It’s exciting to see that @topazg, one of the original creators of OGS, has now joined this tournament.
Related to long-term thought, here is a thread discussing the history of OGS
One thing to note is that this current incarnation of the forums was only started in March 2014. Prior to that, there was a forum built into the main site, but it was replaced with this Discourse software.
Even platforms for discussion are ephemeral. Will we still be using this Discourse forum when this tournament finally ends? I wonder if those that finish the tournament will still be able to come back here and read these words.
Technology can help us preserve information, but the rapid pace of advancement and obsolescence creates challenges for long-term storage. Even NASA has struggled to preserve and keep track of the records from its crowning achievement. Here is an anecdote about the preservation and accessibility of personal records over a long passage of time.
https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/hf2fuk/this_person_sold_their_vhs_player_on_ebay_and_got/
The above image is dynamically linked from reddit, and I wonder when this might eventually break.