BattleCry

Coming up on 5 years since the last reply.

RSCHAP1

Happy Anniversary

bajaman

I've spent hours going back and reading all these posts...and as they say, the Truth is stranger than fiction. Also kind of interesting that a lot of those members of the time, many with thousands of posts, no longer seem to be on here. Nature of the beast and of Life, I suppose.

Thanks for an absolutely entertaining afternoon!

Jupiter Sunsation

A few guys on this thread died, Commanche 3Six was one of them and Wrinkleface died last year.

bajaman

I figured as much, the original dates of the debacle are now what...15 years old or so? And I had never heard of SOS as a forum. Lots of interesting reading, for sure.

Interceptor

Sunkin
Trick Marine
Racheal is Dead

phragle

Card Shark,
Rice Burner
National Marine
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Bobthebuilder

Sadly Airpacker has also passed away several years ago. Another one of the "good guys".

thisistank

The sad thing is the whole SOS cluster f*ck really fractured the old OSO. A lot of people bought into Sunkins BS and followed him to SOS. at the same time OSO was being sold to IB and social media was taking off. Really the end of an era, aka “the good old days” of OSO.

bajaman

Yes, I've seen this happen too many times...once IB takes over a lot of forums change for the worse or fail altogether.
I originally joined OSO back in like 2005, didn't spend a lot of time posting then as there was a certain...elitism...I guess is the word, didn't feel welcome. But reading through this thread, seeing the amazing scope of the tight bonds of so many people, ranging from racers to builders to owners, it really was a halcyon time ten years or more ago.