have seperate lobbies again (VC, anonymous, standard chat), although a small change it has a huge difference, even after the voice-chat policy was reinforced many people still played, until merge happened. [yes I know other factors like holidays contributed, but ive heard several complaints about the merge] It helped know who was in the server VERY easily — which helped avoid them and wait til the next queue, or help find somebody you seen a few rounds ago. It really boosted the morale within servers as many of eachother would know eachother and play again to see eachother! It helped me, personally, reconnect with so many nice players, people tend to be able to wait more since the lobbies are way more smaller with less players so its easier to recognise and wait (less flicker lobbies = more chance you get in with the same person), it felt like a more stronger community since itd be a small game-mode and many would know eachother, you could see the ammount of players which is a huge effect on how the game goes (6 makes it super short, 15 makes it interactive and long). so therefore i believe it is MUCH better for it not to merged since it hasnt really helped in any way?