IRC/Sysreset 2.53 Tutorial
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> Step 1:
Download the Sysreset 2.53 IRC Script HERE. IRC stands for Internet Relay Chat. You can also download files such as full episodes, mp3s, MIDI, pictures etc...Its quite useful in a way.

> Step 2:
After you download, install it into a directory, For Example, keep it simple like C:/Sysreset. After installation, open the script by double clicking the mIRC.exe icon in your Sysreset folder.

> Step 3:
After you open the script an Options window should popup. Click on the "Connect" tab on the left menu and then fill out your Full name, Email*, Nick and Alternative Nick. Your Nick and Alternative Nick is the names you will use, kind of like your AIM or MSN screen name, so make it whatever you like.

*Your email does not have to be a real one in this case. It just has to be filled in.

> Step 4:
After filliing out the form fields (Name, Email, Nick/Alternative Nick) click on the "Add" button at the top of the window. For the "Description" form field, put Wondernet. For the "IRC Server" field, put in US.WONDERNET.NU be sure it is spelled correctly.

> Step 5:
Once you have added a server, it should be selected (Wondernet should be selected) when you go back to the Options window. You can now click the"Connect to IRC Server" button. A new window should pop up with a whole bunch of words. That is fine. All it is doing now is connecting to a server. This window is called the "SERVER WINDOW," do not forget it because I will refer to it later. Once the words stop moving and it says you are connected, you can now join a channel.

> Step 6:
To join a channel, there are 2 ways. The AUTOMATIC way, and the MANUAL way. First, we will go through the automatic way. Click on the little icon that looks like a folder with a "#" sign on top of it. A window should popup. Click the "Add" button and fill out the "Channel" field ONLY. Put #shadow-anime in the channel field and click OK. Then it will bring you back to the window before. Double click on #shadow-anime from the list of channels. A new window should popup and you should be in the channel.

Your window may look a little different than mine since I have my Sysreset customized and such.

An alternative way to access a channel would be to manually type the commands. In the SERVER WINDOW described in step 5 above, click on the little text bar at the bottom of the window, and type in the following: /join #shadow-anime
and that is it. A new window should popup and you will have joined the channel.

> Step 7:
Time to go over the basic looks and feels of Sysreset for just basic chatting in the channel. Click the Image below and please read along for it will help a lot if you are new to IRC.

#1: This is the TITLE bar, also called Topic Bar. It is kind of like the news of the day. Only people with the "@" or "%" next to their name can change it.
#2: This is the user list. All the users in the channel will be listed here. People with "@" next to their name are Channel Operators (They have FULL control of the channel). People with "%" next to their name are Half Operators (They have PARTIAL control of the channel). People with the "+" next to their name are called Voices. Voices are people who SHARE files, kind of like in Kazaa or WinMX, but I will explain a little bit more on that in the next tutorial.
#3: This is where the other users chat message appears. The <InuYasha> in the picture is who is talking.
#4: When a message has a ">" next to it, that means you are the one who said that. In the picture it looks like "> nothing".
#5: This is the type area where you type any messages you want to appear in the chat.

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