1) I don't think Chopper is leaving the site as far as I know, he just doesn't want to me a mod anymore which I understand. Its like being a policeman , you have to see the stupid side of people all day long, and they don't get smack people even though they probably really want to.
2) I will make sure we look into the possibility of another moderator election with the community team
3) Give me a little bit of time to figure out the chat issue
4) Lets solve this short term clusterfuck like windows admins for the time being and just fucking reboot