originaly posted by mchne

hi

a few of us are getting together an IRC channel for .org members.

as of right now it's not sponsored by the site or anything like that, it's just a place for members to come hang out and talk in realtime.

and I don't want to hear anything about,
"oh it's been tried before, never works, don't bother.."
I know it's been tried before, we're trying again.
so come, right now if you want.

the channel is on irc.gamesurge.net
channel name is: #maxima.org (surprisingly enough)

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for people who have never used IRC before, and/or have no idea what it is, I'll explain as simply as I can:

IRC stands for Internet Relay Chat. sounds intimidating, it's not. it's just your standard chat room network that anyone on the internet can use.

1) go to http://www.mirc.com and download the latest mIRC client. install it.

2) once you install it, open it up, and fill out the little popup form that has the box for your nick and all that other stuff (for future reference, your "nick" on IRC is your name).

3) in the main window, type /server irc.gamesurge.net -- this is the server that our channel (channel is another name for chat room) is on.

4) after you type this, wait a couple of seconds, and a bunch of stuff will spam down the screen. after it stops, you'll probably get a little popup box with a channel list to choose from, and a box to enter your own channel name. in that box, type #maxima.org -- this will enter you into the room.
** if you don't get the little popup box with the channel list, just type /join #maxima.org in the main window.

5) that's it... you're done. if it's your first time it might seem like a little much (if not, good), but you'll get the hang of it.

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IDLING: it would help keep the channel alive and help growth a LOT if people would idle in the room, even when not chatting, and when away from their computers.
the reason this whole idea of a maxima.org chat has probably failed in the past is because people leave when they're done talking, and when someone new comes in and sees only 2 people in the room, they leave too. eventually it just dies.
so, if you join us to hang out, don't shut IRC down when you're done if you can help it! mIRC (the program itself) takes up almost no system resources on your computer, and won't slow down anything else you're doing at all.
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ok, that's about it.
again...

irc.gamesurge.net
#maxima.org

come hang out.

 

IMO this would be nice to get instant information for you maxima when you need it...

 

and just chill and chat

 

yeah was in there all day yesterday

 

Bump!!!!!

 

Sounds good, I'm a 24/7 idler, i'll be there tonight, same name

 

i hate gamesurge

 

dont know why gamesurge was chose.. people want something called efnet.... something like that... but right now, anyone who can should join... its kind of interesting having so many people talking in real time.

 

it wont connect for some reason!!!

 

I'm down, good turn out. Around 25 peeps in right now

 

:idhitit:

 

y wont mine connect?????

 

type this at the command line on the bottom of the status window:
/server irc.gamesurge.net

if u see it do stuff but not connect do this:

/nick <putyourNICKhere>

 

Here is what it says:

Connecting to irc.gamesurge.net (6667)
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* Identd request from 195.177.244.62
* Identd replied: 2462, 6667 : USERID : UNIX : PearlWhtMa
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* [10053] Software caused connection abort
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* Disconnected
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* Connect retry #1 212.147.10.42 (6667)
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* Unable to connect to server (Connection timed out)
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* Connect retry #2 irc.us.gamesurge.net (6667)
-

 

sorry to hear the problems. Someone know what could be wrong with pearlwhtmax2000's problem?

 

everyone try to get on at the same time around 7:00 pm today!

 

7 pm central, or around that time... people will be on, come and join.

 

i wish i could!!!!!!

 

ok, try redownloading the software...
reinstall it
then:
type in nick, and alternative name.
email address
choose gamesurge;randomserver
then connect to server

click on favorites, add, #maxima.org
then join #maxima.org

 

did it still wont connect, maybe its cus of the firewall at my school, but it worked fine yesterday.

 

oh yeah, theres some info you can fill for the firewall, try that...

 

here is what it says now:

* [10053] Software caused connection abort
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* Disconnected
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* Connect retry #1 212.147.10.42 (6667)
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* Unable to connect to server (Connection timed out)
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* Connect retry #2 irc.eu.gamesurge.net (6667)
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* Unable to connect to server (Connection timed out)
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* Connect retry #3 217.169.140.243 (6667)
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* Identd request from 217.169.140.243
* Identd replied: 3399, 6667 : USERID : UNIX : Pearlwhtma
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-217.169.140.243- *** Looking up your hostname
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-217.169.140.243- *** Checking Ident
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-217.169.140.243- *** Found your hostname
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-217.169.140.243- *** Got ident response
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Ping? Pong!
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* You are not on a channel
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it means it works...you just have to type /join #maxima.org when it says that.

 

Finally in!!!!!!!!!!!

 

We already had #maxima on efnet.... but it died off.

 

wow, it was soooooo fun yesterday... im suprised we didnt start this earlier...

 

Do we still have an IRC channel?

 

in short...NO

 

ill be joining that channel some time 2day same name will be StAtiX or StiX

 

I'm in the channel right now. You sure this thing still isn't going on?

 

why are people in there?

 

I am in here and two others. Let's get this going again.

 

I'm in there... no one is responding.

 

Sorry was away from the computer. I am in there now.

 

I was on off and on. I wish they had an audible warning when someone typed something like MSN messenger has. I missed quite a few people trying to see who was there while I was on. I will be checking it out whenever I am on the org.