nice for Ur first scritp but you dont need to use the / and you can also do it this way put the answers in a text file and you can also add more messages to it in the channel menu. Just a thought... But well done on Ur first script.

on *:text:!8ball *:%8ballchan: {
  if (%8ball == on) {
    describe %8ballchan Shake\'s Up The 8ball!! 12\"11,1What Will Be The Answer?12\"
    .timer 1 2 msg %8ballchan $read(8Ballmessages.txt)
  }
}
menu channel {
  .8Ball
  ..Set Chan:{ set %8ballchan $?\"Enter Channel\" | echo -a Channel Is Set To %8ballchan }
  ..Add Msg:{ write 8Ballmessages.txt $?\"Enter New 8Ball Message\" | echo -a 8Ball Message Has been set }
  ..ON:{ set %8Ball on | echo -a 8Ball Is ON }
  ..OFF:{ unset %8Ball | echo -a 8Ball Is OFF } 
}