wotmania was on life support at the end, and had largely lost the will to live; the things killing it were in control and Mike had other trivial concerns like a new marriage and career that made babysitting more trouble than it was worth. It didn't help that there hadn't been a new book and thus no large influx of newbs in four years, making it easy for familiarity to breed contempt that manifested often in chat and with increasing frequency on the CMB. That's my take it on it anyway; if you want the full story on what went into Mikes decision you'll have to ask him.
Gotcha. I vaguely remember some of that stuff, especially there being "drama" or whatever in chat. But by that point I had pretty much stopped posting/visiting so I just wasn't sure if there was some main reason or if it was a lot of things that just added up, which is what it sounds like.
Good to hear from you again though; was just thinking of you when I saw the birthday post for wooly. How's tricks? Doing well, I hope? FYI, there's still a wotmania presence on Skype, too, if you're interested in chat and/or group calls (there should be one of the latter at least one day this weekend, and a "unified" all encompassing chat was just rebooted a few days ago).
Wait what was your wotmania name? I'm embarrassed to say I don't remember a Joel

I can't believe this place still exists
04/03/2011 03:41:43 PM
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Which luke is this again? *NM*
04/03/2011 06:00:34 PM
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Woolhead Lightfriend
04/03/2011 06:14:27 PM
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So how is life treating you? *NM*
04/03/2011 06:16:17 PM
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Good
04/03/2011 10:12:14 PM
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Yeah, it is a phenomenon that we seem to keep herding along together.
04/03/2011 08:34:17 PM
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There was more headache than reward in running wotmania there toward the end. *NM*
04/03/2011 09:39:34 PM
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Sadly, it's still easier to point fingers than accept responsibility.
05/03/2011 03:12:25 AM
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One of these days, you should match up your replies to what I'm actually saying. *NM*
05/03/2011 04:42:16 PM
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Thought I had; whence came the headaches, and went the rewards?
05/03/2011 06:52:54 PM
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I sometimes have the same difficulty....
05/03/2011 03:19:47 AM
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Re: I sometimes have the same difficulty....
05/03/2011 09:03:17 PM
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I still can't believe they haven't yet fumigated the entire state of Alabama
05/03/2011 08:14:35 PM
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Ugh I was hoping you would have moved on
05/03/2011 08:59:07 PM
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Sorry, but for the moment I'm still living in the greenest land in the land of the free
05/03/2011 09:37:51 PM
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