Has EL switched from freenode to a new IRC server? The website still points to freenode, but it appears to be dead. I haven't played EL in years, but I would be interested in keeping up with the community chat.
Over at Stendhal, we are using the libera.chat server. And OpenGameArt.org uses freegamedev.net. I think those are two popular servers for projects that migrated from freenode.
I actually searched for an EL Discord server as well but didn't find any. Was thinking about creating an unofficial one.