Fr ?

[Vital Exotics]

I have been a daily reader and or "lurker" on KS, V.net, V.nl, RepticZone, and others for about as long as they have been around, I have watched FR's attitude and such over the years, as well as all of the conflicts and disagreements with others. I lost my login on V.net for a while, but still read it daily, then when I started posting again a while back, he "hammered" me pretty hard and criticized every post for quite a while, but now he seems to have settled down with me. I stood up to him pretty hard at times and that seems to have helped but who knows. I have learned tons of info from almost everyone online over the years, him included, weather it was good or bad, you can learn something from it. I have heard the same about him being nice in person and I bet he is for the most part, I just wish he would not be the way he is online, as I hear weekly from customers and or other keepers about how he discourages them from our hobby or sucks to "fun" and enjoyment out of it. What happens to the people who get frustrated by reading or dealing with him on V.net (which is where many new keepers seem to read and some post) and they dont find anywhere else for good info? I know for a fact that it slows down progress for "proper" captive keeping of varanids and also discourages many good keepers from sharing valuable info to others, especially on his forum. It sure would be nice to just focus on the monitors that we all enjoy and leave the egos and confrontational personalities at the door....