I am sorry we changed the way the chat was structured and it no longer uses "channel" lists. This was a big save for resources (less lag) and we decided that the same thing is going to be possible with the new EMC UI mod that is being developed. Until EMC UI mod is recommended for public use I would recommend ignoring annoying players (this is permanent now) or if they are breaking rules /report them and help everyone out Edit: if you are daring you can use the mod now: http://empireminecraft.com/threads/emc-ui-mod-preview-release-1.6577/page-7#post-96338
What I mean was with the chat mod you could just ignore the Town [tab]. Also to add, no changes are permanent, we can always adjust as we see fit.
like adding personal level of disabling @ >_> ? I tried to type @.@ in chat last night and got "could not find player .@" lol ; ;