When a server goes down every once in awhile, most people don't think a thought about it because they usually rejoin automatically.
This IRC server just seems rather unreliable, it's constantly going down. This is just my interpretation based on
this.
If I could make a suggestion for a good, and friendly IRC server, it'd be irc.sixlabrats.com/6667.
They're a medium sized community and the home of PureZC, a Zelda game development community.
The benefits to switching (which would be as easy as just making a new channel over there and calling it home) would be:
1. Stable IRC server with good IRC operators.
2. A friendly set of Zelda fan game developers.