Yotta. Gecko recorded it. Look for Andy's remarks on Tristo and Cynthetic. They tell the tale of Tristo's turning. Me and Andy agreed to split up - me to stop Gecko from committing suicide, and Andy to try and stop Tristo from turning Cynthetic into another 'griefer'.
And then:
It was the single greatest roleplay that I had experienced, in both 1.5 and 2.0
If you were there, you would have understood my writhing anger at the announcement that lore and RP experiences would not transfer over.
And yes - the roleplays are a little 'noobish' compared to today's stories... but back then - this was the stuff.
"One can concentrate so closely on the words of a sentence that one thereby misses the meaning. As can happen in any area of life. You must never lose focus on the larger landscape."