on miyako's request, it is quite simple to get irc working for the more lazy of people following this VERY SIMPLE EASY GUIDE TO IRC.This probably won't work for vista users since telnet is disabled, anyway
start -> run -> cmd
type "telnet irc.enterthegame.org 6667" without the quotes and hit enter
then type in "NICK nickname_here" and hit enter
and then "USER Username Hostname Servername :RealName" and hit enter, the colon is required next to the real name.
Then go ahead and join the channel with "JOIN #ocrtf2" and there you go, you're in!
Just that simple