Yeah, the old IRC channel used to be called the shoutbox. It has now been replaced by chat.I think the shoutbox, chatbox, whatever, has existed since I've been here (2008ish), can't remember tbh. But yeah.
Uhh...not quite, they were two separate entities. The shoutbox was just a basic integrated chatbox that was available on the main forum, the IRC was a completely separate IRC server for the Temp.Yeah, the old IRC channel used to be called the shoutbox. It has now been replaced by chat.