User blog comment:TearsOfGold451/Persevere/@comment-4816103-20140209180236

Bailey, I understand why you and others would be upset about how sudden the descision was. I believe Icy did ask for opinions though, and enough people agreed with shutting down the chat that we went ahead and did it. Thanks for understanding our choice, though.

I apologize to anyone who many not be happy with this idea, but I can assure you that we only want what's best for everyone. I too was against it until I realized that there would be good in the fact that drama is easier to stop this way. This is not done as a punishment, and certainly not to hurt anyone, and I'm sorry if it does, in fact, hurt some of you.

Please, just try and think of the good that can come from this, and these three weeks won't be so bad. It may even change things.