by Sofaboy Sun Mar 23, 2008 5:53 pm
The chatbox on the index page of the forum was removed due to no people actually utilizing it, and the fact that it makes the page take a longer while to load.
The new SHOUT box on the portal is an improved and more advanced utility for communication which functions as a replacement for the chatbox for now. If people (sooner or later/perhaps) will find that they actually want the chatbox back, they can always PM an administrator a request regarding that matter, but for now, we see no use in it being there.
PS.
By "people" I am not only referring to you; Stark, since talking to yourself in an otherwise empty chatbox is something we do not see as a reason for putting it back up.