Beginners
General Guidelines
12 Oct 2025
General Guidelines:
- You must be at least 13 years of age to connect to IRC, or have parental permission to use IRC (with proof) if you are under 13. Violators will be G-lined from the network.
- Please avoid cloning (that is, logging onto IRC multiple times) if at all possible. However, you may need to clone if you get suddenly disconnected and need to wait for your own nickname to drop. If this is the case, please make your intentions clear in the channel. Also, if you are moving from computer to computer (for example, you are going from the upstairs computer to the downstairs computer) Please disconnect before leaving the computer you are at, then reconnect at the other computer.
- Do not 'hammer' the server with connections. People who do this will be G-lined without any warnings.
- No spam/advertising/MP3/system information/etc. types of scripts in the main channel. This includes large pastes or floods of text (for example, song lyrics). If you wish to spam or display MP3 / system stats, please use #EmechNET for these. Advertising other channels or websites is prohibited. You may be banned for doing so. Also, please refrain from the use of /amsg and /ame mIRC commands.
- No nickname spam (changing your nickname repeatedly or for no reason). You may be temporarily banned if this occurs. Also, impersonation or switching nicks with other people is strictly prohibited. Please note that we, not you, are the judge of this.
- Do not attempt to 'take over' any person's nickname or channel(s). This is strictly prohibited, and violators will be banned (temporarily or G-lined depending on the severity of the offence) and will lose all services privileges.
- Do not use abusive or offensive nicknames. Violators will be warned, their nickname will be forcefully changed back, and possibly temp-banned for later offences.
- Do not register 'extra' nicknames into NickServ just because you want to own them (or want to bar someone else from using that nickname). 'Extra' nicknames will be dropped, and you may lose NickServ privileges if you continue to re-register these nicks.
- Bots are permitted only in the lobby. This includes text triggers such as beepers, or automatic responses to /me or other commands. Text output by a bot will be seen as spam. In addition, if you do choose to run a bot in the lobby, please tell us about it. However, botnets/zombienets are strictly prohibited. If we discover that any of the bots are involved in a botnet/zombienet/etc, they, as well as the bot's operators, will all be permanently g-lined.
- Bots (run in any channel) should use the +B user mode on themselves when they connect to the network. (This imposes any extra restrictions which may be placed on bots, and allows other users to positively identify the user as being a bot). Bots which don't use the +B mode may be muted or otherwise banned until the problem is taken care of.
- Pasting any sort of malicious IRC scripts (or anything which could be seen as malicious) to public areas or in private messages to other users without their understanding is not permitted. This includes anything which contains a script, such as $decode and so forth (even if the $decode is not actually malicious). You will not get a warning for this. You WILL be permanently G-lined from the server for this offense.
- Abuse, flaming, and racist or offensive comments are not allowed. People who continually flame or abuse other people will be banned.
- Please refrain from religious or political-natured conversations in all channels (except for the lobby). OPU channels are primarily gaming channels, and many people do not wish to hear religion/politics being discussed.
- Act maturely. Acting immaturely or like a 'script kiddie' simply annoys everyone else in the room. If you act like a small child, expect people to treat you as such, and discipline you in a similar fashion. Staff may also give you a warning, kick, or ban for acting in such a manner. This includes while in #Outpost2.lobby. Some amount of spam / irrelevant chat is permitted, but if it becomes excessive or is only meant to disrupt other, more legitimate activities (such as conversations, games, etc), you must stop.
- You must be at least 13 years of age to connect to IRC, or have parental permission to use IRC (with proof) if you are under 13. Violators will be G-lined from the network.
- Please avoid cloning (that is, logging onto IRC multiple times) if at all possible. However, you may need to clone if you get suddenly disconnected and need to wait for your own nickname to drop. If this is the case, please make your intentions clear in the channel. Also, if you are moving from computer to computer (for example, you are going from the upstairs computer to the downstairs computer) Please disconnect before leaving the computer you are at, then reconnect at the other computer.
- Do not 'hammer' the server with connections. People who do this will be G-lined without any warnings.
- No spam/advertising/MP3/system information/etc. types of scripts in the main channel. This includes large pastes or floods of text (for example, song lyrics). If you wish to spam or display MP3 / system stats, please use #EmechNET for these. Advertising other channels or websites is prohibited. You may be banned for doing so. Also, please refrain from the use of /amsg and /ame mIRC commands.
- No nickname spam (changing your nickname repeatedly or for no reason). You may be temporarily banned if this occurs. Also, impersonation or switching nicks with other people is strictly prohibited. Please note that we, not you, are the judge of this.
- Do not attempt to 'take over' any person's nickname or channel(s). This is strictly prohibited, and violators will be banned (temporarily or G-lined depending on the severity of the offence) and will lose all services privileges.
- Do not use abusive or offensive nicknames. Violators will be warned, their nickname will be forcefully changed back, and possibly temp-banned for later offences.
- Do not register 'extra' nicknames into NickServ just because you want to own them (or want to bar someone else from using that nickname). 'Extra' nicknames will be dropped, and you may lose NickServ privileges if you continue to re-register these nicks.
- Bots are permitted only in the lobby. This includes text triggers such as beepers, or automatic responses to /me or other commands. Text output by a bot will be seen as spam. In addition, if you do choose to run a bot in the lobby, please tell us about it. However, botnets/zombienets are strictly prohibited. If we discover that any of the bots are involved in a botnet/zombienet/etc, they, as well as the bot's operators, will all be permanently g-lined.
- Bots (run in any channel) should use the +B user mode on themselves when they connect to the network. (This imposes any extra restrictions which may be placed on bots, and allows other users to positively identify the user as being a bot). Bots which don't use the +B mode may be muted or otherwise banned until the problem is taken care of.
- Pasting any sort of malicious IRC scripts (or anything which could be seen as malicious) to public areas or in private messages to other users without their understanding is not permitted. This includes anything which contains a script, such as $decode and so forth (even if the $decode is not actually malicious). You will not get a warning for this. You WILL be permanently G-lined from the server for this offense.
- Abuse, flaming, and racist or offensive comments are not allowed. People who continually flame or abuse other people will be banned.
- Please refrain from religious or political-natured conversations in all channels (except for the lobby). OPU channels are primarily gaming channels, and many people do not wish to hear religion/politics being discussed.
- Act maturely. Acting immaturely or like a 'script kiddie' simply annoys everyone else in the room. If you act like a small child, expect people to treat you as such, and discipline you in a similar fashion. Staff may also give you a warning, kick, or ban for acting in such a manner. This includes while in #Outpost2.lobby. Some amount of spam / irrelevant chat is permitted, but if it becomes excessive or is only meant to disrupt other, more legitimate activities (such as conversations, games, etc), you must stop.