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   > On Dec 18, 10:57 pm, Drake  wrote:   
   >> On Dec 18, 2:21 pm, "carriemo...@gmail.com"    
   >> wrote:   
   >>   
   >> > ive been reading some of the old messages on here. im wondering if any   
   >> > of the people who were posting between 1995 and 1999 are still   
   >> > around.  If so, I would love to hear from you.   
   >>   
   >> Once... we were many, we ruled with iron fists...  Okay, technically   
   >> *they* ruled and I was sort of tolerated, but for narration purposes I   
   >> shall say "we."   
   >>   
   >> But we grew decadent and began in-fighting.  A few were lost or   
   >> hardened in the On/Off Wars, and still more were lost to excessive   
   >> Sith Wars... but still, there was a ruling class.  Call them by many   
   >> names...  Oldbies.  ORCP.  Sith War Veterans.  There were many, but   
   >> they were one.  Then came the dark days...   
   >>   
   >> Many were lost in the opening salvos of The Phantom Menace.  Their   
   >> cries of "Ani...!?!?" lost among the myriad of fans as Jar Jar   
   >> survived the first movie.  Newbies show up, but there were enough   
   >> survivors to keep them in line.   
   >>   
   >> When the Attack came, they were prepared but that wasn't enough.   
   >> Lucas was still sucking...  sucking their souls, their wills.  The   
   >> Oldbies... were old, having seen too much, but still they stood.   
   >> Proud and defiant.   
   >>   
   >> Few survived the Sith, many lost to Newbies they'd taken under their   
   >> wing...  betrayed and lost to Executive Order 66.  Those who survived   
   >> were split.  Some went to ground, sought refuge in the unpredictable   
   >> areas known as "In Real Life" or "Reality."  Some managed to stick   
   >> around, either under new names or by sporadic postings...  Some are   
   >> still seen, at time to time, some appear as though they never left but   
   >> they are not the same...   
   >>   
   >> Others still...  watch.  And chime in at odd times with odd sayings   
   >> and stupidly grandiose stories that are, in the end, quite pointless.   
   >> Yes, they only show up every so often to reaffirm "Hey, I was here   
   >> once, remember me?  I was cool once, we all were...  Oh sweet Gonk,   
   >> what's happened to us...  Dear Gonk save us, help us!"   
   >>   
   >> Er, I'm that last one.  I'm Drake aka Drake-Tepes aka D-Tepes.  I   
   >> think that's the names I used to use... well, at least that I'm   
   >> willing to admit to.   
   >>   
   >> Drake   
   >> Gonk/Lobot '08   
   >   
   > Anyone remember a frequent poster named oracseven7 or tuskenland?   
      
   I remember Oracseven7 from when I was here between 2000-2003   
      
   Jade   
      
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