Is it set to hidden as a default? That may be slightly useful, rather than corrupting new members the moment they walk through the door :P
Yes. It has been that way for a while. People were joining just to take part in the Junkyard conversations.
yeah, i HATE when people join then immediately head to junkyard and have to be forced to actually build a bot/when they make a petty effort to "contribute" then rush over the off-topic and live there.
being a legend of RA2 then fizzling out and retiring to off-topic is one thing, but this.....