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Can it be made that if you close the channel window (uncheck a box) , you also won't see chat bubbles that appear in that channel.   This way if the channel goes sideways ... we can uncheck a channel and be spared what we'd rather not have to "listen" to ?

I often did this when I was in a region during an OP Battle and would rather not see mcuh of the discussion.   If I wanted to hear people arguing during all of my free time, I wouldn't keep the kids locked in the basement.