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HOSTILE TAKEOVER

have that aren't toys to display. The proper thing to do is ASK the admins of the boards if one true unified board is in the best interests of our community, and wait and see if they would be interested in such a board.

That is my two cents.

There are people out here with a lot of skills Iceman. How they use them is what determines our community.

The Vouched came back online, but not for long—it was supposed to be a private, secure forum open only to a select few. When Max had broken its security, he'd shattered its credibility, and nobody bothered to return. TalkCash and ScandinavianCarding were doomed—they had no backups of the databases Max had destroyed. Their members mostly stayed on at Carders Market.

Aside from the Russian forums, which Max was having trouble assimilating because of the language barrier, there was just one black mark on Max's triumph: DarkMarket. His chief competitor had backups and managed to crawl back to life within days. It was a slap in the face to everything Max was trying to achieve for himself and the community. The war had begun.

In Orange County, Chris was consolidating his end of the business too. He decided it would be convenient to have his full-time workers all living in the same place, and the Archstone chain of apartment complexes offered an Internet-based move-in process perfectly suited to his plans. Prospective tenants could fill out a lease on the company's website and pay the easy $99 deposit and the first month's rent with a credit card. Chris could handle everything online, and his people wouldn't have to put in an appearance until move-in day, when they'd stop by the rental office to flash their fake ID and pick up the door key.