Explains why Vaenyr was unleashed upon us.It's complicated. Short version, I asked her to reflect on the fact that her style of communication has the potential to drive good people into the arms of Fascists.
There's more to it, but that's the gist.
Explains why Vaenyr was unleashed upon us.
But seriously, have the moderators been AWOL since the start of the year, or what?
I guess @Night Prowler and @Brigantium still lurk for basic maintenance, but @LooseCannon and @Perun have been gone for several months. @Mosh and others are MIA, but don’t share their “last seen” dates.
Is this a social science experiment, or did @Azas, @____no5, and @Vaenyr really manage to run them off…?
Wonder if there's a mods only splinter forum. Who polices the police over there? Never considered the social experiment angle. Could be. Maybe they start new profiles in here and troll their enemies.I guess @Night Prowler and @Brigantium still lurk for basic maintenance, but @LooseCannon and @Perun have been gone for several months. @Mosh and others are MIA, but don’t share their “last seen” dates.
Is this a social science experiment, or did @Azas, @____no5, and @Vaenyr really manage to run them off…?

I can guarantee you that if they're not spending constructive time here, they're definitely not creating accounts to troll the trolls.Wonder if there's a mods only splinter forum. Who polices the police over there? Never considered the social experiment angle. Could be. Maybe they start new profiles in here and troll their enemies.
I think it's just much less busy, which means there is also less vitriol. Unfortunately, the majority of the business around here has devolved into either negativity around Maiden ("Simon sucks, they're definitely retiring, Dave hates playing in the band, Bruce can't sing") or political garbage.What would they make of the progress, I wonder? The place certainly seems less vitriolic than it was a few months ago. Or maybe I've just stopped following the politics threads, maybe it's still a vomit fest in there.
Life happens, people outgrow things, etc. I get it. The games were the majority of my interest around here as they usually involved some actual conversations and real debates about music.But yes, pretty much every major contributor when I joined 10yrs ago is gone or contributes way less. Feels like that, anyway.
Well, given the fact that Per's posts in this thread exist:I guess @Night Prowler and @Brigantium still lurk for basic maintenance, but @LooseCannon and @Perun have been gone for several months. @Mosh and others are MIA, but don’t share their “last seen” dates.
Is this a social science experiment, or did @Azas, @____no5, and @Vaenyr really manage to run them off…?

I think your almost eternal infatuation and endless admiration for Virtual XI did the trick.Man, I wish I were as influential as y'all are making me out to be![]()

I'm a prophet of the Lord of Sideburns Blazious Bailous XI and I'm here to spread the Virtual GospelI think your almost eternal infatuation and endless admiration for Virtual XI did the trick.![]()

Don´t you think he could save us?I'm a prophet of the Lord of Sideburns Blazious Bailous XI and I'm here to spread the Virtual Gospel![]()