Did something happen to the PD channel? The chat kept saying "Please wait...". It's been like this for a few days already and I can't seem to figure out what's the cause :\ hopefully I'm not the only one experiencing this. It was working properly last week.
To turn off the IRC Chat on the forum, visit your UCP, go to Board Preferences, then choose "Edit display options". On the bottom there's the switch. Direct Link: http://projectdiva.net/ucp.php?i=prefs&mode=view