Very interesting. Do you have a link to the site?
BTW, the LearnNavi side of this server has just installed a new web IRC chat tool, that looks a lot more functional than what they had. I'm tempted to install that here, too.
My biggest issue with IRC is that I work on a University campus, and they have it blocked for security reasons. It is hard (especially right now) to be home at that time, where I have no blocked ports, and a reliable IRC client.