presume this mean I dont' think that CoD is a sinking ship even if i would have left completely.

and in response "we dont think CoD is a sinking ship either!" we are just all very very passionate about it and your work. he is very correct to,all this hysteria which i admit ive contributed to does need to stop and if we focus then the developers at 1C can focus. so lets focus !. Oled is one of a few folks that has set the wheels in motion for this sim/series to exist. his place lies elsewhere and that can only mean good things for the simulation base. Besides this is his baby, you might not hear from him much but im sure he will be wandering the web waves and indirectly he may always be a part of this sim series.