Sense the portal don't have a irc chat mod installed, i just went to irc efnet server and created a enb channel for those that wanna chit chat while we wait for the new server to come up. just connect to a EFnet server and type /join #enb if anyone wants to join.
http://03.chat.mibbit.com/ (Link to a Web Based Irc Client)
Select EFNET from the server drop down, put in a Nickname, put #enb for channel, click go