Reading EB was a pleasure but I never idolized him.
He regularly made an ass of himself. That kid in the wheelchair, doomsday, he had EB's number.
That weird callout with beaver cleaver when EB locked the thread
To a fault, EB wanted to be the main attraction and sucked up to good posters ... I still remember him freaking out in the reg room because TDM started flaming him.
The type of posters I miss are Summer of George and Cardtrick - funny and untouchable.