Steve, this place is dead on account of something else. not on account of Eric.
We recall you "planned of selling" some other site and concentrating on promoting this one (or, did expect Eric to promote it on his own and frm his own pocket?).
This, u never did. One thing is to give independence to your admins/gms/ms. Quite another is to just drop much needed support althogether.
Sorry if u don like it, but it is a plain truth....
U love talking big, throwing your weight around your forums, making promises (but not fulfilling them), and generally ignoring your staffers when they try to talk to you.
And you call yourself fair? Ooops, sorry.

Happy?