LB-69 is still alive albeit barely kicking.
Great thread this, I remember the furore around TLF and Stogie's decision to alienate his FM's was considered madness at the time, I'd just started posting on LB-69 so it was a no brainer to throw my lot in there and I've been there ever since.
The demise of 69 was due to a few situations which got out of hand, long standing members were rightfully miffed by a few characters and changes to the site meant the loss of the Forum button which IMHO was the chain round our collective necks as it now meant casually browsers to the site could not directly access the forum and hence no new blood, despite calls for changes this decision was upheld, feckin' great decision that, eh?
This all happened when a lot of the guys were jaded with the scene/forum, some moved on elsewhere and the rest is historical rhetoric.