I get that I've lost my credibility on this so I'm not going to argue it further but I do think it's still a relevant topic. After all, however unflattering, the game that FiveSmith shared with us is an example of what I'm talking about. (I think it was the second or third game that evening that someone angrily accused me of "cheating" for playing "slow", and I snapped. Should I have? Of course not. Am I proud of it? Of course not. Does it invalidate my point? I don't think so).
I agree, I'm not sure why this thread has evolved into accusations of hypocrisy. My best guess is that people have trouble with reading.
Your suggestion is very good and I can definitely see the trend in modern gaming with disabling chats. There is no game chat in official Hasbro's Risk Online, there is no chat in Blizzard's juggernaut Hearthstone. The reason is simple: people play games to entertain themselves, preferably without dealing with idiots online.
Having an
option to disable chat wouldn't hurt, but I don't expect it to be implemented, I don't think the demand is high enough.
Global chat block = you can't see the GG WP either.
And that's another benefit, ggwping after each and every MD game is annoying. You see the game has unread chat so you open it just to see "gg". I wish fewer people did that.