I am in dire need of an msn substitute

[Lithirm]

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pidgin

I completely agree.

I've used MSN, Xfire and Pidgin. The one I found to be best is Pidgin because it supports a shitload of various chat-clients and that you can be connected to all those at the same time without any hazzle. Plus it's got all the vital fuctions, chat, logs, yadda-yadda, without having unnecessary crap or a buttload of commercial in it. It's clean and functional.

What I like about Xfire's MSN client though is that you can use it ingame in about 90% of the games. And like pidgin, it's clean and functional.