For those familiar with IRC and wish to
use more robust clients such as mIRC or Pirch.
The server is Starchat and the room name is #bipolarsanc/fam. For WebTV
About
nicknames and how to register them
Due to the fact that StarChat
host over 20,000 chat rooms, most common names already belong to someone else,
so you may have to try combinations with numbers or underscores to find a
nickname that is not already registered. (For example, if Superman is already
registered, try _Superman_ or Superman111 or combinations like that).
With mIRC, you can tell
the program what to do with commands. ALL commands start with the / so if a
command does not work, check first if you included the /. If you get on IRC and
it tells you the name you chose is already been taken than you can try other
nicknames with the command /nick nickname
If
you want to see if a nickname is already taken, use /ns
info nickname
If the nick is not
registered, you can use it, and even register it yourself, so no one else can
use it. Once you've found an unregistered nickname you can register it by using
the command /ns register password email
Choose a password you can
remember easily and DO write it down so you can always use your nick. If you
forget your password, you have to wait 21 days. If a nick is not used after this
period of time, it will lose its registration. Ops cannot retrieve your nickname
password for you.
The command /ns
set kill on will prevent anyone from using your
nickname and turn their nick into "guest" after a minute if they try
by accident. Next time you open mIRC, fill in the nickname space with your new
nickname. When you first log on to StarChat, use the command /ns
id password so that nickserv knows the right person is trying to
use the nickname. If you do not manage to write the command in time, or there is
a delay between nickserv and you and it turns you into a Guest, you can always
try a couple of minutes later, with the /nick nickname command and then identify
after that. If you are an Op (a moderator), make sure you do this before you
enter the room.