Thanks for the feedback everyone. The current max user problem should be fixed now.
I noticed something interesting in the Status screen. Apparently, the max user amount is 3, which could be very bad if not resolved by the time the CE parteh happens. And considering this Xenor fellow is constantly idling there... that could be very very bad.
That's just the maximum number of users that have been online since the daemon was last started. The max number of connections/users is set to 100.
The real problem was that the max number of connections per IP address was set to 2, but the CGI script uses the server's IP address every time, so only 2 people could connect with it. I fixed this after Shinrin's PM made it apparent that somehow the number of users was being limited.
You don't need to PM him, he knows that some peopl can't connect. The IRC has some slight server issues, and Ramsus is working to fix it.
Sorry, but I'm actually a bit more out of the loop than you might expect. Part of it is being a workaholic with my job, and part of it is being in a completely different timezone than most of the users on the site.
So if you can, try to encourage people to post all their problems with the IRC server and also post back whenever they seem fixed. That way I can get everything working properly sooner.
Also, I need to PM Ramus about not being able to connect though an IRC client.
I can connect just fine using irssi, but I'm physically close to the server. If yourself and others can report all of their attempts with their own IRC clients, I'd appreciate it. I'm thinking there might be some routing issues.