"some are getting very, very tired of crap like this contest. oh, 'n shucky durns...i've even heard some have pulled their marketplace items, and, are no longer posting to gallery. now fancy that." That's what I mean. If everytime something offball happens here and this kind of reaction occurs, it really can leave a bad taste in many mouths here and folks start to wonder if they even want to be here and then even possibly leave. I think that's sad. It's just like that thread in the Copyright Laws and Ethical Standards forum here where folks seemed like they were ready to lynchmob this Clint for not making a snap decision. If he had, the whole thing would have been a lot worse. To me it seems like there's some folks around here that just can't wait for trouble to start so they can have some kind of tabloid hayday at the expense of others or the folks that run the site. Is there not a lot of better things to do? I think the majority of members seem to have the right idea about the creative environment here, but it only takes a few to cause a ruckus time and time again and dull the shine this site has. I like the shine, it is so much more attractive. I just hope this place has a huge supply of wax and hand towels to maintain it during so many storms.