is there any new as to when the lobby chat will be with us again

The chat has been working, for the most part, all along. There is an occasionaly glitch every so often.

The alternate link for the Java chat room is: http://www.eunuch.org/chat/test.php (http://www.eunuch.org/chat/test.php)

If you have an IRC client (mIRC, Trillian, IRCxpro, etc.) you can use the following settings to access the chat.

Server name: darkstar1.tzo.com

Port: 6667