For the most part I'd say this covers it all fairly accurately, Dronon. You're right on the money about Darrel suffering because he decided to give the Burned Fur movement far too much credit. The one thing you don't mention that had a major effect is MONEY. Amateurish mistakes were made (NOT incompetent, Fred, thank you) by Mark, myself, and Darrel that lead all of us much farther into debt than we could handle. Many of the changes made (including the end of ConFurence as an entity) came about simply because of that.
I still maintain that while Further Confusion was the tip of the iceberg, as it were, it was in fact a big iceberg: Local furry conventions started popping up very rapidly about that time, and that lead to further erosion of ConFurence's attendance as fans starting heading to more local and convenient meet-ups nearby.
For the most part I'd say this covers it all fairly accurately, Dronon. You're right on the money about Darrel suffering because he decided to give the Burned Fur movement far too much credit. The one thing you don't mention that had a major effect is MONEY. Amateurish mistakes were made (NOT incompetent, Fred, thank you) by Mark, myself, and Darrel that lead all of us much farther into debt than we could handle. Many of the changes made (including the end of ConFurence as an entity) came about simply because of that.
I still maintain that while Further Confusion was the tip of the iceberg, as it were, it was in fact a big iceberg: Local furry conventions started popping up very rapidly about that time, and that lead to further erosion of ConFurence's attendance as fans starting heading to more local and convenient meet-ups nearby.