Many of them are members of this forum. You are under no obligation to use the chat. Some like em, some don't. The server that the forum is operating on had to be reset and we lost a few posts from a couple days ago. If you see some missing posts, this is why.
Backups are from a few days ago.
Hopefully it will be back online within a day or two. They are located on different servers. Thank you for your patience. I think I speak for all the members when I say you are always welcomed here. This new forum section is to be used by map makers and new map makers for beta testing and advise.