Sorry, MDL! Totally missed this before.
I've been using mIRC for a few years and it's fairly simple once you figure out how to connect. So let's see if I can talk you through that one slightly more difficult step.
Okay, once you've downloaded and installed the software, double click on the icon that it placed on your desktop to run the programme.
There should be a window called mIRC options appearing when you get there. If you're in the 'connect' area, first, select an
Undernet server (if you choose any other kind of server you won't be able to see any of us).
Fill in the four lines they ask you (name, email - you can make that up - the nickname you want to use and an alternate nickname in case yours is already used by another chatter).
Click on 'connect to IRC server'. You'll see a bunch of things happening in your status window. Don't worry about them. If it can't connect to the first undernet server it tries, it will try with another one and so on until you're actually connected (you'll know you are when nothing more happens in your status window).
Type #nameofchannel password (except you type the actual name of the channel and the actual password
), hit the return key, and you should find us.
Now, to get into the fandom's main IRC channels, you'll need to be registered with one or both of them (you don't have to register to both, and registering to one doesn't prevent you from registering to the other - both are totally independent from one another and run by different people, like the two main Message Boards in the fandom).
#loisclark is open to anyone over 13 years old. Check the channel's
website to register.
#lanekent is open to people over 18 years old. Check the channel's
website to register.
Let us know if you have any more questions.
Kaethel