As for me, let the chat exist. Instead of a "haven of debauchery", by the way, the most popular topic on HeroesWorld is Max. So that flamers don't... (I wanted to say "defecate") on the forum with their unreadable nonsense. A kind of online version of flame-fest. And over time, pull the chain in the toilet, flushing it all into oblivion. Naturally, ban, punish, etc. for swearing, spam, etc. And the forum will be cleaner from this, away from all the mafias and flamers will have fun. That's my IMHO.
I'm not against chat as such, but I am for it being decent (which I doubt 90%). The analogy of the WoG forum is just frightening, and after all, almost all HoMM3 players end up there sooner or later, so that's what makes me, as a HoMM3 player, wary.