Teapot Edit: Click the Chat button above, and choose a username that isn't the default to get in. This thread is still great for learning about how IRC works, and external clients you can use, so you might want to glance over it.
Have all you people been tired of staring at that little old chat button that seems to just lead back to the homepage? WELL BE TIRED NO MORE. This little thing will share with you just how to reach the chatroom, #pokecharms, for the time being. Give it a shot if you're into it, it's really like any other chatroom. So, moving on, there are three methods I am aware of.
1. Mibbit - Mibbit is a nice little website, located at http://www.mibbit.com, that will allow you access to the chatroom without downloading anything, too! What you do is simply once you enter the main page, click on Launch Mibbit WebChat. After a bit of loading and silly words, you will be brought to a screen with three white rectangles. For our purposes, we will be using the top one, that says nick and channel. Next to Nick, delete whatever silly nickname they put there, and type in what you want to be seen as when you enter the chat! in the empty channel box, type in #pokecharms. Now above those two, there will be a dropdown bar with the letters IRC: next to it. Ignore that, and right next to it is a button that says server. Click on it! Scroll down to the bottom of this post to see the list of servers you can use. After typing one into the new space provided, simply hit go! There are some commands you can use on these chats, and they will also be listed below. Moving onto the next client...
2. Chatzilla - This is the one I am most inclined to using. One little hitch that one has with this one is that first, you must download the internet browser, Mozilla Firefox. This can be found here: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/personal.html . There's a lot of things you can do on it, but I am only going into Chatzilla. After you have downloaded Firefox (It will guide you through the process), opened it up, and whatever, click on the Tools button at the top of the screen. Click on the third option down, called Add-Ons. It will bring up a little window. Click on the top-right option, which says, Get Add-Ons. After clicking, you should see a little search box called Search All Add-Ons. Type Chatzilla into this. A few things will show up, like language packs or the Spanish Version, but you're looking for the English one. It should be the first one, simply titled, Chatzilla. Click Add to Firefox to begin. A warning box will pop up, and then you should click Install Now. After this, you will have to restart Firefox to complete your changes. Now, we will move into how to set up Chatzilla. When Firefox restarts, click on tools, then Chatzilla, to begin.
You will essentially go through a few questions; fill them out as you see fit. Unfortunately, I cannot say I recall what they ask, but it isn’t too invasive, if I recall. Now that your Chatzilla page has came up, you will have to choose a server to get onto! There is a list of the ones below; use them as you see fit! For my example, I will be using irc.systemnet.info. Now, in the little typing box on the bottom, type in /attach irc.systemnet.info/pokecharms, then hit enter. After a few minutes, you should be brought into the pokecharms chat! Hooray! If you wish this to be set up so you don’t have to type in the command, simply right click the tab that says #pokecharms, and choose the option Open this Channel at Startup!
3. mIRC - NOTE: I DOWNLOADED mIRC ON DAY OF POSTING THIS. AS SUCH, THIS IS HOW IT WORKED FOR ME. OLDER VERSIONS ARE ALL DIFFERENT AND STUFF. RAWR.Now, do forgive me if this one is not well described, as as I type I am downloading it. MIRC is another chat client, but unlike Chatzilla, you do not need Firefox or any particular browser. To find it, go to http://www.mirc.com/ . Click on download mIRC, which, surprisingly, leads you to the download page! After clicking a few links, a window will finally come up asking to download the file. After saving/running, depending on what your pop-up says, open up the file. It may say it’s executable or something; ignore that and hit yes and such. You’ll reach a setup window. You know the general gist, click next, I agree, next, next, pick some additional tasks, next, then install. After which, check Run mIRC, then hit Finish.
You will note that upon launch a little pop-up will say you have 30 days, and then two buttons saying continue and register. Continue for now, but after the thirty days, you will be unable to use it until you register, although I have heard of instances of going over 30 days, but regardless. This means vomiting up 20 dollars. It's a one time fee, luckily. I don’t recommend this, but if you insist, you insist. It's a fine program, and there are cracked versions you can use even after 30 days, but I believe I will settle with describing this regular old one. Anyway, you will have another pop-up come up. Fill out what you wish. That being a Full Name (Doesn’t have to be real), an actual e-mail address, and a nickname. It’s safe, trust Tangrow. Now, click on the tab that says server. Click on add, and put in the server (I use irc.systemnet.info), and any description. Then hit okay, or whatever is similar. Find that server (It’ll be under the description you wrote), and double click on it. After that, go back to the first thing and hit connect. You’ll be brought into another channel pop-up. Type in #pokecharms, and then hit go, enter, whatever. You’ll be in the chat in no time!
A Quick List of Servers:
irc.systemnet.info
lava.systemnet.info
dra.systemnet.info
saphira.systemnet.info
Edit: Systemnet is all one word.
List of Common Commands: Type these little formulas in, hit enter, and special things happen!
/me (message here) - This one is used for third person actions.
/nick (Name you wish to change to) - This allows you to change your name.
/msg (Person you wish to message) (Message here) - Allows you to send a quick alerting message to a person without using a whole query.
/join (Channel you wish to join) - There are other channels lying around too, such as #pokecharmsWFC, the Pokecharms Battling League Chat. You can use this command to be in multiple chatrooms at once.
/quit (Message) - If you would like to leave a little message right when you leave, simply use this command! You will exit out of the whole program itself and leave a message for people to read!
/part (Message) - Similar to the quit message, this simply exits the channel, or chatroom you are in, without closing the program itself. Nifty!
Note: This is not the complete list of commands, just the ones I find to be the most commonly used.
Querying:
To query is to open a private conversation with someone. To do this, you can either double-click that person’s name or type /query (name here). As long as the person isn’t away, they should hear you; most clients make a beeping noise when a query begins or if one messages in a query. Either that, or they do similar things. Chatzilla, for instance, lights up the window and makes a beeping noise. Make sure not to annoy whoever you speak with, they’re people too!
Registering your Name and other related things:
To register your name, simply type in /msg nickserv register (email you wish to use) (password). Email being the email you used, or one you use often, and the password being the one you wish to use for the name. Now, why would you register your name? To prevent identity theft, of course! While it doesn’t happen often, people can impersonate you by taking on your name, which is absolutely no good! It is recommended you register your name. This means, upon coming into chat or changing your name to that name, you type in /msg nickserv identify password, the password being the one you registered with. Sometimes, if you disconnect and come back in, you’ll find your name is still there, even if no one is using it! This is called a ghost. To get rid of it and reclaim your name, simply type /msg nickserv ghost nickname password. The nickname being the registered name you wish and the password being the password you registered it under.
Finally, as a closing note, I will say that the chatroom has the same rules as Pokecharms. No spam, smiley abuse, tipyng leik dis, etc. You /can/ be banned from chat, as the regular mods on Charms are also the mods on the chat. You can also be kicked out of chat, but usually it’s for fun and games, nothing serious unless you really are annoying. Simply rejoin chat, laugh it off, whatever!
I hope you all decide to come and pay a visit sometime. We don’t bite! …Most of us, I should say.
-If I missed a form of chat, commands, whatever you can speak about it here, and if you have any questions or something confuses you, please take time to ask them here! Feel free to contribute (Commands, other chat programs(and how to reach Charms through them), stuff like that!) while I work on this post and make it even better ♥
Have all you people been tired of staring at that little old chat button that seems to just lead back to the homepage? WELL BE TIRED NO MORE. This little thing will share with you just how to reach the chatroom, #pokecharms, for the time being. Give it a shot if you're into it, it's really like any other chatroom. So, moving on, there are three methods I am aware of.
1. Mibbit - Mibbit is a nice little website, located at http://www.mibbit.com, that will allow you access to the chatroom without downloading anything, too! What you do is simply once you enter the main page, click on Launch Mibbit WebChat. After a bit of loading and silly words, you will be brought to a screen with three white rectangles. For our purposes, we will be using the top one, that says nick and channel. Next to Nick, delete whatever silly nickname they put there, and type in what you want to be seen as when you enter the chat! in the empty channel box, type in #pokecharms. Now above those two, there will be a dropdown bar with the letters IRC: next to it. Ignore that, and right next to it is a button that says server. Click on it! Scroll down to the bottom of this post to see the list of servers you can use. After typing one into the new space provided, simply hit go! There are some commands you can use on these chats, and they will also be listed below. Moving onto the next client...
2. Chatzilla - This is the one I am most inclined to using. One little hitch that one has with this one is that first, you must download the internet browser, Mozilla Firefox. This can be found here: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/personal.html . There's a lot of things you can do on it, but I am only going into Chatzilla. After you have downloaded Firefox (It will guide you through the process), opened it up, and whatever, click on the Tools button at the top of the screen. Click on the third option down, called Add-Ons. It will bring up a little window. Click on the top-right option, which says, Get Add-Ons. After clicking, you should see a little search box called Search All Add-Ons. Type Chatzilla into this. A few things will show up, like language packs or the Spanish Version, but you're looking for the English one. It should be the first one, simply titled, Chatzilla. Click Add to Firefox to begin. A warning box will pop up, and then you should click Install Now. After this, you will have to restart Firefox to complete your changes. Now, we will move into how to set up Chatzilla. When Firefox restarts, click on tools, then Chatzilla, to begin.
You will essentially go through a few questions; fill them out as you see fit. Unfortunately, I cannot say I recall what they ask, but it isn’t too invasive, if I recall. Now that your Chatzilla page has came up, you will have to choose a server to get onto! There is a list of the ones below; use them as you see fit! For my example, I will be using irc.systemnet.info. Now, in the little typing box on the bottom, type in /attach irc.systemnet.info/pokecharms, then hit enter. After a few minutes, you should be brought into the pokecharms chat! Hooray! If you wish this to be set up so you don’t have to type in the command, simply right click the tab that says #pokecharms, and choose the option Open this Channel at Startup!
3. mIRC - NOTE: I DOWNLOADED mIRC ON DAY OF POSTING THIS. AS SUCH, THIS IS HOW IT WORKED FOR ME. OLDER VERSIONS ARE ALL DIFFERENT AND STUFF. RAWR.Now, do forgive me if this one is not well described, as as I type I am downloading it. MIRC is another chat client, but unlike Chatzilla, you do not need Firefox or any particular browser. To find it, go to http://www.mirc.com/ . Click on download mIRC, which, surprisingly, leads you to the download page! After clicking a few links, a window will finally come up asking to download the file. After saving/running, depending on what your pop-up says, open up the file. It may say it’s executable or something; ignore that and hit yes and such. You’ll reach a setup window. You know the general gist, click next, I agree, next, next, pick some additional tasks, next, then install. After which, check Run mIRC, then hit Finish.
You will note that upon launch a little pop-up will say you have 30 days, and then two buttons saying continue and register. Continue for now, but after the thirty days, you will be unable to use it until you register, although I have heard of instances of going over 30 days, but regardless. This means vomiting up 20 dollars. It's a one time fee, luckily. I don’t recommend this, but if you insist, you insist. It's a fine program, and there are cracked versions you can use even after 30 days, but I believe I will settle with describing this regular old one. Anyway, you will have another pop-up come up. Fill out what you wish. That being a Full Name (Doesn’t have to be real), an actual e-mail address, and a nickname. It’s safe, trust Tangrow. Now, click on the tab that says server. Click on add, and put in the server (I use irc.systemnet.info), and any description. Then hit okay, or whatever is similar. Find that server (It’ll be under the description you wrote), and double click on it. After that, go back to the first thing and hit connect. You’ll be brought into another channel pop-up. Type in #pokecharms, and then hit go, enter, whatever. You’ll be in the chat in no time!
A Quick List of Servers:
irc.systemnet.info
lava.systemnet.info
dra.systemnet.info
saphira.systemnet.info
Edit: Systemnet is all one word.
List of Common Commands: Type these little formulas in, hit enter, and special things happen!
/me (message here) - This one is used for third person actions.
/nick (Name you wish to change to) - This allows you to change your name.
/msg (Person you wish to message) (Message here) - Allows you to send a quick alerting message to a person without using a whole query.
/join (Channel you wish to join) - There are other channels lying around too, such as #pokecharmsWFC, the Pokecharms Battling League Chat. You can use this command to be in multiple chatrooms at once.
/quit (Message) - If you would like to leave a little message right when you leave, simply use this command! You will exit out of the whole program itself and leave a message for people to read!
/part (Message) - Similar to the quit message, this simply exits the channel, or chatroom you are in, without closing the program itself. Nifty!
Note: This is not the complete list of commands, just the ones I find to be the most commonly used.
Querying:
To query is to open a private conversation with someone. To do this, you can either double-click that person’s name or type /query (name here). As long as the person isn’t away, they should hear you; most clients make a beeping noise when a query begins or if one messages in a query. Either that, or they do similar things. Chatzilla, for instance, lights up the window and makes a beeping noise. Make sure not to annoy whoever you speak with, they’re people too!
Registering your Name and other related things:
To register your name, simply type in /msg nickserv register (email you wish to use) (password). Email being the email you used, or one you use often, and the password being the one you wish to use for the name. Now, why would you register your name? To prevent identity theft, of course! While it doesn’t happen often, people can impersonate you by taking on your name, which is absolutely no good! It is recommended you register your name. This means, upon coming into chat or changing your name to that name, you type in /msg nickserv identify password, the password being the one you registered with. Sometimes, if you disconnect and come back in, you’ll find your name is still there, even if no one is using it! This is called a ghost. To get rid of it and reclaim your name, simply type /msg nickserv ghost nickname password. The nickname being the registered name you wish and the password being the password you registered it under.
Finally, as a closing note, I will say that the chatroom has the same rules as Pokecharms. No spam, smiley abuse, tipyng leik dis, etc. You /can/ be banned from chat, as the regular mods on Charms are also the mods on the chat. You can also be kicked out of chat, but usually it’s for fun and games, nothing serious unless you really are annoying. Simply rejoin chat, laugh it off, whatever!
I hope you all decide to come and pay a visit sometime. We don’t bite! …Most of us, I should say.
-If I missed a form of chat, commands, whatever you can speak about it here, and if you have any questions or something confuses you, please take time to ask them here! Feel free to contribute (Commands, other chat programs(and how to reach Charms through them), stuff like that!) while I work on this post and make it even better ♥
