Basic IRC Information       #anime-cel can be found on Newnet. Recommended servers include irc.eskimo.com, irc.sweatnet.net, and irc.aohell.org. There is usually someone on from Noon PST to Midnight PST but if there is no one around don't be scared, please check again later. We ask that you please refrain from pirating/bootlegging on our channel. Please follow usual rules of netiquette ^_^ IRC for Beginners       IRC stands for Internet Relay Chat. Programs like ICQ have a similar system for on-line chatting but IRC tends to be more stable. There are more comprehensive FAQs such as The mIRC IRC FAQ, A Short IRC Primer, and Random Newbie FAQ Google found, but I'll try to give an overview here.       The first thing you will need is an IRC client if you don't already have one. Downloading and installation varies but is explained by each on respectively. The ones recommended as easy-to-use by #anime-cel members include mIRC and Polaris for Windows machines and Ircle for Macs. I use a text-based one with less buttons in Linux. Additionally you can use a java based one on newnet's own site (see 'Chat Now!' to the right) Chat on Newnet's Site.       Once you have downloaded and installed an IRC client, the next thing to do is find us! You will need to connect to a Newnet server. This can be done by typing /server at the prompt (usually a line or box located at the bottom of the IRC window, here's a picture of an mIRC window. In Ircle however, typing is in a separate window from reading!): /server irc.eskimo.com       Next you need to join by typing at the prompt: /join #anime-cel Congrats! You're in! Now all you need to do is type what you want to say (don't forget to hit the enter key when you're ready to say it) and voila, you're chatting! Link to Us!       Spread the word! Download a button:

Once You're On      There are many other commands to let you do things which are explained in the real FAQs. Here are a couple of favorites though: /nick /nick changes the name people see you as /nick Keys_Away would print Your nickname is now Keys_Away on the screen and everyone afterwards would recognize me as "Keys_Away" were I to type it. /me /me turns you statement into an action by you /me finds her cel book would print Keys finds her cel book on the screen were I to type it.       "Ack! Half the people just left all at once! Was it something I said?!" If you're unfamiliar with IRC and Newnet, this is a likely reaction to a netsplit. Remember which server you connected to before? Normally in #anime-cel, people will be in a variety of these servers, but we all see each other so it's hunky dorey. However, sometimes the servers fall out of sync... they lag from each other enough that their connection is broken. So, the channel splits in two between that server and the others (on really bad days 3-4 different factions!). Each group sees the other group as having left. Eventually there is a netjoin and everyone comes back together (this time each group sees the other group as rejoining the channel... so a lot of pointless "welcome back" 's get said... when really no one ever left!) As Trebuchet once explained, it's like we're all in a big party room and suddenly a giant wall appears and and cuts half the people off from the other half. To each side of the room, it looks like the other side left the party. But, eventually the wall is moved away and each group sees the other group as back at the party.       One thing to note is that there is always some lag between servers (and between people and where they are from). Usually this is milliseconds so it is no big deal. However, when this gets to be many seconds, it can be quite hard to hold a conversation. It's kind of like that big party room only one person hears what everyone says 30 seconds later, then he responds, then the other guests hear him another 30 seconds later. He would be replying to things that people stopped talking about a while ago!

Ame -- Ame's Cel Gallery Buford -- Nekomusume.net "I'm not *really* a hentai with a thing for catgirls, I just play one on TV. ... You're not buying that, are you? ^^;" Cellery -- The Cellery "I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I hate plants." genomexec -- ChibiLargo's Cel Gallery "We're equal, he and I... No! I'm even more equal!" --Ryouga Hibiki Hachi-san -- The Vashness of Space Hinoto -- Brian's Animation Gallery jcaliff -- Iserlohn Fortress Anime Cels "Actually, I am a lab mouse and this is all part of an intricate plan to TAKE OVER THE WORLD!" Jocey -- deedlit.looney.com "Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur" kabukimoon -- Kabukimoon's Cel Gallery Kav -- Kav's Anime Cels "I have legions of ninjas at my disposal, but they seem no use against the Haunted Painting of DooOOoOOOm" Keys -- Keys' Little Anime Cel Gallery "My magical powers are waning..." Larg0 -- Kyle's Anime Cels "We were created to be harvested..." - Magus, Chrono Trigger malasama -- 130% Mad Crazy Cel-ery "I have kitten saliva on my monitor" marcus-sl -- Shadow Light "They're Baka, I'm Baka, We're all Baka." --Ruri-chan conjugating the word baka, Nadesico Misa -- Marisa's Cel Gallery "Seeking paradise in a dream" oion -- OG Hall of Wonders Cel Collection "The Bean blesses thee." Ryouko -- Picture Perfect "my mind is leaving me for someone else"   Seiya -- Moon Dreams Tralfaz -- The Tralfaz Cel Collection wndrkn -- Wndrkn's anime cel gallery "Between two evils, I always pick the one I've never tried before." (Mae West) Xelloss -- chibiusa.com "If you met an anime character in real life and you took their pic, would you wind up with a cel?" YukiNeko -- SnowCalico's (aka YukiNeko's) Cel Gallery "Broke Otaku, will karaoke for manga."

Atiya -- Atiya's Cel Gallery with Extra Marmosets "You can never have too many marmosets." caisha -- Christy's Cels "Me having a bad hair day, which is often." Fireye -- Gallery "It will remain unchanged forever, this determination of mine. I won't look back; such is the way of Otaku." --Tatakae! Otaking (Otaku no Video OP song) glimmer77 -- Carol's Nuriko Shrine "*Yawn*... it's late, time to log on." Himiko -- Tokyo Anime "If it says 'yaoi'....I'm there!!!!!" ix -- Kamidake Cel Gallery "I am a prince of the Voice. So I can't tie my necktie. Don't worry, my favorite close advisor Sekito ties my necktie every morning." jINx -- jINX's Anime Stash joseishijin -- joseishijin.tripod.com "Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself." -Rita Mae Brown kataedge -- Katana's Edge Cel Gallery "Is there anything better than Himura Kenshin? I don't think so!" KeiichSan -- K1's cel gallery "I hate it when my cels talk to me. It's like a dream come true, but it scares the crap out of me" Lady Brick -- MindEclipse Cel Gallery "When in doubt, take a nap." Lizzard -- L I Z Z A R D . N E T "Don't you just want to smack Allen? Or perhaps kiss him. No wait, I've got it. Smack him, and then kiss him better. There we go. Perfect." mAJOR eRROR The Correction Lab "I've gone off the idea of progress. It's overrated..." Ms. Poe -- Tokyo Anime 2 "*/me grabs nice cels & flies away...*"Quoth the Raven, Nevermore.""" Nall -- Nall's Cels "If there is no God, who pops up the next Kleenex?" regina -- The Luna Regina's Cel Gallery Sango-san -- Shippou.com/Naraku.com tenzink -- False Horizons "restraint is not my forte" Trebuchet -- Trebuchet's Cel Gallery "It's 4AM (yawn)...bed time" xane -- Xane's Cel Gallery yaten -- Amy's Anime Collection

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