He left the board/was kicked out. Not too sure, but there is a long story behind it. That really is too bad, Hoops was one of my favorite posters. I had been wondering what happened to him. No idea what this long story is, but would I be way off if I suspected Meph was involved somehow? Nope, you would not be off at all. Was he actually Meph? Did he have 2 screen names? Or am I missing something? Something along the lines of Meph made fun of Hoops for being wrong on trade info and then the two argued for awhile. Then Meph created a blog ripping Hoops and other NSBBers. Between the two, Hoops announced he was leaving and we haven't seen him since. That's just the cliff notes version and if I got anything wrong, someone else can clarify.