Forum:Internet Relay Chat basics

This is a basic tutorial for those of you who are new to the IRC! If you would like to, click here and follow along these simple steps.

Listening to the Admins
The first thing you should do is pay attention to the admins. Imagine them as the IRC moderators. Don't know who an admin is? The admins of the wiki are:


 * Nalyd Renrut, or his name may just be Nalyd, Renny, or sometimes OwenFan95. (President of the wiki, usually uses green font)
 * Webkinz Mania, commonly referred to as WM. (Vice President of the wiki, usually uses black font)
 * Freehugs41, commonly referred to FH, or her name may be various. (Usually uses purple font)
 * Kgman04, commonly referred to as Kg. (Usually uses brown font)
 * TDIFan13, commonly referred to as TDIFan or Ryan, or his name may just be MrFluffers. (Usually uses red font)

Ops
Ops are the people with an @ symbol next to their name. Ops are usually only the admins (sometimes rollbacks), unless there is some sort of special occasion. Ops can kick you from the IRC, and if they kick you, they have a good reason to.


 * Rude Behavior.
 * Cursing, being annoying, swearing.
 * Spamming, flooding.
 * Threats.
 * Being away from your keyboard or inactive for too long (30-45+ minutes).

If you kick one of the staff members from the wiki, you will lose your op. To kick people, right click your mouse under the person's username. You will see: Kick, Ban and Kick and Ban. Kicking is just to kick them, they can return with that username. Banning is a ban so they can't return with that username (unless they are unbanned). Kicking and banning is to kick them and ban that username. If you need to kick, ban or kick and ban, always remember to right click under the person's username.

To Op someone, right click your mouse under the person's username and you will see Op, click it. After that the user has @ (aka: Op). To De-Op someone, right click your mouse under the person's username and you will find De-Op and you will De-Op them. If you need to op or de-op, always remember to right click under the person's username. Banned users that are in an indefinite ban can't come to the IRC, since you are banned and not allowed to come.

Ever since the channel #TDWIKI was registered, Op can now be automatically gained if the admins of the wiki are in the chatroom. In #TDIWIKI-RP, if TDIFan13 is in the chatroom, Op can also be automatically gained. The same goes for Nalyd Renrut, who can automatically gain Op in #TDWIKI-CAMPS. If one of these are not in the chatroom you're in, everyone in the chatroom will have to leave for five minutes and come back.

Emoticons
This is the fun part! We've all used smiles. Here are some basics:

Name Changes, Actions, and Joining
To change your name, do this:

/nick (insert desired name here)

So if I enter: /nick ThePerson "(Name) is now known as ThePerson."

PLEASE NOTE: When you change your name, please do not make it anything that isn't respectful and don't make it something that has a swear in it. Things said in the Total Drama series for Teletoon is allowed. Otherwise, no. WTF is also allowed with the letters WTF only.

To show an action, do this:

/me (insert words here) So if I enter: /me is wanting ice cream. It will show up as " ThePerson is wanting ice cream. "

To join a different channel, do this:

/join (insert desired channel here) So if I enter: /join TDWIKI-RP I will be in channel TDWIKI-RP in less than a second.

Only Ops:

To change the topic, do this:

/topic #(Channel Name) (Topic) So if I enter /topic #TDWIKI-RP RoleplayIt will show up as " ThePerson changed the topic to Roleplay. "

Private Chat
You can use private chat in order to take to one individual from the chatroom. To do this, you need to double click on their name in the right sidebar and a new chatroom will appear for you to talk to them privately. If you disobey any rules in this, the other person may alert someone with Op in order to enforce the rules.

Private Chat can come in handy in roleplay and any other circumstances where you wish to tell only one person something. Most users refer to the as PM.

C o l o r s
Think that the thin black font is boring? No problem! Right underneath the list of people in the IRC you'll see a color palette. Click a color, and click the bold 'a' next to the palette. This way, you'll be unique and you're writing will stand out! Try not to use colors that have already been used for two reasons.


 * It'll be harder to tell who's typing what.
 * People don't like it when you use their color.
 * Also, it may be for you own benefit that you change your color, as nearly half the people on the IRC chat use black font color.

There are colors: black, navy , green , red , brown , violet , orange , white (please don't use that), yellow (please don't use that), lime , teal , aqua , pink , blue , gray and light gray (please don't use that).

You can also make text bold and or underline text also as these colors. Try to use bold like everyone else in the IRC. It is really easy to see!

Backgrounds
To use a backround, do the following (don't use the |s, they're only being used to separate):

Ctrl+'K'|Number For Font|Comma|Number For Background|Text

These are the numbers:

0 = White

1 = Black

2 = Dark Blue

3 = Green

4 = Red

5 = Brown

6 = Purple

7 = Orange

8 = Yellow

9 = Lime

10 = Navy

11 = Light Blue

12 = Blue

13 = Pink

14 = Gray

15 = Light Gray

Easy to Understand Words
Sometimes, words won't be easy to understand. Here, in alphabetical order, are short words that are considered "slang." When writing down a new word, please try to not use any swear words. If describing a word that contains a swear please use * to block out the word.

Other times, people joke around between getting the First Post of the Hour and Last Post of the Hour:

Flooding and Spamming
If you start spamming and flooding, you will be kicked. If you don't get kicked or banned, you'll lose your IRC connection and be out of the IRC. You can return though but be careful to not flood.

Well, these are the basics. Have fun in the IRC!