One fear of forum life was that if you went missing no-one would know. Your post-count wouldn't increase and your "Last Online" date would stay the same; People might think you were away on holiday or had just forgotten about the place. No-one would be there to tell your internet buddies that you had passed away. The forums I visited, Gamezville, devised a simple plan to at least try and avoid this prospect. It was a forum different to many. It was the forum for an old video-games show and had plenty of people in it. The mix was so eclectic that it operated differently from other forums. Spammers came, spammers left, good turned bad, rules we
There is a long corridor. It has beige walls, covered in graffiti where the nocturnal humans make the most of their hours. The burgundy skirting leads on through the hallway, scratched and bumped from numerous trollies, benches and other assorted items moving through it. The brown, corn-coloured carpet calms you down from the vivid colours that spread like vines on the wall, their unearthly prettiness captivating you.
Two men stand in the corridor. One is fixing one of the many gold, elegant light fittings, while the other is washing the scrawl off the wall, not being too careful to get water on the floor, in hope that the water will wash aw
This may be rather cynical and people, please don't take offence, but I saw some people collecting for the Tsunami Disaster today. There were two things wrong. One of the collectors was dressed up as a Storm Trooper and who are they collecting for? Most of them are dead.