-Renderosity will NOT become a pay site.-

"a larger emphasis has been placed on advertising and the marketplace".

-I keep my head in the Bryce Forum, Gallery, and in the behind the scene duties of being a Mod. Yet/so, I don't see the raised emphasis you refer to; ads are still where they used to be, and I don't see any more ads in any extra places.

-Yes, the MP got a little visual make-over, I suppose the newsletter that goes out is a little more oriented to the MP, but then again, members don't have to get that. Besides, I think it looks far more professional now anyway.

-Examples of the emphasis would be cool. Like I said, I keep my head in my own duties, I don't see everything on the whole site, I could definetely be missing something.

"it has also become less of tight knit community"
-Again, examples would be great.

-The Bryce Forum is second only to the Poser Forum for number of new messages. Fairly tight knit in here at least. (imho)

-Have you seen the new "Communities" sections?

"has moved even away from 3D"
-How so? (examples)

-Did you know the Renderosity DVD (which by the way, will not be sold for a profit...) includes ONLY 2D and 3D? No photography, etc. Also, only 2D/3D goes on the Renderosity magazine. The 3D galleries are still the highest in uploading volume. Only Photography competes in numbers there.

-Did you know the Renderosity Magazine and DVD only exsist because of volunteers? Otherwise, none of it could be afforded in the first place.

"marketplace is a source of income for you for moderating"

-The MP is the source of this entire website being able to keep its doors open. It's whay it was created. Renderosity had gotten so big, the owners were going broke from bandwidth charges, thus the MP was created, and Renderosity got to go on. 3D Commune went through the same thing.

-Lol, yeah I suppose the MP is the source of my Mod income, but if I could only tell you how stupidly little I get, you would laugh! It's barely gas money for a couple days. Mods have to want to do, what they do, for free.

"But if not and you dont sell anything why take what was clearly not meant as a rip on you to heart?"

-Cause, it's my job to make sure nobody is attacked, not just the Bryce-heads. And, I know you're not a mean member, but I will do my job and say something. I've only taken things to heart a couple times here, you'll know it if I do...lol.

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I can see where you would get anxious when reading those questions in the survey, the ones about "would you pay", etc. But, let me ease your worries; those questions are just that, to find out, and we all know that hardly anyone here at Renderosity clicked "sure I'd pay!" (for the site part anyway)

But, let me say again, those questions didn't refer to the Renderosity SITE. You will not have to pay to be a member here.

Now stop reading this and go render. :o}

AgentSmith

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