Irc Help (plz dont laugh)

[Pyro]

Well, I got a version of Polaris (the latest) and I am trying to download this thing, however we all know the traffic on Irc. The this is, I always get kicked before my turn to download comes because of inactivity. My question is, how do I prevent this? obviously there has to be a better way than to sit at your putter and type "help" every 20 seconds......any help?