# Is John Mace dead? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 11, 2019, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409 "2019-04-11T22:17:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2019, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409/81 "2019-04-22T11:32:17Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > John Mace could be John Galt. Same number of letters in the surname, plus the second letter is A. So… “Who is John Mace?” ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2019, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409/82 "2019-04-22T12:05:32Z")
No kidding - he gave no warning hints, his departure was abrupt, and he didn’t lurk after his last post. I really do wonder if he’s okay. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2019, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409/83 "2019-04-22T12:13:57Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > No kidding - he gave no warning hints, his departure was abrupt, and he didn’t lurk after his last post. I really do wonder if he’s okay. I’ve wondered about this for a while,actually. I even googled Bay Area obits on the off chance that he was using his real name. Didn’t find anything concerning, although I didn’t expect to. I hope he’s OK. I liked him. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2019, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409/84 "2019-04-23T03:12:39Z")
You know who we haven’t seen in a while, is **flatlined**. I hope she’s okay. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2019, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409/85 "2019-04-23T21:43:57Z")
Another is Boyo Jim. I was just reading an old thread that had been linked in a current thread and was reminded of him. Checking stats, he hasn’t posted since 2017 even after being a most prolific poster with over 35k posts since 2001. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409/86 "2019-04-24T01:18:26Z")
I miss twickster. Last activity was June 2016. Really nice lady. She always started a Dancing With the Stars thread every season. I remember she stepped down as a Mod and then left shortly afterwards. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2019, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409/87 "2019-04-27T22:53:45Z")
Wonky is another member I’ve missed. Been thinking about her lately. Hope she’s doing well. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2019, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409/88 "2019-04-28T00:30:13Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > Quicksilver vanished last year too. Maybe they just grew bored with us. **Quicksilver** checked in the other day in another thread. He’s amongst the quick, not the dead. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2019, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409/89 "2019-04-28T01:43:48Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I miss twickster. Last activity was June 2016. > > Really nice lady. She always started a Dancing With the Stars thread every season. > > I remember she stepped down as a Mod and then left shortly afterwards. Me too. I’m interested in puzzles and she was a great source of information about the industry. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2019, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409/90 "2019-04-28T01:48:22Z")
He doiesn’t live that far from me, but he didn’t go to the very small Silicon Valley Dopefest or the bigger San Francisco one years and years ago. Has anyone tried PMing him? When I vanished (from being fed up with the world, not the Dope) a PM was a very nice thing to get. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2019, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409/91 "2019-04-28T03:03:12Z")
I had wondered about LSLGuy myself, and someone who knows him IRL said that he decided to take a break from message boards for a while, and at least at that time, he was very much alive and well. I have an IRL friend who left a website in similar fashion; she had posted almost 20,000 times on that site until she abruptly stopped in 2010, except for a single post in 2012, and she last visited that site in 2015. Interestingly, she’s still interested in that subject but just doesn’t visit that website any more. I don’t know why and it’s not my business anyway. For that matter, there’s a site where I may not post for months at a time, and then I’ll show up and make a bunch of posts, and then once again go bye-bye for a while. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2019, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409/92 "2019-04-28T03:10:30Z")
How about Spice Weasel? ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2019, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409/93 "2019-04-28T03:17:42Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > I had wondered about LSLGuy myself, and someone who knows him IRL said that he decided to take a break from message boards for a while, and at least at that time, he was very much alive and well. Would be great if someone could pass on to him the fact that his informative and insightful posts are missed. I, for one, hope he returns. > [@needscoffee](#): > > How about Spice Weasel? I think she announced she was stepping down as a mod due to events in her life, and stopped posting at around the same time, too. Another valued poster whose return would be welcome. Along with **John Mace** , IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2019, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409/94 "2019-04-28T03:21:02Z")
Yes - her profile post says she’s gone b ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2019, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409/95 "2019-04-28T03:22:07Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > He doiesn’t live that far from me, but he didn’t go to the very small Silicon Valley Dopefest or the bigger San Francisco one years and years ago. > > Has anyone tried PMing him? When I vanished (from being fed up with the world, not the Dope) a PM was a very nice thing to get. This may be a bit late, but I noticed your absence and am glad you came back. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2019, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409/96 "2019-04-28T05:17:36Z")
His name is [del]Robert Paulson[/del] John Mace. His name is [del]Robert Paulson[/del] John Mace. . ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2019, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409/97 "2019-04-28T05:19:26Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > As long as we’re pulling out the bloodhounds, can we search for Super Kaplowzer too? Yeah, no kidding. I miss that guy, and shit. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2019, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409/98 "2019-04-30T19:27:13Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > When the new season of \*Star vs the Forces of Evil \*started up, I thought about [the guy making the cards](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=852314). Turns out to have been gone nearly a year (joined in 2003, more than 18,000 posts.) **Malthus** at least is not dead, I just saw him on a **Star** reddit posting another of those cards he does. Probably just got sick of this place and/or doesn’t have the time to be all places on the internet at once. One of my favorite posters, so good to see he still survives. I liked **John Mace** as well. Hopefully he is okay and just decided to walk away from the SDMB. As I rather suspect **Bricker** did. He seemed unusually thin-skinned towards the end there. Probably decided to save himself the stress and agitation. We’ve quietly lost a whole lot of folks to that. Unfortunate, but a message board should never be a source of real world stress - when that starts happen best to take a sabbatical, whether temporary or permanent. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2019, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409/99 "2019-04-30T22:47:05Z")
**wonky** is also missing, guys. She’s been gone since September 2018. It actually kind of bums me out that I haven’t noticed this or **John Mace’s** absence until now. I’ve been taking you folks for granted. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2019, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409/100 "2019-05-04T00:41:18Z")
Wow. I hope **John Mace** is OK. Has anybody seen **Andros** lately? His posts always make me think (or rethink). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-mace-dead/832409.md?page=6)