Noah, far away from me, VERY far away from me the idea to be at the origin of some trouble for you.
I thought important to affirm what are my ideas about this very tedious point...
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Last time I checked, this is the only VPForums online..."
Yes, right! But what is true today was not true yesterday...
Actually, it was.
...I think that it could be good to recognize publicly that you made an error, and to apology for it.
Already been down that road. You can read all about it at PN. This is the last time I'll even be discussing it.
Vp = Virtual Pinball
Org = the roots of the domain, making very clear that it's something else than the other existing forum: Pinball Nirvana, or any other one.
New name: VpFOrg , the "F" being for "Forum", "Org" making the differentiation with Vpf, today out of the scene.
Sorry, but I'm not at all fond of VpfOrg.
That said, legally, NOTHING can stop you from naming your forum Vpf, since you buyed a domain "Org" for it.
We could have Vpf.com, and Vpf.org, and Vpf.us at the same time without any problem at all.
But... It would have been better to don't do it, even if you can do it... This to don't hurt any susceptibility.
I see the moral dilemma less and less with every hour I put into this site. I work on something for it everyday. It's certainly not AJ's, and it's
painfully obvious.
Ok, I wrote what I had to write, all is said, now.
Thank you Noah for this fantastic forum, full of cool features, VERY well done, pleasant, intelligent.
I am very thankful to you for letting me being back on the
VP scene. Without you, it wouldn't have been so pleasant... (I wasn't ... there... [you're following me?] for some good reasons, hey? And I won't change my ideas about... it... today...)
I'm glad you're here. This site is dedicated to the authors and preserving the community. The community is much better with you in it.
Some could say that I have balls... or that I am simply crazy, select the option of your choice...
Or... Maybe we could say that I truly love Pinball, AND the community? And also that I want peace for everybody ?
I couldn't have explained why I did what I did better than this.
Maybe you could change it to VPCabinetForums.....
It's not just for cabinets.
VisualPinballOrg?
Virtual Pinball Forums sounds MUCH better.
I suspect some people to deny, because of the 'stolen' content. You can't satisfy everyone!
Yeah, you're right. AJ stole it from Shiva, so maybe I shouldn't use it. That's the only theft that I know of. I may have chosen the name before AJ's went offline, but it was only a matter of time. Now, he leaves everyone out in the cold, and I create a great forum in it's place, name it VPForums to honor the
community, and I'm the bad guy.
Enough with this discussion and enough with this drama. If you don't want to enjoy my hospitality, go hang out at vpforums.com. I'm sure AJ is losing sleep knowing it's down and is working hard to get it back up ... not.
Note: This is the last I want to see of this. I grow weary of this discussion. It's over. If you want to have this discussion, then go elsewhere and have it. I've done nothing but set up, improve, and maintain this site for the last month, and I'm very happy with it.
Complaining about it further only makes me feel like my hard work and hospitality is not appreciated. Quite the buzz kill, really, so THIS ENDS HERE AND NOW. 
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