From "The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette-Times-Free Press"

                       DATELINE: October 1, 2013

     Members of a former Little Rock computer bulletin board known as
"The Cutting Edge!" have met at Shady Pines Retirement Center to
celebrate the "TCE 20th Anniversary Throwdown".  Although TCE founder
William Billingsley was forced to shut off the bbs in 1998 after the
construction of the information superhighway, many members of the group
still meet regularly to participate in role-playing activities.  Listed
below are some of the well known members of TCE and what happened to
them after the boards closing:

Chastity-
          converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints,
          married a man and a woman, and is currently residing in a
          trailer outside of Salt Lake City, Utah.

Diogenes-
          In March of 1998, Diogenes was hired as a ghost writer for a
          book on underground teenage vigilante computer cults that
          transmit codes in Latin and grow green vegetables.  The book
          required fifteen years of his time, involving trips to Greece,
          Utopia, the Arabian Desert, Fayetteville, and Hellandback.
          When asked what he would like now that he has completed his
          book, he replied, "a date".

Falcon-
          Shortly after graduating from college, he was convicted in
          Kansas City, Missouri for inciting a disturbance inside the
          2004 Republican National Convention for heckling presidential
          candidate Strom Thurmond to "Just shut up and die." After
          hearing of his conviction, President Thurmond urged the FBI to
          prosecute him for treason.  He was deported to Canada in
          February 2005.  He currently lives alone in Toronto works as
          an actor.

Kokane,
Kramer,
& Macbeth
          In March 1996, these three men created a Tradewars MUD on the
          Internet.  Two months later, the MUD folded because of arguing
          between the three members.  These three men have not spoken to
          each other sense without the presence of an attorney.  In May
          of 1996, all three petitioned Pulaski County Circuit Court for
          restraining orders against each other.  Because of these
          restraining orders, none of the three men could be able to
          attend the party.

Dagarth
& Babydoll
          After the folding of TCE, Dag and BD attempted to try to start
          up their old bbs back.  Unfortunately, their bbs folded
          because prospective clients did not want to join a bbs they
          could not spell.  Upon this second closing, Dag and BD locked
          themselves in their house trying to find something
          entertaining to do.  Nine months later, the couple had twins,
          DagDoll and BabyGarth.

Autox
& Venus-
          After the shutting TCE down, Autox soon ran out of excuses
          acceptable to Venus for not finding a job.  He is currently
          paid by the UAMS sleep disorder clinic to observe his sleeping
          habits.

Blackthorne-
& Yang the Nausiating
          These two men are currently writing a sequel to their New York
          Times Best Seller, "How to irritate the hell out of people".
          Blackthorne's current location is unknown because of the large
          number of death threats he recieves from individuals under age
          18.  Blackthorne did not care about these threats until the
          fifth assasination attempt.  After reception of his first
          death threat, Yang announced on television to meet his
          assailent "Any time, any place, any caliber..." Yang is
          currently in an undisclosed prison for murdering his would-be
          assasin with an elephant gun.

Brad Hicks-
          Died in an elephant gun duel with Yang the Nausiating (see
          above).

Cosmo-
          Because he enjoyed the feeling of throwing people in Jail on
          the board, Cosmo retired from the fire department and works
          for the State of Arkansas at the Juvenile Detention Center as
          a guard.  "I still love the feeling of lockin' em up!" he
          said.

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