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.

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


 * Freehugs41, or her name may be Freehugs47, Freeslugs41, PrincessFreehugs, Pythonicus, A_Tree, A_Chair or even SrslyMonster. (President of the wiki)
 * Nalyd Renrut, or his name may just be Nalyd or Renny. (Vice President of the wiki)
 * Bbhinton15, or his name may just be Bb.
 * Juan Jose Rodriguez, or his name may just be JuanJose.
 * Vampyrum Spectrum08, or his name may just be VampyrumSpectrum, MusicZombie, or just VS.
 * Webkinz Mania, commonly referred to as WM.

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 AFK for too long (3+ hours).

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 for a day. 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.

Please don't voice somebody unless they are in the Quiz Bowl! Thank you!

Never Op a bot! They will leave and if you have no more ops in the channel... you will need to leave! Always pay attention to the IRC! If someone loses connection and they have Op, and nobody else has op, everyone has to leave. If they quit and nobody else has op, everyone has to leave. Unless there are two or three ACTIVE people are in the IRC, you may have one op in the IRC. If there is more, you MUST op them. If you need to leave, please leave and not stay. Banned users that are in an indefinite ban can't come to the IRC, since you are banned and not allowed to come.

Emoticons
This is the fun part! We've all have used smiles. Here are some basics:
 * :) = Happy face
 * :( = Sad face
 * :| = Serious face
 * :p = Sticking tongue out
 * :d = Happy grin
 * :s = Annoyed/Uncomfortable face
 * 1) ;) = Wink
 * :o = Shocking moment
 * :-O = Very shocking moment
 * :@ = Angry face
 * :-@ = Very angry face
 * 1) (h) = Relaxed face
 * :$ = Embarrased face

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 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 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 TDIRP I will be in channel TDIRP in less than a second.

Only Admins:

To change the topic, do this:

/topic #(Channel Name) (Topic) So if I enter /topic #TDIRP Roleplay  It 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 privatly. 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.

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 notto 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), spring green , teal , aqua , pink , blue , grey and light grey (please don't use that). You can also make text bold and or underline text also as these colors. Only admins should underline it their text while important things go on. Try to use bold like everyone else in the IRC. It is really easy to see!

Flooding and More
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!