I'll tell you why in a few points:Tiensei wrote:
What purpose does the #English channel serve if the English speaking community already has the #osu channel to use?
1. The game was born in Australia, is developed in the English language and services the highest percentage of players in the English language. this won't change.
2. #osu is the default channel for ALL game clients when first started, server side announcements are made in here and it is for general chat surrounding the game itself, which just so happens to be... English).
3. #english is an overflow channel for off-topic discussion in the English language due to the large percentage of players that use this language.
4. We're not trying to have a deliberate stab at minority groups here. If you want more proof, we've never made an #Australian channel either