Them too. I'm disappointed that I forgot esme, but was reminded that I haven't seen Powerslide in a while (profile says last active in Feb), and would have mentioned Third except I'm pretty sure I've seen a post or two from him recently.


The one who joined the military to get away from his ketamine addiction? I'm drawing blanks, too .

Third Eye still posts once in a while, but when you compare it to how much he used to post... it's like he's not here.

I can't not remember esme I'm friends with her on Facebook.



:lol: You mean the guy who got arrested for beating up a guy at a casino and then send us a picture of him with the police officers?

Well, I have many folks I still think of as friends that I have seen leave through the years for many different reasons. I've seen D.Foxy for instance come and go a few times and Craft_Witch, and greenvalkyrie (I think that is right), some from back in 2002 when I first joined. Some moderators who left because they just wanted to get on with other things in life. The beauty of a place like this is that if you grow tired of it or lose interest in it or need more time to spend on college, your job or your family you can just leave. Then if you come back several months or a year or more later, some old faces remain and many new folks are here and new groups form and new friends are made.

The most difficult one I've seen gone are a couple of pretty good friends whom I've had to ban. They are both still my friends but we talk elsewhere. They are good folks and maybe some day they will come back, act with maturity and within the rules of the forum and never be noticed from 3 years ago. But most of those I've seen go have left of their own accord to do whatever life led them to and many of them I miss, some I even hope to see once more.

And all this has endeared me to this place. I know without a doubt that once TESV is announced I will see some of the faces I haven't seen since TESIV was released. I know I'll see Umi and Brillo and Chronos and maybe even Mcraft or DarkestLove....I could never even come close to naming all the folks I grew to care about from here. I love the comings and goings of friends. And I know it will continue for quite some time. Yes, they leave but many, many come back.

I remember Crafty_Witch, we talked a few times, I think I might even have some of her PMs archived She was really nice. (For someone you talk to online)

The vegetarian was Entropic. He hails from South Australia and has completed a degree in Bach of Eng (Civil) as of this year, I believe. Sugardrive's friend is JessSoko, she was the one that posted lots of poll one day. She's still around.

Rabish is is college, doing Journalism, unless he's changed his major again. Stormrider killed everyone and joined a monastry. Actually, that's a lie. He deleted me off facebook.

EDIT: Army/ketamine addiction guy was Aeden, I think. Last I heard, he was still at Box Hill TAFE (as of 2 years ago...) Actually, that's not true either. He was never addicted to ketamine. That I know of.

Maybe it is just nostalgia but I liked the people who were around years ago and those groups more than the majority of new people who are around now.

I had various conversations with her and even ended up with her on MySpace --a thing which I only had an account on because I was at a friend's place and... so I used it about as much as you would expect.

My memory is a bit fuzzy, but illness was probably (at leas partially) responsible for drifting out of contact with her/not developing more of a friendship, as it was for people I knew/know here in Melbourne (though I admit I wasn't actually living here during that period [I stay with my grandmother for chunks of time, but was living with my mother). Heh, it just occurred to me that my BPADII emerged *during* the time I've been here --my lurking/membership predates it. And being able to say all that with no fear of people belittling me or whatever is one of the things that makes this place what it is.

Apologies for the rambling about myself :hehe:. One way to vaguely connect it to the topic at hand is that some of the teenagers here that are being complained about will hang around well into their advlthood, with this place playing a part in their development. Just think: these people you're complaing about? You may well get to watch these people grow up. There's a couple of people I can think of whom I can look at, look back, and see some of the changes. And that's without much of an age difference. Gah! I'm rambling again!

Nah, there have been very likable folks all through and a few unlikable ones as well.

In the 8 years I've been here I've seen 8 graduating classes in both HS and Uni. I've watched as members have gotten married, had babies, gotten jobs and some have become very sucessful. I've seen silly 13 yr. olds (no they aren't all silly) become mature young men and women. And I've learned much about folks from all over the world, all ages, various economical backgrounds and with all sorts of jobs. I learn about them over time and grow to care about them. None of this was possible in my life when I was 20 years old. It was only a dream then. And when I was 14 we didn't even have color TV and only had 3 TV stations.

I remain forever fascinated by the ability not only to talk across the oceans and miles but thrilled I get to know a few from all around the world.

My area had no internet until 2002. Shortly thereafter I came here hoping to find the puzzle box in Morrowind. I've been here ever since. I love it here and I love many folks that come here.

Yes! That's the one :nod:. I knew his name started with and "E", and could probably remember the rest of it any other day of the year :shakehead:. I don't remember a JessSoko (was that her real name, or a different account, or something?), but the one I'm thinking of did post lots of polls.


Not the person I was thinking of. He's from the USA, was a, umm, can't remember the name or the role (surprise!), sneaky type person who gives coordinates to artillery and stuff. Can't quite remember his post-military job, might have been import/export or real estate?


Yeah, I really miss a lot of those people . But the past couple of years has a natural disadvantage when compared to the five before them, since the longer period gives more opportunities to get to know more people, and more time spent with them :shrug:. A couple other people I miss are Dramatical and Anghardel.

This.

Don't forget the http://sonicbomb.com/albums/album58/trench_rats.jpg

i join the forums 6 years ago and i must say i mature a lot in the process

right now i'm 22 y/o i mostly lurk now but it's good to see the community growing and mature people on it and of course the mod doing their jobs to keep it in that general area of maturity.

lol...there are posters here older than my mother. Don't worry about it.

being 40 this year I feel a 40-year crisis coming up,feeling old all of the sudden,but I don′t feel to old for this place,well sometimes I do but more often I don′t.
If I feel a topic or post are out of touch from my perspective I usually manage to leave it well alone,lost my cool one time as I remember,took a bait then,stupid move from my part I admit,but I′m only human.

For topics not alowed here,there is other places where I can discuss those topics considering this is a pg-13 forum,so no issue for me.
And I never discuss moderators,of course I like some of them better than others,but that is my private keep to my self opinion,so I think I stick with that.
Anyway since this is a pg-13 place they do a nice job considering it is kids here,that goes back to language and topics on this forums kids don′t really need to be confronted with,if "we" advlts getting limited by that so be it,there is other places to discuss more advlt topics anyway if people want to.

Wow, you're like, Barenziah (um, no offense). What I wonder about, is, what happens when people all start dying? In 70 years time, all these accounts will be inactive, if the forum even still exists then.

Off topic, old people and all that,
If Beth makes it 70 more years without a Morrowind 2 I will haunt this place.

aww come on don't be crazy .... we all know if they don't make morrowind 2 they will go into bankruptcy.

Oh, Im so sorry, big boy.

I didn't know you were the sheriff around these parts. :glare:


Anyway, another thing I wanted to mention was; age doesn't actually have a bearing on the tone in forums. People speak in the same tone with everyone regardless of their age. I don't see more mature members snubbing younger ones, and I don't see younglings teasing the elders. Perfect equality.

He's not. Problems should be taken up either by PM or a report as it sidetracks a topic.



So what were you doing to me and my bear? Not a problem, I can deal with that, all the "older" members of the forums are quite happy to join in the fun and chat and can give as good as they get - often better. There are times, however, I have to resort to the Urban Dictionary to see what is being talked about or meant - that is a sign of old age especially when it is one of the search engines I have on Firefox.

I'm about to be 18 and have been using forums since I was 13, so yeah...I kind of feel old.

:unsure:

I fully expect to die before these forums do. We have already lost a couple of members to death. We have had members here meet and across the miles fall in love and get married. And one couple out of those have already divorced.

One thing that members leave for are smaller more close knit group of members get together and start a forum of their own where they can have more lax discussion than here. It brings them closer together but it seems to make them dislike this place even more. Those smaller forums tend to really enjoy finding fault with how this one is run. I did the same thing at one point and wondered about why the rules were so strict here as I moderated at the other one. Once I was asked to moderate here I found out the difference. This place is huge and quite honestly I never dreamed of the amount of work it involved. I had hoped to continue both there and here but found I did not have the time for both. I am fortunate to still chat with some from The Drawbridge but I almost never have the time to go there and those members are rarely seen here anymore.

But back to feeling old, I do feel old but not here. Being here makes me feel young and I dearly love being a very small part of it all. And as I said earlier, one is never too old to have a happy childhood, and I fit that statement.

What I meant was, younglings don't tease the elders because they're elders, but for some other reason.

Same goes for the other way round.. hopefully..

I've been on various spin-off forums from this one, most of which have died a death by now. I've never left these forums or cut my involvement to any extent because of them though (although I've taken extended breaks, they're generally caused by Real Life™ rather than the forums). The reason you're all on the spin-off forum is because of the chat here, and there'll always be new kids (young and old) you click with here.

It'll take more than a stinkin' elitist spin-off forum to get rid of me

I share AMPie's opinion. There's a place on the Internet for everyone (isn't that a nice thought), but around here, I don't feel old. Not young either, though.

It's a thought that has crossed my mind as well.