Come on folks, let's see some more sneapsters on the IRC channel!
IRC is a wonderful form of real-time chatting, but sadly there's very few of us on the channel. Here's a short guide for those who aren't familiar with IRC:
1. Download and install the IRC client of your choice. My all-time favourite for Windows is X-Chat's old version 2.0.10c. Here's a direct link:
http://xchat.org/files/binary/win32/xchat-2.0.10c.exe
2. When you first launch X-Chat, you get a
Server List window. Check
Edit Mode to view the editing options.
3. Click
Networks: Add and name it, for example, Langochat.
4. In the
Global User Info choose your nickname, username and real name. Choose a nickname that resembles your forum name so we know who's who!
5. Next, check the
Settings for Langochat section. Click
Servers: Add and change the
newserver/6667 to
irc.langochat.net
6. In the
Join Channels field, add
#sneapsters
7. Now click
Connect, and shortly you should arrive at our IRC channel.
8. You can leave X-Chat running in the background even when you're not chatting. We often see people joining, typing "anyone here?" and leaving in five minutes because no-one has answered
See you there!