I don't regret the conduct of the posts too much since we could always be a little smarter about how we interact with others on the internet.

I was actually looking at older discussions a few weeks ago and I had to smile about what a blast it was to dig deep and over analyze every insignificant aspect of these games and tease eachother about their opinions and such. It made me sad I'm not in those kinds of debates anymore because I still feel JRPGs are the best gaming has to offer.. It's partially because there's only so much you can say about the same group of old games; I've moved on to other series and genres because you really had to if you wanted to stay involved with new games last generation. Square just hasn't kept releasing enough fuel for the fire. Too many cross-overs, spin - offs and remakes and while I actually enjoy the hell out of my fair share of those, I can't say they've released enough ambitious and interesting titles to keep us talking how they used to.

A lot of the posters from those debates have moved on, some from the site, others to different sub-forums so the memories are a little bittersweet.