okay so far the solutions ive seen for the talking problem is:
1. an irc chat
2. a forum group
3. a separate thread for us to chat on
they all sound good to me really?? i guess it just depends on what you guys would prefer
based on these three options i believe the best one would be the irc since it's like right there and it's dead 24/7 anyway so you guys could bring it back to life!