I will be moving this over to the Introduction board, since I believe this would fit better there, since this thread is not really a discussion. It's definitely okay for you to miss the maps and the old-ties that you had to the game, but you may even find out that some of these new maps will be places for wonderful and exciting memories to come. General was removed quite some time ago, and our decision to not bring it back was mainly because the same issues would repeat themselves. Yes, it was a stellar tool for getting your roleplay advertisements out there, but the consequences of abuse and spam of the chat would still repeat itself, and our priority is to keep things moving along, not falling backwards.
I hope you have fun taking a look around the maps! There are a few hidden details in each map, if you look closely enough. c: