diff -ur ./pidgin-2.10.9.orig/libpurple/protocols/irc/irc.c pidgin-2.10.9/libpurple/protocols/irc/irc.c
--- ./pidgin-2.10.9.orig/libpurple/protocols/irc/irc.c	2014-02-02 15:29:18.000000000 -0600
+++ pidgin-2.10.9/libpurple/protocols/irc/irc.c	2014-09-02 10:30:24.830599697 -0500
@@ -742,6 +742,7 @@
 	struct irc_conn *irc = gc->proto_data;
 	const char *args[2];
 
+        g_usleep(500000);
 	args[0] = g_hash_table_lookup(data, "channel");
 	args[1] = g_hash_table_lookup(data, "password");
 	irc_cmd_join(irc, "join", NULL, args);