Truth be told, I'm sure by this point HTC has made his money (sale of WB to wild-bill, etc..). He runs this thing out of passion. That being said, I'm sure the complaining about certain game aspects can get grating esp because he is not a robot and he wrote the 'coad'. That being said, he is the 'nucleus of the tree house' at HTC, so he can choose to read our post or not, its scuzzy that must suck our BBS garbage down, just to make sure we don't cross the line too much and ban us when we do.