"Having your game's chat system look and behave just like everyone else's is either laziness or adopting a standard that works. Either way, it's tiresome, and a good indicator that change is necessary."

Ummm, what? We're supposed to change everything that works just because it looks like something else? Quick, call the guy who makes our ATMs. We need the keypad to only have six buttons. And they need to have klingon symbols on 'em instead of numbers...