Don't stress it, Captain. If it makes you feel any better I still see the The Banana when I see your name.
I dunno, when that whole thing went down (the IGE thing) I remember a ton of people freaking out and cancelling. Some of them, and I could be wrong, but I think some of them have actually renewed since then or not followed through on their threats to cancel.
TseTsuo is correct, tinfoil hattery...
The site in my opinion has yet to suffer any ill effects from the merger and thus, I still pay. Alos, I consider it backpay for the years I used Alla while playing the old EQ and didn't pay for it :)