All though they're the minority I wonder out of all those quotes calling ot.com full of nutjobs, how many have benefited directly from this site by people like DJ, Harmy, Adywan et al sharing their work?
I've been registered here since 2006 and lurked before that and while I don't remember how I heard about this place I do distinctly remember hearing originaltrilogy.com being full of hardcore fanboys - in a very negative context. But I actually took the time and looked around for myself and found that not to be the case.
If you can ignore some of the vitriol from the occasional troll and a resident nut job or two it's actually a really really informative place with loads of helpful and technically proficient people.
It turns out when you yourself are a hardcore fanboy and there are people in direct opposition with you, you paint them with your own brush.