The "Where Are They Now?" Thread

[Alex MacLeod]

There's a blast from the past. Yes, what happened to him?

And I wonder what happened to WriteonCaley

[StockholmSyndrome]

Thanks for blowing my cover, Alex! My employers at the Swedish embassy won't be very happy... ;)

[Alex MacLeod]

Sorry but you blew it yourself. The profile pic never changed.

[StockholmSyndrome]

Darn! I was hoping nobody had noticed!

[Alex MacLeod]

You want to be a spy then you need to learn that the looks must change as well as the name Agent M. luvsya x

[Georgeios]

I see some names appear on P&B

[Pele_Is_God]

Doresboy still posts from time to time.

[Renegade]

I've been looking at a lot of old topics recently and remember none other than the very mysterious poster "Richard Fairbrass". He seemed to know a heck of a lot of inside information, far far more than a regular fan or even "someone in the know" would. He was almost certainly an ICT player during either one of or both of Brewster's terms here and claims he once "witnessed Brewster lying to a player" and wouldn't post some information due to a "risk of fines". One poster believed he was Ian Black while another claimed he was Darren Dods!

He also claims that some posters "know who he is" and is "an Arab" with "a strong dislike of Brewster". Barry Wilson perhaps?

Edited July 3, 2012 by Renegade

[+The_Sponge]

Richard Fairbrass was/is definitely not a football player

[Renegade]

Whoever he was, he was certainly someone very in the know.

Edited July 3, 2012 by Renegade

[Richard_Fairbrass]

A player??? Aye I'm a player................ just not a very good player lol!! Cheers for the heads up Dom!! Wait till I tell you about.............. no, can't expose this one - it'll blow my cover lol.

[IBM]

What about Laurence? Think he must have gone down to London for the Jubilee and got lost!

[Renegade]

A player??? Aye I'm a player................ just not a very good player lol!! Cheers for the heads up Dom!! Wait till I tell you about.............. no, can't expose this one - it'll blow my cover lol.

Richard Fairbrass lives! Got any other nuggets to share with us?

Somewhat disconcertingly, posters on here once speculated that I was none other Sandy Cromarty! Others thought I was Dougal...

But were they right though, that's the thing......

Edited July 3, 2012 by Renegade

[Alex MacLeod]

I am of the opinion that Sandy Cromarty, Stoned Sailor and Dougal are one and the same

[Georgeios]

Let's not forget birdog

[StockholmSyndrome]

It must be interesting being him. With all his personas I bet he never gets lonely.

[+Fraz]

Is there not a way that mods/admin can check to see if different logins were posting from the same IP? Or was someone just feeding me pish?

[Alex MacLeod]

Yes there is a way for Admin to check. Just as people cannot hide behind psuedonyms on facebook and twitter. To register you need a valid e-mail and to obtain one you need to give personal details. Thats how the police caught the cyber bullies who recently made racial comments to players.

[SMEE]

Let's not forget birdog

Yeah....Birdy was one memeber on here who had woken up and smelled the coffee! Could see things for the way they were

[Renegade]

Yeah bring back Birdog! He's done his time!

[CaleyJulz]

Coooooooooooeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee i am still here !!!!!!!

[Alex MacLeod]

Coooooooooooeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee i am still here !!!!!!!

Yeh but you were a cutey before you became a missus.

[Scotty]

Yeah bring back Birdog! He's done his time!

Never going to happen. He made it extremely personal and will never be welcome back as a full member. However, as we no longer make guests register to view most of the site, it is quite likely he still views the forum, and we have no issue with that ......

To answer the previous question. yes we do have mechanisms that allow us to detect duplicate/multiple accounts and we deal with those as they come up. We also have inbuilt features/measures in place (from the creators of this software as well as thirdy party providers like stopforumspam, akismet and others) that allow us to (try and) detect and block known spammers, hackers or other undesirables as well as known bad proxies or email domains and such like.

The IP address is still an option for identifying users but these days its not the most reliable so heuristics and fuzzy logic come into it as well ...... However, all information about a user that is not 'public' is subject to Data Protection so even if you ask us, we cant tell you ......

[Alex MacLeod]

.......unless I'm a copper with a court order

[PaderbornCaley]

....... or an MP stating the name in Parliament.