HUD irc client

I just bought the HUD irc upgrade, but there are never any people or messages in the ambrosia uplink chat. Is this a problem with the game or is it just that no one chats?

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You have to be connected to the internet and also you have to enter in your username and real name.

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Well... actually it's probably that no one chats much in that channel.

-J

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Yeah. I've accessed it on a real IRC client, and there were about 8 people connected, but nobody but I talked.

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