In short, you don’t know! When chatting online you should always beware that you have no idea who you are chatting with. They may not be who they claim. Women can pretend to be men. Men can pretend to be women or young boys. It can be a very dangerous if you should decide to [...]
XChat is a free IRC client for both Windows, Linux, and Mac. You can download it and use it to connect to WyldRyde and chat in your favorite channels. This page will show you how to set up XChat to connect to WyldRyde… Firstly, you must download the Windows and Linux XChat versions from XChat.org. [...]
/amsg and /ame should be used very sparingly, especially if you’re in more than a two channels. Several channel ops and other users have asked if they could, or could WyldRyde staff, ban people that send /amsg and /ame needlessly. Channel founders and ops “run” their channels the way they see fit, so a channel [...]
Trolls are attention seekers. Their mission is to derail the conversation and community you have built up in your channel and have everyone focus solely on them. The best way to discourage trolls is to not let them know you’re upset or bothered by them. The less reaction and attention they receive the quicker they’ll [...]
All new WyldRyde IRC Network Staffers start off as a Local Operator (IRCOp) while undergoing training. Staffers that graduate training become a Global IRCOp. Above Global IRCOps are Services Admins. Services Admins are over seen by the Global Network Admins. Overseeing all the staff are ultimately the Root Admins. The Root Admins are also members [...]
If you had a problem with a WyldRyde IRC Network Staff member please /join #help and ask usrbingeek if you could talk in private about a staff issue. Logs that show the reason for your complaint is helpful but not required. We do not get involved with channel politics and cannot doing anything about channel [...]
MemoServ is a utility allowing IRC users to send short messages to other IRC users, whether they are online at the time or not, or to channels(*). Both the sender’s nickname and the target nickname or channel must be registered in order to send a memo. The MemoServ Set command allows you to define other [...]
ChanServ allows you to register and control various aspects of channels. ChanServ can often prevent malicious users from “taking over” channels by limiting who is allowed channel operator privileges. With ChanServ you can assign channel operators who have the ability to kick and ban people from your channel. The ChanServ Set command allows you to [...]
BotServ allows you to assign and have a bot on your own channel. It has been created for users that can’t host or configure a bot. The BotServ Set command allows you to define other settings. You can view all the BotServ commands available on WyldRyde on our BotServ Commands page.
