RIP: The Forbidden Forum (2003-2009)

Anyone who has clicked that little link over there to the right of these words will know by now: the Forbidden Forum is dead. The forum's host, RapidForum, announced months ago that they would be shutting down so this does not come as surprise. On their site right now is the following message (translated from German courtesy of everyone's favorite omnipotent god, Google):

RapidForum.com says Goodbye ...

As announced a few months ago, has now Rapid Forum closed its doors.
At the same time are also RapidChat.de and RapidTec.de no longer online.

The past years have all involved brought valuable experience.

We would like to again thank all customers for the long-term confidence in
our service and wish to thank everyone for the future.

So it's over. The forum is gone for good, leaving in its wake a ton of memories. Who can forget the awesome jokes thread, "He said, she said" that SomethingNeo started? Or the indescrible "Words" thread by Shadow? Or the time that troll pretended he was a Holywood agent who was interested in buying the rights to my stories and actually thought any of us would believe him? Or the time in mid-2004 when I went flame-crazy with a bunch of conservative jerks who thought the war in Iraq was a good idea? Or the time that asshole I knew in real life posted pictures of me? Or the time Dolemite started posting hot pictures, forever igniting the Porn Posting Fun category? Or my competitions with Spencer in that same category? Or...

...well, I could go on for quite a bit but instead I'll quit while I'm ahead! :P

I've been receiving a lot of e-mail lately from people asking what I plan to do now that the forum is gone. My answer? Nothing.

As far as I'm concerned the forum ran its course. It was fun while it lasted, sure, but if there's one thing I've learned in this short life of mine it's this: all good things come to an end. When you deny that or refuse to accept that the results end up being like the Godfather III or the Star Wars prequels. They're redundant and lame and not worthy of the original. I will not be starting a new forum.

I'm still here, after all. You can still e-mail me or communicate by posting to these blog entries. Or, if you want to mix it up with some perverted writers like myself (:P) you can check out the SOL.net group over at Google Groups. Or, if your interest in the forum was primarily about the hot pictures and such, there's this thing called "the internet" you can use to find more... :P

Anyway... God bless the Forum. May she rest in peace.

-shannon-

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