I only kinda forgot your posts - I'd set them aside as "no way can I answer this" (Tac) and "this is more of a discussion on the state of CF than a nostalgia-related post" (Torak).
So I had no intention of answering them, but I did intend to address them in my last post, but I forgot.
I will make sure to pass them along so that interested parties on the immstaff can peruse and (perhaps) address them, though.