How to use and behave on the IRC

Some people have been asking how to use the IRC so here’s a pretty useful list of stuff and commands to know about the IRC. There’s also rules that you should read before using our IRC channel so you won’t risk a kick or ban.

Connecting to channel

Connecting is the first step before you can use the IRC Chat. If you have an IRC Client such as XChat installed on your computer, it is possible to use this link. If not, you can use an online IRC client from here. You can always manually join the IRC server, and then type the following command to join our channel:

/join #ocas

IRC Channel Rules

Yeah, we actually have IRC rules and any ops online will enforce them as necessary unlike some other places. First of all:

• No spamming or Flooding - If the IRC server catches you doing that, you will be kicked. If you continue to do this, we have the right to either temporarily or permanently ban you from our channel.
• No Ban Dodging - If you try to get back onto the channel while banned by using proxies or some other method, you will be banned permanently and your Proxy will be blocked. You can’t hide forever.
• Keep the 90rn in emails or somewhere else – keep it appropriate for younger audiences. If you do post 90rn, there is a rather large chance one of the IRC ops will catch you and kick or ban you.
• Do not try to abuse IRC commands or gain control – trying to kick someone or abuse their account will lead to an instant ban from our channel.
• No ‘Tweaker Tantrums’ – Don’t go on a rage and complain at everyone about life, do it somewhere else. These ‘Tweaker Tantrums’ are unacceptable and will result in an instaban.
• Proper English – Please try to type in proper english, and keep the amount of emoticons you type to a minimum, as those tick most of us off.
• Have Fun – No one is forcing you to use our IRC channel. If you wanna go and whine about something, do it somewhere else, far away from us, or don’t do it at all.

That’s about all the rules we have. Violation of these rules could mean that you will be Kicked, Banned (Temporarily or Permanently), or G-Lined. So keep your act together. You’re allowed 1 chance before a ban – kicking the first time, ban the next. If you violate the 90rn rule, you win an instaban, a new product that causes you to be banned at the next possible chance! If you repeatedly break these rules, expect to be banned and possibly your account on The OCAS and Sonic ROM Land suspended or banned as well.

NickServ

There’s this big thing inside the IRC server called NickServ. It does all the stuff like authorizing users, handling registrations and so on inside the IRC channel. To talk to it, use the

/msg NickServ

command. To see help, use the HELP command;

/msg NickServ HELP

.From there on, it will very likely be self explanatory. Another neat feature is the ability to register an account on IRC and then log in. See the NickServ ACCOUNT HELP for that. To log in your newly created IRC Account type this command and replace the placeholders:

/msg NickServ AUTH [account] <password>

Also make sure that there is no leading space in front of the /msg, or else everyone in the IRC channel will be able to see it. Registering your account is just about as simple. Guess how? Use the REGISTER command!

/msg NickServ REGISTER [account] <password>

If you’re already logged in, NickServ will complain, or just greet you with a message. Once the account has been created, log in using the command described above. As with all IRC commands, make sure there is no space or any other character(s) in front of the /msg. That’s about all that you need to know about the NickServ.

Other Commands

There’s even more IRC commands you probably will never use, but we’ll explain them for the fun of it. Quitting the IRC channel is fairly easy. Simply type this:

/quit <REASON>

This will show everyone currently on the channel that you’ve quit, and it will also show the (optional) reason you specified. As you might have guessed, there also is a private way of sending users messages without everyone on the channel seeing them. To do this, use the /msg command. You might have already guessed how to use it by the NickServ commands above, but the syntax is fairly easy. Type this on the IRC channel and replace the placeholders:

/msg <USER> <MESSAGE>

Replace the user placeholder with the user to send the message to, and replace message with the message you want to send to the user. Make sure that there is no characters in front of any IRC commands, and especially not message commands as they are usually intended to be private. That’s it for now, but feel free to state your concerns or questions in a comment below. Thanks for taking your time reading this page and we hope you will enjoy your time on the IRC channel.