Though this is not the ideal method, but it's possible to join the Fatal Destructoid chat by simply going to the Online Destructoid Live Chat and typing out the message "/join #fataldestructoid"

As anyone who's been following Fatal Destructoid knows, our community tournament is more about training than it is about competing. The main problem is so many of the entrants use different communications methods. For us to really accomplish what Fatal Destructoid is all about we need full on universal chat method. Senisan had a great idea using an online chat, but we need something HARDER, BETTER, FASTER, STRONGER *BEEP BOOP CATCHY MUSIC.* While I do enjoy training you guys solo, I'll be frank when I say I don't have the time to give you guys the proper practice you need to really up your game. Too many of you bitches. A lot of my personal time is taken up writing promotional materials and The King of Fighters Love Letter. You guys have no idea how much time and research I put into that series. When I go into research mode I have about 5 different windows in Firefox open all cross referencing information. Phoenix Wright ain't got shit on me, son.

Anyway, a lot of my tournament contestants have heard me ramble about setting up a chat channel, and thankfully I have friends who could help me make it possible. The channel will improve with time as we set up new features, but for now we have what we truly, really need: A way to socialize with eachother properly. This shit isn't just about competition, guys. I want all of us to have a chance to be friendly with our fellow fighting game fans. I gladly present to you the Fatal Destructoid chat channel, which we will utilize with mIRC. Anyone not in the tournament is by all means invited to come along. If you've got some fighting game love, I really doubt anyone is gonna object to you stopping by for a chat. I know it's gonna be a bit of effort setting up a program you guys quite possibly don't know anything about, so I've set up a simple tutorial. So you don't need to go fumbling through the menus, the straight up keyboard shortcuts are in bold. Read the bold text, evaluate the images, and in no time at all I promise you that you'll be chatting and setting up training sessions with your fellow contestants.

Install mIRC if you haven't already. Don't worry, the program is free and doesn't actually require that you register with it. The program may bug you slightly when you boot the program up, but for its intended purpose we'll be leaving mIRC on as often as possible (24/7 is probably a bit much, but we'll see.) That means the program won't have many chances to bug you in the first place. Take THAT, hungry hungry programmers.

ALT+O: Category -> CONNECT


If memory serves this is the absolute first window you will encounter upon installing mIRC. It'll ask you for your name, e-mail, and some aliases. Go ahead and fill that information out. Make sure to use the same alias you do on Destructoid itself. I forget at this point, but mIRC will probably ask you to pick a server before you can continue. We're going to be using DynastyNet, the same server Destructoid uses for its own chat. In fact it'll be easy as shit to spend time in the main D-Toid chat at the same time for anyone interested. When you're done setting up shop for Fatal Destructoid just type " /join #destructoid " in our own chat room window.

If you can't find this window, use the keyboard shortcut in bold above.

ALT+E
or
ALT+O: Category -> CONNECT -> SERVERS


Find DynastyNet on the list and select Random server. Not much else to this part. Join the server and once again check the shortcuts above if you can't find this window.

ALT+J: Type #fataldestructoid and join.
or
Type " /join #fataldestructoid " into the DynastyNet server window.


This window should pop up automatically as soon as you join the DynastyNet server, but once again there's keyboard shortcuts above if you can't find your way here. Simply type #fataldestructoid into the textbox and you will be well on your way to entering the chat. From here on we're just going to set up a few options that will make the room MUCH more useful for its intended purpose.

ALT+K


You should already be in the room and able to chat with everyone. First thing we're going to do is make sure that you can read everything well. Personally I don't like mIRC's default color setup. I much prefer changing my settings to placid hues. You can manually edit your own color scheme but I don't think that's necessary. Go ahead and skip this part if you're fine with the colors as they are. Absolutely do not skip the next steps, though.

ALT + O: DISPLAY -> OPTIONS -> CLICK THE BUTTON THAT SAYS TRAY


At this menu there's a checkbox that says "place mIRC in tray when minimized." If that is checked absolutely uncheck it and make sure it's not active. The next option we change requires we do this first.

ALT + O: IRC -> OPTIONS - > FLASH ON MESSAGE CHECKBOXES


Here we have another set of checkboxes that will make mIRC's taskbar button flash if any messages are sent in the chatroom. Basically what this means is that if anyone wants to have a training session or just wants to talk in general, you don't need to constantly monitor the room. Instead that flashing will probably catch your eye.

ALT + R


This is the final step and the beginning of greater things to come. With scripts such as these we'll be able to set up special features for the chat that'll help move the tournament along. We're starting simple because the people helping me would overload my brain otherwise. This is an extremely simple script that will simply allow you to type " !WryGuy" for example to have mIRC suddenly start beeping at me whether I'm looking at the window or not. When you seriously need someone's attention, this is how it'll be done. Unless we find a better way to do it later.

Type ALT + R and copy and paste this code:

on *:TEXT:!Wry*:* { beep 8 }

Then change "Wry" to your own nickname. After which people will be able to contact you in the method I described. So long as everyone does this we'll be able to just type !+nickname to get a specific person's attention.

With that we're done. If you followed the instructions you're in the Fatal Destructoid chat with all the other entrants and have access to eachother to talk and play at all times. Please stay in the chat as often as possible. 24/7 if you don't object. Even if you're not a member of the tournament and just want other people to play fighters with I won't object to you stopping by. Hopefully if you do, you'll consider joining a Fatal Destructoid tourney?

I will note that I totally started playing Daft Punk the moment I typed out "harder, better, faster, stronger" into this blog window. Go ahead and beep me when you join, guys. !Wry it up.


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