I didn't contact the author first for three reasons. Primarily because, it seems to me the more established authors get sick of people bugging them and either delay in replying or ignore specific requests. Not saying so of this author, but can't say I blame them. Secondly, the fact he changed the skin here, on dA, and other sites might mean he's just overwritten it, and doesn't have all previous builds. Thirdly, the site's "Email User" function doesn't work for me in either firefox or IE.
Besides, what's the point in there being this "community" if I can't just pop on, see if anyone had decided not to upgrade like myself, and get the skin within a few hours? Anyways, Hallowed Wizop, I'll be sure to do it the proper way next time*, and spare you from having to come into these threads to educate ill-mannered users. I'm sure you have much more important things to do.
*if the site allows me to
