how do i get in chat?

[hurricanedude]

when i click on the chat link, what the heck do I do when the scrren comes up? step by step instuctions please...im not to bright

[artist]

I keep getting connection timed out myself.

[JonathanBelles]

seems like people are having a problem connecting and staying connected tonight.

[CajunMama]

I have cox and was got disconnected 5 times in 30 minutes tonight. It seemed to have settled itself down. I'd say just keep trying.

[pojo]

I can't get connected at all....

[DESTRUCTION5]

I can't get connected at all....

No one in there anyway Pojo...Don't kick till 830PM ish

[O Town]

Working fine for me through Java.
There was alot of peeps in there early last night I got in around 6:30.
Maybe you should try mIRC pojo.

[TrekkerCC]

I do suggest for people look into IRC clients if they wish to chat. They tend to be more stable in connections (along with other useful features for those that want to customize their experience):

Some IRC clients are (and this list is nowhere complete):

For Windows:

visualIRC2 (freeware alternative): http://www.visualirc.net/
mIRC (popular-shareware): http://www.mirc.com/

For Mac:

Colloquy (pretty decent free IRC client): http://colloquy.info/
Snak (payware alternative-still pretty decent): http://www.snak.com

(Remember-there are other alternatives out there....do a search on google and see if you can find one that you like and want to install)

Now to connect to the server, you will need the servername and port number:

Server: irc.esper.net
Port: 6667

You also use this command to chat whenever you get connected:
/join #storm2k <---- start with the slash

That should get you connected! If you need any help with connecting to chat with a IRC client, I will do my best to help via PM.

[CajunMama]

if you prefer to not download a chat client, make sure you have the latest java update. That appears to have been the problem for a chatter the other night. After he updated he was in with no problem.