Sorry, I'm going to have to agree with the OP. Eliminating global OOC is moronic.
And, newsflash to the purists: chat channels weren't around in 1999 either.
Global OOC provided a sense of community-building--what the original EQ was all about. The server was low-pop already, and now feels incredibly lonely. This unwelcoming environment is going to turn away a lot of new players.
I'm scratching my head here, who made this decision? It's clearly an awful one.
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