That would be a pain removing chat, i find its good that people have the opportunity to chat to each other all over the world while still listening to the topic on the live feed.
You can see by reading some comments that the chat is is strong, sometimes you are left behind in the chat it is that strong and fast.
i enjoy reading all the comments i hope the little asshats (as you put it) wise up and dont ruin a good thing.
I'm not going to get rid of the chat with the live stream, I'm going to get rid of it on the video that is being recorded. That way, I can hide it from viewers that are watching it later. Live chat is a hit or miss thing and things happen sometimes. But, with a 0 tolerance policy, I think we can manage it pretty well. So no, the chat is not going to go away, just on the recorded video.
And it seems like people are liking the new forum, and that is a bonus for me. As for clicking on a blue dot, if you click on just the link to the thread, as long as the thread has new posts, it will take you to the first new post. Much better than trying to click on that little blue dot like on the last forum lol.
If you guys have suggestions on what you would like to see on here, just post them up.