Board Game Arena

It seems like some groups have formed and people are ganging up on folks not in those groups in Chat. I believe they are intentionally making it difficult to play the game. I would prefer not to have Chat enabled when playing game with some people. Is it possible to shut down Chat?

Chatting does not bother me, I ignore it when it suits, I can also multitask.

Some Players need to play FASTER and then this wouldn't be an issue.

In my experience, it's often the chat that prolongs a game, not the game speed.

Well, it sure was the SPEED in this game: https://boardgamearena.com/table?table=284961475
65% of the game had only been played in 70 minutes.

Shutting down chat is the best idea ever. It should be an optional variant if a player wants to play a game where no one chats.

You can minimize it and even adjust your screen so you never see it.