Funny you should mention that BW....
Mark has done a great job with this site, and with all the work keeping the tourneys going it seems that the live lobby has kind of been unattended. I, for one, certainly appreciate the lobby.
That being said, I just found a new place and it looks very promising. Some of the things the lobby here is sorely missing are available at the new location:
* Able to start a room and still able to chat in main
* Able to lock a room
* Support for other games
* Nice chat interface
* Supposed to be usable without messing with ports etc (remains to be seen)
This almost reminds me of Kali (old timers will remember Kali), but it is slicker, and it is free. I talked to the owner and he assures me that we won't be spammed.
http://www.gameranger.com/PS. I am in no way associated with Gameranger, but this looks like a great alternative, certainly worth a look.
Jinx