signing on to chat

[Charliej]

  logged in to chat. Copied name from  member list- now says invalid name??

[Charliej]

doEsn't matter what I enter-reverts to  what's there and says invalid name. What the
 hell?

[Charles Brennan]

Charlie, the way the new chat is configured you have to remove the password and use ONLY your user name.  If the password ******** are there you will get that error message.
BTW, you can use any username that strikes your fancy.
Hope this helps,
Charles Brennan