# Longtime posters Missing in Action? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 15, 2004, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longtime-posters-missing-in-action/245218 "2004-05-15T02:56:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![InkBlot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5e925/32.png) [@InkBlot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InkBlot)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longtime-posters-missing-in-action/245218/1 "2004-05-15T02:56:28Z")
To begin with one of the oldest cliche’s on this board, I wasn’t sure where to put this, so it’s here… Who have you noticed Missing in Action since the subscription began? The odd thing is, two of my favorite posters, **Scylla** and **Spogga** , are listed as Members - but I haven’t seen anything new from Scylla in 2 months, and Spogga in about 4 or 5. Are they missing? Boycotting (presuming someone else paid their subs)? Or just busy with that nasty ‘real world’ thing they keep telling me about? So, this thread is up for two reasons: Post any names of folks you haven’t seen in awhile, and miss; and post any info if you have it. I also ask that, whatever reasons may be brought up (or not), let’s refrain from debating or picking over the reasons of posters who choose not to be here. The subscription debates have there place, and if it’s anything…darker…it probably needn’t be aired here, so I’ll stop harping on it. So where was I? Oh, yeah. Spogga? Scylla? When are ya’ll coming baaaaaack? InkBlot :eek: ---
**Author:** ![InkBlot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5e925/32.png) [@InkBlot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InkBlot)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longtime-posters-missing-in-action/245218/2 "2004-05-18T22:47:00Z")
_bump_ ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longtime-posters-missing-in-action/245218/3 "2004-05-19T02:01:53Z")
Whatever happened to Baby J… I mean, Oldscratch? I wonder how many “disappearances” are caused by name changes. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longtime-posters-missing-in-action/245218/4 "2004-06-12T08:23:15Z")
This is only a few weeks old, so I’m bumping it, since I’m curious about **Scylla** as well. His [last post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=4642702#post4642702) was number 9,999; I’ll speculate that… He was ready to quit anyway, and decided to (a) not make a big deal of it with an “I’m leaving” thread, and (b) quit posting on a noteworthy number to indicate that this was a decision and not a drifting-off? If that’s the case, it seems like an extraordinarily dignified way to go out. Anyone know anything? ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longtime-posters-missing-in-action/245218/5 "2004-06-12T09:41:35Z")
I actually checked with **Scylla** , a little while back, right before the boards switched to paid subscriptions. FYI, I even made the offer of paying for his subscription, if price or the ethics of paying were the only factor. But alas, he said that it had become too “Politically Hostile” for him around here for him to consider paying for membership. Let me just say: God…f\*\*\*ing…_damnit!_ ☹ :mad: ☹ Let me also just say…oh, forget it. The pain is just too fresh. Just pretend I made a Cartman-esque tirade about “lousy tree-hugging hippies.” ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longtime-posters-missing-in-action/245218/6 "2004-06-12T16:23:14Z")
> [@SPOOFE](#): > > Whatever happened to Baby J… I mean, Oldscratch? He is alive and well, as I posted in the last “Whatever happened to?” thread… he moved to GA, had no internet access, got a busy life doing stuff. He’s back in CA now being typical old 'scratchie. I haven’t talked to him in a couple months but I’ll tell him y’all miss him when I catch him online next! ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longtime-posters-missing-in-action/245218/7 "2004-06-12T19:19:15Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > I actually checked with **Scylla** , a little while back, right before the boards switched to paid subscriptions. FYI, I even made the offer of paying for his subscription, if price or the ethics of paying were the only factor. But alas, he said that it had become too “Politically Hostile” for him around here for him to consider paying for membership. Now that is a tremendous shame. His thread on The Horror of Blimps was a classic. And didn’t he write something very touching about his wife on her birthday? ---
**Author:** ![emekthian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecae2f/32.png) [@emekthian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emekthian)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longtime-posters-missing-in-action/245218/8 "2004-06-12T21:09:02Z")
> [@](#): > > Now that is a tremendous shame. His thread on The Horror of Blimps was a classic. And didn’t he write something very touching about his wife on her birthday? That was Sauron writing about Aries 28, I believe. I don’t think they’ve posted in a while, either. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longtime-posters-missing-in-action/245218/9 "2004-06-12T22:51:24Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > Now that is a tremendous shame. His thread on The Horror of Blimps was a classic. And didn’t he write something very touching about his wife on her birthday? He wrote the famed [“My Wife, the Angel of Death.”](http://web.archive.org/web/20010627203230/http://www.teemings.com/extras/scylla3.html) ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longtime-posters-missing-in-action/245218/10 "2004-07-01T07:40:23Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > His thread on The Horror of Blimps was a classic. Noting this is NOT meant as a slam, but there is question over whether he wrote that or not. Regardless, it was funny, and I’m glad he posted it. I just wish it were clearer who the original author was. Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longtime-posters-missing-in-action/245218/11 "2004-07-01T09:54:08Z")
> [@Esprix](#): > > Noting this is NOT meant as a slam, but there is question over whether he wrote that or not. Huh? Clarification? ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longtime-posters-missing-in-action/245218/12 "2004-07-01T09:55:50Z")
Phil Dennison. I miss him above all others. ---
**Author:** ![gouda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c77e96/32.png) [@gouda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gouda)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longtime-posters-missing-in-action/245218/13 "2004-07-01T13:13:51Z")
Sailor & London\_Calling. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longtime-posters-missing-in-action/245218/14 "2004-07-01T13:32:25Z")
**Kn(\*)ckers** - she changed jobs to oa non computer one, had no computer at home, apparantly doesn’t live near any libraries or cyber cafes. **Tars Tarkas** - had major beef against pay to post, decided it was time to get the monkey of his foot anyways. Back! **Satan** - chained and abyssed for the thousand years. **Zeldar** - he just disappeared, man! ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longtime-posters-missing-in-action/245218/15 "2004-07-01T13:39:20Z")
**Satan** claimed in his LiveJournal at one point that he was posting here under a new name. Of course, he didn’t say what the name was. I stopped reading the LiveJournals ages ago, so he may have been found out and booted by now. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longtime-posters-missing-in-action/245218/16 "2004-07-01T13:46:32Z")
> [@emekthian](#): > > That was Sauron writing about Aries 28, I believe. > > I don’t think they’ve posted in a while, either. **Sauron’s** still around; he just posted to a LOTR question (somebody asked what people thought of PJ’s depiction of Sauron and he obviously felt compelled to contribute…). ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longtime-posters-missing-in-action/245218/17 "2004-07-01T14:27:53Z")
> [@Esprix](#): > > Noting this is NOT meant as a slam, but there is question over whether he wrote that or not. > > Regardless, it was funny, and I’m glad he posted it. I just wish it were clearer who the original author was. > > Esprix This is the first I’ve heard of that. He was even able to get it published under his own name in a magazine. Haj ---
**Author:** ![Earthling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/90db22/32.png) [@Earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthling)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longtime-posters-missing-in-action/245218/18 "2004-07-01T14:31:56Z")
> [@SPOOFE](#): > > I wonder how many “disappearances” are caused by name changes. Name changes since 2004-04-02: ```auto **Old Name New Name** 1920s Style Death Ray 1920s Style "Death Ray" a1997xf11 Frame Dragging amore ac studio biqu BarbaraH Pullet Surprise bbbill 3.885AM Beeruser the first supraliminal BigDaiv Chimpy ciscochick HeatherPA CURIOUS_GEORGIE7 The Chao Goes Mu dneylon Bandersnatch Dragonsong Little Lioness EDS-MB20 King Eumenes II of Pergamum erinfish Marjorie Fairblue AveDementia GMRyujin Doomtrain grem0517 Zakalwe icephoenix Vision of Love Jean Grey Thera JuanitaTech UrbanChic Libertarian Liberal lillalette Miss Purl McKnittington Loup Anduin LunaSea Profane Marianne Roberta Plant Mausmagill Maus Magill maximum_dl@hotmail.com Maximum DL Obsidian Flutterby Flutterby PapaBear According to Pliny peter morris Peter Morris Portwest Calokin rimshotgdansk Genghis Bob roxx222 Antigen Ryan K Yesterdog Ryan Mahoney Cluricaun SCOTTinWLA Assuming facts not in evidence Sender Peter Doubt SMTWTFS Dewey Finn Thea Logica The Asbestos Mango tiglon1 Kaboodle TOTBP Beauty Personified ven+ violacrane Who Stole My Name? Go You Big Red Fire Engine yosemitebabe yosemite ``` ---
**Author:** ![DaToad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@DaToad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaToad)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longtime-posters-missing-in-action/245218/19 "2004-07-01T15:14:09Z")
I haven’t seen anything from **Billy Ruben** or **DLGirl** for a long long time. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longtime-posters-missing-in-action/245218/20 "2004-07-01T15:44:55Z")
> [@Esprix](#): > > Noting this is NOT meant as a slam, but there is question over whether he wrote that or not. > > Regardless, it was funny, and I’m glad he posted it. I just wish it were clearer who the original author was. > > Esprix That’s one hell of an accusation, especially considering he talked about copywriting it and/or publishing it along with some other of his works. That story was linked to from many sites, reposted endlessly, and I’d be a bit surprised if in all that someone along the line didn’t also try and take credit for it. It seemed to me it’s humor was entirely in line with many of Scylla’s other works and I had no reason to believe it came from anyone else. The very idea of Scylla plagerizing words or ideas strikes me as woefully lacking in justification. You may pay lip sevice to not meaning that as a slam but unless you can legitimize your accusation I think you owe us an explanation and him an apology. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longtime-posters-missing-in-action/245218.md?page=2)