every time i use anything other than that one i submitted, the ctcp reply doesnt work. i am totally bogswaddled.. i did notice your if statement though was wrong > if $nick == $me { halt } should be > if ($nick == $me) {halt} maybe that was why. not sure. also.. i have a main theme engine running on my other script on the same pc and connection. would that affect it at all? the bot is plain mirc, nothing added. my main script is kickchat$ript v2.0 sat on mirc with a whole multitude of custom tweaks, snippets and add-ons on it