Good God, this has turned into quite a fest.

DB, there's a few people who have paid in blood, sweat and tears to have the right to say something about block design and manufacturing practices. Since I actually have tried to do something about making my own, I'll figure it gives me a bit of a statement.

To everyone who is ing but not offering ideas, there's a fine line between constructive criticism and biting the hand that feeds the industry, if not you. Some commercialization is good. AnFi-Tech blocks are bloody gorgeous. You'd love it if they got a bit bigger so they could fill all your orders, right? Hey, what if Cathar has a production line? See where this is going?

DD has actually been trying to give the community what it wants. There are things I want them to offer (either more silver blocks or silver plating, for anti-algae) and I'd love to see a new block design too, but how many here actually sit and try to design these things? It's not easy. Nothing is perfect, and nobody can be everything to everyone.

DD has been here for forever-my first block was a Maze2. For a lot of you, that's well before your time, though I know there are some diehards that were back there when we didn't know better than to use well water and stuff... These guys have been there all along trying to make sure we had what we needed, and they've moved along with the industry as best they could.

They're trying. Give them some credit for that. If you have a problem, state your problem and offer a solution. If you want more community involvement, be more welcoming. This place is not welcoming. Hell, you try and run off the regulars every other week.

Just my 2 cents USD. Not worth much, but it's there.