Know this isnt the right forum for it, but then again i couldnt find a more suitable one either, but feel free to warp it whereever it should be.
FC's irc-server seems to be having some problems. Have checked myself and gotten 3 others to check, and all 4 of us are getting
Unable to connect (Connection refused)
So there seems to be something wrong with it atm, perhaps its a firewall issue or something.