Quote Originally Posted by Azar View Post
I think I enjoyed it the most for the first year I was here. But after that I made more friends, whereas before I didn't really know many people who didn't regularly visit #eoff. I imagine most people will think that the first year or two years or what have you was the best time, because everything was fresh, and new, and we like to cling tightly to fond and overexaggerated memories of a lovely past.
There are tangible reasons why I consider the beginning to be the golden age of EoFF. People like Dan Walkie and Nino Brown who don't come around anymore, for example. The fact that it was a closely knit community and anybody could say anything without being attacked for it was a major bonus too. In today's EoFF, you can't say you like cheese without somebody crawling up your gonch about it. Back then, there was no need to lock EoEO so that inappropriate elements couldn't access it -- there were no inappropriate elements.