#smogon on IRC

Internet Relay Chat is a group chat protocol that has been in use by the Pokémon community for at least seven years. Smogon maintains this tradition by establishing a channel, or room of people online, named #smogon on the DejaToons IRC network.

Most of Smogon's culture originates from IRC. Because of this, the nature of #smogon can be a bit more cliquish than the forums. It's strongly recommended to peruse the rules of the channel and lurk a tad before jumping head first into conversation. Regardless, #smogon still remains the best way to actively involve yourself with the competitive Pokémon community so we encourage everyone to come out and meet us.

How do I connect?

For those experienced with IRC, you can connect to #smogon on irc.dejatoons.net. SSL is available on port 7777. You will have to register your nick before joining. For those less experienced with IRC (or just how DejaToons works) we provide tutorials for two popular IRC clients, mIRC (Windows) and XChat (Windows, Unix variants). If you're unable to download a client, IRC @ Work provides a free in-browser client.