Becuase I haven't found a permenant IRC server and channel listed anywhere, I registered a channel for civ players on a server I use. This will be for you people that like to
camp irc.
It will be good for people who want to setup MP games and just generally chat about all the Civilization titles.
IRC (Chat) Server
Austnet IRC
Note: If you've got a client installed, you should be able to click the above link and be automatically connected to the correct server and channel. Get mIRC here.