This guy has more issues than National Geographic. He contains huge amounts of self loathing and the desire for others to feel sorry for him. Those two things sort of contradict one another. So making a fake persona with a traumatic past allowed him to fish for pity while pretending like the real him, that he hates, doesn't exist. (*church lady voice* "Well isn't that special")
Anyways I honestly thought for a while that Tyen/Trexx were behind the Evelys debacle. I mean this was THE perfect way to kill this community. Get everyone enthused about a new site, have people dedicate time and effort to making the transition smooth, make it seem like there is hope and BOOM. Blow the whole thing up in their face. I could see those shit covered conjoined twins laughing as they dropped the plunger and watched the site explode.
That right there is enough to demoralize most normal people to the point where they just stop fuck-giving, they no longer give fucks. I swear if this community had not been raised on drama and witnessed thousands of similar events occur with in-game guilds and the forums themselves, then it might have been put down. I mean when Tuco got back on and was talking about getting a new site up and running pronto it sounded like one of his PRX recruitment posts for a minute. People have developed a distaste for change, but are used to dealing with it.
A former boss of mine liked a phrase, "Those who refuse to adapt, die." He was a total douche bag, but he was right. I am glad to see that the FoH community was able to reroll with the punches and simply has another epic tale to tell.
As for Evelys... guy is whacked, but he has declared his desire to "man up" (that phrase will never be the same). Whether or not he is serious, I don't fucking care, but if part of his commitment to change is to move on from this community then we shouldn't stand in his way. Although I bet he's probably already working on his next persona and is making sure the fake pictures he has lined up are of a dead girl from russia that lived alone. (don't get any ideas you fuckwit)
Really, the only thing that I think galvanized the community into moving for the second time was Requiem himself.
This whole thing is playing out like a cheesy anime, with an endless stream of mini-bosses and minions (Tyen, Trexx, Column) double agents showing us their true form (Evelys), an oppressive mechanized force bent on destroying humanity (the malware attacks and the forum bots) and now the final Boss coming down and telling us all that we are all insignificant insects that he has willfully been manipulating since day one for his own sick amusement (Requiem). It's even had it's share of flashbacks and clip segments (hoofshots/brittney/millie/donkey history thread on MoreNutz).
Finally it has had the heroic efforts of a small group of people getting up after getting the shit kicked out of them, vomiting up half a gallon of blood, making their pupils get really small and screaming really loud as they unleash their final attack in the form of: a new website in less than 24 hours. "I have never seen anyone move that fast."
If this movement stagnates and people get split between here and FoH I will blame it on the fucking tranny's and become a bitter old man. If this movement is successful and the community makes the transition I will smile, and then become a bitter old man.