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If you use webchat, do NOT use Mibbit. Many members have been "G-Lined" when trying to connect using it. This means temporarily banned from the Quakenet Network. This is a ban that lasts for an indescriminent amount of time.

Quakenet has their own officially supported webclient, USE IT INSTEAD.

Want in the chat now? Click HERE.

More detailed information below:

We've had this channel open for awhile, now, but we waited to advertise it for varying reasons. But, now since the user base is busting at its seems, well it's time to get people coming and going regularly.

Information:

Network: Quakenet (use any of their servers)
Server: irc.quakenet.org (you don't have to use this, but if you don't feel like looking another server up, here's one)
Channel: #TheGameHeroes

For the people who are unfamiliar with IRC:

IRC, like instant messengers, requires a client (thing you open to talk). Unlike instant messengers, there are hundreds of clients to choose from.
The differences between IRC and IMs is, first, IRC doesn't require any sort of user account, so you need to register nothing. You can name yourself whatever you like (as long as it isn't already in use). The channels (chat rooms) are held on a network (spanning many servers), so the room doesn't disappear when everyone leaves (currently we have a bot in there, so the channel will not go away any time soon). IRC also allows you to create a command hierarchy, so there are ops just like there are forum moderators (these have NOT been filled yet).

Here's some clients you can use to connect:

Web:
Mibbit (It is recommended that you use the WebChat Quakenet Client and NOT Mibbit)

OR

http://webchat.quakenet.org/

I just found this, it's a pretty seamless web interface. Here's what you need to fill in once you click the link:

Server: QuakeNET
Channel: #TheGameHeroes
Nickname: The Name You Want To Use

Press connect. This also doesn't require you to download a java applet. Careful in your name choice, if you get throttled errors, then your name is probably too long.

Windows:
mIRC
It's the most popular IRC client on the Windows platform ... look at their site for connection help, but it should be pretty straight forward.

Trillian
This is actually an IM client that has protocols, it can use MSN, AIM, Yahoo, ICQ, and IRC. It requires you to make a profile per connection type. Just use the information listed at the top. The IRC window is treated like any other IM window.

Mac:
This is a list of clients, as I don't have a Mac, I can't suggest one over another.

Firefox:
Chatzilla

You can either join manually:

(type this in chatzilla)
/connect irc.quakenet.org
(then)
/join #thegameheroes

OR

Click this link: Join The Game Heroes Channel on QuakeNet

Post if you have any troubles.

UPDATE
Raster Ricardo has taken a few moments to create a video tutorial if anyone is having trouble, you can check it out here.

UPDATE
I've found the direct link path for mibbit. Now all you need to do to get to the chat using mibbit (the browser based irc chat site) is click here.

Whoo I was waiting for this thread.

Everyone on this forum should totally pop in, Crono secured us another bot so the chan is nice and stable

If you need any help with anything, as Crono said, feel free to post here or PM me




EDIT: Holy Moley, these smilies are primo as!!!

Mibbit is an Easier Way to Connect Through the Web. See the first post for more details!

bumped for awesomeness

Ah good, a reason to use my chatzilla again.

Whoop. There was a ton of people when I joined today. AWESOME.

Twas rare to see a third person talking in the chat, I say.

haha yea crono you never give up man. i'm chattin it up right now!

Yay!!!

We have 6 people in the channel atm, and we just tested "TRIVIATRON" the trivia bot. It worked pretty good, there are still a few bugs around the timer and such but it's getting there

A bold face lie, the machine went nuts and trashed a candy store.

Actually that's an application feature

What? Do you work for Microsoft now, or something?

Blast, the secret is out!!! I serve on the star ship ‘M.S.S Bill Gates’, we sail the 7 root name servers looting and plundering the common consumer!!!

the chat is really turning into a great place fellas. we've been workin hard to make it a better and greater IRC chat then ever.

Not to mention you guys are fixing up that trivia bot to where it won't always ask that Jean claude Van DAmme question

Yeappp!! Trivatron is in a playable state at the moment with scores and a question timer. It asks random questions from our ever growing database and it doesn't ask the same question twice in a game. We currently have over 100 questions in the database and it's growing fast.


Below are the commands for the bot if you want to give it a try.


Start Trivia Game: !start '#' (Where # is the number of questions you would like the game to consist of, if you just type !start, it will default to 10 questions).


Next Question: !nq (Once a game is started, this will get you the next question).

Get Scores: !score (This will display the scores only for the current match or the most recent match, a leaderboard system is in development however).

Help: !help (This will give you a rundown of the basic commands of the bot)

Credits: !credits (This will display a list of all the people who have contributed questions, ideas, or just generally aided in development of the bot in some way)



The current time limit is 30 seconds per question.

Golly, those questions keep getting tougher.

can this please be stickied? its worth the trouble of getting into the chat

IRC?
With The Game Heroes?
Count me in. I actually like IRC more than AIM in some cases. I'm usually up on rizon with the fansub channels and such, but I'll make sure to give you all a visit in the near future.

And now i'm part of the fun, yay!