Seems dopers come and go all the time.
Which dopers that you noticed have stopped posting to the SDMB? I`m especially interested in those that may have been prominent here at one time or had a high post count, not always one in the same.
If you know why they stopped posting feel free to add that too.
actually, i’m glad you brought this up. i used to see LifeOnWry around pretty often when i strolled back onto the scene. we even had a small private email correspondence when we were doing our little “surplus exchange”. last note i had, she mentioned being ill with the flu. i haven’t heard anything since then, but more worrisome, i don’t think i’ve seen her posting since that timeframe, either.
'course, i’m fairly limited in which fora i browse regularly. anybody else heard from her in the last month or so?
A search for her came up with nothing(LifeOnWry). What`s up?
Makes you wonder… How would the rest of us know if a poster died? Unless they were connected to other posters via other means.
Wasn`t there a Scotth also that sort of disapeared?
unfortunately, i’ve been in two other communities that have had to deal with this. just recently we lost a member of a mail-list community to cancer. he had friends and was active in other mail communities too, and someone supplied the story when our list saw the formal request to withdraw his membership from our group and queried if this was some sort of joke.
in the second instance, our role-playing community members did lots of AIM-type communicating with each other. our group was so important to one of our members, his dad actually posted to the forums to let us know that he had died from complications after surgery. (he’d been in a coma earlier in the year after having been shot. his dad credited his initial recovery to being read all the get-well wishes that were posted on the boards, plus hearing that he’d been awarded an “avatar” card.)
in that group, we have a forum set up specifically for people to announce when they’re on hiatus, back from vacation, or thinking of leaving the boards altogether. but still sometimes people (or usernames) just vanish without explanation. of course, since multiple identities is practically the norm over there, the absence of a single name may or may not be cause for concern or alarm – unlike our “one name per user” policy here.
I definitely remember the name Scotth. But I’ve got no clue whether he indeed disappeared or why.
I was thinking the other day – haven’t seen DaveW00 recently – in several weeks, I don’t think. Is he on vacation or something?
I haven’t seen nacho4sara in a bit.
Zappo seems to have spurned us for the world of live journal. I’m pretty sure it’s because he knows he can’t have me. That’s the only possibly reason I can come up with. 
Oh yeah - and just the other day I was wondering what became of ChiefScott - does anyone know?
I wish that damn Gatopescado would go away!
There he goes again!
How is Rap like Porn? Both are better with the sound turned off.
Whatever happened to Meatros?
I’m curious about:
DuckDuckGoose
Demo
Tranquilis
and dammit, the guy who’s name starts with an “E” and he likes swords…
I’m curious about:
DuckDuckGoose
Demo
Tranquilis
and dammit, the guy who’s name starts with an “E” and he likes swords…
Aaaah, Ethilrist.
Legomancer
One of my favorite posters and I haven’t seen him in quite a while. Last I knew he was going on a trip to England. My Dope time is pretty limited, so I haven’t bothered to search. I’m glad this thread came along!
megatheroo was a pretty cool chick whilst she was here. Then, a long time gone, a couple of random drive by posts and nothing for quite a while.
I miss that superbee chick.
Hey Slainte!!!
I haven’t noticed Tripler or pezpunkaround lately either.
I have no idea who pezpunkaround is.
Say what did happen to DDG?
He’s over on LiveJournal, like a number of other seldom-seens who were formerly regulars, like Demo (who is democritus on LJ).
pldennison and Peta Tzunami have long since dropped off the boards, but still seem to be around Northern Virginia somewhere. Anyone heard from them lately?
Some of the people mentioned above are active on the UnaBoard.
I guess it’s too hard to post everywhere, right?
I notice a lot of posters on LJ that I rarely ever see here anymore.