Very frankly and honestly - Closure of the Chatroom was warranted for.
It does not serve the purpose of the forum .. learning and earning.
Learning
Chats in the chatroom go out of the system as the new chat comes in ... not preserving strategies, reasons. logics, markets and many a gem of an explanation, if any.
Earning
Because of this .. the threads in the forums are less used causing lesser hits and a earning drawback for the owners of the forum.
And most importantly
For those people who are in favor of the chatroom
I am sure you have learned a lot from the forum.
How?
By reading previous posts, strategies, techniques et al which were captured by keeping the posts by older boarders. If they have had a chatroom .. where would you have been standing today.
In the same manner .. give a thought to boarders to visit the forum in search of increasing their leaning curve ... where would they learn from if there are no posts in the thread because boarders have their fill on the Chatbox.