Since the search bar on nibl.co.uk sucks, you may not always find your torrent even if it exists.
Make sure of the following points:
Honestly, I don't know enough to give a good answer here. What I can say though, is that IRC is used for people to primarily chat with each other, and it dates back to like the 90s. (source)
XDCC is a method which enables file sharing through IRC (source) (I know, I paraphrased Wikipedia, lol). Basically, it lets us download juicy anime throgh IRC, when we think all hope is lost when all the torrents have 0 seeds. For some reason, XDCC servers run on hacked computers with super high bandwidth speeds, which allows us to download them even faster than torrents!
If someone has a better, simple, and more concise and factually correct way to answer this question, feel free to drop me a message!
It's undoubtely the most popular IRC client, and having always used it before, I'd love to base this guide on that client. However, as anyone who's used mIRC, its beauty quickly gets shadowed by the most annoying 30-day trial dialog box that appears at each startup. It's manageable for a month, but once 30 days pass, the waiting time becomes unbearable.
This guide being aimed at beginners, there was no way I could use that client as the primary client here. I tried out a dozen different IRC clients to find one that was simple to install, setup, and easy to download files from. ClicksAndWhistles was the clear winner, although I'd wish someone made a super easy-to-use client with a nice, modern UI already!
You may experience after having cancelled a download, or refusing to accept the file, that the client sometimes won't let you re-download the file because you've already requested it. I'm really not sure how to fix this, other than to wait a few minutes and then re-trying.
The reason might simply be that the file no longer exists and has been removed from the servers. Downloading through IRC/XDCC is super fast, but the servers have limited storage, and have to remove older files as newer ones are added.
Another reason might be that you're searching skills are a bit lacking (sorry for the inconvenient truth!). Here are some tips for searching on nibl.co.uk:
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