I can't get on IRC either. But that's because I'm still banned according to the board, and I connect through a proxy, which always screws up IRC. Doesn't matter though, as from the sounds of things, it's a bit of an Old Boys Club.
You can all blame Neuron. Once Logical fixes Q so it automatically kicks the banned idiots who can't leave the chat alone I can remove the +i and all will be good. edit: Issue solved, its off invite only.