No sticky = confirmation that the feature was cut.
That's not the way it works.
Ok, ok...
Topics SD considers to be vital are being stickied.
Local multiplayer is a topic. If it is not stickied, it is considered not to be vital by SD.
Non-vital topics/features are on the chopping block.
And here I am, waiting to hear the fate of my beloved feature.
(But seriously, ID, please put pressure on them to schedule some dev time fix the "always bolded"sticky message problem. I don't want to spend another year and a half with a broken message system.)