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.

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).