Eh... What the hell, I\'m looking for a challenge

Link me to some background info about the guild and I might be able to make a design of some sort and it could be hosted under the big ps-mc.com umbrella (you\'d get
http://guildienamethingy.ps-mc.com/ , a set of forums, and a few email accounts (
hellios@guild.ps-mc.com )
For chat, online chats are not a great solution. It would probably be better all around to use IRC. PlaneShift developers and fans like IRC as well, and we host GM meetings, dev meetings, fun discussions, and give help building and debugging planeshift using IRC. The meetings are private, but the two channels people might like to know about are #planeshift and #planeshift-gmtalk . The first is for general discussion of Life, the Universe, and Everything (well, almost everything

You\'ll get a bap with a rubber mallet if you get too rowdy), the second for contacting a GM about an ingame issue.
On windows, your client may take advantage of irc:// links, which would enable links like
http://irc://irc.freenode.net/planeshift.
Useful links regarding IRC:
IRC tutorial -- PlaneShift page about getting on IRC. The instructions are pretty similar for all clients, and it contains useful info regardless.
HydraIRC -- HydraIRC, the \"professional IRC client\" (whatever that means! ^^) a good windows-based client that I used for a while
XChat2 for windows -- The author of XChat decided to start charging for the windows version, so someone else made a free package from the same sources. There is nothing illegal about this package afaik and it is acceptable under the terms of the GPL.
Don\'t use the xchat link from the planeshift guide, that will get the trial version!mIRC\'s Intro to IRC -- A good read for the novice.
If you or a guildie decides to drop in on the #planeshift IRC channel, remember that just because it\'s in realtime is no excuse not to type properly and use real words (as opposed to \"u\" and \"r\")

In fact, that goes for all of you

Erhm. I think I went off on a bit of a tangent there.
If you\'re interested in PS-MC hosting for you, stop by our IRC channel at
#ps-mc on irc.freenode.net
Cheers
josePhoenix