As I said, I hope to open things up somewhat in future; but to do that takes some time and effort, which are always at a premium. None of the moderators are especially happy to be closing the site off to some people, but we are offering this service for free, and we don't like having to read hundreds of troll posts a day.
A nice side effect is that the server will no longer be quite so hammered, and should save me some money for bandwidth each month. It's as good a time as any to mention that your donations keep me from paying that $30/month bandwidth bill out of my own pocket, so if you support vive and would like to see it continue to improve, you might consider making a small donation. Thank you.

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Your mantra has been your opinions are stifled due to their contrary nature, when they are actually stifled for being without perceivable foundation.