Actually, I am Mr G's friend, but I don't expect him to come back, even if he said he wouldn't leave. We work together in London, although we are on opposite sides of a very big work campus (no further clues! haha), so I'm not sure about the IP address thing.
Looking at those posts, I can see there have been issues. but as I said, I don't want to get involved in any of that at all. Mr G tried to persuade me to come on here and I eventually gave in, but I want to stay out of any bickering. That's why I don't join these things usually.
As I said, I'm doing my own edit, and Mr G is helping me with some technical stuff. It's my project, but I need his technical expertise outside of the actual matte painting and edit choices. Anyway, he's his own person, and I'm mine, so I'd appreciate it if we can leave it like that.
By the way, where is everyone here from? I'm in London.