Goldenguy posted...
I remember it actually being remotely sane in the very early ages. I'm pulling from like 2001-2002 though so my memory could be hazy on it, and it obviously didn't last terribly long like that.
Yes, you are correct. It only started to become less serious later into 2001 or so, and then a LOT less serious after a few RIers, bitter over the Gamequeen incident, drove a sizable percentage of RIers off of their board with their toxicity.
It wasn't long after that that Random Insanity's activity took a nosedive (though it was still quite active) and LUE's skyrocketed. Prior to the Gamequeen incident, RI was almost as popular as CE.