And speaking of disappearing, I would like to welcome back Michael Chandra after 3.5 years away! I presume it was a case of CFD.
Also, firebug, have ya'll worked any on Resonance Veil?
From what I understood, Patrick is/was a very busy man, and with the forums being down for so long......well you know how it goes. (At least, I hope that was the full story, I have yet to hear otherwise)
It's clever plan on their part really. Maybe at one of the big cons they can get some prime runners together and go pull whatever is left of the poor guy out.