About CyberArmy

What is IRC?

IRC is an abbreviation for Internet Relay Chat, a protocol on which a client/server type chat system is based. It was originally defined in the RFC 1459 in 1993.

CyberArmy has its own IRC network and channel at irc.cyberarmy.net. It serves as a meeting and discussion point for all members of CyberArmy, where arguments or discussions, but also just small talk, can be taken to relieve the forums a little. Joining is probably the easiest way to make friends in the CyberArmy as well as being the easiest way to find your spot in the CyberArmy Brigades (The channel #recruiting is always filled with C/O's offering various jobs).

Read the rules and join this part of our community. (NOTE: While these rules pertain primarily to #cyberarmy, other channels may use and/or modify them for their own purposes.)

Channel Rules

• No Harassing Others, Excessive Caps, Offensive Nicks
• Please do not ask for OPS, HALFOPS, or VOICE
• Please deal with personal disputes privately and away from the channel.
• You will get kicked or banned if you become excessively annoying by way of being abusive, stroppy, childish, trollish or generally idiotic. Try to be a reasonable human being and everything will be just fine.
• If a user disagrees with an operator's decision to kick or ban another user, e-mail a member of staff requesting help.
• A low level of silly repartee among ops and channel regulars is a normal aspect of the channel and is considered part of the show.
• Please understand that nobody gets paid for helping you. The Operators may be away from the keyboard or helping other users in private messages. Most users are on several channels, please show some patience.
• The op who bans you or kicks you may not actually be the one you've offended. You'll sometimes be nailed by whoever is closest. We also do not second guess each other, so we are unlikely to remove a ban set by another op. Most of us will /ignore messages from anyone seeking to be unbanned.
• Your position as a banee is rather bleak. If the ban is not removed within a minute or so, then try to learn from your mistake (if the offended op was kind enough to include a reason in the kick) and feel welcome again later in the day (probably). Your ban time may vary. When you finally get back in, don't be annoying by asking questions about the ban.
• Avoiding bans that have been placed on you is inadvisable. While the network staff do not normally become involved in channel management (except where IRCops may have been granted channel access), ban evasion is considered a network issue and can lead to being banned or akilled from the network, or having your nick suspended.
• Some behaviours are so universally considered offensive, that we do not wait to see if you will cooperate and stop. We kick first and ask questions later. These offences include but are not limited to:
  • Cloning
  • Vulgar language
  • Misplaced ASCII art
  • Excess color
  • Repeating and Scrolling
  • Flooding the channel or our users
  • Abusive tricks targeted at naive users
  • Spamming and Advertising
  • Begging for channel privileges

These rules are subject to change at any time

Last but not least. Have FUN!!! And remember the golden rule: it's only IRC...