The new Spiced Chat Room is open!
We know the shoutbox has been a pia, especially with the double posting and such. It has limitations because it is a portal shoutbox versus a full blown forum shoutbox. In SMF a portal itself is a mod.We are working on getting something a little better.
The good news is that if you want to have a real conversation (text, video and sound capable), share music and files up to 10mb each, talk privately live pm or chat with your friends, or just hang out go here:
http://spiced.gchats.net/