If you have the will and desire to chat with your fellow subie friends, then keep the damn chat window open or minimise it when you are at your computer!
If you check in and nobody is there and you split, how do you expect to hook with anyone?
I repeat: If you are going to be at your PC anyway, KEEP A CHAT WINDOW MINIMISED and your sound on.
When somebody comes in, you will hear a doorbell.I do this and it works when the timing is right!
James, any way you can disable getting kicked for inactivity?
I have to maximixe the window every 3-5 minutes when the room is empty and type in nonsense just to keep my line hot.