Nice "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" reference! And boy, talk about absolutely appropriate. Wart represents 'Authority' without a doubt. Or, rather, the brain dead Warden.

LOL Awesome quote.

Ok, does the Warplan update mean that most of InSimAdult is done and leaving the main still in progress?

All I can say is no site is worth brig time for. Moving on...

Wonder what Hurricane Walt thinks of the constant crashing and necessary reboots.... heh.

WIN! Kenmtl, that is precious!

I know this is pages away now, but fuck that! Yes, we've read every damn word of it, plus many of us are actually reading at least 3 other sites too. So, in a word, yes. You are in fact lazy, selfish and immature, you twit. I now completely understand the 12 issue that puzzled me before. Thanks for furthering my education.

No debate needed, Jokerswild. I think what you said makes very real sense about moving on. And a healthy attitude too. Good on you, bloke.

*passes the rum bottle over*

Aarron, if it is 12's, they may not have thought of that. That age bracket can get extremely one-track and stubborn about it. If memory serves, once upon a really long ago, I was known to keep at a video game for hours until I beat the damn thing. It isn't a far stretch that hundreds of teens are stubbornly hitting refresh and not looking for other ways to find out what is wrong with their site.

I was on InSim at extremely odd hours... 2am, 10am, such and so forth. Dunno, like I said, that is just what I can recall. I didn't always look at how many people were there when I lurked.

Actually, with my random hour lurkerness, the #'s I can recall are between 350 to 600 at a go.

There are plenty of lost souls that don't have a clue or know about the potential resurrection of the site at the hands of the Pirate King. Given the sheer number of people away for the weekend and getting home and trying to log on, I really am not all that surprised. Realistically, only a fraction of the InSim members know what Pescado is doing and though we try to get the word out and around, most of them can't be reached. Also those that only come on sporadically, they wouldn't know either. With a huge membership, plus lookie loos that don't give a crap one way or another... what do we do?

  Dead in the water until manual reset, I think.

Yup, that would be creepy Perkins hisself. Perfect model for that business. Full of win indeed.

Me dear, I have a few spare flags, if you'd like one... You seem somewhat naked 'mongst the company here. Let me know. I make the finest traditional colors ever to decorate a modern mast.

 

Ok, couldn't come out of lurk mode until I had me flag to unfurl. I never imagined it flying in the smoking winds of Hurricane Walt though. I am a lurker on many sites, watching and learning and trying to stay out of trouble. My creating skills are extremely limited but I can appreciate the effort it takes for bigger and finer things. Many places I check daily, including InSim and InSimadult. My eyebrows pretty much took permanent refuge in my hairline about the same time as for everyone else.

One of the things about being a staunch lurker is that you come to see many sides to any particular topic. The thing that has impressed me most is how the larger community has put aside many of its oldest and dearest disputes in this catastrophic moment. It is a shining example of caring and just plain simple kindness. I am impressed and pleased to be a part of such a community. This very thing is part of what an outsider just can't understand. Sims players and Sims forums are unique when compared to any other game. Those that haven't played it, won't get it. Those that haven't taken part in forums and customizing their games, also won't get it.

I just want to say thank you to all of the mods, admins and heads of ALL of the forums. You give a lot to everyone by keeping content on the web where it can be found and enjoyed. You give a lot to us when sorting posts, downloads and assorted daily crap we never even hear about.

*cracks open a case of rum and hands out bottles*
Here's to ya and my thanks for it.