Dryw Filtiarn

Hi guys, Let's introduce myself a bit. I'm Dryw Filtiarn :P, 24 years of age. And am mainly a Technic/Mindstorms builder. Though I do fancy a bit of system building occasionally. If you got any questions... feel free. Dryw

I think it's rather unlikely that there is any relation to that. The message you pointed out was send out in 2005! And I think that even if he lost the sponser, the google ads that were on Brickshelf will certainly have paid well. If this indeed is the end of Brickshelf, my guess will be that it's just a matter of time before someone will step up and start a similar website to get things going again. But still it's a shame that millions of linked images are broken now :( It's a big blow if this is permanent.

It wasn't really about premium accounts. The thing you would get for paying for your Brickshelf folder was an add-free website. As well as a nicely colored 1x1 brick in front of your name. Beside that there was no real reason to actually pay. I was just based upon sort of fair-use policy. If you found Brickshelf usefull and use it a lot, pay some money to keep the thing up and running. It's a bit like lugnet where you pay based upon what you think it's worth (though lugnet requires a minimum deposit of $10)

I must say that I find it quite worrying. The thing I'm wondering about mostly is, why it has been shut down (if actually has). I can't be for the reason of lack of funding. The google ads that were on the site should have raised a load of money. And even though the majority of people don't pay a thing to have their Brickshelf account, the people that do pay will also pay quite a lot when you add them up. If it's just for the reason of lack of time, it would also be a bad excuse. I'm sure there are plenty of people who are gladly willing to help out in keeping the site up and running. Let's wait for some official news from Kevin.