I talk to Wolf on occasion. I let him use all my music for his gaming projects and he let me host my sites on his server in return. He's a busy a guy. I do believe he still hosts this site because it probably doesn't cost him much more than what he already pays for what he needs.
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TMA died a horrible death because of a difference in philosophies. When TMX/TMPS3 came out in 2012, everyone rallied around it initially. The vets were really hoping for TMBO or TM2, but what we got was some new, unbalanced piece of garbage where everything was auto-aim - essentially TMHO 2. I picked up Roadie two weeks after launch and we both went to Gamestop and traded our copies in because we hated it. I don't think I've ever bounced off a muiltiplayer game so quickly.
Leading up to TMX and during it, there was an influx of new players who would constantly fight with vets over the mechanics of the game. It was the usual TMA brawls and flame wars you saw back in the day - a lot of dick measuring mixed in with actual rational thought. The fights were mainly over whether you could dodge weapons in TMX (which you really couldn't) and whether any skill was involved. It got to the point where new players would join, try to engage in the debate and then get ripped to shreds because that's how TMA is. So, people would leave the site and not come back.
Mortimer was pissed over this and voiced his concern over the toxicity of the community; even saying the Brawl board was going too far. I think he was concerned about his image being tarnished because TMA and himself made it into the credits of TMX and were mentioned by Jaffe on social media often. To me it felt like the old guard was no longer needed. The vets, who were the pillars of the TMA community, kept the community and games alive for a decade. However, now that the community was getting some media attention, it was time to clean house and bring in a better type of gamer. It was a nice thank you, fuck you, bye. We had a small community that would never grow beyond a certain point even with the attention it was getting, but Mort (who was NEVER around for years at a time) tells the core members that they're shit and not wanted here anymore. He founded the community and felt he was still in control over something he pretty much abandoned.
I strongly disagreed with this stance and so did many others. My position was that all of these "horrible things" were what made TMA so unique - it was why the community still existed. It was filled with characters and discussions about topics you wouldn't find anywhere else. We had also been like this for over a decade without any issue, so why now? Our entire world now has become filled with people who can't take an insult/joke, so it was a sign of the times maybe. People started becoming overly sensitive.
Essentially, Mort wanted everyone (mainly the vets) to stop swearing, leave people alone and carrying on like we usually did - some of us, not all, were unwelcoming. He wanted to tame the community as if we were juicier than TMBO Axel. Myself and others said that wouldn't happen and if the core TMA vets left the site it would die. We left and the site did die after the initial TMX excitement died off. We moved to our own private board which eventually died off too over the years because adulting is hard and nobody has time for anything anymore.
Many of us still keep in touch through Facebook messenger and other means. I recently played TMBO on the revival server and had a good night, but some of the people playing it (namely newer players) aren't my cup of tea. There's still people there arguing who the best is in a dead game, as an example.