Image was more then the backbone, he brought back the project when it was almost dead.
... but always, Sad to see you go, when a Dev goes it's usually a good bye for good.
Good luck image.
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Correct, project won't die, and if it does due to one dev, then it just shows One dev was running the show. And still, even if EQEMu dies, someone will come along with the source code and pick it up.