I actually feel sorry for Garthilk of Warhamemr Alliance. Even though I can't stand his site and think his moderators are a bunch of sycophants to EA Mythic, I nonetheless feel bad because up till now his site was basically considered the defacto WAR official forums.

Now his site and many others will become a second thought at best. Ever see the LOTRO forums at IGN? Ghost town. The same fate awaits WHA and WAR's IGN as well. It sucks to see so much hard work pulled out from under them, especially when Mark Jacobs was so (apparently) adamant about there NEVER going to be official WAR forums.