Ive never ever given up on PDM. My comment was simply stating that the PDM that I last played in was markedly different from what it is now. I may not always be in complete agreement with PDM's leadership but I will always be loyal to PDM itself.

As for why I no longer regualarly play:

It has nothing to do with Paradigm. I stopped playing right around the time that EE started for two main reasons. 1. The game ceased to be fun for me around mid-2009 or so after that it just started to feel like some horrible obligation. Around that point and until the end of OMAC's running of stuff I pretty much just half-assed it the whole time. 2. I am usually working 50-70 hours per week. I just don't have the time anymore. Though I do still play once in a great while, but not each and ever set like I used to. Now it is just 1-2 sets per year.