It wasn't all bad. There was a lot to laugh at, even though it wasn't supposed to be a comedy forum.
Remember Smokejaguar? He was a nice guy as I recall and a decent moderator - he used to post scans of his weird gothic pencil sketches. Quite sexy some of them. I think he was a Scot.
Then there was Subnubilus, HowWorkGun's son. He wanted to join the marines I believe - wonder how he got on? Is he back with his dad in Hawaii after doing three tours of the gulf? Cowace was also a soldier, wasn't he? Real name Captain Marvel - IIRC (!).
Killjoy was a headcase from the UK who wanted to be a soldier or a games developer - the mind boggles.
Then there was a wheelchair-bound Dutch guy called Jaapverdujin who used to include strange typos in his posts when his cat walked across the keyboard.
Only other name I recall from those halycyon days is Erugifog. I can't remember anything about his posts, but I still find that name drifting through my mind. Where did he get it from? What does it mean?

Ah nostalgia...snapshots of people's lives brought to you courtesy of the internet.

Me believes certain poster over here has opened Pandora's box summoning the old Pilots lounge spirits, good luck..he he he

PS, zero tolerance for trolling sounds good in principle, lets see how it goes.

Spirits?

But we be friendly spirits.

>Hic<

:D

you know what I remember from those days?

"Heavy Delta opens the pilots lounge door......" 50 some pages were the result.

waves to Spectre and Loco in the meantime.

:razz:

Oh boy, memories came alive :D

One of the best days in my life when I almost single-handed managed to close down that neo-Nazi forum!

Mastermariner

It might have gotten a name change since the pilot lounge era but Ubi zoo GF is no doubt the new "trash can." Must confess, I still lift the lid once in awhile to see if there's any gems among the junk.

Despite Evgeny good intentions and sensible threats, I see not this forum going better. I mean, there are several threads on the hacking topic still thriving and trigger-happily growing in personal attacks and childish attitude.

The 'got track?' or whatever, is mostly an unending flame war and troll paradise.

Lost the keys of the lock? :confused:

A lock of that thread is just what the trolls are desperately trying to provoke. Just wait a while and they will run out of ammo and motivation. A few bans might be in place but it’s better and wiser to let things cool down by themselves.

Just my 0.02€