[Connecticut]

Global chat turns me off of red.

It's not the fact that there's a global channel that bothers me, it's all the crying, shit talking, mouth breathing that ends up there.

The only people who care about your drama are your guildies, and the person you're in contention with. That's what /gu and /tell are for.

Getting bombarded with peoples petty squabbles in global channels are pretty off putting while leveling up.
Not only does it give you insight to the types of people who play there, it gives you insight to what the top end is like on the server, and like most people suggest, it appears to be straight up cancer.