hmm you think it might be possible to set up a real time chat area....??

Isn't that what MUDs are?

yea but there are so many people that can make up there mind... or just wanna hang..... and not deal with the mud life plus you can chat wif others from other muds....???

IMC

Yeeh, intermud is good - although admittedly not that many muds have it - and there are so many different varients out there now.

Would be easy enough to set up a chat room - whether web based or telnet based.