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[A1APassion]

what is the latest news with the chatroom?

has someone taken over the use of the room?

I ask because there are names in there that no one recognizes & a name that is now marked as owner/moderator that no one recognizes

[cjshrader]

Yes it has been taken over by some a**hole friends of mine.  If you see anyone in the room named DarkSci, Crim, Dirtylove, or Crucio talking just ignore them.  I'll be moving the room to a new server soon as soon as Stace can let me know what servers will work for her, and we won't have this problem anymore.

Edit: Did I swear in this and get edited, or did I self-edit?  Since I bet I swore, I just wanted to apologize for that.

[A1APassion]

friends eh?

I haven't seen them talking but it feels weird not knowing who holds the power in a room that is supposed to be a gathering spot for friends.

[cjshrader]

Good news everyone!  I'm moving the server that the ratforum channel uses to DALnet.

Why is this good news?  A few things:

1.  Your name can now be longer than 9 characters.  It can be up to 30 characters.
2.  No more of this multiple server stuff.  Just join irc.dal.net.
3.  Web access!  I don't have much experience with it, but if you go to http://www.dal.net/ you'll see a box on the right that says "Chat now!"  To join, just type in your nickname in this box, click "Go!", and then after you are connected type "/join #ratforum"  That's it!  This web client doesn't have many features, but should be good for the members that don't want to install anything.
4.  No more adding servers in mIRC.  There should already be one that says DALnet or something similar.  Just connect to it.

5.  Most importantly, it can't be taken over.  No more problems like the ones we're having now.

So no more joining the EFnet servers, from now on go to DALnet!  I'll have Stace update her guides when she can and when I next see her.  If you need help moving let me know.

[Ration1802]

w00p! Done it, and it's surprisingly easy to change (even for the technologically defunct like moi)

[abbycrazed]

I get connected then i do the /join #ratforum thing and nothing happens.

[Stace87]

I get connected then i do the /join #ratforum thing and nothing happens.

I've PMed you abbycrazed.

[SamAnthrax]

I QUIT. lol. My brother did something to something and the program I was using got deleted. And I tried to download it or a new program and it doesnt work. I tried to use another irc program i had from before and it deleted itself cuz i had it on my computer too long. I'm angry,

[A1APassion]

did you see the part about going to dalnet.com & just logging in, you don't need to download any program

[abbycrazed]

go to the fourth post above yours (by cjshrader) and use that way. you don't have to download anything, and it seems to work more often than irc download did for me. its just a website. all i can say is if it doesn't do anything, give it 5-10 min and try again (without closing the window).

[cjshrader]

It takes a few minutes to connect.  You'll know you're connected when you see something similar to the following messages:

***YourUsername (!daljava@217.28.163.19) has joined the channel #DALnet-java-chat
*** Topic of #DALnet-java-chat :Welcome DALnet Web chatters type /list *subject* to see public channels matching your subject.  Type /join #channel to join another channel (e.g. /join #mirchelp for help)

After you see this message typing /join #ratforum should work for you.

[SamAnthrax]

I can't get in...

Everytime I try to connect through the site you showed me it says

irc.dal.net: Terminated



149.9.1.16: Closing Link: 0.0.0.0 (Too many connections from your host)

194.14.236.50: Closing Link: 0.0.0.0 (Too many connections from your host)

194.68.45.50: unknown

208.99.193.130: unknown

[cjshrader]

Sam,

Pretty much what I was worried about happening has happened.  You'll just have to try to connect again later (For example, I'm on right now)

You could also use the web connection from the DALnet site.

The only way to fix this issue is to change servers again.  It would be the last change.  The advantage of moving to the Mibbit server is everyone could use mibbit without fear of errors like those, so it'd be much easier to connect if anyone wanted to.  The only disadvantage is we'd all have to move again, I'm not sure what people's opinions on that are.

[A1APassion]

Sam, I figured out how to use the Trillian program to get onto the chat. Maybe you could try this?


Trillian is one program that you can use to for all of your chat programs (MSN, AOL, YAHOO, ICQ & IRC)

[SamAnthrax]

Triillian doesn't work for me because I use a mac.

but I just downloaded a program called Fire thats working so far.