($nick == +a) will not work unless the user\'s nick is +a, that comparisson means: IF nick EQUALS +a, it has othing to do with his mode in a channel.($nick isprotect #) won\'t work either because isprotect means the nick is in the mIRC protect list (right click anyone on the nicklist and choose info,go to control and from the dropdown choose protect) if the nick is in that list for that channel isprotect will work, i\'s like the aop.($nick isowner $chan) doesn\'t exist and so will not work!