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By Zubaz on January 10, 2012 11:40:23 AM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums

Zubaz

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Stardock has, for years, has maintained an IRC server.  IRC is the granddaddy of modern chat systems.  It's old . . but it works and we use it.  You can too.

There are many IRC clients out there. 

The easiest might be mibbit.com because it has a web-based client (http://cbe002.chat.mibbit.com/).  You could use mIRC or Pidgin or Trillian or any number of others too.  Heck, even my HP Touchpad running WebOS has a client ()

Once you pick your IRC client it's time to join the fun! Here's what you'll do:

  1. Find where the client asks for the server and enter the following
    /server irc.stardock.com
  2. Once connected to the server (when all the text stops scrolling), you join the WinCustomize chat room by typing this:
    /join #WinCustomize

There's an older (but still accurate) article on the WinCustomize wiki about usign IRC.  You can read it here: http://wiki.wincustomize.com/wiki/MIRC:_Chatting_on_Stardock_IRC

 

See you around!

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Reply #26
Jafo
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January 10, 2012 10:41:42 PM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums

Quoting BigDogBigFeet,
reply 25
There's a built in chat client in Impulse.

...and in its predecessor...SDC ...

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Wizard1956
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January 10, 2012 11:29:36 PM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums

What's an Impulse?

Impulse is dead, long live SDC! (2)

Seriously though, I just dumped Impulse/GameStop last month and I had no replacement for the IRC client,  so thanks, ZubaZ!

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DrJBHL
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January 10, 2012 11:51:37 PM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums

Quoting Wizard1956,
reply 27
What's an Impulse?

Impulse is dead, long live SDC! (2)

Seriously though, I just dumped Impulse/GameStop last month and I had no replacement for the IRC client,  so thanks, ZubaZ!

If you use more than one chat client (Messenger Live, Yahoo, Google) then Trillian (free) is a possible choice.

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Wizard1956
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January 11, 2012 12:04:11 AM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums

Nope, just Yahoo, so Mibbit  is perfect for me. Nothing to install.

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Zubaz
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January 11, 2012 8:13:41 AM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums

ZubaZ is in the house again.  

Let's talk about all the people that are not there badly and see how long it takes for them to show up.

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January 11, 2012 8:31:12 AM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums

Quoting Zubaz,
reply 30
Let's talk about all the people that are not there badly

Jafo is not there badly.....

...........................................

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Zubaz
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January 11, 2012 8:54:59 AM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums

Let us all speak of teh people that are not present in a manner that reflects poorly on some aspect of said people.

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January 11, 2012 8:57:51 AM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums

Quoting Zubaz,
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Let us all speak of teh people that are not present in a manner that reflects poorly on some aspect of said people.

Zubaz' mother wears army boots and his father smells of elderberry....

[Zubaz is not here] ....

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January 11, 2012 9:40:56 AM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums

-sigh-

 

Let us go to the #wincustomize or #stardock channels on the IRC server irc.stardock.com and speak of teh people that are not present in a manner that reflects poorly on some aspect of said people.

(Aslo, my mother bought a farm after she did a three year tour in Iraq so combat boots makes sense and if you smelled my father's natural scents, you'd be happy about his elderberry cologne.)

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Jafo
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January 11, 2012 10:19:17 AM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums

Quoting Zubaz,
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Let us go to the #wincustomize or #stardock channels on the IRC server irc.stardock.com and speak of teh people that are not present in a manner that reflects poorly on some aspect of said people.

OK...let's be sure about this...which people exactly?

The 'teh' people or the 'said' people?

[I'd hate to be a nuisance and reference the wrong ones]....

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Hankers
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January 11, 2012 10:29:19 AM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums

The WORF force is getting stronger.

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January 11, 2012 10:31:16 AM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums

lol.

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January 11, 2012 10:31:24 AM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums

I used to be on IRC all the time, I loved talking with my friends in there, then someone insulted me in the most terrible way imaginable, and nothing happened to him at all. I never go in now.......

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Snowman
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January 12, 2012 2:58:30 AM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums

It's starting to feel a lill bit like the old days again. 

GR has even got the stats going again - #Stardock

Let's hope it stays this way. 

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Rosco_P
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January 12, 2012 8:30:50 AM from Stardock Forums Stardock Forums

Quoting BoXXi,
reply 38
I used to be on IRC all the time, I loved talking with my friends in there, then someone insulted me in the most terrible way imaginable, and nothing happened to him at all. I never go in now.......

Not knowing the situation, I'll just propose the possibility of a fresh start?  The more, the merrier and all that.  No pressure.

Quoting Snowman,
reply 39
GR has even got the stats going again - #Stardock

Technically, he's been tracking them the whole time, there just wasn't much substance in the numbers for a while.

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January 15, 2012 6:58:34 AM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums

woooot wooooot I am on there now lol thanks for this  idea its great

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