Chat (IRC)

Machinima IRC Chanal: irc://quakenet.eu.org/machinima/

Here’s a small tutorial to get up and running with mIRC(win): (don’t be scared of the size, it’s just very thoroughly)

Go to http://www.mirc.com/get.html
Right click on a mirror and choose “Save as…”
Once the download is completed, locate where you saved it and double click on the file to start the installation
Read through the instructions or simply click “Next” until you’ve completed the installation
Start the program from either the desktop, your start menu or from the folder where it got installed
You’ll be greeted by a “About mIRC”-window that asks you to register, but you can simply press “Continue”
You should now see the “mIRC Options”-window, where you need to fill out some information before you’re able to connect (To bring it up again simply press ALT + O)
You don’t have to fill out your real name or email address, but be sure to pick the nickname you want to use, and an alternative if that one is already taken
When you’ve filled out all the information, click on “Servers” in the left part of the window
Click on the “IRC Network:” list, and locate Quakenet, then click on “Connect To Server”
If you aren’t behind a firewall, the program should now be connecting properly and just wait until its finished
To enter the channel, write “/join #machinima” (without the quotations) and you’re done!

— Additional steps —

To make sure no one else takes your nickname or impersonate you, you’ll have to ‘auth’ yourself
To do this simply write “/msg Q hello email@address.com email@address.com” (again, without the quotations, and where ‘email@address.com’ is your email address)
You might get “Someone’s already registered with the account name ‘Nickname’!” or “Change your nick to something without special characters (ie: `~^[]{}|_\) in it.” error messages, and if so, try another using another nickname
If done correctly, basic instructions and your login information will be mailed to the email address you provided, so be sure that it’s valid (if you don’t see any mail, check your SPAM filter)
When you’ve recieved the mail, go back to mIRC and press ALT + O to bring up the “mIRC Options” window
Choose “Options” in the left window, and then click on “Perform…”
In the “Perform”-window, click on “Add” and find “Quakenet” in the list of networks, then press OK
Under “Perform commands:”, write “/msg Q@CServe.quakenet.org auth username password” (where username is the nickname you used when you authed, and password, is the password that got mailed to you)
Press enter to make a new line and write “/join #machinima”
Make sure “Enable perform on connect” is checked and then press “OK”, and “OK” again
Now you’ll automaticly auth and join #machinima whenever you connect to quakenet

Other Platforms

OSX(Mac): Colloquy