Edit by Dom - much of this is now out of date. To visit the chatroom, visit http://www.chaserforum.net/chat/flashchat.phpOkay. If you don't know what I'm talking about, you'll find out if you go to th
e chatroom, located from th
e link at th
e top, or
here.
To choose an emoticon for your name, go to Options, th
en choose th
e tab Effects. You'll see from th
ere. Once you choose your emoticon, tick both of th
e boxes, and hit Okay.
To choose a different font for your name, go to th
e bottom right coloured square.
- A handy tip is to open th
e chatroom link by shift+clicking, as this opens th
e chatroom up into a new window. This eliminates th
e bug of accidentally logging out when you go to delete, and th
e text bar isn't selected.
oh. and go to chatroom > options > themes > public log background to set the background to black. makes the font colours easier to see.
you can also choosy other daggy themes in that window, like some lagoon crap, a dodgy face thing and an ubercool lightning theme 
- To open up a private chat with someone, left-click on th
eir name from th
e list on th
e right, and select it from th
e drop-down bar.
Use it (the personal message function - Nate) with caution, and never give out your phone number, especially not to the males of this forum.
the first message i get is to enter my username and password. is that the same as the forum username and password or am i supposed to register to use the chat? because my forum username and pass aren't working 
Solution by Cyanara:
I realised that I had never actually received an activation email, so I sought out a resend form and found one. unfortunately, it asked me for my username and email address, while only providing a box for my username, and when I tried just that it told me that no such user existed. Of course not. I'd only posted several times...
Moving on, I tried the lost password form. Hooray! All the fields were there. Filled that out. Got an email almost instantly. Logged in with the new password. Both forum and Chatroom acknowledged me and I changed my password back to something slightly memorable.
EDIT: html fix, additional information.