Savage XR & Heroes of Newerth Community

Here at newerth.com we provide you with a service that allows you to get instant help with problems you may have with Savage XR & 2 and chat with like minded people in the community. You can start chatting by using our web based Java irc client (press the "Chat Now" button bellow) which requires only a java enabled browser, can be used anywhere and is a good way to see whether it is worth you installing a third party IRC client on your own computer (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, instructions bellow).

Installing an IRC client:

To install an IRC Client, Newerth.com recommends using Chatzilla, a Firefox add-on which is simple for beginners to install and use.

Once you have installed it you can start it via:

1. Tools -> Chatzilla

2. When it starts up, you go to Chatzilla -> Preferences.

3. Set your Nickname under "General".

4. Then, under the "Startup" tab add "irc://irc.newerth.com" to the second box, that is the ircservers address.

Exit Chatzilla (not Firefox) and start it again, then it will autoconnect you.

To join a channel to start chatting you can use the command "/join #newerth" in the chatbox (everything starting with a slash is a command and most stuff from the menus is accessible via some /command). You can alternatively use IRC -> Join Channel interface.

#newerth is not the only channel you can chat in, #savage is also worth joining. To get a full list of channels you can join type /list

Once you are in the channel you can select "Join this channel on startup", so you don't have to do these steps anymore on each Chatzilla start.

After you have become more comfortable with IRC you may want to try a more feature rich IRC client like mIRC for Windows or XChat for Linux.