> > > Aya"Do people still come back and read these old posts?"ko
> >
> > When I get the chance, I read them. You find some gems among the 20,000+ posts, and you also discover interesting little tidbits about regulars. :)
> >
> > Ell"..."myruh
>
> Yeah, like the one I'm noticing. (Sam posted about this somewhere, I don't remember where, but I'm starting to see the depth of it now.)
>
> Stephen used to be NICE.
>
> REALLY nice.
>
> Don "My mind cannot reconcile these two Stephens. The old one must have been killed and replaced by the new. Split Stephen (the Chat archive) couldn't come close to the truth here..." Monkey
~~~
> > I think I've pinpointed not only the moment of Stephen's decent into evil but also the cause.
> > Witness this Stephen post, from August 31, 1998:
> > http://www.rinkworks.com/rinkforum/view.cgi?post=95
> > And this one, from September 1, 1998:
> > http://www.rinkworks.com/rinkforum/view.cgi?post=100
> >
> > S "imagine that; it turns out to be our fault" am
>
> I guess that's a descent explanation.
>
> Nyper"Saw those posts, but didn't connect them to now"old

Wow. Reading old posts really does bring up interesting tidbits about people. I've been doing some of that lately and one of the first things that came to mind was how nice Stephen was. I found this thread and realized I wasn't going crazy. :) And I saw those posts too, but like Nyperold, didn't make the connection.

Ga"I absolutely love the Split Stephen archive."halia