[DoEE] Chat with eAustralians

Day 2,672, 08:47 • Published in Australia Australia • by Merovingiano

Hello fellow eAustralians,

Most new players complain that this game doesn't offer enough to do. On the surface this may appear to be true, but the depth of the game comes from community. Socializing, meeting new people, and reaching out is what gives this game hours of entertainment. So today's topic is one that will help enable that socialization, IRC.



What is IRC you ask?
IRC (Internet Relay Chat) is a widely used method of online communication. It is very popular for group chatting, as it offers the ability to have ongoing chatrooms that anybody can connect to.

How do I get involved?
To get started you need some software to operate IRC. The easiest way is to use an online client (no downloads).

Mibbit
Mibbit runs in your browser and is by far the easiest way to get into IRC. To join, just click the link below. Just enter your preferred nickname and join us straight away!

Join here:


Other IRC Clients
There a lot of other programs that you can use to connect to irc - mIRC, Chatzilla, XChat, Pidgin to name a few. If you have one of these installed on your computer, the method to setup are all fairly similar ans require these details:

Server: irc.rizon.net
Channel: #ausrep

If you don’t have an IRC client installed on your computer and you would like to get one, ask in the #ausrep channel or the #aushelp channel (see below for instructions on how to join) and someone will be willing to assist you.

When should I go on IRC?

The best time to go on IRC to talk to aussies is during the evenings in RL Australia time. Of course, you could find a conversation happening at any hour of the day! If you use channels for other countries there are virtually no time limits.

Getting around IRC
There are four commands that every IRC-goer should know. Every command begins with a slash (/), and the four most important are:

/join  - Joins an IRC channel (chatroom). Each channel is prefixed with a hash. The two most important channels are #ausrep (the eAustralia general channel) and #aushelp (the Department of Education help channel). There are many other channels, for military units, political parties, and other groups.

/part  - Leaves an IRC channel. For example, you could use /part #ausrep to leave the #ausrep channel - not that you would ever want to!

/nick  - Changes your name on IRC.

/msg  - Sends a private message to somebody. For example, “/msg ChesterHeart Hello, I’m new on IRC!” would tell me that you’re new!

/msg NickServ HELP REGISTER - Provides information on how to register your nickname with a password so no one can use your nickname
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A special thanks to ChesterHeart for providing the information for this article.

Let's work together to revitalize our community in IRC. Wouldn't you love to have an active IRC chatroom again? Let's do it everyone!

Stay alert fellow citizens!

For the glory of eAustralia and all of her friends!

Hail NEBULA!

The below are links to valuable sources of information for eAustralians young and old, so please feel free to use them as they are there to help you.








Thank you for taking the time to read this and as always may eAustralia prosper,


Merovingiano
Citizen, Senator, Friend of NEBULA, and MoEE of eAustralia