Quote from: Niann on February 25, 2021, 01:32:24 AM

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TEC was extremely headstrong and had very defined guidelines of what he considered right and wrong
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I'd agree with this. I had not had a huge amount of interaction with TECSHARE over the years, but he was definitely headstrong in his beliefs.

I hope no offense is taken here, but it is still hard for me to accept this thread as complete fact.. I don't even think TECSHARE would have accepted it as fact himself without a clearer verification. I just think it's how a lot of people here think, so I don't think it should be taken offensively. I'll also refrain from going into any personal grievances I had with TECSHARE here, sadly it seems there is not a point in doing that now.. and it just wouldn't be fair.

So, I'm going to continue under the assumption that this news is probably true. That said, it really sucks losing a human being unexpectedly... especially one who appears to have had a lot of life in him left.
RIP TECSHARE. My condolences to his loved ones, I know what it feels like.. and I wish you all the best.

Quote from: Vod on February 25, 2021, 05:08:59 PM

From the comfort of my chair, I challenge the BPIP team to create an "in memorandum" flag, which can show the peak of a profile's achievements. Obviously the activity ranking will fall and remembering how recognized a profile was and how trusted they were at their best should be important for posterity.

A little off-topic but I kinda hoped the BPIP cards would be able to commemorate this sort of thing... to create a snapshot in time.

I went ahead and generated several last week for TECSHARE, one with each current design.. also did a set for Bruno since they were not really ready when all that happened. Things may still fluctuate with the development of the card generator. So, while the images would theoretically verify correctly today if everything were live, I'm not sure if the official card generator/verification will stay the same as I've generated it today or not.. I'll try to keep these verifiable. But, outside of the typical archiving of the profile page, I've at least got these as well, for now. Can't say it represents the "peak", but as close as I can get at the moment.

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Quote from: theymos on February 28, 2021, 09:52:19 PM

I apparently missed all this. Undecided