I was waiting for a reply on where I ranked and now it's gone... I think. I really looked for it, I swear. Am I going senile or did it go away?
No it went away. I was going to post a reply in it and as I hit submit, I got the message that I wasn't logged in but didn't mean I was banned. It freaked me out and then I hit the back button and noticed that it was nowhere to be seen. Considering that Shanghai never revealed how he got that info, I think that was a good sign that he shouldn't have posted that information.
I would think if he could gather that info online then it would be considered public domain but I could be wrong... wouldn't be the first time.
He did reveal how he got it, but he didn't hack the bbs or anything. The info can be obtained from the forums page, but you have to calculate the information over a period of time. I'll let Clutch explain it further if he wants, but he didn't have access to people's accounts or the server or anything if you're worried about that.