Damn, this **** still keeps coming back? I thought I had a hard time letting go of the past, but this is ridiculous.
Rip was here and was pretty damn good.
Rip was here and was disruptive.
Rip felt entitled and made the conscience choice to not play nice enough to stay.
Rip forced the hand (along with others, probably myself included) that brought about the mods.
Rip forced the hand that caused his permaban
Rip=Rootwermholio
Rip has made a home on reddit, I think some of it is pretty keyboardy, some of it is pretty hilarious (I'm a big personal fan of Geekwhackers), and some may be just <insert something here>.
Rip does not even want to return to GH.
Whats' done is done, and everyone and everything have evolved. There were winners and losers, but the entire issue is completely closed and will never be revisited.
GH still has way-too-big issues with disruptive trolls, it's a part of the inbred hacker culture here that allows the stupid stuff to get out of hand, more so than other forums, but there's a lot of good, and sometimes ya gotta allow some bad so the good doesn't get stifled.