Newgrounds: Encyclopedia II - Newgrounds - Chat

Newgrounds - Chat

Newgrounds has its own chat, usually referred to as the NG Chat. It's accessible via the CHAT button on the navigation bar at Newgrounds.com, or via any IRC client, such as mIRC, IRCle, Firefox's IRC clients, Trillian, etc. Many people join and chat about whatever they deem fit.

America Online (AOL) users on Java clients are not allowed into the NG Chat, because their IP Mask changes dynamically when the user begins a new dial-up session, so bans and akicks can't directly affect one person using that ISP (in any geographical region). If an AOL user enters the NG Chat, they are automatically kicked upon entry.

NG Chat also has two other smaller, less frequented channels: the Hookup room (#nglove) and the Insult room (#ngwar). The Hookup room is for any users who wish to "Chat intimately", trade pictures of one another, etc., to deter users from doing so in the main chat. The Insult room is somewhat self-explanatory. You go in, you get insulted and insult back.

The NG Chat is accessible via any IRC client by entering the java.webchat.org, area.webchat.org or irc.webmaster.com servers and joining the channel through the irc command: /join #newgrounds.com.

The NG chat has spawned many spinoffs, such as #radiogrounds (The radiogrounds.com chat), #ngdrunks for the NGDr0kns (dr0kn.com), #blamclub for the blamclub (ADG/BlamClub Forums) and many other (smaller) user-made channels such as #ngpoker for the NG Late Night Poker Club, #nazigrounds.com, and #minimanjapan.com (minimanjapan.com).

Adapted from the Wikipedia article "Chat", under the G.N U Free Docmentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki