This was originally an IM that Virus addressed to me since I was the moderator that locked the thread. My response was as follows: Good Afternoon, In my judgement, the thread had been reduced to discussing the thread rather then the topic and was headed for another round of personnal attacks. While having a thread go 'off topic' isn't a violation of the TOS, personnal attacks most definitely are a violation. There had already been too much 'bad blood' from earlier portions of the thread to let it start again. I hope this answers your question. If you'd like to discuss it further, feel free to send me a note or you may wish to contact a Renderosity administrator. Yours, bushi I made the judgement call based on two prior warnings on the thread and the tone of the posts just prior to locking.