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About Tigryonok?
Oh, ma'am, it was so long ago that I'm not sure I even remember the dates!
Although, I can sketch out a brief history from memory. Or rather, how Tigryonok became famous.
Tigryonok was a notorious spammer. To give you a better picture, dear readers, this was a time when moderators, like sheriffs, patrolled the forums, mercilessly taking down anyone who dared to break the rules. This was long before the Moderation Crisis.
Tigryonok was the first in a line of such users, and that's what he's remembered for. Despite the spam, off-topic posts, and ALL-CAPS RANTS, he was, in essence, a decent guy, although he didn't like moderators. I was very young and very hot-headed back then, very proud of my title, and I still remember the arguments in the mini-chat – real, personal, and full of profanity, for which Tigryonok was banned repeatedly. A terrible moderator's tale was that one day, sooner or later, Tigryonok would get moderator colors, and then someone would definitely shoot themselves.
Yes, by the way, not "Tigryonok" – "TIGRYONOK". That was also a distinguishing feature.
He was a cool guy, actually – it's people like him that any community is built on. Yes, he was impulsive, but he didn't abandon his friends. More specifically, I got to know him after joining the EPU. He was a good player, a decent conversationalist, and sometimes showed truly animalistic intuition. But his impulsiveness and sharp tongue eventually led Tigryonok to a permanent ban. I'm ashamed to admit it, but I was one of the first to vote for one of his early bans.
Tigryonok would sometimes come back under different nicknames, asking to be unbanned, and it seems he was unbanned – but only for a short time, as he didn't lose his impulsiveness.
Of the famous forum users of our time, Tigryonok was like a mix of Arandor and Loken – but with a time-specific twist. Back then, there was no Lurkmore, and even spammers were somewhat endearing...
However, with the wisdom of age, even the local hooligan seems quite endearing.
But, in reality, Tigryonok, although he was a true anarchist, despising authority and laws, turned out to be not such a terrible monster upon closer acquaintance.
I don't think that if Tigryonok had been unbanned back then, he would have changed.
But I am firmly convinced that Tigryonok was honest. If he didn't like you, he would say so in the mini-chat (there was a mini-chat at the top of the main forum page back then), without holding back. And although he liked to swear and argue, he wouldn't stab you in the back – he just couldn't.
A rare species, "The Red Book of Heroezworld."