IRC

We (semi-)regularly hold IRC chats to talk about ARG stuff, and discuss ideas for what the SIG should be doing.

If you want to join in, it's free and easy:

HOW TO GET ON IRC

You have three options:

For those of us who may not be familiar with IRC, you first need to download a client. Good ones include:

Windows: mIRC (http://www.mirc.org/)
OS X: Colloquy (http://colloquy.info/downloads.html).
...or there's a plugin for Firefox to add IRC: ChatZilla (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/16)
...or you can use a web-client directly in your web-browser, see below ("Simple Web Client")

When you have it downloaded and installed, you will need to connect to a server. Ours is:

irc.chat-solutions.org

The port you will need is the default, 6667. Once you have a connection to the server, you need to join the SIG chat channel, which is:

#arg_sig

(including the pound sign, it's important)

There's a couple of web-based clients.

We've only briefly tested it, but it seems the best so far. No setup required, just click the link below, choose a nickname for yourself, and go!

http://embed.mibbit.com/?server=irc.chat-solutions.org&channel=%23arg_sig

Open a new window and go to this address: http://www.chat-solutions.org/chat/unfiction.html
Once you're connected, type "/join #arg_sig" (no quotes) to join our chat
(optional) then type "/nick YOURNAME" (no quotes) to change the name everyone else sees when you speak

You may also use the Unfiction applet here:

http://www.unfiction.com/chat/

Just make sure to input #arg_sig into the channel field, plus your name & etc.

If you've never used IRC before and you're a little worried, I'd encourage you to try it out ahead of time, it won't hurt anything. :)

And feel free to email the SIG admins - arg_sig@igda.org - if you're having trouble getting everything all set up