I don't go to the chat room often because:
1. Half the time I can't understand the chat writing.
2. When I come into the chat room, they are in the middle of a discussion (obviously), and I can never quite catch on to what they're talking about.
3. I'm a slow typer, so by the time I've written something to add to the discussion, the people are discussing a new topic.
I am so glad there is a forum here that talks only Tolkien and you can look back at old posts and take all the time you want to write your own thing.
If you want to discuss Tolkien and Middle-earth, Princess_Fairy, just stay here at the forum. It can be quite fun here and there are plenty of intelligent people.