In the past we used Quakenet and Gamesurge for ouer community based chat but some reasons forced us to leave this two networks because i like the mafia more then this "you only get access and ip if you know an OP or donate to us" IRC Networks.
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IRC-Server: irc.fire-bursts.com
Port: 6667
Webchat access to the IRC Server (you don't need any clients, just your browser - no java applet):
Webchat
The best way to workaround is to host ouer own IRC Network. OK ist is just a single server witout uplinks to any of the big networks but do we need to be a part of any big networks, ... no we don't!

No one is expecting a big amount of users but if you like to chat with us or you need faster support then any PM or forum post can give you, you are welcome to join irc.fire-bursts.com irc server.
It is just a basic setup, default compiled with nicklegh 9 (argh!) and no channel or nickname registration system yet. If you guys want to register your own chatroom i can offer you ouer Cow (bot) to join. You can get channel owner rights and also limited access to the bot command for your own channel. There are some open source chanserv and nickserv services avaliable to donwload, i think if we need them later it should be easy to integrate them in ouer final website soon.