I had an idea about off-topic channel access, but it's different and maybe too much.
How much would it tax the server to add another login port that takes users to a login prompt, which uses the same hashes as COGG proper, but once logged in is *just* a chat room. It should have like 9 commands:
- game (not aliased to ooc or chat to minimize mischans)
- offtopic (aliased as ot and off?)
- voice
- wiki
- mc (for mentor chat)
- whatever the GM chat channels are if that's desirable
- the channel command to turn channels on and off
- a config or color command to customize channel colors
- and of course quit
It would be as easy as the mud to use, and I'd bet that *most* of our VI users know how to connect to two muds at once, so it may even be more accessible than discord, and easier to figure out than IRC.