Using IRC
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What is IRC?
IRC is an acronym for Internet Relay Chat. IRC was developed by Jarkko "WiZ" Oikarinen at the University of Oulu, in Finland. IRC is the oldest chat protocol in wide use today. The first IRC network, IRCNet, spawned Eris Free Net (EfNet), which led to thousands of other networks. IRC is an effective way of communicating with people anywhere on the globe.
Why IRC?
- Real time interaction.
- Streamlined organization - ability to employ bots to store all attacks and self spells + ops in war. This enables council members and the Monarch to communicate in real time to formulate a 24/7 war strategy if required.
- Group conversations, Ability to make kingdom announcements.
- Improved communication with others in the community.
- Your learning of the game improves exponentially, by discussing with others and learning off (or improving on) other people's playstyles. This is especially true on UtoNet.
- You choose what level of personal information you are comfortable with giving out. Don't want to give out your personal MSN? Then IRC is the way for you, since you are not required to pass out your personal MSN address!
Do However practise caution. Don't accept unsolicited files from people you do not know. Also ensure you read up on Net Safety.
Ways of Connecting
Java Chat
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IRC@Work or IRC@School
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You can google for other CGI IRCs that allow you access- try using the keywords CGI, IRC, utonet.
Connecting to UtoNet via an IRC Client
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IRC Client (Windows)
| mIRC |
| # Run mIRC (download link here). Press Continue when a box asking you to register appears. mIRC remains free to use even after it "expires". You'll just need to wait
a little while before the "Continue" option is available. An mIRC Options box should appear. |
# Go to the Servers section and click the Add button. Fill in the form with
Description UtoNet, IRC Server irc.utonet.org, Ports 6667, 7000, 9056 and Group UtoNet |
| # Add |
| # Choose UtoNet on the IRC Servers list |
| # Select |
| # This should bring you to the Connection dialogue. None of the fields really matter except the Nickname field. This is what people will know you as online. |
| # Connect to Server (Upon connecting, your Firewall may ask you to unblock mIRC). |
| # On the command line, type /j #xxxx |
| ChatZilla (Firefox Add-On) |
| # ChatZilla is an add on for Mozilla Firefox which may be customized via JavaScript plug-ins and CSS styling. For it to work, you need to be on the Firefox browser. |
| # Go to the official Mozilla Add-Ons Site and click 'Add to Firefox'. Once it has loaded, click on install. You will have to restart Firefox. |
| # To load ChatZilla, type irc:irc.utonet.org in the address bar. |
| # Feel free to start customizing via the Chatzilla -> Preferences option in the top bar. |
IRC Client (Mac)
Conversation
Conversation makes chatting on the IRC network as easy as using iChat and other IM clients. Conversation allows you to chat in channels and with your friends in a simple, elegant and Mac-like interface without the use of any text command. Yet it has a comprehensive set of features, some unique to Conversation. Conversation is available in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portugese, Dutch, Japanese, traditional Chinese, Russian, and Ukrainian. Conversation is Free.
i r c l e
Ircle is an IRC client developed by Onno Tijdgat for the Macintosh computer platform. The client is scriptable with AppleScript, can support multiple channels and servers, and up to ten distinct connections at once. Ircle is shareware.
See Also
External Links
- http://www.utonet.org UtoNet official website
- http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/ Mozilla Firefox
- http://www.mirc.com mIRC: Windows Chat Client
- http://www.silverex.org/news/ X-Chat 2 client for Windows
- https://addons.mozilla.org/addon/16 ChatZilla Add On for Firefox
- http://homepage.mac.com/philrobin/conversation Conversation: Apple Mac Chat Client
- http://www.ircle.com/ Ircle: Apple Mac Chat Client
