The last time we had an IRC channel for GT nobody really visited it appart from me, Azreal, Christoph and one or two others. It strikes me chat just wasn't a popular idea. Either that or not enough people knew of it because we onlt advertised it on the forum. Maybe put something on the main page if you get a new chat-room set up. If you go back to irc try using a different server. Dalnet is popular, and it connects from just about anywhere. (the dissadvantage is that it can become lagged as hell sometimes.) Or maybe attatch an acctual chat-client to the main GT page