Even though there are alternatives chats to use while General is gone, the staff still need to listen to their community regardless. To those of you who are making games, pay attention to the way this is handled and try to learn from it. A game is NOT about the content, or the epic graphics. It's about the people. Thus, to keep the members happy, you gotta listen to your members. Otherwise, it ends up like this. People leave.
I do know that there were indeed spammers and trolls in General chat, but that's why the staff are here! They're supposed to be keeping the game safe. Also, it wasn't just in General chat. No matter what, taking a simple chat away won't get rid of trolls completely. You can never get rid of trolls completely.
Now while this may not be forever, it's best to at least think of alternate uses of the other chats for the time being. Who knows? We may get General back. It depends on where this all ends up. But there are other chats for the main purpose of RPing, chatting, and even advertising! While it may not seem as convenient as General was, it's at least better than complete and total silence in the game.
(But at times, things like TEF seems more peaceful. Especially with all this drama going on.)
Anyhow, hopefully the staff even bother to read this. If you're gonna run a game, then you gotta pay attention to the most important part of the game- The community. If you don't listen to your community (like what is happening now), then don't expect a nice, safe game either.