nah, looks like these topics starting to appear every week
i wasn't the guy who "tried to make the whole skype users switch to IRC", i tried to make some kind of general lounge for players and rooms for each faction, so if anyone wants to ask something small fast (or ask for cooperation, or signal etc etc) just hop in and write and get reply in 2-5 minutes from others idling here.
I also got a spare VPN which holds now-abandoned IRC server: u-net.in / irc: irc.u-net.in, which hides everyone's IPs and well, everyone can make its own chat room with optional passwords and stuff, but seems like no one wanted to use it.
I can do IRC module for FLDSW if someone will show interest to the whole idea.
Also Jabber is good alternative too.
upd: @Loken: wat? Closed protocol with some "points" and only one client (which looks sh~...badly with try-chinese fonts and drowning kid on the background)?
[11:20:20] aerelm: its not fl dev work if you dont have to power through the whole thing on your own
[11:20:32] aerelm: help is for pussy devs like in dota