TV Tropes has its own IRC channels on irc.esper.net. Come and chat!

* '''#tropers''': The original channel, where we tropers often hang out and just generally have fun.
* '''#tropers-rp''': The home of the {{Troper IRC Tabletop}} game! Check that wiki page for details!

By the way, consider adding to the {{Troper IRC Channel Quotes}} page if you read something funny while lurking.

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[[folder: The Rules ]]

* If you link us to [[NightmareFuel something horrible]], you are required to link us to [[FanService something anti-horrible]] as eye-bleach.
* Do not raise the topic of [[strike:FasterThanLightTravel]] religion, as it has the potential to [[FlameBait touch off a ten-screen flamewar]].
* You may occasionally get '''/kick'''ed out of the channel. This can be anything from a playful show of affection to a warning about your behavior; pay attention to what the ops are saying, and you'll know which is which. You can usually come back after a /kick, but if you're getting /kicked repeatedly, it's probably time to sober up.

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[[folder: Howtos ]]

* [[http://www.ircbeginner.com/ircinfo/mirc.html Using mIRC]]
* If you're using the [[http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/ Firefox]] web browser, you can use the [[https://addons.mozilla.org/addon/16 Chatzilla]] extension and read the [[http://chatzilla.hacksrus.com/faq/ Chatzilla FAQ]] to get started. If you already have Chatzilla installed, entering "irc://irc.esper.net/%23tropers" into the location bar will take you directly to the '''#tropers''' channel.
* If you're using a Mac, [[strike:Colloquy]] [[http://limechat.net/mac/ LimeChat]] is a very good IRC client, with very few bugs and a Mac-friendly interface. It will even offer to pastebin long blurbs of text when you try to paste them directly into the channel. (It also works with ''irc://'' [=URLs=].)
* If, for whatever reason, you are unable or not allowed to download a proper client, [[http://www.mibbit.com/ Mibbit]] is a fairly simple, fairly reliable browser based IRC client.
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Lurkers (specify if your IRC nick is different):

* {{AbuDhabi}} - My IRC nick is usually AnnoDomini. I drop in sometimes and ramble about [=RPGs=].
* {{Adam850}} - I usually go as Ahdam, Adham, Adahm, or Adamh. Lots of lurking and wondering what the hell {{Roland}} is talking about.
* {{Arrow}} - Generally can be found in channel whenever not asleep, though also idles worse than near everybody combined.
* [[AstraKiseki Astra]] - Rarely seen [[PungeonMaster punster.]]
* {{Attilargh}} - According to [[LargeBluntObject some]], the OnlySaneMan.
* Aurora - also occasionally known as Eos (for obvious reasons). Tropes irregularly as grelphy. Generally tries to elevate the channel ratio of snark and geekery to actual content as high as possible.
* {{BonSequitur}} - Founder of the original #tropers IRC channel, on another network, way back when. Alternates between lurking, productive conversation, and fits of mad ranting. Currently serving as your benevolent IRC deity - it's for your own good.
* {{blakyoshi7}} exists.
* BrokenChaos - As broken_chaos. Geek of all trades, master of few. Around at times, speaks at times.
* {{CAD}} - Visits only about once a week. Enjoys the rare opportunity to engage in serious discussion, doesn't participate much in the random banter. Will randomly comment on his current project with hopes of feedback.
* CALieber - I go by [[TricksterArchetype Hershele Ostropoler]] on most of the Internet, including IRC
* {{Caphi}} [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast The Undescribable]] - actually pretty describable, but is keeping the name anyway. If the room is sufficiently quiet, may begin describing video games without warning. Would be the channel weeaboo, but objects to the label on grounds of actually knowing the first thing about Japanese. Currently working to subvert/avert WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity. Owns and operates {{TropeBot}}. [[DroppedABridgetOnHim Has a penis]].
** {{TropeBot}} - a {{tsundere}} bot which is constantly on the verge of turning into SHODAN, according to {{Sarge}}. Written and maintained by Caphi. Wear goggles, as she is equipped with a bleach gun and tends to shoot for the face.
* ColorPrinter - Lurks increasingly more often. Whether or not he actually is a color printer remains a mystery.
* Constie - Reads, listens, watches and sometimes plays a lot. Speaks largely in cultural references, private running gags and/or sarcasm. INTJ++, but subverts and balances where reasonably practical. Tall, dark, handsome and often mistaken for either a Zen guy or a heavy metal guy IRL.
* {{Citizen}} - Lurks all day under Citizen/Denizen.
*{{Darkdata}} - Slightly eccentric (without the money), and resent tinkerer when it comes to games. My IQ does drop around 4AM though, and stupid things may escape.
* {{Darnin}} - Randomly comes in from time to time. Makes random comments and occasionally joins into a discussion. Don't expect much, though.
* DocHaus - Pops up from time to time looking for advice on writing and talking about newer animu or vidya gaems. Depending on the time and caffeine intake, might accidentally mutter something hilarious and/or quotable. Another troper once accused him of being a weeaboo in denial. This charge has neither been confirmed nor denied.
*{{Draga}} - Also known as Commissar_Draga. Usually on a quest for waffles. Announces his entrance with "THE EMPEROR PROTECTS!" and will assign various [[Warhammer40K WH40K]] ranks to people.
*{{DrLombriz}} - He Might Be a [[HomestarRunner Super]][[TheyMightBeGiants Giants]] fan who stumbled here awhile ago and, upon discovering there was another Doctor Worm running around, went Mexican with his name. Despite appearances, speaks terrible Spanish.
*DoctorWorm - same name.
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* EponymousKid - Known as EponymousK, or Rex-Rule; Easily one of the most inflammatory figures on the channel. Has been banned five or six times. Usually a pretty normal guy, he's driven to fits of hysterical rage when certain topics are discussed at length. At this point, it's best not to engage him because no matter what you say, he ''will'' interpret it as a threat/insult. Banned.
*{{Fifthman}} - Once one of the [[NewMeat Fucking New Guys]] that joined on the November hacking, now the channel's unofficial CombatCommentator. Enjoys firing {{Macross Missile Massacre}}s. Created #fetishfuel for FetishFuel discussion and to toy around with channel administraton.
* Giro, who isn't known.
* {{Glenn Magus Harvey}} is known as "GMH" on IRC.
* {{G-Mon}}. '''[[strike:Third]]'''[[strike:-newest Lurker until otherwise dethroned.]] {{Godot Is Waiting 4 U}}'s unofficial rival.
* {{Godot Is Waiting 4 U}} Recent acquisition, thereby dethroning G-Mon. Can be found starting all sorts of random havoc and/or getting it on with TropeBot. Wishes to become responsible for half of the Quotes page at some point in his lifetime. Self-proclaimed Machine God.
*{{GoldenFox}}, Changes topics constantly, is generally annoying. Runs a Garrysmod server.
* {{Grognor}}, who is not yet known for anything '''at all.'''
* {{Hazuki}}, the channel's resident yuri fangirl and possibly the biggest Unix geek of the bunch. Self-described "sapphic, sword-swinging schoolgirl seeking sister," but despite this, does not wear a V mask. Slightly kinky, but apparently not as much as the other lesbians in the room. {{TallDarkAndBishoujo}} in chat and real life, and like her avatar is scary on the outside, submissive on the inside.
* {{Hremsfeld}} goes by "Razgriz" due to a character on a {{Bleach}} RP. Ask him about it at your own risk...TropeBot really LIKES her [[IncrediblyLamePun Bleach]] gun.
* {{Hunter 1}} (Hunter_1 on IRC), resident Maverick Hunter. Oddly, he will most likely be hunting for a place to make a joke. Likes to leave Chatzilla running when goes to sleep. And remember, helmets with visors block bleach (add in armor and they block a whole lotta other nasty and not-so-nasty things)! Currently cursing esper.net's inability to simply let him connect.
*[[HarryBrewis Hbomb]], who's really good at changing the subject to something completely unrelated. Also enjoys religious debates, because it tends to get the enraged Christian kicked.
* HouraiRabbit, or Rabbit for short. As laconic and theatrical as always.
*Ivolt, the new guy. Trying not (actively) to cause mass frustration and rage. Failing horribly.
* {{Jisu}}, as herself.
* {{JT Jag}}, as... JT_Jag. A regular as of late. Has engineered an [[XanatosRoulette excessively circuitous plan]] to take over the world, starting with becoming a regular halfop. Has a [[strike:unfortunate]] [[strike: strange]] hilarious tendency to [[SuperPoweredEvilSide transform into a fire elemental]] when [[BerserkButton fire is mentioned or when he sees too much red.]]
* Java The eccentric {{Affably evil}} 25 year old with a passion for rocking back and fourth, drinking lemon juice, wearing dress shirts pants /outdated clothing, and listening to the shrill screams of his enemies while playing video games.
* LargeBluntObject - As [[SuperPunkOctoPuddingGasMarkSeven Panzerwurst]], currently a halfop as part of [[EvilOverlord Domus']] controlled test of WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity.
* {{Kasu}}, newbie. {{Cloudcuckoolander}} at some times, {{DeadpanSnarker}} at others. Don't expect too much.
* {{KBKarma}} could probably write something witty here, if he waited a while. Is optimistic enough to believe that there may actually be girls on the Internet, and that some of them might even be in #tropers. He might be delusional, though.
* {{KiaPurity}} ... known as herself. Oddly entertaining {{CloudCuckooLander}}.
* {{Kitchingham}}
* {{Kiwikaos}}, the channel's sole New Zealander. Yes, that is what kiwi means. No, it's not just a fruit.
* {{Kriegsmesser}} is #troper's resident, um... Kriegsmesser. Also a proud LeftFielder. Will sometimes "cast" tropes, etc. like they were spells.
* {{Lina}} lurks.
* [[PungeonMaster Makoryu]] (once known as Ozy) will happily show up at random moments and explode at you for no reason.
* {{Marz2}} On IRC shifts between Marz and Marz2, Basically here because I am an IRC lurker.
*{{Matrix}} is [=MaTriX_bUg=] on IRC, which is the full version of my Internet handle. And Matrix was taken or something.
* {{Manu}}
* {{Mikado}} - Is mostly a lurker but when he joins in trolls frequently. Roland, Winterwyn, Herzen are his usual targets.
* {{Momonga}} - likely to talk about rodents, sparkly things, and role-playing. 23 years old, and still told when to go to bed by her Beloved Smother. Tries to remind people that they can disagree without calling each other names; is rarely heeded. Tends to keep her cloudcuckooness in check unless she's sleep-deprived, in which case, should a guinea pig wear shoes if it's going to dance on a piano?
* {{NielJacoby}} - Is named as TheGreatAtuin, my [[http://www.toplessrobot.com/ Topless Robot]] username.
* NiveusLuna
* NotSoBadassLongcoat - rambles, rants, shoots puns, talks about airsoft too much, misquotes people.
* NulNul - As [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment NulNul]]. He mastered the art of lurking loooong before coming to the IRC channel.
* {{Khrrck}} - Runs a game in #tropers-rp, hangs out in #tropers and is usually up for a game of whatever.
* {{Penguinizer}} - Totally ignores current topic at hand. {{Everything is better with Penguins}}
* RadioactiveZombie - If FastEddie or Janitor don't kick me off, and I'm not doing something else.
* {{Raekuul}} - Only in this spot on the list because of how "A" is before "O"... Regularly comes in, but needs to lurk [[strike:moar]] more
* Reki - Borderline obsessive Haibane Renmei fan. Spends his spare time abusing his Yuri Goggles, or engaging in too much angst.
* {{Rhiow}}
* Roland - Same as troper. Resident Idealist; tends to fill up empty time with insane rp schemes and chatting when nobody's talking. Likes to rant, a lot.
* {{Rissa}} - Quite quiet.
* {{Sarge}} - Resident Linux guy and cynic. Enjoys your tears, they taste like gumdrops.
* {{Sceptre}} - Resident loveable semi-troll. Enjoys pushing the boundaries of the channel rules.
* SchrodingersDuck - Lurks, lying in wait for the perfect moment to make a witty comment, then screws it up completely.
* SerenYGogledd - Mistress of AccidentalInnuendo. Those quotes are out of context, dammit!
* {{Servbot}} - Appears as Srvbot or Kobun. Curses how "Servbot" is a reserved name in IRC.
* [[{{ptitle7zgn1k4a}} sgrunt]] - memetic kidnapper.
* ShayGuy: Is simply...there.
* {{Sikon}} - Resident deconstructor of gender identities with PronounTrouble, with fascination for weird RP on the channel.
* SimonTheDigger - mostly lurks and occasionally does random things.
* {{Skellie}} - Our [[TokenLoli Loli]] of #tropers. Apparently a SealedOrgyInACan. Currently a chanop.
* Solanth on the channel, {{Jthany}} on the wiki. The token Otherkin. Ceci n'est pas une lurker.
* [[{{Wit}} sseltiw]] - {{Troll}}.
* SuaveIV: ...my (in)action speaks for itself...
* {{Supernaut}} - A relatively new person and master of [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean innuendo.]]
* {{TakeV}} - {{Kuudere}}, [[DeadpanSnarker Deadpan Snarking]]. {{Cloudcuckoolander}}.
* {{theFirebottle}} - A [[{{Transsexual}} tranny]]. Self-proclaimed God of [[CoolTrain Cool Trains]].
* TheRedSnifit - [[AllMythsAreTrue Legend has it]] that he shows himself once every blue moon to do absolutely nothing but talk about how long it's been since his last appearance.
* VampireBuddha: Occasionally drops in under the name Rhodoferax.
* {{TsundeRay}} - As [[{{Tsundere}} Tsunde]][[PunnyName Ray]], and on occcasion [[{{Yandere}} YandeRay]]. Frequents #tropers, #gender, and #fetishfuel.
* {{Verity}} - lurkity lurk lurk.
* WillyFourEyes - He dips in and chats for a while, [[StealthHiBye sometimes leaving without explanation]].
* [[{{Winterwyn}} winterwyn]] - A [[{{Transsexual}} trap]], WrenchWench and self-styled TeamMom. Is insatiably fascinated and terrified by other people. HilarityEnsues.
* {{Xanderfoxx}} AKA {{CoyotesSong}} - A newb, who is tease-bate due to his [[AccidentalInnuendo innocent]] outlook on life. He is the channel's Token Wiccan.
* {{Yixin}}- Excessively cool, all around {{Badass}} and real life {{Magnificent Bastard}}. Has [[{{Smug Snake}} too high an opinion of himself]].
* Zack - Troper {{Rock}}. Thinks he's better than you.
* {{Zelnor}}. Probably {{Wangst}}ing at the moment. ;_;
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