mIRC is a IRC client (Internet Relay Chat) Think YIM but much older. It is a shareware program that is 100% free and DOES NOT expire after 30 days(That is just the developer hoping for financial support-feel free to donate if you can, but not required)
IRC is where a vast majority of the TR Community resides, even when not playing TR. IRC is great for the real time experience of coordination & ease of learning. While many guilds replace forum use with IRC activeness, forums are still ever useful, but IRC is faster for relaying up to date info.
This site is geared for irc beginners
http://www.ircbeginner.com/ircinfo/mirc.htmlTR is based off GalaxyNet Server Channel #reincarnation
Here is a quick video guide I made to help our newer crowds use mIRC...any trouble feel free to contact me
History of IRC
IRC stands for "Internet Relay Chat". It was originally written by Jarkko Oikarinen (
jto@tolsun.oulu.fi) in 1988. Since starting in Finland, it has been used in over 60 countries around the world. It was designed as a replacement for the "talk" program but has become much much more than that. IRC is a multi-user chat system, where people convene on "channels" (a virtual place, usually with a topic of conversation) to talk in groups, or privately. IRC is constantly evolving, so the way things to work one week may not be the way they work the next. Read the MOTD (message of the day) every time you use IRC to keep up on any new happenings or server updates.
IRC gained international fame during the 1991 Persian Gulf War, where updates from around the world came accross the wire, and most irc users who were online at the time gathered on a single channel to hear these reports. IRC had similar uses during the coup against Boris Yeltsin in September 1993, where IRC users from Moscow were giving live reports about the unstable situation there.
