A lot of assumptions have been made regarding the removal of the Virtual Tavern and the OT forum, but the truth hasn't been told. I don't pretend to know what the real reasons were, but I was privately advised by a staffperson that the reasons being speculated upon were wrong. This person had been asked not to talk about the real reasons, so of course I didn't ask them to. The only reason I'm saying this is because I see a lot of discussion, hand-wringing, and false accusations being made that may actually be irrelevant to the actual circumstances. Just a thought.