Tag: "chat"

Information Regarding WyldRyde Updates

As planned, WyldRyde went down for a few moments yesterday evening as part of our rolling-out UnrealIRCd updates.  Now, a day after the updates completed and WyldRyde is functioning normally once again, I’d like to take this opportunity to explain what exactly has changed. Bug Fixes, Better IPv6 Support First and foremost, the decision to [...]

How To: Block and Censor Words In Your Channel

Here on WyldRyde we strive to provide an excellent IRC network where channel owners are given a blank canvas so that they can manage and maintain their channels around their needs.  For a while now channel owners have been able to take advantage of a couple of features to maintain family-friendly channels without having to [...]

WyldRyde Implements qwebirc Web-Based Chat

Starting today WyldRyde is pleased to announce that we have implemented the popular qwebirc web-based chat client on all of our public IRC servers, giving users the ability to connect to the WyldRyde IRC Network via their web browsers; both on their computers and on a wide range of mobile devices.  As you are probably [...]

How To: Get Users Into Your Chat Room

One of the most common questions I have seen over the years I have been on IRC is “how do you get more people in your chat room?”.   There are many approaches you can take to help grow your chat room – some better than others.  I’m here to share with you some of the [...]

08-08-08 Party on the 8s! All Night Party

Join us in #usrbingeek on 08-08-08 starting at 8PM Pacific/11PM ET till ??? for WyldRyde’s first all night party.

I’m banned from a chat/channel I never joined, can you remove it?

Nope, we can’t remove the ban! Even if you never joined a specific channel, you might find yourself unable to join it because of a ban that is in place. The channel may have banned users from your ISP, area, or country. They might be banning people that run a script you’re using. They might [...]

How Do I Get Voice In #Chris

Here is how you may become a trusted (voiced) user AND keep it: Contribute with meaningful and intelligent conversation when the channel is not moderated. Always follow WyldRyde’s Terms of Service and these additional rules: Don’t be abusive or personally attack anyone. Don’t post off topic links. Don’t repeat yourself. Don’t talk in caps. Don’t [...]

What should I do if I’m cyber-bullied?

Dealing and cooping with cyber bullies isn’t easy but you don’t need to fight them alone. When confronted by a cyber-bully get your friends to come to your aide so you’re not dealing with them one on one. You should also tell your parents about it. If it’s happening on WyldRyde you can /join #help [...]

DMDirc 0.5.5 Released

DMDirc has released version 0.5.5. This release is an interim release as 0.6 is still unstable but several important features from 0.6 were needed in 0.5.5. The new launchers which give the client the ability to update itself via the updater URL Handler to allow adding support for non-http links (Eg steam://, ftp://) Much improved [...]

Gamers.IRC 5.16 is now available

Gamers.IRC version 5.16 was released just after the New Year’s Eve. The version includes “small improvements,” according to the official release notes. New/Bugfix/Changed: Some small things New: Aliases: clear, clearall, mar New: Winamp control Bugfix/Changed: L/Q Admin Changed: UserInfo Changed: Installer copies files to %APPDATA%\mIRC when using Vista with UAC Update: mIRC 6.31 Update: FAQ [...]