Just saw this from EQ Vault - an excerpt from an Abashi post on the Verant
boards. I think it explains a lot.

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Quote from original post: 1) Un-gag more staff members. Letting the coder in
charge of the UI, and the guy in charge of tradeskills speak was a stroke of
genius! Why don't we see GZ speak out anymore? What's the deal with the gag
orders in the first place??]

GZ is involved on another project but still consults with the EQ team and
will always be the ArchMage :) We do have to place some limits on how many
people can be out here in the public light, and how often, since they of
course are working on ways to add content to and improve the game.