World-OPs

Op/VOp Information

Channel #World-Chat has some of the finest Ops and Voices on Rizon, all working together to monitor the channel, teach the newcomers, and train new ops and voices. To get to where we are today, most of us started out as newbies just poking around, and found ourselves baffled by a colorful chat program called mIRC.

Through one way or another, we stumbled into #World-Chat and found the channel to be full of energy, well-monitored, and best of all -- we were helped by the staff to learn more about Internet Relay Chat, or IRC. We liked the atmosphere, made friends, eventually learning enough to become an authorized assistant, or HOP. After training and experience we moved up to the @, or Op position.

This particular section of the website contains references that are helpful to us as Ops. We hope this information may also be helpful for someone managing other channels and needing general 'how-to' tips. Also available is a wide variety of information directly related to holding the @ in a busy channel.

• Note: Some links are under construction -- new content added daily.

Being a +v in #World-Chat

We are often asked how to become a VOP or Op of #Beginner, and while no two people are alike, most of the +V's/@'s selected have similar qualities. #World-Chat benefits from people that enjoy spending time in channel, and are able to share their enthusiasm about IRC with others. Cordiality, friendliness, and a willingness to learn new skills are also valuable traits.

There is much more involved, of course, but if you are interested in becoming a ranking member, and using your skills to benefit others that visit #World-Chat, a good place to start would be to browse through our Tutorials and familiarize yourself with as many of the IRC basics as you can.

If you're not intimidated by the amount of learning that will be taking place, and you are still interested in becoming a part of our HOP Program, you might want to test your skills through a little mini-test that He-Man have put together. Here you will find a view of what we cover during our classtimes. You may download this file, Mini Test, or visit the test webpage and test your knowledge. Feel free to use this as a study guide. Even us old timers might benefit from reviewing this test of knowledge from time to time 😊 You can request the answer key through any of these people in #World-Chat: He-Man, Future, George-Bean, Frambuesa and Jae.

If this sounds like something you would be interested in, then hang out with us in #World-Chat -- get to know us and let us get to know you.

If you'd like to read more about being an Op of #World-Chat, please visit here. You may wish to download a zip file with some basic teaching tools several of the HOP Teachers have put together. Snag it (HOP Help Files).