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Hi,

Maybe I'm wrong but I think most of your comments concern the "General messages". Maybe a solution could be to keep the "General message" where they used to be, and to keep this new system for private chat, table chat, and so on. What do you think about that?

I will also try to make the chat window tinier.

I've only seen General Messages, but your pictures shows the new chat thing right next to it.

And I don't like it either. i specifically came to the forums to say I don't like it, and here was this thread. And unlike one person said it's not about "change." It's about the fact that it's in the way - I dislike anything being on top of something else and in my way. And the image of the chat looks even worse cause it's even more in the way. And I have to keep going down there and closing it.

I'm totally fine with it all being the way it was. Or if it's changed, put it some place where it's not on top of stuff I'm looking at. (Even if it's not directly on top of something I'm trying to read, my eyes still see it as "being in the way.")

sourisdudesert wrote:Hi,

Maybe I'm wrong but I think most of your comments concern the "General messages". Maybe a solution could be to keep the "General message" where they used to be, and to keep this new system for private chat, table chat, and so on. What do you think about that?

I will also try to make the chat window tinier.

Personally I prefer all the chat on the right part of the screen as before (I found it simple and clear, and as other players said before me if someone wants to ignore a chat, private or general, it would be automatic to do... now it's almost mandatory to open it), I'll find more chaotic to continue to control both the right and the bottom left screen IMHO.

P.S. Forgot to mention that most of those general messages coming in are just people suggesting I join their game. I ignore those anyway, so I definitely don't want that in my way.

Thanks for your comment.

Okay, "General messages" have to be "not in the way", that's pretty clear and this is going to be fixed.

About the other messages (table messages, private messages, group chat), I'd like to give a chance to the new system. We received a lot of complaint from players not seeing that they received a private chat message, and from players who doesn't know how to reply when they receive a private message. When someone is writing to you directly, you are supposed to read it and can't ignore it. I understand that some of you are used to the previous "mix everything" notification system, but honestly a notification system where you can miss a private message sent to you is not a good one...

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I like it. It will also free up space for other items or a bigger main window with the chat being able to minimize or expand as needed.

Good design.

I prefer a lot the old version for the general messages!

But like sourisdudesert said bout the private and table msgs, I think t´s much better like the new system. Why not mix it?! Leave the general msgs on the old system and start to operate the private and table msgs on the bew system.

that´s it!

Don't like.

To obtrusive. Too distracting, and yet message get missed because of short display.

Silly to have red number saying how many messages, especially because in main chat there are almost always 9+ messages new.

I like the idea of improving things, so good luck.

Why not fix something like when people 'suggest to join' a game, that should be prevented if people want. I'm tired of getting suggestions to join a game that is 1v1 when these games aren't designed for 1v1- it's stupid and drives me crazy.

I'm not a fan, I think separating global and room chats is good, however, you have to open up the chat every time someone posts, and it feels basically just like a rip-off of facebook chat.