>Veteran of The First Posting.
>
>I was there when it hit rec.arts.anime for the first time. I was just
>getting into anime at that time, and I fell into it. I'd seen bits
>and pieces of stuff and was slowing getting into it, but... then this
>hit.

Same thing. Ten years and more, before the Split. Before the Web.

I still remember the Gushing Fanboy(tm) letter I sent, asking if they were going to do any more. "We might," Gryph and/or Zoner said. Who knew?

As the Other Enthusiastic Personages section indicates, I used to have dreams of jumping in myself (first "Otaku Rising" style, then another concept focusing on the WDF Academy), but lack of time, inspiration, and perceived need of the community for Yet-Another-SI-fic killed that idea. So these days I just hang out.