welp...that sux d0od
you are one of the first peeps I have heard that has trouble with irc...unlike icq there may be sum reasons why it runs so poopy for you..your location, connection, where you downloaded it from or even possibly your os...none the less I know where your coming from cause ICQ rotted my comp till i deleted it...
on the other hand it sounds like when you play D&D that it's fairly simple....that's koo cause the game can be to involved and to time consuming...yet on the other hand a skilled DM will entrall you with his campain...the best DMs can also tell sum mean stories
So in that regaurd i think that if you put a good DM who was experienced with irc and let him run the show it would be very enjoyable...a master of irc chats can amaze you..combined with a skilled DM and i think it would be very impressive...personally the largest game i ever Dmed was with seven players...but if a chat was used it would seem that you could get games up to 30+ peeps as long as the DM was skilled and in control of the chat room...imagine taking part in a quest that involves a small militia traveling to the Underdark to stop the dark dwellers from unleasing an unholy power upon the world. They have the intention of blacking out the sun and forever releasing them selves from the underworld...or perhaps particapating in the dragon wars of the Dragonlance saga where you and your friends could be battling me and my friends...in those types of campains it would be easy for a skilled DM to bring in new players, say as they show up into the chat room their character enters the campain....sounds fun to me
but at the same time sounds like alot of work and i'm sure there would be plenty of probs to deal with...
anyways....i'm not going to bust anything out as i'm busy enuff with out a 9th hobby...lol altho if sumone is interested in checking out irc for the purpose of AD&D gaming then i'd be happy to help...or maybe sumone already has in which case i'd like to stop by their room and check it out sum time