Do old Boardsies Die

Re *COUGH* reg

Yes, there have been some Boardsies over the years who sadly passed away far too early in life. :-/

Rozabeez, JIZZLORD (fantastic name ), Logic1 and others - R.I.P.

There is one person whose posts I really liked; he was a regular poster and then stopped. Then started posting again when he joined a private forum I was a member of... then completely stopped - and that was two and a half years ago. I know he had some awful personal sh-t going on and I'd love to know that he's ok - always liked him, long before I knew about the personal difficulties he was dealing with. I don't feel right saying who (for all I know he could be re-regged - and I really hope so!) but I'm sure he's not the first to disappear suddenly. It's worrying when that happens on a platform like this, because you just do not know...

Twoshedjackson and r3nurl are most definitely still quite active.

entropi wrote: »

And the Boards Gathering card was quite the good thing when played at the right time...


yeah, it seems that a lot have just moved on with their lives or lurk for a bit and post every now and again. It saddens me to think that most posters today will never understand the wrath of Monty in AH :pac:

Enjoyed when he made a brief comeback as After Hours mod in the Giblet era. Good times were had.

_Whimsical_ wrote: »

I think for most of the very prolific posters,the types that are here all hours of the day and night and are very visible, that boards.ie is a phase.
Eventually they get bored/disillusioned/employment/a girlfriend/a reddit account and they leave these holy lands for pastures greener.

I've a feeling the intense regular boards posting phase is rarely the happiest,healthiest,most socially active phase of anyone's life.

That's not to say the site isn't great and that they don't enrich it though,just that their moving on is inevitable and most likely a happy event.

Ah that's a bit depressing all the same.

I've talked about this before, but I wouldn't think of boards as a 'phase' in my life, but sure how I feel down the line could well change I'm sure. I've posted here for years, on an off, sometimes more on, sometimes more off, and some of my most memorable life events or milestones to date went into some of my posts around here.

I often think if I died (TOUCH WOOD), I'd like for my family/closest friends to discover my boards account because it really is a true reflection of my inner most feelings on some stuff that can be hard to talk about in real life, the anonymity has really afforded me a bit of freedom around here.

Sad to think that it could be some sort of an unhealthy crutch for people whose lives are lacking, I can only speak for myself but it's enriched my life in some odd little ways for sure, as opposed to detracting from it.