Privatizing is a tough decision.

I'm currently pissed at GVZ because I'm trying to work on some major mods and all their info is "pay to see". They aren't the only source of SourceEngine modding, but they are one of the few sources devoted to Vindictus. If modding information wasn't so underground and hard to find then there might be a larger community and supply of visual mods and tweaks.

I'm sure I'm not the only one who would really like an UI mod. I've been researching how to make a nice DarNified UI for Vindictus, but it's tough finding the right info.

Locking down the site to a paysite would only ruin the community. There isn't an easy way to deal with pure leechers and spies, but it's the open information that encourages and creates new premium hacks/hackers who stumble into the site and become interested.