Originally Posted By Jordan It appears that all of his content has been removed from Miceage, from what I can see.
Originally Posted By Manfried Hmmm, interesting. Why would they remove his stuff? I mean unless he copyrighted it before it was posted, I would assume it was the website's to begin with.
Originally Posted By DBitz2 They explained on one of their podcasts awhile back that MiceAge and MiceChat , while hosted together on the Internet, are actually two separate entities, with MiceAge being Al's baby. I'm not sure what the OP is talking about, as all of Al's older columns were there when I checked just now.
Originally Posted By mawnck I keep trying to check their "contributors" page to see if Al is listed there, but it just keeps crashing my browser.
Originally Posted By ecdc >>it just keeps crashing my browser.<< Still using Internet Explorer, huh. And tonight you'll watch the Arsenio Hall Show.
Originally Posted By ecdc That last post should have a in it, but I have some pride. Not much, but some.
Originally Posted By Nobody ">>it just keeps crashing my browser.<< Still using Internet Explorer, huh...." Chrome has problems with that page as well. I'll call Arsenio and see how it works with Netscape Navigator.
Originally Posted By Jordan He is no longer listed under <a href="http://micechat.com/our-contributors/" target="_blank">http://micechat.com/our-contributors/</a> ... At least as of the time of me writing this.
Originally Posted By oc_dean Interesting! I checked (I use Firefox ) ... He is off the list of "Features" .. and I checked as recently as 1-2 week ago .. and he was listed in that column. I wonder if this has anything with to do with his possible internal "connections" have dried up. There's a topic going on, on Micechat. Covers why Disney seems to have cracked down on leaks about future developments. And Lutz has not had a terrible amount of content lately. Wonder if Lutz (seemingly) departure, and lack of info on future plans) are connected.
Originally Posted By Malin Come to think of it Tod Dusty Sage has been writing the editors note lately. And he wasn't featured on the most recent MiceChat Podcast. Also the annual April Fools prank which is usually written by Mr Lulz was this year only credited with MiceChat. It could be a number of reasons but perhaps most likely to do with Al's declining health. I know he's had issues in the past and perhaps he feels he can no longer continue with the site. If Al was being pushed from the site he would just go else where and start again. People loyal to him like Kevin Yee would follow.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>Wonder if Lutz (seemingly) departure, and lack of info on future plans) are connected.<< Just to play devil's advocate a little, perhaps the reason is that there really isn't any information to be shared. They seem pretty content at the moment to just rest on their laurels, so it wouldn't surprise me too much if they didn't have anything noteworthy in the pipeline. The major upcoming projects in the US are an alley behind Main Street at DL, finishing up Fantasyland in MK, Avatarland in DAK (if they ever actually build it), a possible expansion/makeover at the Studios, and a just-announced restaurant in Morocco in Epcot. Considering the timeline, that's not a lot of stuff going on, especially if you're cynical like me and don't think that Avatar or a Studios reboot will happen. I'm sure Disney wants to control the information better these days, with their own blog, but I think there may be more to the story than simply that alone.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "Just to play devil's advocate a little, perhaps the reason is that there really isn't any information to be shared." Oh I'm sure there's lots of dirt going on in TDA or some roach infested cast member cafeteria to squabble about. Over the years Al never seemed to have plenty of gossip to spread, even when there was nothing interesting being devloped in the parks.
Originally Posted By DBitz2 >>I checked (I use Firefox ) ... He is off the list of "Features" .. and I checked as recently as 1-2 week ago .. and he was listed in that column.<< When I click on "Features", "MiceAge Update" still comes up as an option and when I click on it, it goes to a page with several past Al Lutz updates. Likewise, when I click on "Contributors", MiceAge still comes up in the list of contributors to MiceChat. As I explained in an earlier post, "MiceChat" is owned and run by "Dustysage" and others. "MiceAge" is owned and run by Al Lutz. They work in partnership with the site. It is a bit confusing, and even though I know them personally, I didn't even understand that until just recently. >>I wonder if this has anything with to do with his possible internal "connections" have dried up.<< Even if internal sources did "dry up" at some point, I don't see Al just give up and not have anything to say about the parks. I think it would be more because he became uunable to do it healthwise. He has had some health challenges as others have mentioned. I haven't seen him or the MiceChat adminstrators, who are friends, in awhile, so I don't know what Al's current health statis is. But, anyway, I still don't see what people are talking about. I don't see where Al is "missing" from the site other than others possibly doing the "Editor's Note" at times.
Originally Posted By Manfried I noticed that blueskydisney.com stopped publishing new stuff around the same time. Wow! This is a conspiracy. Is Laughing Place next?
