Mr BMJ, you really need to write all this history down. You may be the single best source of history on the history of all the boards over the past 25 or so years.
I've had to write some things down to remember, but i've forgot so much. There were so many things I thought i'd never forget, then as time went on, and the importance of them declined, I just forgot like anybody else, hahaha. Thanks for the kind words though man, it means a lot coming from somebody like yourself. After 20-25+ years on the forums, i've seen a lot, whether being involved or a spectator like everybody else, lol. I can't even remember people's name in my real life at times, yet i'll remember some board stuff. 10 years ago, it was easy, but then all the boards started shutting down, and with them, all the history of being able to do a quick search and stuff. Then when you are a Mod at some of the forums, you usually discuss a lot of what goes on everywhere in private, so it was kind of cool to fall back on those when needed, but that all goes bye-bye when the board(s) shut down
The other issue is when you get guys who scam others, in whatever fashion, and boards shut down, and so does the evidence of being able to prove anything years later, or today. A lot of these guys get banned for shady stuff, then pop up under a different name and become "a cool bro" with a lot of people. Then when you want to throw down the hammer to prove their past, you can't...unless you have old screen shots. Then the newer members all stick up for them.
There are guys here like MassiveG, Isovet and many others who have been here since the 90's too. Heck, I was a mod with Wilson6 over at AnabolicFitness many eons ago in the early-mid 2000's (Ulter's first board before changing it to AFboard). I'm still amazed that he even remembers me, he had a huge following over at the EF women's forum, as well as myself reading his posts. There was a female Mod there named MS, who was also super smart. She was a Mod at AF as well for a short period, as well as Iron Trybe. Mike_RN probably remembers her. When I missed most of 1998 and 1999, I went first to EF and Anabolex, and it was like a total different crowd from just 1-2 years prior, and it felt like i was starting over, lol. I was knee-deep in college at that point, and the AAS forum at EF moved fast, but it was just the same usual questions from a few years prior (and still today everywhere), so it kind of bored me, and i spent most of my time on the diet and women's forums. I guess the development of the Mexican AAS manufacturers was something newer...at least them making their way to the forums by that point. That reminds me....
Anybody remember Damien Borleone? Fucking dude was a wealth of information, but he went down as an informant....2 times. That sucked. He went under the name "enquirer" years prior.
We need more posts by Iso and MG here, they can share a ton of stuff i've forgot, or can't remember, haha