Yea, I was implying that it would be scaleable, and as I said it was just a quick screenshot edit, I don't really see the abuse thing as a big problem, anything we do people will find a way to abuse, but I too find it annoying trying to read chat text when a player isn't over a consistant background... you could always develop a system where you can only chat so much per min or something, or even beter, you could make the bubbles go away by clicking them!
I don't know, I think it'd add more style to Graal-- make it look more finished.
The current chat system is even more annoying on 2002 since the trees overlap it and such.
Urizen
