Tom,

Thanks for the detailed update. It's very much appreciated, reassuring and truthfully a bit overdue. While I appreciate the long list of things that others think could and should be added to the 9b patch, I agree with you that taking things in small steps is probably the best approach. Simply including the substantial increase in pbp and the tweaking of the CM is a major advance provided at no cost to the DMB community.

As you have probably noticed there has been a great deal of heated commentary on this board about the future direction of DMB. Some of it has been negative but, in a way, it is really a compliment to you because it reflects the great attachment and even dependence of the Diamond Mind community to what is really more than "just a game" to many of us.