how about you let a negative thread die out and make a new thread instead? Theres zero reason to "change"the topic of a thread after it has lived out its purpose.

I'd go to these guys right away

ShoShingo and Hoshi used to tell me to kill myself in Jmorphman WIP threads because they didn't like my palettes.  Retroactively, they made me even prouder and boisterous about my work than ever.  Now if everyone didn't already know I was the GOAT palette maker I would make sure they do. 

I can easily think of some people who are inspiring. At least to me.

And yes, I included usernames for everyone here.

Balthazar, Diepod, C.V.S. The Abstract and Ink's spriting abilities. These guys are digital artists and I always get excited at what they have in store for us. They can certainly inspire people to do better art direction wise as their skills are unparalled and simply amazing. Lots of inspiring, high quality work comes from these guys.

Cybaster is a great all around guy who can code with the best of them. I also feel Rajaa, DKDC, Mr. I and Jmorphman are excellent coders as well. If I were to start coding, I'd go to these guys right away with questions. I also like seeing what they have to say in the forums, so in a way they kinda inspire me to visit and reply to their conversations here.

Off of the top of my head: Xan, Walt, Hephaistos, Watta, MugenNoobin, MaxBeta, Detective Ness, Reck and Romeotantan are a very cool bunch of people who I love communicating with. Hence why I leave a Firefox window open at work all day (I work 10:30 to 9, Friday through Monday with my Photoshop Laptop in tow at all times) to constantly check in and reply so often.

Yeah, I love Guild.

Being a killjoy is far more easier