Is the order of the sentences critical?
Chatting.

So let's chat. And I like to chat. This is not a serious game after all. Would you mind chatting? This is a friendly game.

So let's chat. And I like to chat. This is not a serious game after all. Would you mind chatting? This is a friendly game.
Oh, yeah, I see it now. That's seriously off-putting.

To chat or not to chat that is the basic question?
@TheGrobe good point that is even more critical, please "belay my last". (Navy Jargon)
Sorry this was a response to earlier quote! #2

agree live chess, "disable chat" especially for those who may temporarily be unable to use both hands due to injury!
what if one of the viewing player in the 15 minute tournament is typing so many things that are meaningless, it flooded the chat section. I was one of the players watching the game.
OBSERVING GAME (888223579) - sdrick [2.0] vs. SaDOPeK-98 [2.0] (15 10 rated) - leave
Users in the room: paul968, lnsmr1957rbrt, tiger00000, jherchx, whipplejm, DarkLordOfSith, almazrui, mk8462.
tiger00000: gg
tiger00000: !@#¥%……&×()!!!!!!!@@@ @@@@@#######¥¥¥¥¥¥%%%%%…… ………………&&&& ;&&&××××((((( )))))
tiger00000: SaDOPeK-98
tiger00000: GO
tiger00000: &^%$#@!^&*()!@#$% ^&!!@#$%^&*())(*& amp;^%%%%%%$#@!@#$%^& *
tiger00000: O
tiger00000: OOOOOOOOOOOOOO
tiger00000: OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
tiger00000: OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
tiger00000: OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHOOOHOOHOHOHO HOHOHOHOHH
tiger00000: OOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHH H
tiger00000: OOH
I really don't like chatting when playing. I find it very distracting.
But I would welcome chatting like this:"This is a friendly game. And I like to chat. Would you mind chatting? This is not a serious game after all. So let's chat."