But it's not the site that's important, it's the content.  If only one creator has their content at a site, and that creator decides to eliminate their content from the community, there is no extra loss in the site ceasing to exist.  It's the same loss as it would have been if they moved their stuff from the larger site - and a whole lot less hassle for the poor remaining staff who have to keep on answering questions about where it has gone.

No more than if they were uploading to a shared site and left the community.

...and I didn't take my toys anyway if that's what you're implying  :|

This is why I prefer to have a one-man site.  No one can mess it up for me.  And I will never have to leave to get away from someone I have fallen out with

I visited the site a couple of times but both times decided to go back when I was at a loose end for an hour or so, due to the navigation complexities.  It looked like there would be some amazing hacks on there.

Well the silver lining is maybe Katy will pop up somewhere that is easier to download from?

I don't think this thread has taken on board that Katy is no longer with that site.  It says so in the Circumstances link http://www.pc-sims.com/smb/circumstances.html "Also we lost our Resident Creator Katy because of these rebels."

Well I still call them Marathons.  Stupid internationalisation of brand names  :x

As I said another time, I don't think that donation gift is about the money, I think it's a social experiment.  I think he's interested to see what happens and what people say.   I don't think he's offended really, just interested in the debate.   Anyway it's MTS2 that bears most of the cost of people downloading Numenor's work, and of Numenor giving his advice to modders, so it would really be more fitting to donate to them if you appreciate Numenor - which of course most of us do.  If you think about it, if Numenor didn't have his donation gift, he wouldn't have the costs of running his site, cos that's all that's on the site.

Marylou's got a site with actual stuff on it.

And in England it means vulva!   Doctors would get really confused, they wouldn't know if we were talking about our backside, frontside, or inside

Oh - come to think of it though, Americans don't have a seperate word for vulva do they?  They call the whole thing the vagina?  Here, the vagina just means the internal tube that leads to the uterus, it doesn't include the visible parts.

Edit: Oh I just want to add that "fanny" for vulva is not considered a particularly rude word (except inasmuch as one doesn't talk about the area in polite conversation), in fact my friends and I taught that word to our small daughters to name the part.  And we do use Fanny as short for Frances too, it's not a problem.

NP.  FWIW I think this is about the only site I use anything other than the name I have on my marriage certificate.

But they left it up long enough for someone to finally spot it - and they must have been watching carefully for someone to spot it - as they seem to have immediately responded by hiding it which could be to make it look like it was an "oops" on their part.  But in order for the timing to be so close it really does look like they're watching our reactions closely.

LyricLee's been a moderator of various places long enough she's not forum-naive enough to accidentally leave her email address showing.  I am not specifically defending Lyric, but I don't want to waste time believing a charade either.

Yes, Lyric has enemies.  I am sure at least one of them must have the brains to work out that pretending to be Lyriclee posting under a pseudonym but with her email address apparently "accidentally" left visible is a good way to blacken her name further.  More subtle than just posting in her name in the first place.

The whole setup looks like the work of someone who wants to get everyone suspicious and falling out with each other.  I'd be inclined to just pretend it isn't happening.  They might get bored with it.

If I deny being whoever it is, anyone who wants to believe I am is just going to say "well you would deny it wouldn't you?" so what's the point?  Any of us could have sock puppets anywhere - some of which might have been around long enough for people to think they are genuine individual friends.  People could be anyone on the internet - it's something that has to be born in mind.

Anyway right now I am more worried about the fact MTS2 isn't resolving and I have an outstanding question on there about reshaping bath water. Until I get some help I won't be able to finish my "roman" bath.  So I shall be very cross indeed if these people have actually managed to kill MTS2!   :evil:

Oi!  Do you mind?  I am not a duck!    

Well I am just going to continue playing and creating in the way that gives me the most pleasure.  If whatever I am doing offends a term of the EULA I shall leave the responsibility with EA to contact me and let me know.   That's probably what the paysites are thinking, too.

Only if there is a mob around, who happen to feel they need to do a bit of ruling and yelling.