The Apolyton 100
Ripping off the Forbes 500... here is the Apolyton 100, a listing of
all the top 100 Apolyton posters and my views on them.
Apolyton History Condensed
(Please feel free to add anything or correct dates! Or write your own reflections on posters- such as <b>MYSELF!</b> )
<b>Index</b>
106. yin26 <b>NEW!</b> (1983)
105. Keygen <b>NEW!</b> (2031)
104. LightEning <b>92 DOWN 9</b> (2033)
103. Giancarlo <b>NEW!</b> (2044)
102. Ramo <b>97 DOWN 4</b> (2049)
101. pchang <b>98 DOWN 2</b> (2055)
100. chegitz guevara <b>96 DOWN 3</b>
99. ghen <b>95 DOWN 3</b>
98. vlad <b>93 DOWN 4</b>
97. Seneca <b>91 DOWN 5</b>
96. Tolls <b>89 DOWN 6</b> (2171)
95. Dracon II <b>88 DOWN 6</b> (2187)
94. DarkCloud <b>NEW!</b> (2198)
93. Stewart Spink <b>86 DOWN 7</b> (2200)
92. Hydey <b>NEW!</b> (2209)
91. technophile <b>90 DOWN 1</b> (2209)
90. orange <b>87 DOWN 3</b>
89. Usually Insane <b>85 DOWN 4</b>
88. MasterBob The Elder <b>83 DOWN 5</b> (2258)
87. War4ever <b>94 UP 7</b> (2282)
86. only human <b>81 DOWN 5</b>
85. TheBirdMan <B>NEW</b>
84. Eroberer
83. Sprayber
82. Bolo
81. Winston
80. Gary <b>76 DOWN 4</b>
79. Sergeant Sheets
78. darkgrendel
77. Lefty Scaevola
76. Scouse Gits <b>82 UP 6</b>
75. Dominikos <b>73 DOWN 2</b>
74. Par4 <b>71 DOWN 3</b>
73. Hueij <b>72 DOWN 1</b>
72. Victor Galis <b>70 DOWN 2</b>
71. MagyarCrusader <b>68 DOWN 3</b>
70. DinoDoc <b>67 DOWN 3</b>
69. John-SJ
68. phoenixcager <b>69 UP 1</b>
67. Atahualpa <b>65 DOWN 2</b>
66. Empress
65. Shadowstrike <b>62 DOWN 3</b>
64. reismark
63. Comrade Dan <b>58 DOWN 5</b>
62. mrtemba
61. Seeker <b>55 DOWN 6</b>
60. Kropotkin (2979)
59. Smash (2997)
<b>EMPERORS (53+5)</b>
58. Starchild <b> 51 DOWN 7</b> (3029)
57. Giant_Squid (3029)
56. Snapcase <b>65 - -</b> (3033)
55. SnowFire <b>53 DOWN 2</b> (3051)
54. Chris 62 (3058)
53. SuperSneak (3063)
52. St Leo (3068)
51. Rasputin (3103)
50. Colon <b>43 DOWN 7</b>
49. DarthVeda <b>48 DOWN 1</b>
48. rah <b>63 UP 15</b>
47. DanS
46. Eli <B>32 DOWN 14</b>
45. Bob Dornan
44. monolith94
43. Berzerker
42. ProvostB
41. Jay Bee
40. Misotu
39. Djugashvili
38. JohnT
37. Sten Sture
36. derek
35. Docfeelgood
34. n.c.
33. Sir David
32. MLeonard
31. The Brain
30. DanQ (3894)
29. connorkimbro (4040)
28. Monk
27. Shi Huangdi
26. MikeH
25. Evan von Christoph
24. GP
23. Theben
22. Gibsie
21. Paul
20. Zhu Yuanzhang
19. Caesar the Great
18. Stefu
17. Ecthelion
16. LordStone1
15. Albert Speer
14. Infatuation
13. Roland
12. My Wife Hates CIV
11. Lancer
10. *End Is Forever*
09. MichaeltheGreat
08. Urban Ranger
07. Narck
06. Provost Harrison
<b>DEITYS (5)</b>
05. Alexander's Horse
04. MarkG
03. Imran Siddiqui
02. Mao
01. Ming
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<b>104. LightEning</b>
Former Usernames: (Rural Ranger [a spoof of Urban Ranger].)
Famous DL's?: (none at all)
Real Name: Ari Rahikkala
Age Group: 14-18
Nationality: Finnish
Lives: Finland
Registered: 10-30-99
Had/Has A Website: Had, yes
Contribution to Apolyton: Alpha Centauri section (sporadifically, and only for scaring off the newbies). Off-topic (one of the most active people in the coffee shop).
<b>Description:</B>
I first met LightEning in the Civ III ideas section and we exchanged several ideas for Civ III. (Or at least I <i>think</i> I did? ????
He wrote, for a time, in "The Chiron Chronicle" a series in the AC-Fiction section chronicling the AC factions' lives on Chiron.
He also posts in the "Apolyton" section on occasion.
In September he spoofed Urban Ranger's username and changed his name to Rural Ranger and elicted many laughs for his 'zany joke'
Urban Ranger thanked LightEning for the spoof... considering himself
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<b>103. Giancarlo</b>
Former Usernames: (none known)
Famous DL's?: (none known)
Real Name: ?
Age Group: 17
Nationality: ?
Lives: California
Registered: 1-4-00
Had/Has A Website: No
Contribution to Apolyton: Off-Topic
<b>Description:</B>
Had an avatar of Heinrich Himmler for a time. Fascist.
Young far left wing Conservative Republican who wants to one day, become Governor of the state.
He also wants to throw CivNation2001 in jail.
People who don't like him harrass him, and insult him, saying that he is gay, etc.
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<b>102. Ramo</b>
Former Usernames: (none known)
Famous DL's?: (none known)
Real Name: Omar
Age Group: 16
Nationality: Arabic, Bangeldeshian
Lives: Texas? in the United States
Registered: 10-23-99
Had/Has A Website: No
Contribution to Apolyton: Off-Topic
<b>Description:</B>
Leaning towards anarchism
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<b>101. pchang</b>
Former Usernames: (none known)
Famous DL's?: (none known)
Real Name: ?
Age Group: Over 40
Nationality: ?
Lives: in the United States (Midwest)
Registered: 8-8-99
Had/Has A Website: No
Contribution to Apolyton: ?
<b>Description:</B>
Pretty much all I know about pchang is that he met an English Apolytoner who visited Ming in Chicago as well...
I deleted the thread... but I think the guy who met pchang is either *End is Forever*, GP, or Provost Harrison?
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<b>100. chegitz guevara</b>
Former Usernames: (none known)
Famous DL's?: (none known)
Real Name: ?
Age Group: 33,34?
Nationality: ?
Lives: Jacksonville, Florida, America
Registered: 6-19-00
Had/Has A Website: No
Contribution to Apolyton: South American Communism, OT
<b>Description:</b>
He is a prominent member of the OT community, and Secretary-General of the Apolyton Communist Party
He supports Communism and lives in America he says Communism works better in South America there than anywhere else.
Theben's Brother?
He once threatened to kill an apolytoner, but apologized later (Was this him or Giancarlo? Or do I remember wrong?)
He is very serous about Communism.
He has been known to be humorous about Communism sometimes, however, but condemns people who support Communism and practice Capitalism, calling them "armchair Communists" (or something like that)
He recently got a job as a webdesigner in Jacksonville Florida.
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<b>99. ghen</b>
Former Usernames: (Fast_Eddie)
Famous DL's?: (He claims he had up to 9 at one point)
Real Name: ?
Age Group: Under 18 (16?)
Nationality: ?
Lives: America
Registered: 8-17-99
Had/Has A Website: Quantam 9 (before it went out of business)... Now: GamerzHaven.net @ http://www.gamerzhaven.net/cgi-bin/f...assCookie=true
Contribution to Apolyton: Spam. Spam. "Funposts" Humor. Angry posts. (and I have heard... vulgar posts?)
<b>Description:</b>
He has been sighted at Sidgames.com and used to post a lot in the Alpha Centauri section there.
Later when he moved to Apolyton he spammed and was banned numerous times.
Fast_Eddie changed his name to ghen because
It also allowed him to spam much more often.
He left Apolyton after throwing a tantrum because all 9 DL's of his were discovered and banned and his login was banned for some length.
His only comment about Apolyton that I could solicit at CGN was
(Not quoted Word by Word)
He left Apolyton in September 2000.
His time at CGN was breif. Lasting from November 2000 to Late December 2000 because he felt restrictive by the new rules imposed upon Off-Topic posters.
These new rules were crafted by the OT mods, <b>DarkCloud</b> and <b>Sunday Mourning</b> ("orange" at Apolyton) and <b>Chris Wilkinson</b> CGN's co-founder.
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<b>98. vlad</b>
Former Usernames: (none known)
Famous DL's?: (none known)
Real Name: ?
Age Group: ?
Nationality: ?
Lives: ?
Registered: 12-14-99
Had/Has A Website: No
Contribution to Apolyton: ?
<b>Description:</B>
Unknown
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<b>97. Seneca</b>
Former Usernames: (none known)
Famous DL's?: (none known)
Real Name: ?
Age Group: Not Middle Aged
Nationality: English
Lives: Britsol
Registered: 6-21-00
Had/Has A Website: No
Contribution to Apolyton: Off-Topic whiner
<b>Description:</b>
An Englishman who feels oppressed and neglected. Few people notice him except for other Englishmen who feel his pain.
He took the name Seneca because:
Recently, he was mugged and had 300 (british pounds) stolen from him as he walked home from work.
He usually complains for being oversighted in 'popularity' threads such as "Your favorite Top 10 Posters" and "The Apolyton Hall of Fame", but everyone has a special place in their hearts for loveable Seneca who posts "feel-good" posts and good Off-Topic posts.
Describes himself as an:
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<b>96. Tolls</b>
Former Usernames: (none)
Famous DL's?: (none known)
Real Name: ?
Age Group: ?
Nationality: British
Lives: United Kingdom
Registered: before 2-15-99
Had/Has A Website: No
Contribution to Apolyton: OT
<b>Description:</b>
Came to Apolyton to "Combat Creationism"
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<b>95. Dracon II</b>
Former Usernames: (Dracon, Ted Bundys Volkswagon, Duke of the Stratosphear)
Famous DL's?: (none known)
Real Name: ?
Age Group: ?
Nationality: English
Lives: Australia
Registered: before 2-15-99
Had/Has A Website: The Mod Asylum/Had a forum
Contribution to Apolyton: Spam. Humor. Funposts.
<b>Description:</b>
I first met Dracon when he was looking for a good name for his new rock music group... I'm not sure what he settled on, however.
Dracon owns a Civ II site that had some good material and a spam forum that is little used.
The forum even has a "Spam" section for people to purposely spam in. Paul Hanson overused that part of the forum and made over 99 topics with trash in them.
The site and forum are abandoned now.
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<b>94. DarkCloud</b>
Former Usernames: (none known)
Famous DL's?: (none known)
Real Name: ?
Age Group: ?
Nationality: ?
Lives: ?
Registered: August 2000
Had/Has A Website: ?
Contribution to Apolyton: ?
<b>Description:</b>
I'll write up myself... but I would like others to try to see what they know about me first.
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<b>93. Stewart Spink</b>
Former Usernames: (none known)
Famous DL's?: (none known)
Real Name: ?
Age Group: ?
Nationality: English
Lives: England (met Dookie, etc.)
Registered: before 2-15-99
Had/Has A Website: No
Contribution to Apolyton: spam?
<b>Description:</b>
He is known for a permabanning he received on ____ by Gamestats for spamming the Gamestats Age of Empires forums, along with Yo_Yo_Yo_Hey, telling them to visit Apolyton and that their site was no good.
He posted a lot about Americans and Christians, which he opposed.
He contributed in other ways to Apolyton... but little has been said of exactly <i>how</i> he contributed.
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<b>92. Hydey</b>
Former Usernames: (none known)
Famous DL's?: (none known)
Real Name: ?
Age Group: ?
Nationality: Austrailan
Lives: Australia
Registered: ?
Had/Has A Website: No
Contribution to Apolyton: ?
<b>Description:</B>
One of Alexander's Horse's good friends. AH refers to him as his DL and actually had me thinking for 4 months that Hydey, SuperSneak, and AH were the same person.
Hydey posts humorous posts and... I don't know much more.
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<b>91. technophile</b>
Former Usernames: None
Famous DL's?: Herr Glockenspiel, who was not famous
Real Name: Kevin
Age Group: 21
Nationality: American
Lives: Illinois/Ohio
Registered: July 1999
Had/Has A Website: no
Contribution to Apolyton: "Threadmaster" for Units and Combat for the Civ III list v. 2.0, did summaries for Units, Combat, Civilizations, and some other thread (Terrain Improvements?) for the list.
<b>Description: </b>
Majoring in Computer Science at Wittenberg University in Ohio, will graduate in May 2002 with a BS.
Has mostly been posting on OT since the completion of the Civ III list. 10% of his posts are on religion and philosophy, 90% are on other forms of trivial garbage.
He enjoys useless polls.
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<b>90. orange</b>
Former Usernames: (OrangeSfwr)
Famous DL's?: (none known)
Real Name: ?
Age Group: Under 18
Nationality: English
Lives: America
Registered: before 2-24-00
Had/Has A Website: No
Contribution to Apolyton: The Apolyton Yearbook
<b>Description:</b>
Orange was one of the first Off-Topic posters who I identified with and bonded with and created a friendship with. He is also the first Apolytoner whom I contacted with Instant Messenging.
He contributed to the Civ III ideas section, but it was truly in the OT where he left his mark with The Apolyton Yearbook, a guide to all Apolytoners that included their pictures.
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<b>89. Usually Insane</b>
Former Usernames: (none known)
Famous DL's?: (none known)
Real Name: ?
Age Group: ?
Nationality: ?
Lives: ?
Registered: before 3-26-99
Had/Has A Website: No
Contribution to Apolyton: Humor
<b>Description:</b>
A humorous poster who had much to comment on.
One person once accused him of having a logon on another board called "Usually Sane"
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<b>88. MasterBob the Elder</b>
Former Usernames: (Master Angel Bob, Fallen Angel Lord)
Famous DL's?: (none known)
Real Name: ?
Age Group: ?
Nationality: Chinese
Lives: United States
Registered: 8-12-99
Had/Has A Website: http://www.geocities.com/conquestbob/index.html (and) The CivWorld Forums
Contribution to Apolyton: Humor
<b>Description:</b>
A humorous poster who sometimes acts as if he is a trandenscended being.
He owns the Civworld forums which did not succeed against Apolyton and have since rotted with only phoenixcager and Michael Jesczenka posting there irregullarly.
Fallen Angel Lord was a humorous poster who stopped posting regularly in December 2000.
In January 2001 he 'Transcended' and changed his name to Master Angel Bob and posted everything as if he was an agent of God... Perhaps he was... we may never know?
He now mostly posts at CivFanatics and is working on a story there. He has printed a small excerpt of it on the site.
He is an Ethnic Chinese who lives in the United States and wrote a lot of Ancient Chinese Military History on the site.
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Ripping off the Forbes 500... here is the Apolyton 100, a listing of
all the top 100 Apolyton posters and my views on them.
Apolyton History Condensed
(Please feel free to add anything or correct dates! Or write your own reflections on posters- such as <b>MYSELF!</b> )
<b>Index</b>
106. yin26 <b>NEW!</b> (1983)
105. Keygen <b>NEW!</b> (2031)
104. LightEning <b>92 DOWN 9</b> (2033)
103. Giancarlo <b>NEW!</b> (2044)
102. Ramo <b>97 DOWN 4</b> (2049)
101. pchang <b>98 DOWN 2</b> (2055)
100. chegitz guevara <b>96 DOWN 3</b>
99. ghen <b>95 DOWN 3</b>
98. vlad <b>93 DOWN 4</b>
97. Seneca <b>91 DOWN 5</b>
96. Tolls <b>89 DOWN 6</b> (2171)
95. Dracon II <b>88 DOWN 6</b> (2187)
94. DarkCloud <b>NEW!</b> (2198)
93. Stewart Spink <b>86 DOWN 7</b> (2200)
92. Hydey <b>NEW!</b> (2209)
91. technophile <b>90 DOWN 1</b> (2209)
90. orange <b>87 DOWN 3</b>
89. Usually Insane <b>85 DOWN 4</b>
88. MasterBob The Elder <b>83 DOWN 5</b> (2258)
87. War4ever <b>94 UP 7</b> (2282)
86. only human <b>81 DOWN 5</b>
85. TheBirdMan <B>NEW</b>
84. Eroberer
83. Sprayber
82. Bolo
81. Winston
80. Gary <b>76 DOWN 4</b>
79. Sergeant Sheets
78. darkgrendel
77. Lefty Scaevola
76. Scouse Gits <b>82 UP 6</b>
75. Dominikos <b>73 DOWN 2</b>
74. Par4 <b>71 DOWN 3</b>
73. Hueij <b>72 DOWN 1</b>
72. Victor Galis <b>70 DOWN 2</b>
71. MagyarCrusader <b>68 DOWN 3</b>
70. DinoDoc <b>67 DOWN 3</b>
69. John-SJ
68. phoenixcager <b>69 UP 1</b>
67. Atahualpa <b>65 DOWN 2</b>
66. Empress
65. Shadowstrike <b>62 DOWN 3</b>
64. reismark
63. Comrade Dan <b>58 DOWN 5</b>
62. mrtemba
61. Seeker <b>55 DOWN 6</b>
60. Kropotkin (2979)
59. Smash (2997)
<b>EMPERORS (53+5)</b>
58. Starchild <b> 51 DOWN 7</b> (3029)
57. Giant_Squid (3029)
56. Snapcase <b>65 - -</b> (3033)
55. SnowFire <b>53 DOWN 2</b> (3051)
54. Chris 62 (3058)
53. SuperSneak (3063)
52. St Leo (3068)
51. Rasputin (3103)
50. Colon <b>43 DOWN 7</b>
49. DarthVeda <b>48 DOWN 1</b>
48. rah <b>63 UP 15</b>
47. DanS
46. Eli <B>32 DOWN 14</b>
45. Bob Dornan
44. monolith94
43. Berzerker
42. ProvostB
41. Jay Bee
40. Misotu
39. Djugashvili
38. JohnT
37. Sten Sture
36. derek
35. Docfeelgood
34. n.c.
33. Sir David
32. MLeonard
31. The Brain
30. DanQ (3894)
29. connorkimbro (4040)
28. Monk
27. Shi Huangdi
26. MikeH
25. Evan von Christoph
24. GP
23. Theben
22. Gibsie
21. Paul
20. Zhu Yuanzhang
19. Caesar the Great
18. Stefu
17. Ecthelion
16. LordStone1
15. Albert Speer
14. Infatuation
13. Roland
12. My Wife Hates CIV
11. Lancer
10. *End Is Forever*
09. MichaeltheGreat
08. Urban Ranger
07. Narck
06. Provost Harrison
<b>DEITYS (5)</b>
05. Alexander's Horse
04. MarkG
03. Imran Siddiqui
02. Mao
01. Ming
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<b>104. LightEning</b>
Former Usernames: (Rural Ranger [a spoof of Urban Ranger].)
Famous DL's?: (none at all)
Real Name: Ari Rahikkala
Age Group: 14-18
Nationality: Finnish
Lives: Finland
Registered: 10-30-99
Had/Has A Website: Had, yes
Contribution to Apolyton: Alpha Centauri section (sporadifically, and only for scaring off the newbies). Off-topic (one of the most active people in the coffee shop).
<b>Description:</B>
I first met LightEning in the Civ III ideas section and we exchanged several ideas for Civ III. (Or at least I <i>think</i> I did? ????
He wrote, for a time, in "The Chiron Chronicle" a series in the AC-Fiction section chronicling the AC factions' lives on Chiron.
He also posts in the "Apolyton" section on occasion.
In September he spoofed Urban Ranger's username and changed his name to Rural Ranger and elicted many laughs for his 'zany joke'
Urban Ranger thanked LightEning for the spoof... considering himself
honored
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<b>103. Giancarlo</b>
Former Usernames: (none known)
Famous DL's?: (none known)
Real Name: ?
Age Group: 17
Nationality: ?
Lives: California
Registered: 1-4-00
Had/Has A Website: No
Contribution to Apolyton: Off-Topic
<b>Description:</B>
Had an avatar of Heinrich Himmler for a time. Fascist.
Young far left wing Conservative Republican who wants to one day, become Governor of the state.
He also wants to throw CivNation2001 in jail.
People who don't like him harrass him, and insult him, saying that he is gay, etc.
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<b>102. Ramo</b>
Former Usernames: (none known)
Famous DL's?: (none known)
Real Name: Omar
Age Group: 16
Nationality: Arabic, Bangeldeshian
Lives: Texas? in the United States
Registered: 10-23-99
Had/Has A Website: No
Contribution to Apolyton: Off-Topic
<b>Description:</B>
Leaning towards anarchism
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<b>101. pchang</b>
Former Usernames: (none known)
Famous DL's?: (none known)
Real Name: ?
Age Group: Over 40
Nationality: ?
Lives: in the United States (Midwest)
Registered: 8-8-99
Had/Has A Website: No
Contribution to Apolyton: ?
<b>Description:</B>
Pretty much all I know about pchang is that he met an English Apolytoner who visited Ming in Chicago as well...
I deleted the thread... but I think the guy who met pchang is either *End is Forever*, GP, or Provost Harrison?
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<b>100. chegitz guevara</b>
Former Usernames: (none known)
Famous DL's?: (none known)
Real Name: ?
Age Group: 33,34?
Nationality: ?
Lives: Jacksonville, Florida, America
Registered: 6-19-00
Had/Has A Website: No
Contribution to Apolyton: South American Communism, OT
<b>Description:</b>
He is a prominent member of the OT community, and Secretary-General of the Apolyton Communist Party
He supports Communism and lives in America he says Communism works better in South America there than anywhere else.
Theben's Brother?
He once threatened to kill an apolytoner, but apologized later (Was this him or Giancarlo? Or do I remember wrong?)
He is very serous about Communism.
He has been known to be humorous about Communism sometimes, however, but condemns people who support Communism and practice Capitalism, calling them "armchair Communists" (or something like that)
He recently got a job as a webdesigner in Jacksonville Florida.
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<b>99. ghen</b>
Former Usernames: (Fast_Eddie)
Famous DL's?: (He claims he had up to 9 at one point)
Real Name: ?
Age Group: Under 18 (16?)
Nationality: ?
Lives: America
Registered: 8-17-99
Had/Has A Website: Quantam 9 (before it went out of business)... Now: GamerzHaven.net @ http://www.gamerzhaven.net/cgi-bin/f...assCookie=true
Contribution to Apolyton: Spam. Spam. "Funposts" Humor. Angry posts. (and I have heard... vulgar posts?)
<b>Description:</b>
He has been sighted at Sidgames.com and used to post a lot in the Alpha Centauri section there.
Later when he moved to Apolyton he spammed and was banned numerous times.
Fast_Eddie changed his name to ghen because
It is quicker to type and I like it better. I use it everywhere now
He left Apolyton after throwing a tantrum because all 9 DL's of his were discovered and banned and his login was banned for some length.
His only comment about Apolyton that I could solicit at CGN was
"It just isn't my type of site- I don't agree with the leadership there"
He left Apolyton in September 2000.
His time at CGN was breif. Lasting from November 2000 to Late December 2000 because he felt restrictive by the new rules imposed upon Off-Topic posters.
These new rules were crafted by the OT mods, <b>DarkCloud</b> and <b>Sunday Mourning</b> ("orange" at Apolyton) and <b>Chris Wilkinson</b> CGN's co-founder.
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<b>98. vlad</b>
Former Usernames: (none known)
Famous DL's?: (none known)
Real Name: ?
Age Group: ?
Nationality: ?
Lives: ?
Registered: 12-14-99
Had/Has A Website: No
Contribution to Apolyton: ?
<b>Description:</B>
Unknown
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<b>97. Seneca</b>
Former Usernames: (none known)
Famous DL's?: (none known)
Real Name: ?
Age Group: Not Middle Aged
Nationality: English
Lives: Britsol
Registered: 6-21-00
Had/Has A Website: No
Contribution to Apolyton: Off-Topic whiner
<b>Description:</b>
An Englishman who feels oppressed and neglected. Few people notice him except for other Englishmen who feel his pain.
He took the name Seneca because:
Blame Thucydides...
I don't know where he is now, but I saw his name and though 'Aha! A historically aware, classically-biased site!' Theben was also around, and I imagined him to be somehow enamoured of the ancient city of Thebes (either Greece or Egypt).
Caesar the Great, Alexander's Horse and Alexander the Great were also posting that day, so I felt bound to choose a Classical name.
Cicero was taken, so Seneca was the next best thing.
I don't know where he is now, but I saw his name and though 'Aha! A historically aware, classically-biased site!' Theben was also around, and I imagined him to be somehow enamoured of the ancient city of Thebes (either Greece or Egypt).
Caesar the Great, Alexander's Horse and Alexander the Great were also posting that day, so I felt bound to choose a Classical name.
Cicero was taken, so Seneca was the next best thing.
He usually complains for being oversighted in 'popularity' threads such as "Your favorite Top 10 Posters" and "The Apolyton Hall of Fame", but everyone has a special place in their hearts for loveable Seneca who posts "feel-good" posts and good Off-Topic posts.
Describes himself as an:
Off-Topic Whiner
<b>96. Tolls</b>
Former Usernames: (none)
Famous DL's?: (none known)
Real Name: ?
Age Group: ?
Nationality: British
Lives: United Kingdom
Registered: before 2-15-99
Had/Has A Website: No
Contribution to Apolyton: OT
<b>Description:</b>
Came to Apolyton to "Combat Creationism"
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<b>95. Dracon II</b>
Former Usernames: (Dracon, Ted Bundys Volkswagon, Duke of the Stratosphear)
Famous DL's?: (none known)
Real Name: ?
Age Group: ?
Nationality: English
Lives: Australia
Registered: before 2-15-99
Had/Has A Website: The Mod Asylum/Had a forum
Contribution to Apolyton: Spam. Humor. Funposts.
<b>Description:</b>
I first met Dracon when he was looking for a good name for his new rock music group... I'm not sure what he settled on, however.
Dracon owns a Civ II site that had some good material and a spam forum that is little used.
The forum even has a "Spam" section for people to purposely spam in. Paul Hanson overused that part of the forum and made over 99 topics with trash in them.
The site and forum are abandoned now.
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<b>94. DarkCloud</b>
Former Usernames: (none known)
Famous DL's?: (none known)
Real Name: ?
Age Group: ?
Nationality: ?
Lives: ?
Registered: August 2000
Had/Has A Website: ?
Contribution to Apolyton: ?
<b>Description:</b>
I'll write up myself... but I would like others to try to see what they know about me first.
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<b>93. Stewart Spink</b>
Former Usernames: (none known)
Famous DL's?: (none known)
Real Name: ?
Age Group: ?
Nationality: English
Lives: England (met Dookie, etc.)
Registered: before 2-15-99
Had/Has A Website: No
Contribution to Apolyton: spam?
<b>Description:</b>
He is known for a permabanning he received on ____ by Gamestats for spamming the Gamestats Age of Empires forums, along with Yo_Yo_Yo_Hey, telling them to visit Apolyton and that their site was no good.
He posted a lot about Americans and Christians, which he opposed.
He contributed in other ways to Apolyton... but little has been said of exactly <i>how</i> he contributed.
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<b>92. Hydey</b>
Former Usernames: (none known)
Famous DL's?: (none known)
Real Name: ?
Age Group: ?
Nationality: Austrailan
Lives: Australia
Registered: ?
Had/Has A Website: No
Contribution to Apolyton: ?
<b>Description:</B>
One of Alexander's Horse's good friends. AH refers to him as his DL and actually had me thinking for 4 months that Hydey, SuperSneak, and AH were the same person.
Hydey posts humorous posts and... I don't know much more.
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<b>91. technophile</b>
Former Usernames: None
Famous DL's?: Herr Glockenspiel, who was not famous
Real Name: Kevin
Age Group: 21
Nationality: American
Lives: Illinois/Ohio
Registered: July 1999
Had/Has A Website: no
Contribution to Apolyton: "Threadmaster" for Units and Combat for the Civ III list v. 2.0, did summaries for Units, Combat, Civilizations, and some other thread (Terrain Improvements?) for the list.
<b>Description: </b>
Majoring in Computer Science at Wittenberg University in Ohio, will graduate in May 2002 with a BS.
Has mostly been posting on OT since the completion of the Civ III list. 10% of his posts are on religion and philosophy, 90% are on other forms of trivial garbage.
He enjoys useless polls.
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<b>90. orange</b>
Former Usernames: (OrangeSfwr)
Famous DL's?: (none known)
Real Name: ?
Age Group: Under 18
Nationality: English
Lives: America
Registered: before 2-24-00
Had/Has A Website: No
Contribution to Apolyton: The Apolyton Yearbook
<b>Description:</b>
Orange was one of the first Off-Topic posters who I identified with and bonded with and created a friendship with. He is also the first Apolytoner whom I contacted with Instant Messenging.
He contributed to the Civ III ideas section, but it was truly in the OT where he left his mark with The Apolyton Yearbook, a guide to all Apolytoners that included their pictures.
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<b>89. Usually Insane</b>
Former Usernames: (none known)
Famous DL's?: (none known)
Real Name: ?
Age Group: ?
Nationality: ?
Lives: ?
Registered: before 3-26-99
Had/Has A Website: No
Contribution to Apolyton: Humor
<b>Description:</b>
A humorous poster who had much to comment on.
One person once accused him of having a logon on another board called "Usually Sane"
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<b>88. MasterBob the Elder</b>
Former Usernames: (Master Angel Bob, Fallen Angel Lord)
Famous DL's?: (none known)
Real Name: ?
Age Group: ?
Nationality: Chinese
Lives: United States
Registered: 8-12-99
Had/Has A Website: http://www.geocities.com/conquestbob/index.html (and) The CivWorld Forums
Contribution to Apolyton: Humor
<b>Description:</b>
A humorous poster who sometimes acts as if he is a trandenscended being.
He owns the Civworld forums which did not succeed against Apolyton and have since rotted with only phoenixcager and Michael Jesczenka posting there irregullarly.
Fallen Angel Lord was a humorous poster who stopped posting regularly in December 2000.
In January 2001 he 'Transcended' and changed his name to Master Angel Bob and posted everything as if he was an agent of God... Perhaps he was... we may never know?
He now mostly posts at CivFanatics and is working on a story there. He has printed a small excerpt of it on the site.
He is an Ethnic Chinese who lives in the United States and wrote a lot of Ancient Chinese Military History on the site.
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