thank you for the compliments on the image. as for your theories, i really think youre seeing things through the eyes of a friend.. through rose colored glasses. we can sit here and hypothesize about this all night, but the fact is that i posted an image in the gallery, minding my own business, and it seems that simply because of an oversight in the credits ive now come under attack. the comment she made on my image is insulting and rude. so is her IM - both of them. i was extremely insulted. she has no business whatsoever demanding the rediculous things that she does. yes, it would have been easier for me to just tell her the alias i purchased it under and be done with the entire ordeal. but i wouldnt have slept well at night knowing that my rights had been trodden upon and i had behaved like a spineless whelp and allowed it to happen. my instant message to her was polite as i could manage, i had to rewrite it a few times to take out the obscenities that my hands kept typing i was so upset, yet her reply to mine was downright degrading. everyone tries to protect their work. but when they go too far, when they overstep their bounds as a vendor and tread upon the buyer's rights, then it has to come to a stop. ---------- "I saw the stipulations that Stefy put on her newest package, and after hearing from other vendors, as well as customers, she decided that wasn't appropriate, and she promptly removed them. I KNOW that Stefy isn't on any kind of "witch hunt" here" yeah whatever. a day after she posted that she didnt want to hurt her customers and that she would remove her clause she attacks me with her accusations. shes not on a witchhunt? BULLSHIT. an online friend of mine, someone who ive been encouraging to post their work here for months, finally posts his first image in the gallery (with the asia texture). immediately after he received the EXACT same message as i did from stefy. i know he has concerns for his privacy as well, and hes not one to get into arguments or voice his opinion like i am, so he ignores the IM, deletes the image from the gallery, and resolves never to post an image again. he just logged in today to see a message saying if he doesnt purchase asia within 48 hours he will be banned from renderosity. and you say shes not on a witch hunt? this is just someone who refused to give in to her rediculous demands. he was a great guy, and now he wont set foot in this place even if he isnt banned. so now i ask YOU. just what the @$#% right do you people have to accuse people like that? everyone is innocent until presumed guilty, not vice-versa.