I too was sad to see the way NA was snuffed out. This was why VGS was created. There was a lot of things going on behind the scenes and the mods/admins were just left out to dry. We asked tons of questions, made some basics requests, we all provided feedback on how the new NA could be better.
Given the way it looks, all that fell on deaf ears. I was positive it was going to be NA v2, not GoCollect forums. But this is in line with GoCollect's vision, which is totally fine, thats their brand and they're looking for a single pane of glass. Its just really sad.
I hope that any of the NA folks that thought we (admin/mods) were simply casting gloom and doom can understand that our comments and actions we legitimate. We weren't being negative, we saw the writing on the walls and we took action. We all love NA. We wouldn't have been there (and now here) for that long if we didn't.
My 2¢