I saw the poll, at first I expected IRC to be first, than I was surprised that Manga Hosting sites were first.

This question is generally to all, do you know how to use IRC?

I do, took me "How to Use IRC" web page and an hour of getting used to. Generally though, Manga Hosting Sites are the last on my list to when I need to get hold of a manga.

My list to use when getting hold of some.

1. IRC - Group Channel
2. Group Website
3. Torrent
4. Manga Hosting Sites

These are all electronically given.

I only tend to buy manga when I really like a certain series and prefer to have it at hand.

I don't have a CLUE how to use IRC....
i try'd once...but i couldn't figure it out...

nope, no idea.

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One thing I can say about IRC

IRC = Instant ANYTHING

Well depending on your connection and bot.

For me in order:

1. group's website
2. manga hosting sites/ IRC

I always use IRC as a last resort because it always seem like a hassle to me, but if it's for new releases, then yes.

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I figured out how to use the IRC but it slowed down the computer so much I had to take it off.

My head hurts when I use IRC.
Pretty nice to know how to use it though.

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Have a star.

I understand it and I can use it for a few things but I never bothered to learn how to download stuff from IRC. I just find it much simply to either download or read it from a site that hosts it. I have considered IRC before but really everything is done so effeciently for most manga hosting sites that I dont have to bother.

I do however get it from the scanlation website if it hasnt been uploaded to any of the hosting sites that I use yet.


I have to say though I am currently considering another go at IRC so I can have access to KMTS scanlations since they only do IRC releases with decent timing and it usually takes a couple days to reach the hosting site from them.

I once tried to figure it out but eventually gave up because I just couldn't understand how to do it.

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Pretty much the same for me.

Loooooove it.

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Just a bit too into bad things

(and part of the yaoi scanlation group
Terribletrio!)

It's kinda simple once you catch the drift of it.
I've been using it since I was about nine, I think.

I go on #lurk sometimes to get Cat Chan Scan
releases or something, but usually I look at other
hosting sites first.

I get most of my manga off IRC. That said I only know how to use the bots. Trying to use the Fserves just makes me confused. I could figure it out but it doesn't seem worth the effort when the bots work just fine.

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preffered method for dling many things at one time

Goodness...I'm surprised at how many don't know how to use IRC.

Unless you're behind a router or have some other weird problem, it's dead easy & there are plenty of step-by-step tutorials around. I'll admit to being hesitant to try out IRC at first (I was lured there! ^_~ ) but it took me one session to learn the basics, and that's just about all you *need* to know (though some of the other stuff is nice, too).

The bots at #lurk are easy to use, fast, and give access to a HUGE amount of manga. Using fserves (in group's channels, usually) can be tedious but really isn't complicated & can be a great way to get new releases. And of course there can also be interesting conversations, depending on the channel (though I tend to NOT read what people say on #lurk >_< ).

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"[English] not only borrows words from other languages; it has on occasion chased other languages down dark alley-ways, clubbed them unconscious and rifled their pockets for new vocabulary."
-James Nicoll, can.general, March 21, 1992