that's unfortunate. i mean, i'm a relative noob, and ... honestly, how hard can it be to look up how to do things? in my short time with this game, i've learned quite a lot about what goes on outside of the actual gameplay.
the forums are a great resource, as well as members' sites and other community contributions.
and as far as setting up a clan irc channel ... all it takes is a little curiosity.
in my instance, i knew that for irc, we connect to "irc.globalgamerscenter.net" ... so, i thought "I wonder if there's a website at globalgamerscenter.net" and sure enough, everything i might need to know about doing the irc thing is there. (did i have prior IRC experience before coming to DP? no, not really. or did i have experience with other sorts of online FPS games and organizations? no, not that either.)
i guess what i'm saying is this: if you don't know much about all that non-gameplay stuff or how to do it, you probably have no business starting a clan.
make any sense?