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NetHack is discussed on several Internet Relay Chat networks, but freenode is a good choice for those especially interested in spoilers. freenode is popular among both the users of free open source software and gamers.

To connect

To connect, you need an IRC client. The server is chat.freenode.net, port 6667. freenode has a website; you might want to read about registering your IRC nick.

You can also use their webclient.

Inheriwiki has some IRC Setup help, with instructions on how to obtain an IRC client, connect to freenode, and register your nick; if you want to go to #nethack, then substitute 'nethack' for 'inheriwiki'.

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Channels

freenode has a busy #nethack channel. Some other freenode channels include #nethack-el, #slashem, #devnull_nethack. IRC is a real-time chat room, not a message board like rec.games.roguelike.nethack.

If nethack.alt.org seems to be down, try looking in #nethack. If this wiki seems to be down, try looking there or in #nethackwiki. The /topic message in the channel might give the problem and estimate when the service will be up again.

#nethack

This channel is about NetHack. It is far more busy than either #slashem and #nethackwiki, with almost-constant discussion about how to play the game. NetHack, fount of infinite patches, wiki pages, and YASDs, actually interests many players well and often.

The nethack.alt.org community uses this channel, but so do other players. Sometimes when a player requests help, it is necessary to ask if the game is visible on NAO. A bot with the nick "Rodney" reports NAO deaths (and ascensions and wishes) to the channel. Rodney plays a constructive role by inspiring discussion and also by providing spoilers through its learndb (learn database). It also helps you catch up on recent chatter.

If nethack.alt.org is down and Rodney is silent, you will still find players in this channel, playing local games or trying other public servers.

This NetHack wiki is also on-topic in the channel. It is appropriate to ask for help with the wiki in this channel and to discuss the wiki. NetHackWiki began in October 2005 with some help from users in this channel. Since around August 2006, the /topic usually mentions this wiki.

#nethack.xd.cm

This is the channel for the nethack.xd.cm NetHack server, which hosts the same version of NetHack as nethack.alt.org, as well as a number of NetHack variants. One of the more active channels listed here.

#nethack-dev

This is the channel for discussion of the development and source code of NetHack and variants, specifically the leaked development version of NetHack.

#nethack4

This is the official channel for discussion and development of NetHack 4.

#dnethack

dNetHack's IRC channel. Discussion of dNetHack also occurs in #acehack.de since it is one of the variants that its corresponding server (nethack.xd.cm) offers.

#unnethack

#unnethack is the official IRC channel for UnNetHack where the developer and the public server admin usually can be found.

There are several bots in #unnethack. Unrodney is the bot by the UnNetHack developer and it reports UnNetHack code commits and blog updates. Demogorgon is the bot for the public server, reporting starting, saving or ending game events and several in-game events like e.g. stealing items from shops, sokoban prize picking or killing of unique monsters.

Pinobot is a bot that when asked provides the monster stats from any of the major variants.

#nethack-el

The home page for nethack-el, the Emacs interface to NetHack, states that they have a #nethack-el channel on freenode.

#slashem

This is a channel for SLASH'EM.

The channel has two Rodney-like bots. The bot Pallas reports deaths in the main playground slashem.crash-override.net. The bot SLethe reports deaths in the SLethe playground on slashem.crash-override.net. Pallas also reports on certain status changes to bugs in the SourceForge project for SLASH'EM.

Unfortunately, the channel mostly contains idlers and does not supply ready chat. At times, the occasional mention of SLASH'EM in the #nethack channel is more frequent that the discussion of anything in the #slashem channel.

#sporkhack

The home page for the SporkHack variant states that they use the #sporkhack channel at freenode.

#grunthack

GruntHack's official IRC channel. GruntBot reports there from the public server at http://grunthack.org/.

#devnull_nethack

Annually in November, the /dev/null/nethack tournament takes place. Many participants talk in this channel. It is largely like #nethack, except the additional challenges are also discussed. The channel tends to be very active in November, but almost empty the rest of the year.

#junethack

Every June, the Junethack tournament takes place. This channel is to Junethack as #devnull_nethack to the devnull tournament.

#nethackwiki

This is the place editors and most active admins hang out and discuss wiki work. Rodney announces all edits here.

#nethack.de

Home channel of the nethack.eu server, with mostly German-language chat.

#slashemextended

For discussion of Slash'EM Extended.

Other networks

Some IRC networks other than freenode have #nethack channels, for example IRCNet has one. Channels on different IRC networks are not linked. On most networks, #nethack is empty.

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