Live Chat?

[Green_is_unlucky]

Every time i try to go into live chat i get this:

[21:10] Connecting...
[21:10] Logging in...
[21:10] -- *** Looking up your hostname
[21:10] -- *** Found your hostname, cached
[21:10] -- *** Checking Ident
[21:10] -- *** No ident response
[21:10] Your username is invalid.
[21:10] Connect with your real username, in lowercase.
[21:10] If your mail address were foo@bar.com, your username would be foo.
[21:10] Error : Closing Link: green_is_unlucky by Aim2Game.TX.US.GameSurge.net (USER: Bad username)
[21:10] Disconnected from kanzi.ca.us.gamesurge.net


Whats wrong? What should i do?

[Sidestep]

Try a different name.

[Green_is_unlucky]

A different name like what?

[Dizzy]

I had a similar problem when I first started chatting. It didn't tell me bad username, but it did tell me access denied and appeared only after checking my username. It all had to do with my antivirus software. If you have McAfee, it is defaulted to disallow irc chat. If this is the case, here is how you can resolve it:

• Right click on your Virus Scan control panel icon in your system tray
• Choose VirusScan Console
• Double click Access Protection
• Uncheck Prevent IRC Communication

That did the trick for me. Hope it's that easy for you.

[Princess_Cuddles_Sparkleswirl]

omg the same thing is happening to me it says bad username and i change it and it says the host could not be found.

ugh idk why its doing what its doing, i used to be able to chat but now its like bas username blah blah i hate it.

[Garfieldo]

Type /nick SomethingElse, then try reconnection. Apparently it'll use your e-mail address as your nick when you connect, and your e-mail has a blocked word in it.