Dave,
To tell you the truth I'm disappointed in you. Yes I've only met you the once but you seemed enthiusiastic about the community as a whole not just about the nostalgia value of still being in the community.
I don't see the point in leaving the community just because you're annoyed at EAs apparent destruction of the game.
But whatever your reasons and views its your decision and you will be missed.
The fact is that EA have been overhyping it and it's not the game thats disappointing... its the fact that we've had since 2000 to wait for another true C&C game. We've been putting it up on a pedestal almost bowing down to the day that C&C3 is released so if it's anybodys fault that C&C3 isn't what we expected - then it's our own fault.
C&C3 is a good game. Sure it has some bad points but I'd like anybody here to be able to pick through every detail of every previous C&C game and find no bad points. The fact is many of us bought the game or got given the game solely to look for the bad points and show that the EA / Westwood thing is a mistake. Yes I'm sad that the family aspect isn't there anymore like it was with Westwood and I'm sad I don't have as good a relation with the entire studio like I did in the Westwood days but the fact is times change... we need to change with them.
I haven't had a chance to play C&C3 much since release because of university but I like what I've seen and I will still be here. It's my love of the game thats keeping me here. I love the C&C universe, love the community, love the developers... and I've put too much into the community and CnCWorld to just run off. I just don't want to run away anyway. Sure I haven't been around too much of late but I've just finished my final year of university this week and things have been hectic. However much or little i'm here, for all the things I've said in the past and for all the times I drift away... I'm a C&C guy at heart and will always be here in the community where I belong.
Hopefully you find your place with the petroglyph community like you did with the westwood / C&C community. Hopefully it will be like you want it to be... but times have changed since 2002.