Registering With Channel Services

To register with channel services go to www.netgamers.org and use the registration link below the login boxes.

Nick Registration

To create a nick you first need to choose one to register. If you choose, it is possible to prevent other users using this nick (to do so, you need to enable NickServ). As such, it should be the nick that you intend to use - otherwise someone else may decide to use the nick you use and kick you off it. A nick is only yours if you register it. Nicks must be between 2 and 15 characters long, and only some characters are valid. Exact details are given during the registration process.

You will also need an e-mail address to register the nick with. NetGamers currently do not accept hotmail addresses due to previous problems with mails not getting through.

Once that's done you have to choose a question/answer. This is used to prove that you're the account owner if you ever need to do anything unusual with the account, such as change the e-mail address it's registered to. Choosing a meaningful answer is very important. People have lost their accounts due to choosing one they couldn't remember.

Once you've filled in the information on the website an e-mail will be sent to you. This should arrive within two hours, if it doesn't contact someone in #cservice. When the mail arrives there'll be a link in it to activate your nick. When you click this link another e-mail is sent with your password in. This sometimes generates an error, but this error is a mistake and can happily be ignored.

Login

Once the password e-mail arrives you're ready to log in to your nick. When using P commands, such as the login command, which deal with passwords you have to use [email protected] as P's nick. This is a security measure and is not neccessary for 'normal' commands. Therefore, to log in to P use:

/msg [email protected] login username password

With the username you registered and the password you received in your mail.

Changing Your Password

Once you're logged in you'll probably want to change your password to something more memorable. To do this use:

/msg [email protected] newpass newpassword

Once that's done you're ready to use P. If someone gives you access to their channel you'll be able to use some P commands depending on the amount of access they give you. Alternativly, you might want to register your own channel.