From what I understand the CPA's chatroom isn't all that good, and I have yet to actually talk to someone in there. I believe that's why Mike is trying to set us up with a better one on NewNet.
From what Orgg says the Pirch file is only 3MB. That's not really that big, so I hope most of us can handle that if the NewNet front page thing doesn't work. And I don't know if it will, since I haven't been able to get in there yet myself, not even on older, established channels like their #apprentice chatroom. Our chatroom, #type-random, has yet to appear on their list.
As I said before, for me, scheduled tournaments work out best. League play wouldn't be too bad either, since matches could be scheduled whenever. Unfortunately for me, my usual window of opportunity for playing closely resembles Almindhra's forbidden time (I'm a 2nd-3rd split shifter at work, and I don't get home till 4:30am), so unless I can make arrangements ahead of time I'm out.
I could probably try and manage a league though. Lemme see what I can work out.