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Crystal
Dragon Tamer
Joined: Wed Apr 16, 2008 2:42 pm Posts: 142 Location: ZOMG chocolate!
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Hi guys,
I'm new to the concept of using Java chats, and I can't download IRC. I figured out how to get on the Java versions of the chat, but can someone please explain how to change your nickname and prove your ID. I wanted to go onto the chats as my username, "Crystal", but it said that name was taken and that it needed the password. I don't know how to do coding or use Java, and I looked in the help section.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
_________________Awesome Siggy: Spongedude Fantastic Avie: froggy_00 If I owe/ said I would donate you psybucks, please PM me ASAP (preferably a link to the page that I "bought" the item) and I will try to round them up as quickly as possible (of course, after the cash mod is fully functional). Thanks.
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Sat May 10, 2008 12:50 pm |
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Flaming_Wuzzle
Frontier Brain
Joined: Wed Aug 04, 2004 2:22 pm Posts: 825
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That means someone else on the server (since we don't have our own server) has already registered 'Crystal'. Just use another nickname on the chats.
To change your nickname, type "/nick" (without the quotes) followed by whatever name you're going to use (no spaces allowed).
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Sat May 10, 2008 3:20 pm |
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Crystal
Dragon Tamer
Joined: Wed Apr 16, 2008 2:42 pm Posts: 142 Location: ZOMG chocolate!
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Thanks F_W, that helps alot!
However, I thought it was against the rules for someone to use the same nickname as the username of someone else on the chats. Does that mean that the server holds data for more websites? If the answer is a long one, please PM me instead, I dislike making such a fuss in the forums.
Once again, thanks for the instructions!
_________________Awesome Siggy: Spongedude Fantastic Avie: froggy_00 If I owe/ said I would donate you psybucks, please PM me ASAP (preferably a link to the page that I "bought" the item) and I will try to round them up as quickly as possible (of course, after the cash mod is fully functional). Thanks.
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Sun May 11, 2008 6:32 am |
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Valentine
Pokemon Master
Joined: Thu Jun 15, 2006 4:59 pm Posts: 2399 Location: feel the mambo
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Like F_W said, it isn't our server. Other websites use the chats. It's not against the rules for someone to have your username here registered on IRC. Valentine is taken, so I just go by my real name. ;o
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Sun May 11, 2008 6:57 am |
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Crystal
Dragon Tamer
Joined: Wed Apr 16, 2008 2:42 pm Posts: 142 Location: ZOMG chocolate!
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Thanks Kasey for making that clear! When you go on the chats, is it appropriate to say what your username is so people know who you are? I guess I'll be going on the chats with my real name too.
Also, how to you change it so that when it hovers over your name it has a different message. (Like Krisp has Pikapiiika over hers)
_________________Awesome Siggy: Spongedude Fantastic Avie: froggy_00 If I owe/ said I would donate you psybucks, please PM me ASAP (preferably a link to the page that I "bought" the item) and I will try to round them up as quickly as possible (of course, after the cash mod is fully functional). Thanks.
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Sun May 11, 2008 8:56 am |
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Valentine
Pokemon Master
Joined: Thu Jun 15, 2006 4:59 pm Posts: 2399 Location: feel the mambo
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That's the 'real name' part, and you have to have mIRC or be using darkmyst webchat to use that. I'm too lazy to get the urls of either of them, though. ;x
It's absolutely fine to say who you are.
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Sun May 11, 2008 9:11 am |
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Typhon
Dragon Tamer
Joined: Sun Apr 13, 2008 12:26 pm Posts: 100 Location: Johto
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What exactly is IRC. I have heard people talking about it and i know its a chat. is it just a normal chatroom, or ist it like vent?
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Sun May 11, 2008 12:42 pm |
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DNA
Trivia Champion
Joined: Sat Mar 10, 2007 5:37 pm Posts: 3170 Location: clegavel
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mIRC is a program that is used to log on to internet chatroom channels (an IRC stands for Internet Real-time Chatroom or something like that).
It's a real-time chatroom where when someone speaks, everyone sees it, and from there it just asks like a normal chatroom, except that rulebreakers and people making nuisances of themselves get kicked by the ops.
The program itself, mIRC, is downloaded at http://mirc.com
And what is "vent", Typhon?
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Sun May 11, 2008 5:03 pm |
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Jigglypuff
The Geek
Joined: Wed Aug 04, 2004 11:10 am Posts: 1535 Location: Milliways
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IRC is Internet Relay Chat, and mIRC is but one of many clients (though arguably the most popular Windows one) you can use to connect to the servers of an IRC network.
You could think of it like AIM chatrooms, only not made of complete and utter FAIL.
_________________latina mortua lingua est // ud mortua ud ea possit prima meas ancestras necavit // et nunc me necat
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