In the time we've been discussing this plan, we had considered the possibility that people may want to step to be a mod after hearing how dire the situation was. However, there was mutual agreement across the mod team that we would rather not have anyone taking control who was doing it only to save the game. The amount of work that goes into running and plotting for this game is immense and incredibly time-consuming, and the right frame of mind to have for it is not "I have to do this or it will close." It should be someone stepping up who genuinely was interested in having a hand in the moderatorship of the game and thought they would do a good job, not someone who felt they had no other option.

I do appreciate the drive to save a game that so many people have come to love, and I'm touched by the offers and reactions I've seen both here and on plurk, but the decision here is final.