Hello Cobber, welcome to DV!

Chat does not have any requirements aside from being a member. Sometimes users have trouble connecting, but there are alternatives. Have you tried entering your name with an additional karat? like "Cobber^"

You could also use other links to get to chat, here is a link to the irc tutorials: IRC Clients Manual - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

If you dont have an irc client, I suggest you use the mibbit one:

address is Mibbit.com Webchat client
click Server and type in 'irc.dreamviews.com'
click Auth, choose 'pass' and type in your dv password
type in your dv username in the 'Nick' field
type #dv or #dvlounge in the 'Channels' field
Click connect!


Tabs on the top are the different chat rooms, you'll be automatically connected to the main ones. To private message someone, click on their username on the list on the right side and options will pop up.


Anyway those are the basics, if you need anything else, send me a message. See you!


P.S. Lucid dreaming is awesome and I hope you have fun staying on DreamViews