Post by netaro on Apr 6, 2007 2:27:30 GMT -5
How To Chat On Chatroom Days!
v1.0[/center][/b]Hey everyone!
Here on CLF, we establish communication primarily using posts and private messages. However, ever since Halloween of 2006, we've established a more LIVE way on communicating with our fellow forumers. Our method of live communication is: THE CHATROOM!
WHEN ARE THE CHATROOM DAYS?
Official chatroom days are often announced early to give everyone a heads up on when they will be able to chat it up live with our forum members and some of the staff members.
They are paired up together with a chatroom day on Friday and another on Saturday.
UH... WHY?
Why not?
NO, WHY AREN'T THERE MORE CHATROOM DAYS?
Chatroom days are usually seasonal, with the exception of Valentines day due to the 4-month wait between the Winter funfest and the Spring funfest (assuming none of them were cancelled). By CLXFF06, the number of chatroom days increased by 2, making a total of 4 chatroom days happening per funfest event.
If we increased the days for chatting, chances of having people actually show up will decline as people tend to take these days for granted. Also, we would probably have nothing to talk about and like... we also totally understand people have lives and will not be available all the time.
In other words, because I say so.
HOW DO I JOIN A CHATROOM?
The following is a tutorial with screenshots created and demonstrated by our moderator, Iversen. I added some commentary that will probably confuse you more, so like... yeah. Whatever. The tutorial starts NOW:
**ATTENTION**
If any of you guys downloaded the mIRC thing before... (either for the last funfest chat or for something else). Then you would probably be getting the "HOLY CRAP! YOUR TRIAL HAS EXPIRED" notice. However, check this out:
Yup. They lied to you. You can still use the program without paying the 1-time only payment of 20 bucks (they don't even give you a special code or anytihng; I would assume it's just for charity or a donation for their program). So yeah. Just wait a few seconds for the CONTINUE button to come alive. Sweet.
[Most of the crap below is copy/paste from the last funfest's board. I don't know about you guys... but for me, reading through it again after all these weeks... it like... doesn't make sense. Eh... it's probably because I'm still tired ]
PROCEDURE: Okay... I'm a newb at these technical computer interweb things... so yeah. Sorry for sounding so... amatuer or whatever. Heh. Okay. If you would like to join us on our little chat, first we'd like everyone to download the 30-trial version of mIRC from this link:
www.mirc.com/get.html
*NOTE: All you've got to do is just download the thing first. We don't knwo what channel(?) to start the forum chat yet... so like, give us a few hours. >_<
Next... install it and all that jazz. It's a 30-day free trial... so like, I don't know if you must officially need to purchase this in order to use it longer (common sense tells me you do). Now, open the program up and follow this image tutorial courtesy of Iversen:
Simple, no? (Unfortunately, this took me a while to figure out. HAHAHA!)
After that... click the little "sun-looking" button... or just click the server thing. [5]. I don't think you should do [6] unless [5] is correct. UGH!
Okay... from there, follow this image:
It MUST BE EXACTLY THAT SERVER! IT MUST BE Undernet, US, AZ, Mesa OR IT WON'T WORK! After everything is set, click the "Connect To Server" button.
...Et voila! Start chatting!
DO I GET ANYTHING OUT OF JOINING THE CHATROOM?
Besides super fun and interesting stories about each other, maybe. I'm actually thinking of rewarding the loyal members who come chat with us... so yeah.
WHERE IS THE CHANNEL NAME?
That's on a separate thread. That channel name will be in big letters on the chatroom thread being announced.
That's about it! If you've got any chatroom questions, feel free to PM the staff! Thanks!