Oy!! Last time I said this I was scolded by a site administrator, but we know this to be a fact now, so I risk saying it again.
I think we are shooting the messenger here.

Everybody is so mad at "yavn." Yavn is for a pseudo/cover/virtual title for a real man or woman. The original "yavn" left quite some time ago and now we have another "yavn" writing the newsletter to carry on the tradition.
Seth M has moved on to other Disney things and other people moved in to pick up where his journey ended. This "yavn" that everybody is so mad at is a messenger. He is not closing VMK. Disney Online and a board of executives is closing the game.
I know everybody is upset, but the energy directed at blame and complain would be much more useful if we put it into spending the time we have left with our wonderful VMK friends, don't you think?