To use this chat, just click "Connect" and you'll be taken to a chat window. Its pretty much the same as an AIM chatroom. You must be logged in to access the chat room. Refer to the Schedule forum for announcements of upcoming scheduled chats. Here are some commands for the chat room:

• /me - Sends an emote to the screen, e.g. if your username is JohnDoe, typing "/me says hello" will print "JohnDoe says hello". You can also do other stuf "/me plays tennis" will print (if my username is johndoe)"johndoe plays tennis".

• /away - Sets your status to Away. Type a message after "/away" to set it as your away message (optional).

• /back - Sets your status back to normal.

• /beep - With no parameter, causes a sound to be played to everyone who has the first checkbox checked (i.e. wants to receive a beep when someone sends a general beep). If you specify a username after /beep, it will cause the sound to be played just to that user and only if they have the relevant checkbox checked.

• /tell - Send a message to a specific person. Follow the /tell with the name of the receiver, then your message. (If the receiver's name has a space in it, do not type the space.) For example, "/tell JohnDoe What's up?". /tells will only be visible to you and the receiver. Please note that /tells are logged, and administrators will be able to see all /tells in the log to prevent abuse.

• /roll - Have the server pick a random number between 1 and whatever number you specify, e.g. "/roll 20" will pick a number between 1 and 20. Yes, you can play RPGs with this function.