I know this has been mentioned before. Once maybe, but this would be a nice feature to have on this forum. Quick questions be answered, good discussions and what not.
We have debated this in the past and will continue to do so. In fact, I have this on our roadmap to see if it's worth putting together in the near future. Could be handy for sure, but would have to be done (and manned) properly.
TBH, I don't believe a CB IRC is the way to go. As most of us can tell, a majority of the new users/threads are commonly asked questioned. I could see a IRC being flooded with those questions, or just non stop talk about leaks and what not. It would be very hard to moderate a IRC.
