Renderosity did not remove the link to Rendervisions to stifle competition. We believe Renderosity is just a part of a larger 2D/3D community, and we have a web ring to help promote other sites that share our interest in computer generated art. Our web ring has 3 factors: members referred in 30 days, members referred for all time, and all time visits. These factors are weighted to calculate a sites position in our web ring. Based on many years of statistics, we know there is a ratio to visits with the ones that become members. This ratio does not vary much. In this case, we can see that the ratio for visits versus their referrals that actually join are extremely different than all the other sites participating in our web ring. Since there were questions about how the amount of visits accelerated so quickly in a short amount of time, we felt it is only fair to other sites in our web ring to re-set the Rendervision statistics. Since we do not have a way to just reset a sites statistics to zero, we had to remove and have the site re-join the web ring. The site is already back in the web ring and we will watching for any possible issues, so we can address concerns quickly. Below is part of our web ring Terms & Conditions. "People found trying to abuse the Web Ring in any way, or creating fraudulent accounts to boost their ranking, will be deleted from the Web Ring and possibly banned from the community. We reserve the right to pull any link at any time." thanks, --Asher Renderosity Admin