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Thanks for chatting on IRC. :P I know we got kinda boring at the end there when we were just battling. I'll probably hang around on IRC more often now, if you ever want to chat.
Np, you did contribute, and at this point I think it's most important to just have regulars and sporadic conversations happening in IRC just to get a presence up. Now that I have colloquy set up, I intend to spend more time there. :)
(Your IRC party was a really great idea, btw. Good kick in the pants for the sub-forum; I'm just trying to keep that flame alive)