bout ye colin,the problem is time zones..... we're not all online at the same time......
If you're in somewhere that tells you that you have are a server.. you're probably in the right place....
my suggestion has been to go in on the hour and lurk for a few minutes in the hope that someone else appears.... sometimes they do.. sometimes they don't.. luck of the draw.. but it good when they do.....
what you can do is go in...... then minimise it, (by clicking anywhere else on your screen).. and keep going through the threads or whatever.. if someone else joins you (and you have your sound turned on) you will hear a doorbell noise.. then you can click on the IRC icon thingy (at the bottom of your screen) and go back in and chat to whoever it is.
keep trying
slainte
alison