You pretty much covered what I wanted to say, but I'd also like to add this..
IRC's popularity has declined a hell of a lot recently and as such, so has mIRC's and of course scripting websites. If new and innovative features aren't added to IRC itself, or the clients I think the popularity is going to continue to decline until it's not worth using. This forum for instance used to get a post every minute or so. Now it can go quiet for hours.
