Want to chat with each other?

IRC is the answwer!

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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 #1 from Stardock Forums Top

If I didn't know you were a Stardock employee, I might think this was spam.  ;P

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I use mIRC and Android IRC :thumbsup:

Star Control: Origins
Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Rosco_P, reply 1
I might think this was spam.
End of Rosco_P's quote

WinCustomize wiki about usign IRC.
End of quote

Either the OP is really Zubaz, or the typing skills of the ordinary spammer from foreign lands has dropped. ;)

Heck, even my HP Touchpad running WebOS has a client ()
End of quote

It's Zubaz.

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

IRC is the answwer!
End of quote

 

Yeah it's him  :rofl:

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I used to hang out a lot at #wincustomize and #stardock. Hell, I even had a place on the stats :P

 

Kinda lost interest when a lot of people I used to chat with dropped out...... Maybe I should install an IRC client again?

Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Last time I was in chat I got kicked by Zubaz...

Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Last time I got kicked by Zubaz.....I kicked him back

Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting 2of3, reply 5
Hell, I even had a place on the stats
End of 2of3's quote

 

Oh yeah that was fun. :thumbsup:

Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I didn't use it often, but Impulse had an IRC client built in. Now that Impulse is gone, are there any plane to put one in the new updater?

If not, is the one you recommend easy to use? I've tried mIRC and Pidgeon and couldn't get them to connect.

Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Could be fun getting some 'action' back on IRC again.
It's been rather dead-ish the past years after the gamers entered and killed all the fun......
(Much like the forum cross-posting is doing to the forum)

Some of the/us old regulars are still live on #Stardock incl most active moderators.
Jafo and I are online there round the clock, apart from the weekends where Jafo's 'all alone' during US night time.

So if anyone's bored and/or up for a close-up chat with either of us, just join in. ;)
We don't bite.

Don't be worried if no one greets you at first. We're not that used to any skinners comes in for a chat, anymore.... ;-)

Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Snowman, reply 10
We don't bite.
End of Snowman's quote

But you may get slapped with a trout once in a while. ;)

Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Wizard1956, reply 11
But you may get slapped with a trout once in a while.
End of Wizard1956's quote

or an old shoe....lmao!

Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Hey everybody! Let's occupy IRC! :thumbsup:

Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting 2of3, reply 12

Quoting Wizard1956, reply 11But you may get slapped with a trout once in a while.
or an old shoe....lmao!
End of 2of3's quote

or a witty comment.... ;)

Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I just tried mibbit. All I get is: 

/serverirc.stardock.com: Could not connect
Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Wizard1956, reply 15
irc.stardock.com
End of Wizard1956's quote

 

 

also, type /join #stardock

there is more action there today.

Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Pidgin is another good client.

http://www.pidgin.im/

 

Quoting Wizard1956, reply 13
Hey everybody! Let's occupy IRC!
End of Wizard1956's quote

Just remember to take a bath first. :D

 

Reply #18 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I like this Mibbit!

Reply #19 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I've got it working...there goes the neighborhood. ;)

Reply #20 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Yes...even the old SDC has its uses....for IRC...;)

I remember my first foray into IRC ....#skinners and #litestep on efnet ....that was back in the '90s ...;)

Reply #21 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Yeah it did use to be active and fun.

Reply #22 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting WOM, reply 21
Yeah it did use to be active and fun.
End of WOM's quote
It was active and fun today.  We'll have to see aboot tomorrow.

 

Reply #23 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Zubaz, reply 22
We'll have to see aboot tomorrow.
End of Zubaz's quote

If a shoe will do, I'll be there. I've got sole. :w00t:

Reply #24 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Zubaz, reply 22
It was active and fun today. We'll have to see aboot tomorrow.
End of Zubaz's quote

darn! we had people and I didn't get a chance to log in today......

Reply #25 from WinCustomize Forums Top

There's a built in chat client in Impulse.