Honestly, You could probably write an academic study on how people's behavior changes as Mercury evolved. You could lose an officer and there would be minor impact. You could lose a builder or a scripter, there would be a minor impact. You could lose Inoue and Mercury, and we'd all be Ffffed. Inoue built up the infrastructure that we built the day to day in world functions around. Everything From growingly complex Auth Systems, Automating Combat Reports and OIC Handoffs, to Ringing a bell that sent the sim into a murderous frenzy when some guy who attacked the sim once 3 years ago showed up in the hub that no one remembers but Mercury. Kristian Probably said it better than I could. All in All, Long time coming. Inoue: Most Valuable Programmer Mercury: Most Valuable Program I say give them both one.