I'll admit it; I think the forum was better with manpaint around. I replied in the "litter" thread about how I feel the forum has been going through something of a September lately, which left me trying to pinpoint when I started feeling that way. The only time-landmark that I could come up with was about the time he left. Don't get me wrong, he could "occasionally" be an egotistical child but he was our egotistical child so the occasional self aggrandizing rant was tolerable and just spicy enough to keep things interesting on the forum without devolving into pure bullshit. There have been a number of new users since then and they have not seen how users (manpaint) would get called out for dumb shit, only to turn around and act totally normal and continue putting effort in to the next thread. But I respect anyone who makes legitimate efforts to minimize internet usage, so I'm that sense I don't necessarily hope he comes back immediately.