Ok I don't know if chat is supposed to be working right now, but it isn't for me. I click the link to go to chat then my browser just freezes and thats it. Anyone know what might be happening?

when in doubt upgrade java, might be a corrupt install
http://www.java.com/inc/BrowserRedirect.jsp?locale=en&host=www.java.com 🔗 [Link: java.com/inc/BrowserRedirect.jsp/]

that or use a dedicated irc client like chatzilla
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/16 🔗

ok well i downloaded the chatzilla, and clicked the chat for here and actually saw the next page with the chat window which was promising, but then it froze. i x'd out of the window and restarted from firefox but its like before, just freezing when i click it and not even show the next page. -sigh- computers.. ill try the first thing you suggested though too

edit/update: i downloaded java and it works now (atleast so far). thank you so much!

Yes chat does not work at all!  I get a bunch of security warnings and even when I ignore them it just says it can't connect :-p.  I'm on Windows Vista Ultimate with Mozilla Firefox.