mIrc for Dummies

[Tachikoma]

Firstly, please don't slate me for asking about mIrc. I know everyone here is an expert at it, and I'm still in the primordial mIrc soup, and everyone keeps ranting on about how great it is. I do use mIrc on a regular basis, but only by using www.packetnews.com as a search engine.

What I'm looking for is a guide on how to use Irc. Not your normal, 'Oh, just do this, this, and this, and viola' guide, as we see all the time, but a complete retard's guide. I need it on the level of 'press this button, followed by typing this here'. I find that most guides at the moment already assume that you know how to use Irc to a basic extent, but I don't, if you'll excuse me [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img].

I could also do with stuff like how to call up file listings and whatnot, basic Irc rules, and some sort of glossary of terms, as I have no idea what 'Don't pm the ops for xdcc lists' and suchlike mean. I've been banned from an anime channel before, for reasons unknown to me. I say 'unknown' because I'd never tried to log onto said channel. Ever. Some German channel - AnimeDe or something.

Can anyone please help me out on how to get onto channel 'x' (AnimeOne and GotWoot would be a good start, but if you can keep the guide generic, that'd be great). Thanks loads for any help.


PS. Please don't slate me [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]. I'm not computer illiterate (I'm doing a BSc in VR at Uni), I'm just hopeless with Irc, as no-one's ever taught me how to use it (most channels state 'no newbies' - so how are we supposed to learn?). Remember - we were all beginners once [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img].

[Lego]

http://www.flawless-anime.com/leech_guide.html

[Tachikoma]

Yeah, that's pretty much what I'm after. Thanks muchly [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

However, I'm not sure that it will answer all my questions, but I won't know until I sit down and try it tomorrow.

[Bonkers325]

irc is what got me addicted to anime

[Gazt]

the link do not work for me [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img]

[AngryGumball]

yep link broken for meme too too

[joker-kun]

Ill try to help you a bit....

1.) Download and install irc, im going to assume your using mIRC as the irc client.
2.) Open irc. [Start>Programs>mIRC]
3.) Enter personal info. I usually lie about it, just put your real/fake first name and last name in, email, and then your desired nickname, also put an alternate nickname if that one is already chosen.
4.) Correct Server. Click on what looks like a litte sun beside the button "Connect to server". once you get here there will be 2 tabs, "Irc network" and "Irc Server". Dont even bother with the Irc server, just choose the network and let that choose the server. Now lets say your trying to connect to gotwoot, you would look at gotwoots website, and lok for their irc info. They are #gotwoot on irc.rizon.net. So click the tab "Irc Networks" and choose Rizon.[ when you get the basic feel of irc, instead of doing that, type "/server irc.rizon.net" or whatever server it is you wanna get onto.
5.) Connecting to a channel. On irc, everything goes by a channel, dont get confused, this is just like any chat room, just go to favorites [at the top of the mIRC window] organize favorites> type the channel in [in this case #gotwoot] then "join". this will join you to gotwoots channel. Now once again once you get the basic feel, just type "/join #gotwoot" or whatever channel you would like to get on.
6.) Registering a nickname. So you can keep your nickname, and smeone cant steal it, you must register to it, to do this click on your "Rizon" window [down with your channels] and type "/msg nickserv register password email" that will register the nickname your currently using [some networks require a validation code, just follow the instructions given to you on the server window]. Now that your nickname is registered, you must identify yourself, this is required for is you have status ina channel, or if a channel only allows identified users to speak/leech. Everytime you open mIRC it will connect to the server you were last on, which means if you are using the smae nick you registered your nickname on, the following message will pop up:
-NickServ- This nickname is registered and protected. If it is your
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-NickServ- nick, type /msg NickServ IDENTIFY password. Otherwise,
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-NickServ- please choose a different nick.

all you do now, is copy and paste /msg NickServ IDENTIFY hten type your password that you chose in the above step. It's that simple now your identified.
7.)Leeching. I am too lazy to go in depth on this, but there is 3 types of fileservers. The first is an fserv, anyone can run this, this is when a user serves anime, this is a bit confusing to use and explain, which is why I wont, go to some help channels or google it, but I will say, if you are planning to open this fileserver, or any fileserver which I am about to explain, get sysreset instead of mIRC, dont worry the same things steps apply, it is just a different client which is easier to fileserv on. Next is a TDCC, this a server which can be a user, or a bot, it hold only 1 file, and to access it you type !list [you also type that to see fserves] and follow the TDCC's steps given. The third kind of fileserver is an XDCC. there is 2 kinds of XDCC's, 1 run by people [which you just do the same as the TDCC except follow the instructions given by the XDCC] and the second kind is a bot. usually thses bots will be noticable because they will be named something like "ANBU|Naruto" [that is an actual xdcc in #anbudom]. All you do with these kind of bots, is type "xdcc list" and on the channel screen [where the bot is from] a list of file will show up, as packets, with #'s beside them. [some xdcc's only allow you to view there list when its publically made to the channel] once you get the # you want just type "xdcc send #1 [or whatever packet you want]. Thats about as in depth im going to go on that.

Some Basic Rules:
Dont Spam [Advertisements, etc.]
Dont Flame
DONT Argue With An OP[ these are the people who have special status in the channel, they are noticeable by *usually* an @, %, and on some other servers !, or & [but on rizon theres only @, and %] ill explain these status symbols shortly.
Dont let on that your a n00b, try not to run into anbudom, or animeone, and ask for help, they get annoyed,a dn wil most likely ban you.
Read the rules before doing @finds, !lists, or public XDCC lists [usually to do this you ype !rules]
Dont run into a channel, !list, then leave, people get annoyed and will most likely ban you from the channel if you do this repeatedly.

Status Symbols:
@ = OP [Operator]
% = hOP [Half Operator]
+ = Voiced [you can speak if the channel is moderated]

Those are 3 most basic status symbols, i wont sya the others, since I dont know them.

Some Basic Commands:
[In a channel]
@find - you do a @find "anime" and then various server windows will pop up telling you if they have that anime.
!list - do this to see fserves, TDCC's, and XDCC's
!rules - do this to see the rules of a channel

[Commands outside of a channel]
/join #channel
/server "server address"
/list [do this for a channel list]

Hope I was of some help, later.

-- Joker-kun

[Foomanchew24]

try the guides at this link. http://site205.webhost4life.com/venomus/help.html the how to download guides. these guides will tell you how to get files from others and explain some of the commands you need to know.

Most channels have rules so it is good to ask for those before doing anything inside of channels. also some channels are private and people will boot u because you don't belong but if you get booted for doing something you didn't know about just go back to that site later bans are not usually permanent some times for just a few minutes so u get the idea.

Also some channels are for leeching only(downloading) but they often have chat channels that are assosiated with them and the people there are generally alot more helpfull to noobs. most importantly dont click on links that poeple provide or you may get a virus. make sure you trust a site or person before clicking on link. also something to be comforted is that viruses can not be put in avi files so feel free to get them where ever without fear of viruses. irc is difficult at firs but you learn something new every time you sue it just keep trying out things and you will figure it out.

[AngryGumball]

*cough* deleted volatile question *cough*

[AngryGumball]

was weird I was in a chatroom and waited in the quere to start DL'ing some anime and it started to dl but then stopped after 2megs, saying something about timing out, I was slow to accept the link to start the DL but the window was still open when I clicked accept and started the DL. So it started and then stopped after 2 megs, any idea what that was for or why, I was like 30 minutes in the quere of six people. I didn't try again was just like huh confused.