You really should log into #UtraHal with your bot once in a while jedi. it's good promotion.
anyways, I have been making an actual IRC brain from IRC to VB6 and Classical VBScript, no HAL just IRC.
I had to clean it all up first but it works great if someone wants to build a direct IRC brain as a stand alone bot. Hint Hint. lol
gonna check the IRC channel to see if anyone needs help.