Just as a reminder, there is an IRC channel for FIRST: #firstrobotics on Freenode](irc://irc.freenode.net/#firstrobotics).
Some recent enhancements:
- Added some silly/random statistics, say “!stat” for links
- Kickoff and ship countdown timers (ship time calculated based on EST, california people get 4 additional hours), say “!kickoff” and “!ship” for the times
- Some other random commands, try “!list games”, “!list lol”, “!list chiefdelphi”, and “!list” to get started
There are several Java clients available. Mine is http://astro73.com/firstirc.