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Though I have been a member of WrongPlanet since November, I have never used the chatroom. Tonight, I logged into it and noticed my name was simply listed as anon #. I can't figure out how to use my name in there rather than the anon. Can someone help me with telling me how to set up a username in there. Thanks.

yes, of course

type /nick then a new name when you join

type that in the same box where you type to chat

hope this helps

also to freak out another members type /ping name and u get their country

omg, there's a chatroom??! ! Why did I not know of this? Dammit!

Yea. I'm a regular at the chat room. But only visit the wrongplanet website about once every 8 months.

The internet chat runs using a system called IRC (internet relay chat). At some stage I would recommend downloading a IRC client so you can get into the world of IRC chat if your interested.

I hate to burst your bubble but that does not work

a) the true command is /ctcp <name/channel> ping and all it does is tells you how long it takes for messages to travel from you to them

b) pings DO NOT reveal country

you have a lot to learn about IRC

not straight but believe me i can get country's with ping then u just measure it distance ..for example 300 in America...and about 70 France

not straight but believe me i can get country's with ping then u just measure it distance ..for example 300 in America...and about 70 France this of course depends where u measure and multifarious stuff but lets say mister A has 2mb net and misterB has 2mb in theory u can measure where he is

It's much easier to grab an IP address and to trace where it comes from

(provided you're not like me and mask it)


For people wanting another command: try /me <message> out

New people to IRC: you simply type any commands in the same box you chat to people, its just preceded by a /

ha! I never noticed that either! not that I'm very likely to use it...

a list of common IRC commands for the chat

/me <message> performs an action (eg *Pikachu does something)
/query <nickname> sends a private message
/join <#name> joins another room
/notice <#room name/nickname> sends a notice to a user or the whole room (you don't need this often, it's for reference)
/ignore *!*user@isp.com or *!*user@unaffiliated/user ignores someone, useful if they're trying to provoke
/part <#name> parts a chatroom
/quit <optional message> quits the chat, with an optional message if you desire
/nick <newname> as I described in the first post, changes your nickname
/away <reason> marks you as away, to remove this type /away on it's own, although it's rarely used

That's about everything

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On a side note I thought I better mention this, the ops have the power to both silence and ban

if you see * <op's nick> sets mode +b %*!*@isp.com (or %*!*@unaffiliated/user) then it is a silence and not a ban
if you see the same but without % then it is a ban

Just thought to mention that to avoid confusion between the two