Some thought needs to be placed into the UI for once.

[DustyPorViva]

Originally Posted by Cubical

I don't know how it works right now but from the pictures it seems to go all the way up your screen so I don't know how it wouldn't cut down on the space when you can make 4 or 5 lines visible and the rest hidden.

That's not really the problem though, the problem is that it's overlapping the minimap, regardless of how large it is. You can't move the minimap, and the chat being in the center of the screen(above the minimap) would just look weird.