HI guys

So as most of you know the lobbies chat (for online gaming) is disabled, in-game chat is still enabled , the idea is battles are arranged on the forums, so you know who you're playing with. You then go to the lobbies to hook up and play. In-game chat is pretty much a necessity in the multiplyer games (especially larger battles). Therefore anyone in the lobbies will not be exposed to anything unpleasant. As forum identity is recorded any misbehaviour there can be properly reported and dealt with. We have taken this action due to racist and abusive behaviour in lobbies. Please bear in mind that the game has a 12 rating.

As for a better solution than just turning chat off, we are looking in to this now. It is counter productive to start flaming the boards and slating the developers. A small minority have made this action necessary. Racist behaviour is unacceptable on these boards and our lobbies and I ask that the community show a united front on this. We are working to improve this situation and will keep you informed of our progress. This a temporary measure only we are not trying to kill off online play, we are tying to save it.

Thank you.