SubJeff on 31/7/2018 at 22:40
I was wondering what happened to a few people that we haven't seen around here for ages.
fett hasn't posted for ages. SD is never about. dethtoll seems perma out. MsLedd. GBM. RBJ. Agent Monkeysee. Lytha. Starrfall. Muzman. Sypha Nadon. Uncia. Matthew. BrokenArts. Digi. Shug. Fafhrd. Vigil.
Anyone know where they are?
gunsmoke on 1/8/2018 at 00:53
I know you didn't mention me, but I was very active here for several years under 3 different handles. I wager it has been 4 years since I was regular. I went down the fucking tubes after my girlfriend was fucking killed. I moved 3000 miles away, nuked my Facebook page from orbit (it's the only way to be sure), and vanished. I went from living on the top of a mountain in Appalachia to downtown LA. I went from being a complete internet/gaming addiction to not even owning a mobile device, let alone a gaming rig or console. I miss you all. I miss my L4D, and Deus Ex, and Gothic 2. My Steam buddies. Being called 'gunny'. My family.
I am busting my ass to scratch and claw my way back, and I'll get there.
If anyone wants my contact info, pm me. I'll be poking around the forums more again.
Renzatic on 1/8/2018 at 00:59
I see RBJ and MsLedd post on Facebook fairly often.
And we all know all Digi got a job, and couldn't hang out with us anymore.
Queue on 1/8/2018 at 02:54
Jesus, gunny. I wondered what became of you. It's crushing to read of your girlfriend and the aftermath, and I hope you get to a better place soon (preferably not in downtown LA). For what it's worth, I always thought of you as one of the truly good guys around here.
As for me, I'm still around...still healthy. I just don't frequent anywhere on the internet that much anymore, preferring to avoid most of the drama as I slip into my doddering years of confusion and trying to figure out how work the TV remote.
henke on 1/8/2018 at 05:28
Faf pops up here and there, mostly in Gen Gaming. I've seen him on the RPS forums as well, tho under a different name.
fett's very active on FB, he only comes in here to shout obscenities if there's a new Star Wars movie or if I make a Kanye West thread.
demagogue on 1/8/2018 at 05:37
When we had that mass mutual networking over Facebook, a lot of old timers never looked back. I think the toxic atmosphere of political discussions also did a good job of making a lot of people not want to come back.
PigLick on 1/8/2018 at 06:05
Most of those people are active on fb or elsewhere. The only one who really disappeared was Monkeysee, he just stopped posting.
Tocky on 1/8/2018 at 06:09
I would say make another Kanye West thread but Jesus, Kanye West, you know.
Good to see you Gunny. I would like to see more of your posts. What I wish is that you would post some in my stories thread and just be goddam brutally honest. I try to cut down on the testosterone in my musings and still get comments of "male fantasy" when I forget and get too honest. I remember your stories. They very much jibe with how I recall things being. Perhaps it has something to do with us being southern males. I sure would love some of your stories though. Enough begging though. Just happy to see you.
Wow. Downtown LA is about as far from Blueridge as you can get. But not all of it is bad, hell, the brother of a buddy of mine lives in a nice area, but it IS all congested as hell and I can't imagine dealing with that traffic constantly. All brands of weird there but lots of cool shit to get into as well. There was a short time after the Air Force when I gave moving there some thought. My buddy himself got the hell out of there and advised against it. He moved to Quartz Hill for a more normal life. Still... I can't help but wonder how different my life would be had I taken that detour.
So absolutely nobody has heard from Monkeysee since he buried himself in a woman?
And Queue, you fucker, you still haven't given me a story. Holding out on me when I know you have some good ones. Shame.
I've really got to figure how women do that guilt thing that works so well with me. It's like a Jedi thing I will never master though.
Sulphur on 1/8/2018 at 06:18
gunny! Jesus, man, I am so sorry to hear about what's happened. I was hoping things were looking up for you and that's why you took off. I hope things work out for you, I truly do.
As for all the old folks, they've been replaced by pod people who post random status updates on social media -- them aliens were always quick on the uptake and near-instantaneously sussed out that FB is where old people hole up.
zacharias on 1/8/2018 at 07:15
Quote Posted by Tocky
So absolutely nobody has heard from Monkeysee since he buried himself in a woman?
Wtf does that mean? Must confess Monkeysee is the one i'm most curious about, as his disappearance (amongst others) combined with the emergence of the trump apologists reminds me most starkly of the decline of ttlg. Also, I want to ask him if he still reckons The Thin Red Line is a piece of shit.