Wow! Mindsong, I salute you. I understand what you're saying and largely agree.

I guess my view on the mods is tempered by my interactions with them. I like Jack and respect Richard (even if he does sometimes delete my posts). Cris seems nice, and I don't know Chohole well enough to say anything. If there are others, I probably don't know them, either. I know posts disappear. Some of mine have, too. I know Wolf, Wendy and others have had big problems over there. You're probably right about all that. They have a job to do.

It's unfortunate that some very competent people left their forums. I find there are still some interesting people there, not just n00bs trying to make Daz Central work. I learn quite a lot there, as I do here. Cheers to that!

Yes, Dart is pretty awesome! So are Wendy and Wolf, actually. I'll trust your interpretation on Wolf. I would like you to be right about that. Maybe he'll tell us. :)

Carara is cool. I like a lot about it, especially that it's so inviting for animation. At the same time, current versions of Blender are so competent in so many areas that it's scary! That used to be this weird little program with an impenetrable interface. Now it's an industry leader. O_o

Anyway, thanks for your replies. I appreciate that. Sometimes it's good to ramble.