Well, if the treatment of 3DArena isn't a reason for me to delete my freebies and never come back, I don't know what is. I LOVE this site. Well, I have love for it. Like an old friend that you spent all of your time with, but grew apart due to life just being what it is. After working here for the better part of a decade as a moderator for several forums and managing some of the contests and challenges, I quit. Not because my colleagues sucked, but because there were members that my hands were tied on and harassed me off site (to the point where they were threatening my then newborn child and sending me photos of my previous residence).

Here's one piece of advice that I repeated to members over and over for years, and, Hope, I feel like you need it right now.

Criticism isn't a personal attack. And if you take every criticism as a personal attack, you will never grow and stagnate as a person. You will never be better than you are right now, and the point of being a human is to become a better version of who you are over time. If you don't, what's the point? So, maybe take a look at how you reacted to not just the initial post 3DArena made (unless they upgraded the software so you can't see the post anymore. I know that, when I worked here, if we deleted a post we could still see it), and take your name out and put someone else's name there. Someone maybe you don't get along with. Re-read it. See if you'd have accepted it if they reacted the same way. If you're honest with yourself, you probably wouldn't. And that's the thing. When you work with artists, of any kind, you learn that opinions are more plentiful than dandelion fluff, and you learn to read people. When you manage a community (that's your title, after all), part of your job is getting to learn personalities and nuances. Critical thinking is a HUGE part of the job, and so is taking verbal abuse. If you can't handle it, maybe this isn't the best job for you. I know it wasn't worth it for me, in the end. I've kept the friends I had, and moved on without the rest, and am better for it.

So, you can see what I've written here, take it as a personal attack, and ban me or whatever you want to do, but the truth is, treating vendors and customers like this is why people are leaving in large numbers and don't come back. And, those that do come back don't spend here, because they're treated terribly by other site members and staff alike.

This used to be home for a lot of us. Now...it's like driving back to your old neighborhood, only to find that they bulldozed your house and put up a convenience store. :/

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