>>>The difference is that there are usually thousands and thousands of people on all at once, and there are "channels" where different groups of people can go to talk about certain interests. There's a really good channel called #Macintosh (the standard Mac gathering place) where you can go and find out if there is another area for close combat, etc. Also, it's a good place to go to ask questions if you have any. The answers are immediate, so it's really cool. I can demonstrate at the next VMUGM meeting if you remind me.<<<
When you set up the connections preferences, make sure you change your nick from Newbie to something else (like In2Macz), and the user name to something else as well. Then hit the button to change the server and put in one of the servers I've listed above. Don't worry about the port number. You can do this for several different "accounts" all with the same name, and if one of them doesn't work, you can just hit connect for the next one and maybe it will. Just keep trying and eventually one of them will get you on.
