In effect, it's not dissimilar from Microsoft buying out Skype, then filling it full of trash ads and breaking most of the working features.
When Derrick owned JoinUO, it was reputable, it felt more like it was part of the community, but now that is has changed hands, it's been privatized and the community has lost any say in how it works, which ultimately affects us all, but mainly shard owners who use the service are being dealt an injustice.
I know the new owner of JoinUO, have him on Skype, but I think he's ignoring me, which to me, is a sign of guilt.
Doesn't it piss anyone else off that someone could be using a previously reputable service to further their own personal goals while casting aside the community that has supported it for so long?
BTW, Mephisto, Vladamir, it's pointless arguing/flaming each-other about it, we all have things in our past that we are not particularly proud of, for example, there was times when I was outright arrogant and acted like a dick on these very forums, you could probably even dig up some incriminating evidence to support that too, 12k posts, there has to be one, lol... but that doesn't mean we can't grow as people and learn to be humble, right? Chill, we're all on the same team here.