How many people are there now?
I see:
Demo
Hamadryad
Janis
JavaMama
Kricket
Kyla
needscoffee
Pettirossa
rasa
SDkushiel
seadiver
slvrfire
Uumblie
zyzzyva
I don’t see melbatoast.
Quite a few people, zomg. Can’t even remember if I have IRC installed on this laptop, but I’ll start the process soon.
melbatoast just got “automatically banned for excessive connections” ???
Yeah, no shit she wasn’t doing it right. Sorry, melba! Maybe just keep your name if you ever come back? 
Yeah, I’m a spammer or something… I guess?
Oh WOW I am an ass. It’s /nick not /name.
Sorry. Fifteen other people there you would think somebody would have caught that.
IRC is a harsh mistress. Make a new name and try again. I’d offer to help but I’m only a smidge away from a total newb.
I tried again as my SDMB user name, and it said the same thing.
A firefighter. Moi. Can you imagine? 
I can try to imagine, Maeglin. And it’s just as funny today as it was last night!
You guys, chat was rocking! So many people came in over the course of the night, it was terrific to see everyone, especially meeting new folks. I’m only sorry I missed the later arrivals and late night West Coasters. Oh, and the lack of ops, I think there was a misunderstanding about the etiquette of that, so I apologize.
I hope there is interest in continuing to chat whenever the mood strikes, and I also think having a designated time works for periodic large groups, so we’ll plan to do this again in the future!
Tried to pop in, but when I got there it looked like I was the only one in the room. Did any of you guys see me come in? Maybe next time!
Wow. My first visit to this site in like 6 years and all the old timers are in the same place they were when I left!
lol
Goddamnit, I missed all the fun.
I think Francesca just called us all gay.
(It WAS chat where that started, right? That tilde = gay?)
Doob’s GAY??
Ten point five!!!
ETA: That was supposed to be all caps. Stupid software.
Wait, I can [del]troll you[/del] talk to you guys in real time?
Greatest made for TV movie EVER.
Just popped in to chat. Nobody there, except Number who I suspect is idle. OH SIGH.
Hmm… can’t all caps title lines either. Stupid boards.