Fallen Comrades

They shall not be moderated, as we that are left are moderated:
Trolls shall not weary them, nor the Admins condemn.
At the going down of the Server and in the Legends thread,
We will remember them.

I'd say the vast majority of people who close their accounts (can be for several reasons - but ultimately simply because the "Close account" button is *there* in a lot of cases) then re-register (myself included) so I don't think "Goodbye forever" when I see a closed or banned account.

What I do find strange though is those accounts belonging to people who were really regular posters, then suddenly stopped completely - and the accounts are still open years on. People might say that they just decided to stop posting all of a sudden, and - shock horror! - people can stop using Boards etc, and perhaps so... but I think it seems strange that a person would just go from posting a few times a day nearly every day, to just nothing literally overnight, and never again. It would make sense all right if their posting decreased gradually and then stopped eventually (which does happen) and obviously it's no biggie if they rarely ever posted anyway, or if they took a lengthy break from Boards and came back (has also happened). But to see an account that's open, with the last post, following very regular other posts, being three years ago - in the middle of a thread discussion, and then nothing since... that's a bit weird. It does make me wonder whether something has happened to them. Hopefully it's been a sudden life-changing event that's positive in a lot of those cases.
But while I know a person can completely give up posting to Boards (:eek: :pac:) I find it hard to believe a person would just stop completely forever in the middle of being a very regular poster over a prolonged period. I guess it's not impossible though. And maybe some of them quit posting publicly but stay posting to private forums. Or they might just open another account, which isn't permitted but people can get around it I suppose.

One poster was going through a very bad time following the death of one of his parents, but he posted regularly still... and then nothing, and that was years ago at this stage. Account still open - but no replies to PM's/visitor messages to him subsequently. Can't help thinking the worst there.

There have been regularly contributing members to this site who have died, and people knew them, and the message is passed on to the Boards community - but I guess there's bound to be others who have died but people didn't know them...

Certain names mentioned on this thread - 'tis plain as day that they're still here with different accounts.

Not Starbelgrade though, unfortunately.

riffmongous wrote: »

I wonder where Run_2_da_hills is now?

In_da_hills now?

There were a few posters like Biggins and Run To Da Hills who were self parody comedy gold who should not have been banned IMO. You need a few nutters around the town for people to point at.