!

Pygmalion

NEED MOAR TOPIC.

Also hello.

Ginja Ninja

great idea onion for those of us who can't use msn.

is there not a boards.ie rule against advertising sites outside this one?

Davidius

I would but every IRC channel I visit collapses under the sheer weight of how great I am.

Arcade Panda

that's so cool! i havn't a clue how it works but that's class!

D4RK ONION

Ginja Ninja wrote: »

great idea onion for those of us who can't use msn.

is there not a boards.ie rule against advertising sites outside this one?

When it's got to do with supporting and expanding the community, it's fine. Fighting Games have one, that's where I got the idea.

Davidius wrote: »

I would but every IRC channel I visit collapses under the sheer weight of how great I am.

You should come anyway. I'll kick you if the walls start to give way.

Arcade Panda wrote: »

that's so cool! i havn't a clue how it works but that's class!

It's a really easy system. Basically it's a channel set up on a server, and it relays messages between different computers attached to that channel. boards.ie used to have one but eh... Well, bubbles happened. :P

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By the way Q is our bot. He sits there and minds the channel for us so no one can steal the name C&H. He also has a few other uses :P
Type

/msg Q HELP

for a list of commands which you might find handy.

Insect Overlord

I fully endorse this product and, or, ah, service!

Niall09

Great idea

Arcade Panda

Right I'm lost...I'm in there and I can see jumpy hitting people with fishbot (:p) but I can't write....how do I write in it???!

soccymonster

panda, the bar at the end of the convo type into that

almostnever

Arcade Panda wrote: »

Right I'm lost...I'm in there and I can see jumpy hitting people with fishbot (:p) but I can't write....how do I write in it???!

At the very,very bottom there's a text bar, it's hard enough to see because it's not really distinctive or a different colour and it's only teeny.

Took me ages to figure it out

Pygmalion

So like, if you're using this can you please use your boards name (or something similar), just it's nice to know who we're talking to.

jumpguy

Arcade Panda wrote: »

Right I'm lost...I'm in there and I can see jumpy hitting people with fishbot (:p) but I can't write....how do I write in it???!

:P Box is at the very very bottom of the page, hard to see.

Luno

This is just like those msn conversations except this is moderated!:eek::P

Pygmalion

M&S* wrote: »

This is just like those msn conversations except this is moderated!:eek::P

To be fair some of the stuff being discussed isn't particularly child-friendly.

jumpguy

Pygmalion wrote: »

To be fair some of the stuff being discussed isn't particularly child-friendly.

Yeah...all that maths talk should be kept away from kids...*solemn nod*

KnifeWRENCH

I've just ventured in. Prepare to be dazzled by my trademark wit and engrossing anecdotes.
That's if ye don't all feck off once my name shows up.....

TheCardHolder

Anyone home?

KnifeWRENCH

*peers inconspicuously from behind couch*

No-one's here.....

Piste

Oh dear, it appears to be just me on my own now. *quits*

Davidius

We're not talking about maths for once. Now's your chance everybody!

D4RK ONION

This is PACKED tonight. Madness!

seriousfizz

D4RK ONION wrote: »

This is PACKED tonight. Madness!

Wow, it really is taking over ehh? xD

Not sure if I can handle that shizz this evening :P

EDIT: I'M GOIN' IN

degausserxo

We're naming counties that nobody cares about now. YOU'RE MISSING ALL THE FUN

jumpguy

Apparently I've been banned from the channel. ¬_¬

TheCardHolder

full irc = no more posts on forum?

D.R cowboy

I was banned how do i get un banned

jefreywithonef

Last one on again tonight. What a jip.

ToniTuddle

Oooooohhhh must have a nosey!

Long as I don't have to download anything

*checks first post again for details*

EDIT: Nobody online at this time

D4RK ONION

I've closed the IRC for now. I'll open it for a chat every once in a while. Time to start using the forum again guys

Davidius

You've created a monster ONION, are you sure you can contain it?

A Neurotic

D4RK ONION wrote: »

I've closed the IRC for now. I'll open it for a chat every once in a while. Time to start using the forum again guys

/me is confused

Niall09

Ehhhhh

D4RK ONION

The IRCis set to +m or moderated. That means only @ and + people can talk. And seeing as how no one has + it's essentiallly closed. I'll open in on busy nights, but it was taking too much traffic away from this place. Thing of it like a bar that only opens when the owner has enough effort to put out the seats.

Davidius

A Neurotic wrote: »

/me is confused

Oh I see what you did there.

ToniTuddle

He has closed it for now as everybody left C&H and he wants folks to get their bums back into Boards

D4RK ONION

I'm pretty sure /me works in Skype chat if you want to download that :P

jumpguy

D4RK ONION wrote: »

The IRCis set to +m or moderated. That means only @ and + people can talk. And seeing as how no one has + it's essentiallly closed. I'll open in on busy nights, but it was taking too much traffic away from this place. Thing of it like a bar that only opens when the owner has enough effort to put out the seats.

Eh? Might I just say, that's kinda a bollox. You set it up so we could all talk away from MSN (which is what we were doing anyway before), and it succeeded in that and all C&Hers could chat freely. And it was busy, which you seem to say like it's a bad thing. It's an enhancement of the forum, not a detriment. So what if C&H got less posts because of it? Does that matter, we were communicating anyway.

This is a rather stupid and annoying decision imo.

Davidius

Should definitely re-open IRC now. I need to be entertained and I don't think I can stay awake all night!

MavisDavis

Davidius wrote: »

Should definitely re-open IRC now. I need to be entertained and I don't think I can stay awake all night!

Why would you want to stay awake all night? Vampire?

Davidius

MavisDavis wrote: »

Why would you want to stay awake all night? Vampire?

To make the time between now and college tomorrow morning seem as long as possible.

unknown13

RE-OPEN IRC there is no reason for it to be closed

Insect Overlord

If it's going to be re-opened at all, it should be done under a new name.

As things stand, it's offering nothing to the C&H forum. If anything, it has been to the detriment of the forum from a traffic point of view. Also, much of what is said and discussed on the IRC channel would not be permissable under the C&H charter, so I'd rather the two were not associated by name.

jefreywithonef

Probably should have one during the summer when everyone is (even more) bored.

IRC was a terrible distraction from doing study so I kinda support its current closure. It's a noble decision to shut it down since it looks after my best interests.

MavisDavis

Davidius wrote: »

To make the time between now and college tomorrow morning seem as long as possible.

Oh, distraction is required, then.

TheCardHolder

Hmm, trying to think of the best option. i miss the chat as I'm in the mood for a casual chat and can't think of anything to post on the forums. Maybe after a certain hour the chat opens?

degausserxo

+1 on that. There wouldn't be a lot of us online past, say, midnight, what with people in school and college. And then, we're (I'm using this word in as nice a way as possible) restricted to certain threads. From my experience so far, it's really just people trying to get to know their fellow boardsies, cause it can get very messy in the Den.

D4RK ONION

Okay, how about I open it between midnight and 5am? Call it Clearasil and Watersheds. Or the ONION club.

But to back up my reason, I've been offline for less than 24 hours and the amount of threads with new posts has stretched to the second page and then den has about 10 pages of new posts. Point proven about detrimental traffic. I'll open it at midnight from now on, see how that works

jumpguy

Definetly sounds like a fair solution, thanks Onion.

Except now my insomnia will be even more fuelled. <_< >_>

D4RK ONION

Opening at 11 tonight, seems pretty quiet around here today

unknown13

Can we open at 11 tonight because it is dead around here.