I honestly think GAF wouldn't be in such a pathetic state right now if Evilore didn't take it offline and hide in shame for 48 hours or however long it was. If he wasn't such a cunt he could've mitigated a lot of the damaged and salvaged at least some of the userbase. But taking it offline, he actually gave the autists a moment to reflect: "hey, there actually is life after NeoGAF, I can do this, I can go on without this forum."