- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
I'll give this a shot. impurity.
I've known the jerk for more than two years - indeed, I met him through the column (probably after spamming him a dozen times to join my chapter). He's always worked for other people to try and make the place better, and managed it in a fun or funny way. I remember we used to beat the crap out of the old 7th Column system with every hack there was, and we made way too much content for each others' chapters.
When the column that was already declining hit the upgrade and then more or less died altogether, he migrated to the main forums and, unlike many, went to the "moronic" Halo 2 forums and helped out there as well as in the Septagon. Whether he was awarded modship for that helpful nature or for his good attitude in IRC and friendships with the moderators, I do not know, but nonetheless he was one of the best choices there was. Unfortunately, I think he felt confined as a ninja and is now back to his old self without the responsibilities for morons.
GameJunkieJim was a riot back in the days of ye olde column. He and impurity were the pioneers of the 7th Column revitalisation project, aimed at helping out those smaller and less successful chapters. It died out over time as community interest was disappointingly low, but it was good fun while it lasted. He was also great with his chapter - always open, friendly, trying to bring people together as friends. I miss those days most of all - when the column was active and it was fun, and when there was something new and exciting to look forward to every day. That's what's been lacking and I've almost accepted that it'll never come back by now, even though I've logged on every day hoping that it will.
Of course, it was many other people that helped to make it such a great place. Interaction with them gave the element of fun and originality to being a community member. Unfortunately, they've more or less phased out of existence. People like Dark Halo (who still comes around but has no wish to interact in what the community has become), Thanatos 117, Masterchef88, Sniper_of_Death, Albie, Sniping Demon, WHITE HORSE, Geonosis and even WarHammer01, to name but a few. Even newer people like snowmanaxt are ceasing to visit.
Community-motivated, generally unselfish people who were alot of fun to be around. People who were people, who could act up and behave like human beings, not be goody little two-shoes posting common knowledge in every thread in the Septagon. In fact, I believe I met all of these through the chapters, when they were more open.
None of them participate, some never even visit, anymore, either because of the state of the community or the state of the chapters.
Recon's been around for a while, also, always being helpful and cheerful, never changing even when granted powers over the entire memberbase. People like Banshee Barron, too, have always been around and have always been true assets to the community. It's the willingness to keep going that helps make these "greats" exactly what they are today.
[Edited on 7/20/2006]