Well, it seems that Alvin-Earthworm left for good. However, his series will still be rolling. Super Mario Bros. Z will continue on! Though his Alias will not. The following is from his latest posting via deviantART:

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"Well, I'm still waiting on the mods to close this account, but before that happens, I guess I owe many of you an apology.
My outburst was justifiable since I have had very stressful days at work, bad insomnia and the fact that my plans to see *LakituBoy during the month had to be canceled. We all vent our frustration in some way, I guess I have a bad habit of doing it the wrong way.
Therefore, I shall be leaving the internet behind for a few years, only keeping in touch with Keri and my close friends on IM. I've reconsidered creating a new alias to use on Deviantart since my motivation to work on pictures hasn't gotten any better. But regardless of how I feel, I still want to complete Super Mario bros Z. Mostly for myself, but also as a thank you for the majority of people that have been patient with me.
Even if I worked harder on my anthro works, I finally realised how much more I achieved with my sprite series, regardless of it being merely fan service.
I feel I will be more motivated to work on it if people don't badger me, no one works well under pressure.
So this will be the last time you hear from me for a while. My DA, Sheezyart, FurAffinity and Youtube accounts have all been wiped, but my NG account will remain active, only so I can post new episodes upon completion. PM's and e-mails regarding SMBZ shall be wiped immediately upon recieving them, so don't bother trying to contact me.
Anyways, Perhaps we shall cross paths again in a few years?

Alvin Earthworm, over and out, for the last time."
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Thank you for continuing the series Alvin-Earthworm. A big sigh of relief for us all. All I have to say is that I cannot wait for episode 7. Like I said before though, don't care when it will come out, at least I know it is eventually. Let us all now continue on with our lives as we wait. For me, I will now continue on finishing a new song that I will upload upon completion. Look forward to that!

- Aux