General chat was removed as an experiment and it has proven to work for the greater good of this game regardless of the few inconveniences it has caused.for some users. In time users will realize the benefits but while some continue to complain about what was in the past they will never see forward and work with something new and therefore progress will be slow.
I wasn't going to post on this topic again, but I have something to say.
People are not opposed to the change because they are choosing to be blind to the benefits. They are opposed because they truly believe that the cons of removing general chat outweigh the pros. I am still opposed to what happened. I gave the change a try. But so far, what I've experienced myself a roleplayer isn't very good feedback. Having to sort through tons of video clips that lag can be quite tedious, and going to advertising and recruiting hot spots like Stone Bridge cause lag and game freezing. There's been an obvious lack of members joining roleplays and a majority of new rps lack quality and go inactive in a day. But from another standpoint, and as you stated before, removing General was also a removal of an avenue for trolls to bother others, and I appreciate that. On another note though, I was disappointed to also see that the community wasn't warned before the change occurred. No, the community doesn't have to make the decisions, but at least take somebody else's opinion into consideration. I hope my point is understood.
Let's also not make claims that the entire or most of the community are against the removal of general. None of you can prove that and not to mention there are quite the number of posts here that are made by the same user using multiple accounts. Those who are for the removal of general wouldn't have much reason or desire to write here so there really is no accurate way to see exactly how the entire community feels about this. So many of you need to stop throwing things around as if they are fact.
It's true that not every opinion is in this thread. Still, it should be a bit staggering that there is a lot of negative feedback and dissatisfied players expressing their opinion. What would be really useful to count the numbers is a poll in the announcements for all to see. Since this topic is still going strong, and accusations are being thrown around, shouldn't it be given a try? (I'm aware that a poll was present in the Game Discussion thread a while ago, but it never received many views.)