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This is a simple good by to all those that supported my work over the last year. It’s been fun. But the differences between myself and another member of the Celestia forum have led me to the decision that is time for me to go. He has been a member longer than I and as the senior member he gets consideration over me I feel. This should end all the infighting that has been going on over various issues. I have also decided that my websites and texture downloads would lead me back into the forum so I have removed them from the Shatters.net sever. I may come back in time but for the time being I need to stay away or I might end up saying something very unkind. I don’t want to do that. I am not that kind of person. Thanks again for your support. I will be in and out of the forum from time to time but only as a lurker to keep updated on new releases and the like. I won’t be logging in as myself. But I will be there in spirit. It’s been great.
Best regards to all.

Don.

Bye

DON'T GO!! PLEASE. YOU ARE ONE OF THE BEST TEXTURE MAKER IN THE FORUM.
DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARGUE WITH YOU, IF THEY SAY SOMETHING, JUST DON'T ANSWER THEM, BUT DONT GO!
RASS HAS ALREADY GONE, NOW YOU WILL, TOMORROW ANOTHERONE, THEN ALL THE MODELS AND TEXTURES MAKERS WILL GO, AND THEN, AT LAST, THIS FORUM WILL BE CLOSED, JUST BECAUSE OF A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE.
PLEASE DONT GO. IF YOU GO, THEY WIN.

Don,

4 simple words: Please don't do this.

I'd have to agree with the previous responses: Please don't go. You have my endorsement.

Don. Edwards wrote:This is a simple good by to all those that supported my work over the last year. It’s been fun. But the differences between myself and another member of the Celestia forum have led me to the decision that is time for me to go. He has been a member longer than I and as the senior member he gets consideration over me I feel. This should end all the infighting that has been going on over various issues. I have also decided that my websites and texture downloads would lead me back into the forum so I have removed them from the Shatters.net sever. I may come back in time but for the time being I need to stay away or I might end up saying something very unkind. I don’t want to do that. I am not that kind of person. Thanks again for your support. I will be in and out of the forum from time to time but only as a lurker to keep updated on new releases and the like. I won’t be logging in as myself. But I will be there in spirit. It’s been great.
Best regards to all.

Don.

I can't believe what I'm reading. Oh please Don, you are one of the most experienced texture creators here (your Earth textures and your terraformed Mars are for me the best and have no comparison, but this is a matter of taste, I wouldn't want to offend anyone) and also, one of the kindest persons that I've talked on this forum. Oh man, we've already lost Rass and I don't want to lose anyone more. Your fight with Fridger on the Celestia's "realism" issue (which I respect, it's only a matter of taste, Celestia is always customizable in all ways, which is one of its greatest features: if anyone does not like an addon/texture is that simple as not no install it) is not a reason to leave this marvelous project or to deprive us of your great creations.

Please, consider it a couple of times, I think that its not only my opinion but lots of people right here.

Don,

I'm in agreement with everyone above. Please don't leave. Just because of small differences over some textures, that's not something that's worth leaving this forum altogether for.

We all know what this is about, but in my opinion, ALL of those textures are great, but they're intended for different purposes, so they can't be directly compared.

Fridger's are intended for realism, based on what we really know, and for that they are great.
The other textures are not intended to be 100% realistic, they are supposed to reflect what we know for sure, and supplement it with extra detail that we imagine might really be there, based on what we see on other objects in the solar system.

This is not something that's worth leaving the forum over.

But, but, but, This is WRONG!! As celestia is configurable, all of you can have what you want!! Please don't leave because you don't like passional discussions, they are normal sometimes, and I thought until this morning this forum was the exception in all of the Internet forums I have visited ever. Please calm you all down a little, think things a bit longer and rejoin with a little polished mood (please don't get angry at this, is not an observation to you personally).

Don't make me feel I am losing a friend... Please...

This is very sad stuff to read
I myself have had a small run in, with the same person.
And I too, (only a week ago) was going to stop posting here.

But im not going to be frightened off so easy.
So I am just learning to give that person a wide berth, for a while.

Don surley you can just ignor anyone that gets on your nerves.
you have a lot of supporters, and Friends here.

And im not affraid to say that you are my favorite texture artist so far.

At least come back (as yourself) after a week of calming.

DON'T GO!

Also, The removal of the Earth and Mars Central is criminal.
all those new Celestia users not getting to see your textures.

If you did go, you could at least leave these up.

But lets not get that far,
just get back here, to stay. and put the site back up.

Please......

Don, let me take the first step this time:

Don't go.

It has never been in my intention to drive you out of the forum. After all, remember the times when the two of us were talking peacefully about alpha channels and how to make good clouds?

All I ask you, is to eliminate these two (ore more posts) of yours whence I shall of course also delete my respective answers. There are some good reasons for this request. Otherwise, I will have to erase all traces of myself from the Celestia community. If you want that. just remain quiet...

Beyond such concrete reasons, I simply think this sort of style does not belong into this forum!

I can also assure you that I shall try hard to write in my most "neutral" style whenever you might be involved (although a good rhetoric fight is much more fun, of course;-), please stay calm...)

Bye Fridger