As for me, let there be a chat. Instead of a "holy haven of debauchery," by the way, the most popular topic on HeroesWorld is Max. So that flooders don't ... (wanted to say "foul") the forum with their unreadable nonsense. A sort of online version of fluderation. And over time, pull the string in the toilet, flushing everything into oblivion. Naturally, for swearing, spam, etc., ban, punish, and so on. And the forum will be cleaner for it, free of all sorts of mafias, and flooders will have fun. That's my IMHO.
Cleaner of all sorts of mafias, lol? What else would you suggest, leave only the pure-blooded Aryan section of the third? I hasten to disappoint you a bit, but flooding is just as integral a part of the forum as unofficial communication in the army.
One way or another, it adds popularity to the forum: in the mafia section, for example, there are people who have never even played Heroes, because RPGs interest them more. And there's nothing you can do about it; it's just a sign of a large multi-topic forum's development.
By the way, regarding topicality, I'm for a chat with sections for subforums. That way, Heroes players will have the opportunity to effectively discuss live streams, and flooders can flood about their own stuff and maybe organize mafias in the chat. Well, of course, we shouldn't forget about the General section. As for ranks, I'm also "for" it.

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