This place was here with #1-#3 BEFORE the store came around. There are other avenues of gaining money to keep the place open. It's the fact that EdgeNet is a BUSINESS and not FAN site that causes that importance of the store. I run a forums. It could handle the traffic this place gets. I run a site with downloads directly from it, rather than a "link out" like here does. I run this out of my own pocket. It's NOT as expensive as people make it out to be. This place could run very easily without the store. So no, it's not the store that keeps everyone here. Take away #1-#3 and see how many people are left. Take out the store, and I bet barely anyone leaves, if anyone at all. Don't get me wrong. I ain't bashing you at all. I just found that comment rather humerous!