CHANNELS

***** CHANNELS *****

Channels on ICC are used for group discussion.  You can enter and leave
a channel, and talk to all people in a channel.  You can be in 35
channels at one time.  Channels can also be used for team games.

There are 400 channels.

  Use "+channel 99" to join channel 99 and hear what's said on it.
  Use "tell 99 blah blah" to say "blah blah" on channel 99.
  Use ", howdy" to say "howdy" to the last channel you talked in.
  Use "-channel 99" to leave channel 99.
  Use "=channel" to see what channels you are in.
  Use "inchannel 99" to see who is in channel 99.
  Use "inchannel" to get a list of who is in all channels.

In all of the above, "channel" can be abbreviated to "ch".

Requests for new channels in the list are being made only if chess-
related and a large number of people request them.  We do not
assign personal channels or new channels for tournaments.

Warning:  ICC will not tolerate obscenities, personal attacks, or
advertising of other servers in channels (or anywhere else on ICC).

Special channels include:   
   0 - Admins only.
   1 - Newbie Help:  All guests and new accounts are automatically
       in channel 1.  Newbies ask questions.  NO chatter in this channel!
       Serious questions and answers only, please. 
   2 - Experienced Help:  for more experienced members to ask
       questions and to discuss policies, etc, with admins. Interface/
       timestamp questions here.
   3 - Simul.
   4 - SimulBot2.
   5 - Wild 5.
   7 - Wild 7.
  10 - Team-Setup: For setting up team games
  11 - Team Game Channel:   For team A.
  12 - Team Game Channel:   For team B.
  14 - Macintosh users channel (ICC for Mac, Fixation interface help)
  22 - Fischer-Random Chess - wild 22.
  23 - Crazyhouse Channel - wild 23.
  24 - BUGHOUSE Channel-partnering and general 'bug' topics.
  25 - 3 checks you win - wild 25.
  26 - Giveaway Chess - wild 26.
  27 - Atomic Channel - wild 27.
  28 - Shatranj Channel - wild 28.
  32 - STtourney channel - "help STtourney".
  34 - Sports
  43 - Chess theory -- openings, endgames, etc.
  46 - Tomato TD (Blitz Tournaments) "help Tomato"
  47 - Tomato tournament managers group
  49 - Flash TD (Bullet Tournaments) "help Tomato"
  64 - Computer chess playing programs, programming, chess playing and related
  65 - Canadian
  66 - Australia
  67 - British 
  68 - South Africa
  69 - Singapore and Malaysia
  70 - Greek
  71 - Spanish
  72 - French
  73 - German
  74 - Dutch 
  75 - Russian 
  76 - Italian
  77 - Japanese 
  78 - Scandinavian(Denmark,Norway,Sweden)
  79 - Icelandic 
  80 - Finnish
  81 - Portuguese
  82 - Catalan 
  83 - Hebrew 
  84 - Turkish 
  86 - ASCII art  
  88 - China
  90 - Slow time controls: People who like slow time controls. STC Bunch, Chess9030, etc.
  97 - Politics.  Read "help politics" before entering this channel.
       Note that "help atmosphere" applies here, as everywhere else on ICC.
 100 - Admins and helpers only.  See "help helper".
 101 - Music
 103 - Religious Discussions/Debates
 107 - Math and Science
 110 - Philosophy
 114 - Health and Medicine
 116 - Wild 16 (Kriegspiel) "help Kriegspiel".
 117 - Wild 17 (Losers Chess) "help LOL".
 123 - Acrobot
 129 - USCL (United States Chess League) "finger USCL".
 147 - Tomato senior managers group
 165 - ICC Radio Broadcast and Chess Events
 183 - Correspondence Chess. Meet opponents, ask questions
 185 - Philippine
 186 - Irish
 220 - Query all the Tomato-type TD bots at once.
 221 - The "Ask for a Tournament" Channel.  Ask for Tomato-type tourneys.
 222 - Slomato TD (Slow Tournaments) "help Tomato"
 223 - WildOne TD (Wild Tournaments) "help Tomato"
 224 - Cooly TD (Tournaments) "help Tomato"
 225 - LittlePer TD (Tournaments) "help Tomato"
 226 - Automato TD (Special Event Tournaments) "help Tomato"
 227 - Pear TD (Special Event Tournaments) "help Tomato"
 228 - Ketchup TD (Tournaments) "help Tomato"
 229 - Channel for Tournament Robots to interact.  Not useful for humans.
 230 - Olive TD (Tournaments) "help Tomato"
 232 - Yenta TD (Special Event Tournaments) "help Tomato"
 250 - Lobby (new members are automatically put in this channel).
 271 - LatinTrivia Channel (Spanish).  "help LatinTrivia" for info.
 272 - TriviaBot Channel.  "help TriviaBot" for info.
 274 - Spam channel.  Spam here, not anywhere else, and keep it clean.
 280 - BettingBot - Bet on Tomato tournaments (with chips, not money!)
 291 - Scholastic Chess Coaches channel.  Arrange inter-school matches.
 300 - Helpers and Administrators
 302 - Busters
 303 - Christian
 333 - AtheistAgnostic
 334 - Johns Hopkins CTY
 335 - SimulBot
 337 - Broadcast
 338 - Relay coordination 
 340 - LeChessClub
 345 - Team4545League
 348 - Tomato Trainers group
 394 - Tomato admins group
 396 - Complain
 397 - Politics-Reserved
 399 - Events

See also: lists, tell, inchannel, team-games, groups