05-24-2017, 08:29 AM
(This post was last modified: 05-24-2017, 08:36 AM by rich2005.
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Definitely not recent 
...and then there was the Gimp User Group http://gug.sunsite.dk
Ran from early 2000's to effectively about 2009 and suffered very badly from spam. Eventually zero maintenance killed it off.
This a screenshot from the internet archive of the tutorials page, about 2005 which sort of shows that very little has changed since then. Chrome/gold/icy-glow text, rusty/stony textures, glassy bumpmapped buttons.
http://i.imgur.com/kzC8PuT.jpg
Resurrected about 2010 http://gug.criticalhit.dk
Again spam killed it off. The owner staun eventually screwed the posting requirements down to every post had to be approved, which resulted in no posts.
...and then there was the Gimp User Group http://gug.sunsite.dk
Ran from early 2000's to effectively about 2009 and suffered very badly from spam. Eventually zero maintenance killed it off.
This a screenshot from the internet archive of the tutorials page, about 2005 which sort of shows that very little has changed since then. Chrome/gold/icy-glow text, rusty/stony textures, glassy bumpmapped buttons.
http://i.imgur.com/kzC8PuT.jpg
Resurrected about 2010 http://gug.criticalhit.dk
Again spam killed it off. The owner staun eventually screwed the posting requirements down to every post had to be approved, which resulted in no posts.