Have noticed of late that some of the fellows I remembered from years of ThirdWire dedicated forums are slowly waning. Some would say that is sad, some would point to the 32,000 plus members here and say "so what".
I, being firmly entrenched in one of those categories (guess which), say it is a big deal. No disrespect, but my doubts are strong that without some of those people this community would not have survived the pre-patch and pre-patch 2 days. There are some still around from the "wal-mart release" era, but too few. Sure, the reasons are many and some perhaps are not so missed.
Of course there are some great members of the "post-Modern" era that really make it awesome (I am talking about the few females are here now as well as the truly cool people who keep this forum lively and open).
I read Dave's thread regarding finances and I read serverandenforcers thread on temperament. If you (and I mean you) have not read those, then please do; if you already did, then do what I did and read them again.
Personally I miss the Column5 Forum. It was far more level-headed over there. We called each other names, but friends do that. I mean, it really is not my fault that Dave is a Detroit Lions fan...he has gone to the recovery meetings, but denial is not just a river in Egypt. It runs right next to Saints fans and one could argue the post-Modern Saints, the Texans (who are really just the Oilers Mk.II and we all know how well they performed).
That being said, say thanks to those that contributed, to the forum moderators, to the modders, and to those that kept a game alive despite some very painful adolescence moments. Of course, especially to TK, who made/makes it all happen.
And rainbows...
Cheers