The forums are open
Real forums are live — browse by topic, start threads, reply, and get notified when someone answers you.
Community keeps getting more real: the forums are open. There are categories for strategy, bug reports, feature requests and general chat — anyone can read them (no account needed), and signed-in players with a verified email can start threads and reply.
The forums plug into the rest of the platform the way you'd hope: when someone replies to your thread you get a notification, and new posts show up in the community activity feed alongside match scores. Blocking behaves sensibly too — posts from someone you've blocked simply don't appear in your view, and they can't ring your doorbell with replies. But a public forum stays public: blocking hides someone from you, it doesn't silence them for everyone else. Only moderation can do that.
Posts are permanent in the honest sense: nothing is ever silently rewritten. And one deliberate boundary — posting a lot will never earn you rewards or rank. Forums are for talking, not farming. Clans and groups are next.