just tried the chat room for the first time
what a load of crap 
Agreed. 
Can the chat room be accessed with an IRC program such as mirc or do you have to go through the link on this board ?
It’s better than the last one which for the last year I couldn’t even access, plus it only showed about 10 lines and was forever having to scroll up to keep up with the conversation. Only downside of the new one is it doesn’t show if anyone’s in there.
and I thought it was an improvement!