If Bethesda/Valve had ever polled their community and found a better way to test the waters, this could have a gone a hell of a lot more smoothly, and possibly succeeded, if done correctly. They didn't do it correctly. No matter how you feel about paid mods, the execution was terrible, unexpected, and unwanted. I've no doubt they'll try again, taking into account what they've learnt. Maybe next time it'll be a different enough approach that people might accept it? Who knows. I do know that Bethesda just sort of got beaten into submission by their community, and I do feel a little bad for them, but they also brought it on themselves when they didn't take the community they were trying to appeal to into actual account in the process. I just wanted to add, as well, that I've appreciated how you've personally handled the situation the past few days.