IRC, short for Internet Chat Relay, it is a massive network of text-based chat channels and users from all around the world. If you would like to find out more, www.mirc.com/irc.html
As users from around the world can connect to one big network, this program is of much help to gamers as it can connect all of it's members. On IRC you will be able to find a lot of helpful channels and also contact your opponent's to schedule matches etc. IRC is what brings the e-sports community closer.
Now that you have installed IRC and you know how it works, you need to know which network to connect to. This is where www.GameSurge.net/ comes into play. GameSurge is a gaming community built around an IRC network where all gamers interact.
To connect to GameSurge you will need to set up your IRC like in this screenshot. For the rest, please follow the IRC and GameSurge guides provided in the 2 and 4 steps.
To participate in some leagues, your team is required to have a registered channel on the GameSurge network. To be able to create a registered channel, you will need to create a user account on http://www.GameSurge.net/
[b]Creating an account on GameSurge / New user guide[/b]
The guys at GameSurge have created a great guide for beginners, if you are new to IRC I strongly recommend reading it.
After you setup your IRC and create your GameSurge account you are now ready to register a channel for your team. I guess that by now you know a little bit how IRC works, therefore start it up and make sure you are authed ( This means you have this command "/authserv AUTH <account name> <password>" in your perform). When you are connected to the GameSurge network, join this channel: #registration (You can join a channel by typing "/join #channelnamehere" in any IRC window.
Once there, someone will take care of you and register you a channel for your team. My suggestions when you register a channel is to keep it simple. For example if your team name is "The Evil Badgers" your clan tag would probably look something like this: "teb | name". In this case I would suggest you try and register one of those channels for your team: #teb #team-teb #clan-teb #tebteam etc. do not try and be original here by making your channel name #-=t3h.EviL.B4dGers=-. As I said, try and keep it simple.
You will also want to register a private channel for your team, so you and your gang can have private conversations. When you register your team channel ask the GameSurge staff member helping you to register you a private channel as well. Again make this simple, example: #teb-private or #teb-priv.
[b]Important Channels[/b]
Now that you are all set up, the good thing to know is where you can get direct help from admins or GameSurge staff or where you can get a scrim for the game you play.
Once you have figured out how to get on the larger network, logging into the games official developer and support irc is a breeze. To multi connect to both irc networks, simple but in the following commands in your perform, or once logged into irc, your console. This command will connect you to the network, and join you the most popular channel there (40 average idlers) for help, discussion, and general pub chat ;)
Guide to IRC
[b]Where to get it?[/b]
http://www.mirc.com
[b]Purpose of IRC for Gamers[/b]
As users from around the world can connect to one big network, this program is of much help to gamers as it can connect all of it's members. On IRC you will be able to find a lot of helpful channels and also contact your opponent's to schedule matches etc. IRC is what brings the e-sports community closer.
[b]How does it work?[/b]
http://www.mirc.com/install.html (with screenshots)
http://www.mirc.com/ircintro.html
[b]GameSurge [/b]
Now that you have installed IRC and you know how it works, you need to know which network to connect to. This is where www.GameSurge.net/ comes into play. GameSurge is a gaming community built around an IRC network where all gamers interact.
http://www.gotfrag.com/files/upload/madda..
To connect to GameSurge you will need to set up your IRC like in this screenshot. For the rest, please follow the IRC and GameSurge guides provided in the 2 and 4 steps.
To participate in some leagues, your team is required to have a registered channel on the GameSurge network. To be able to create a registered channel, you will need to create a user account on http://www.GameSurge.net/
[b]Creating an account on GameSurge / New user guide[/b]
The guys at GameSurge have created a great guide for beginners, if you are new to IRC I strongly recommend reading it.
http://www.GameSurge.net/newuser/
New user Guide
http://www.GameSurge.net/userchanmodes/
Masking your IP (I suggest you add this command to your perform /mode $me +x )
If you already know how things work, create your account here:
http://www.GameSurge.net/createaccount/
[b]Creating a channel for your team[/b]
After you setup your IRC and create your GameSurge account you are now ready to register a channel for your team. I guess that by now you know a little bit how IRC works, therefore start it up and make sure you are authed ( This means you have this command "/authserv AUTH <account name> <password>" in your perform). When you are connected to the GameSurge network, join this channel: #registration (You can join a channel by typing "/join #channelnamehere" in any IRC window.
Once there, someone will take care of you and register you a channel for your team. My suggestions when you register a channel is to keep it simple. For example if your team name is "The Evil Badgers" your clan tag would probably look something like this: "teb | name". In this case I would suggest you try and register one of those channels for your team: #teb #team-teb #clan-teb #tebteam etc. do not try and be original here by making your channel name #-=t3h.EviL.B4dGers=-. As I said, try and keep it simple.
You will also want to register a private channel for your team, so you and your gang can have private conversations. When you register your team channel ask the GameSurge staff member helping you to register you a private channel as well. Again make this simple, example: #teb-private or #teb-priv.
[b]Important Channels[/b]
Now that you are all set up, the good thing to know is where you can get direct help from admins or GameSurge staff or where you can get a scrim for the game you play.
GameSurge channels:
[b]#support [/b]
[b]#help[/b]
[b]#registration[/b]
Scrim channels:
[b]#aascrim[/b]
#bf2scrim
#cod2scrim
#dodscrim
#findscrim
#findscrimbf2
#sourcescrim
#scrimdod
#scrimdod:s
Other usefull channels:
[b]#aainvite[/b]
[b]#aaringer[/b]
[b]#aapug[/b]
#aaotracker
#aa-maps
#findringer
#findsponsor
#findclan
[b]America's Army Official IRC[/b]
Once you have figured out how to get on the larger network, logging into the games official developer and support irc is a breeze. To multi connect to both irc networks, simple but in the following commands in your perform, or once logged into irc, your console. This command will connect you to the network, and join you the most popular channel there (40 average idlers) for help, discussion, and general pub chat ;)
/server -m irc.americasarmy.com -j #americasarmy
[b]Source:[/b] http://forums.caleague.com/showpost.php?p..
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