IRC network
A place to talk. Say what you think, in your own words, with people who answer back.
Connect
Point your IRC client at irc.avade.net.
If your client opens links: ircs://irc.avade.net:6697
Free speech, for real
AvadeNET is for conversation, not for approval. Nobody here decides which opinions are allowed. You can disagree, argue, joke and be wrong, the way people do when they actually talk.
Channels belong to the people who make them. Each one sets its own tone. If one is not for you there is another, or you make your own.
What is not welcome is what breaks the network for everyone else: spam, flooding and attacks.
Free speech needs privacy
Words are only free when nobody is reading over your shoulder. On port 6697 everything between you and the server is encrypted, so nobody on the way can see what you write: not the network you are on, not your provider.
Other users do not see your address either. The network shows a masked host in place of your IP.
One honest limit: like on every IRC network, the servers pass your messages on. Encryption protects the way there, not the conversation from the network itself.
Get started
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Pick a nickname.
/nick YourNick
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Make it yours. A mail comes with a link, and one click confirms it.
/msg NickServ REGISTER <password> <email>
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Next time you connect, say that it is you.
/msg NickServ IDENTIFY <password>
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Join a channel, or make your own: join one that nobody is in and register it.
/join #channel /msg ChanServ REGISTER #channel <password> <a few words about it>
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The services explain themselves.
/msg NickServ HELP /msg ChanServ HELP
Need a hand?
Join #avade and ask. Someone who runs the network is usually around.
Built here
The network runs the bahamut ircd with Avade IRC Services: NickServ, ChanServ, MemoServ and the rest, written for this network. It is free software, and anyone can run a network of their own with it.