The Chat Room is up and running 24/7!!! Hope to see you all in the chat!!! Come chat about Paranormal, Science Fiction, Anime, Music, or Just Hang out with us! Some of the Main Topics we feature in the chat are UFOs,  Conspiracies, ESP, Star Wars, Popular Anime, Electronica, Techno, Dark Wave, and other Non-Main Stream or Independant Band Music!!!  We have Cross-Platform Online IRC and  Jabber Chat Clients! With these clients you can connect to either our IRC or Jabber chat rooms in any browser that supports Java!  Enter the IRC Java Chat NOW!!! Click here to go to the Jabber Chat room. Our newist version of the STA-IM (3.2 ) Chat Software for Windows  now available! Download here: http://mastermonster.dnsalias.net/sta/downloads/STAIMv32.exe  Post any Comments, Suggestions, or Problems to the Tech Support Forum. When chatting read the Rules and Regulations:   NOTE: This room is always open and the hosts may not actually be in the room. If there is a need; "Ignore" anyone you do not wish to recieve messages from, and inform a Host when they are in the room. If you enter the chat, please follow the Guidelines for the Chat Rooms: GENERAL RULES: Chat room conversations should not exceed the rating of PG13 (Parental Guidence suggested for anyone under 13, as in the movie rating) or T (Teen, as in the game or other media rating system). Never will any content that could be concidered R (Restricted, age 17 or above) or MA (Mature Adult, age 17-Adult) will be tolerated. Remember that anyone can read messages in the chat, including children. CONTENT RULES: 1.) The Chat Room is on the subjects of Paranormal, Sci-Fi, and Anime, but we don't mind if chatters just want to hang-out. 2.) No illegal content, such as, but not restricted to the following, Copyright infringement, usage or construction information relating to bombs or other devices that may cause serious injury, or purposefully slanderous accusations. Info For Advanced/Experianced IRC Users, and Linux OS System Users: Jabber Account Information Server: jabber.org Room Server: conference.jabber.org Room Name: station_tera-alpha If You Don't Have Jabber: See the Note under "Chat Programs" below... IRC Account Information: Server: irc.StarChat.net Channel: #Station_Tera-Alpha Command to Register a NickName: /msg nickserv register email@domain.com password Command to Identify Yourself: /msg nickserv IDENTIFY password NOTE: For Information on how to automate your registration and identification, contact one of the hosts of the IRC chatroom or send an email to cooliceboy@hotmail.com with "Chat Registration Info" in the subject line. Your NickName only stays registered if you use it at leat once in 12 days. Re-Register if it has expired If You Don't Have IRC: See Below... New Version of STA-IM For Linux Available! This is the first Alpha Release of the installable STA-IM Client for Linux. It should work on all major Distros and has been tested on Ubuntu Edgy. YOU MUST INSTALL WINE FOR THIS MESSENGER TO WORK! If you do not want to use our scripts or if you are on a Linux Distro other than Ubuntu Dapper or Ubuntu Edgy, please visit the following URL to get Wine for your Distro: http://www.winehq.com/site/download Below is also a bash script to help those on Ubuntu Edgy and Ubuntu Dapper get Wine installed. Wine Install Script (Ubuntu Edgy): Right Click and Save As Wine Install Script (Ubuntu Dapper): Right Click and Save As STA-IM for Linux (0.01): Right Click and Save As Instructions: * Download Wine (If you use the Install Wine Scripts above, open a terminal or konsole and issue this command: sh /path/to/script/install-wine-ubuntu-edgy.sh and when the window pops up, you can safely just click ok) * Download the Messenger and right click on it and go to properties and make sure the checkbox for "allow executing" is CHECKED. Then double-click on the installer and follow the prompts. * Click the Launch STA-IM icon on the desktop to start. Then change the status from offline to online. =======================================