Back when the purchase of HZ was first announced I created a Horizons IRC channel on a separate network, in case the official one was discontinued. This channel is unaffiliated with any party, completely neutral and entirely unofficial. It exists as an alternative to the official channel and sees a lot of activity around the clock. A lot of the folks that were in the old official channel are in this new one. I thought it would be prudent to bring this up now that the old network is shut down.
The connection info is:
Address: irc.netstable.net
Port: 6667
Channel: #horizons
Feel free to come join us. We're a whole bunch of people now. Remember, though, that this channel is run by yours truly, so only my rules apply (which aren't many - don't worry 'bout that.)
Edit: If you need a primer on IRC I posted one on the GN Unity forum back when: This link will take you offsite