Could I ask what ASPD stands for, and if it's still active? Originally Posted by tommy156ASPD is not still active. ASPD was a "national" hobby-website (with about as many domestic US cities as Eccie) based out of Texas (and TX mods/admins handled the PGH forums) which was the most used (at least in PGH) online hobby-website from the late 1990's to (it quickly was replaced) March 2005 when the local PGH alternative Indys created their first forums....
PGH hobbyists and providers quickly (quickly) gravitated and migrated to the new Indys, like the original Chastened and Discriminated Jews of the state of Egypt. Something like that. Many PGH hobby-people thought "the TX mods" were too points and ban-happy particularly in 2003 and 2004. That's why Indys received PGH hobby-people so quickly, except ASPD hold-outs like MCA9276 who had some preternatural dislike and problem with Indys which I tried to privately PM-dissuade him of and was never successeful. He held his grudge with Indys to the end....
ASPD was a Trip, but it was nothing compared to the Entertainment and Drama and (positive!) Carnival Atmosphere and Varied Personalities (hobbyists and providers) of Indys from 2005 to when they folded. Two different era's. With Indys the HH and GTG scene which existed with ASPD really took-off. Always about a half dozen organized GTG's just in PGH, and then they starting happening in the OH territories too....
ASPD and Indys were the PGH online scenes where Wizened and Controversial Personalities like me Tolstoy, Bambino and Big Stig got our starts, so they had that going for them....