I wanted to thank the mods, the actives and everyone else for the memories. My post office even came in disbelief back in the day to deliver their first envelope from a far away land (somewhere in Europe XD, small town PO...) You would have thought they were carrying the holy grail, and my dad asked me if i had bought drugs or something. To his surprise, it was cardboard.

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Originally posted by Ib3xcool:
Not sure if i have ever posted in the general tab, but was thinking about motl and all the great memories. Used to sling mad 5 cent garbage cards for trades of other garbage cards i wanted haha. Checking each day, building my lists, sorting through my list, man was that the time.

I wanted to thank the mods, the actives and everyone else for the memories. My post office even came in disbelief back in the day to deliver their first envelope from a far away land (somewhere in Europe XD, small town PO...) You would have thought they were carrying the holy grail, and my dad asked me if i had bought drugs or something. To his surprise, it was cardboard.

What a time to be alive.

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'sup guys?

@rockondon: Damn man, that's rough to hear, wish I checked in earlier to provide any mental support. I can always print out 4 lifesize Mogg Fanatics for a laugh your way

@pd: that's rough too man. Is the dog still ok? Hope you're doing well

@ all the others: Hope you are all well. The site has a lot of good memories for me. If I ever hit the states I'll find Eddie, make him transfer ownership of the site to one who cares and subsequently bitsj-slap him for neglecting us.

Anyhow, it's good to see some familiar names still here. I'm doing pre-releases and an occasional FNM these days. Selling off my duals for house-modifications (if interested, LMK, I'm on MKM under 'Duffy') but otherwise occupied with my busy family life. Cheers!

EDIT: woohoo! 'bitsj' evaded the auto-censor
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Originally posted by rockondon:
For those who remember me, here's a little update of what I've been up to the last few years.

Fighting cancer is the main thing. I've absorbed about every type of chemo there is over the last few years. I've also done a CAR T trial which was amazing and it left me cancer free for a year and a half. Nice to get a break from the chemo and grow my hair back. Now I'm trying to get into an antibody that might have a similar result. If I don't get in the trial, things will be dire. My docs always remind me that my cancer is very aggressive and everything has been tried and failed already.

In lighter news, I've also written a bunch of fantasy novels. The first three were garbage so those are hidden under the bed but the ones after that I'm quite proud of. Currently I'm on book 3 of a trilogy involving a linguist that gets hurtled through time, saving the world while getting hunted by other time traveling foes. Making the different times and eras come alive is an absolute blast, but it's exhausting spending more time researching than writing.

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I don't know what counts as doxxing on a forum that hasn't been relevant for a decade or more, but for the scattered other hanger-on who pops in here and is interested in further reading/context for the above post: here's some more info on the books he posted (I couldn't find a sale link), here's his obituary from a couple months back, here's a really sweet slice of life article published by a Vancouver paper in 2021, and a follow-up article after his death published a couple weeks back (which is how I heard and what sent me Googling about all this).

Like I say every time I post in here, I hope you're all well these days.

...also, I tried to add a heart emoji to that signoff before forgetting that this site predates the popularity of emojis. Never change, MOTL <3

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Originally posted by puregoblinboy47:
Not sure who's around or who may be interested, but I'm counting down my top 100 metal songs on VideoGameSage. It was a tough list to put together, because no band can be repeated. I'm at #88 right now.

https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/13610-kguillemettes-heavy-m etal-top-100-songs-of-all-time-88/

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Neat! I've mostly fallen off the metal-listening bandwagon (and totally off the forum-hanging bandwagon) these days, but am a huge fan of anyone writing positively and passionately about what they dig. Keep it up!

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Originally posted by ryan2754:
GLE is here? Time to rev up a mafia game.

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Rev?
Of course I am still around.
Mafia? Hell yeah.
Fantasy football? Even better hell yeah.

~Revenger

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Neat! I've mostly fallen off the metal-listening bandwagon (and totally off the forum-hanging bandwagon) these days, but am a huge fan of anyone writing positively and passionately about what they dig. Keep it up!

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Thanks! It's a very fun little project of mine. Just a quick 5 minutes every morning right down the list until we reach the finish in a few months time. On a side note, forums are about the only form of social media I can stand! I'm fortunate that there still is one active that covers my collecting hobbies.

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Originally posted by GottaLoveElves:
I don't know what counts as doxxing on a forum that hasn't been relevant for a decade or more, but for the scattered other hanger-on who pops in here and is interested in further reading/context for the above post: here's some more info on the books he posted (I couldn't find a sale link), here's his obituary from a couple months back, here's a really sweet slice of life article published by a Vancouver paper in 2021, and a follow-up article after his death published a couple weeks back (which is how I heard and what sent me Googling about all this).

Like I say every time I post in here, I hope you're all well these days.

...also, I tried to add a heart emoji to that signoff before forgetting that this site predates the popularity of emojis. Never change, MOTL <3

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Cardsphere is dead now what?

Going to MOTL to PucaTrade to Cardsphere only to watch them all die ****ing sucks. Trading online is almost dead.

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All of my last trades over the past few years have been on Facebook groups.

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Originally posted by GottaLoveElves:
here's his obituary from a couple months back

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Wow. I'm gutted.

It just reminds me that no matter how much time I have left... it's not enough.

wondering if it is still possibile to get some trades going thru the site or is it rather pretty much dead?

if so what alternatives could you recommend?

best regards - Lu

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Anyone interested in bragging rights fantasy football league? We are in need of players. Like 7. Anyone? Anyone? Buehuller? Frye?

Ill send ya a food token!

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Originally posted by lubster:
hi guys - long time MOTL-er here from Europe,

wondering if it is still possibile to get some trades going thru the site or is it rather pretty much dead?

if so what alternatives could you recommend?

best regards - Lu

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It's possible, but difficult since only like half a dozen people have somewhat recently taken the time to create or update a h/w list haha. If you have the time, go for it. At least then you have your have/want list updated

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I've never bothered to try and trade on facebook marketplace, only buy and sell

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Me either. The trades I've done on FB have been on FB Groups, like:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/854508949318359

Where I got some M30 Lightning Bolts

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Originally posted by GottaLoveElves:
I don't know what counts as doxxing on a forum that hasn't been relevant for a decade or more, but for the scattered other hanger-on who pops in here and is interested in further reading/context for the above post: here's some more info on the books he posted (I couldn't find a sale link), here's his obituary from a couple months back, here's a really sweet slice of life article published by a Vancouver paper in 2021, and a follow-up article after his death published a couple weeks back (which is how I heard and what sent me Googling about all this).

Like I say every time I post in here, I hope you're all well these days.

...also, I tried to add a heart emoji to that signoff before forgetting that this site predates the popularity of emojis. Never change, MOTL <3

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Oh my gosh, thank you for sharing, I can't even imagine what mottle would have been like without him.

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Oh my gosh, thank you for sharing, I can't even imagine what mottle would have been like without him.

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Is that Rockondon? That's absolutely heartbreaking.

Edit** the articles were amazing and truly captured his loving nature from the small amount I knew about him. Rest in peace and keep rocking on Don

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Originally posted by ronandaggy:

Aggy and I are still here. Vikki just turned 16. She has entered the dating world and I'm not thrilled about it.

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My early condolences to you. The good news is that I bet her mom and dad have set a great example of what a relationship should look like.

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My early condolences to you. The good news is that I bet her mom and dad have set a great example of what a relationship should look like.

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Hahaha while I appreciate the compliment pgb but we could definitely be a better example.
We did a couple of things right. Aggy taught her not to take any BS and I taught her how to throw a wicked right hook.

I really want to hate the new BF but he's such a good cook! My mind and my stomach are having a war over it

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Originally posted by GottaLoveElves:
I don't know what counts as doxxing on a forum that hasn't been relevant for a decade or more, but for the scattered other hanger-on who pops in here and is interested in further reading/context for the above post: here's some more info on the books he posted (I couldn't find a sale link), here's his obituary from a couple months back, here's a really sweet slice of life article published by a Vancouver paper in 2021, and a follow-up article after his death published a couple weeks back (which is how I heard and what sent me Googling about all this).

Like I say every time I post in here, I hope you're all well these days.

...also, I tried to add a heart emoji to that signoff before forgetting that this site predates the popularity of emojis. Never change, MOTL <3

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