Castle Wars connection problem

[Penguins]

While trying to play Castle Wars on Net Play feature it brings me to the screen with the chat room channels but it stays at "Connecting..." and all the channels have unknown amount of players in them no matter how long I wait.

BTW - I was going to search for this problem but the number/letter validation code picture would never load.

[SitarFreak]

Yeah, I get that too, for some reason...

[Penguins]

If this helps at all I'm using Firefox 2, I tried using IE but it still didn't work, although my IE is not up to date. I'd rather not have to update my IE but if I have to to play this game that'll be fine.