the chat's still broken, i presume?

[gravy boat]

You know what, I did my best and unknown settings tripped me up. But i came through in the end and that's what makes me a true American.

That's what happens when you win the most bronze medals at the Olympics--the bandwagon starts getting crowded.   

[Barry Egan]

Can't get in the chat.  Anyone else?

Is there still a backup one people use?

[Sarah]

Oh, so it's not just me!

Everyone's welcome in Chinatown's chat, of course.http://chinatown.speeqe.com/.  If you want to use your normal FOT names, you can change the one you're assigned automatically by typing /nick [name you want].

[Stan]

Can't get in the chat.  Anyone else?

Is there still a backup one people use?

 Same here.

[Sarah]

To clarify:  to change your name in the alternative chat, type a forward slash (or solidus, if you prefer that term) followed immediately by "nick" (without quotation marks), then a space, then the name you want.

E.g., for me to change my name to Sarah, I would type /nick Sarah.

[Jason]

Emergency Chat for tonight -

http://fot.speeqe.com/

[Sarah]

To change your name on speeqe, type "/nick" (without the quotation marks), then a space, then the name you want to use.

[moonshake]

New official chat URL for the next three weeks:

http://www.vuvuzela-time.co.uk/fot.speeqe.com

[Sarah]

Why the change from http://fot.speeqe.com/, which is where clicking on "Click here to access the chat" takes us?

[fonpr]

New official chat URL for the next three weeks:

http://www.vuvuzela-time.co.uk/fot.speeqe.com

Sounds like a billion angry bees!

[moonshake]

Why the change from http://fot.speeqe.com/, which is where clicking on "Click here to access the chat" takes us?

Didn't you hear the endearing noise of the vuvuzela on my link?

[Sarah]

Ho.  No.  I did not click on the link.  And had no idea the vuvuzela produces the hornetlike sound my mother was just complaining about to me on the phone (although I did note the coincidence that it was also mentioned during Meghan's show this morning). 

Is soccer hooliganism on the rise?  I can imagine that sound driving people to acts of violence.

[moonshake]

Apparently, it only sounds annoying on the TV broadcasts and not in the stadium itself. I've actually grown used to that sound. I hated it the first couple of days.

I'm only a casual fan so I have no idea about your hooliganism question or your suspected link of the vuvuzela to soccer violence.

[dave from knoxville]

Ho.  No.  I did not click on the link.  And had no idea the vuvuzela produces the hornetlike sound my mother was just complaining about to me on the phone (although I did note the coincidence that it was also mentioned during Meghan's show this morning). 

Is soccer hooliganism on the rise?  I can imagine that sound driving people to acts of violence.

Yes, but they will be self-inflicted, as attendees repeatedly jam the stick end of pom-poms and flags into their ear holes.

[Sarah]

Is anyone successfully getting on the chat to which the "chat" button directs us?