Appropriately it was Halloween 2003 when David (haysdb) joined the SPCR folding effort. Almost immediately he had a minor setback, but he continued undaunted, figuring out the details as he went along.
Within a few days, David was running multiple systems and installing F@H on anything he could find around the house. This should have been our first real hint as to what was coming. This was also where we started to see him emerge as a budding "cheerleader/whip" for the SPCR folding team. Again, we should have seen the signs.
A scant ten days into his folding career, David discovered the folding blade farm concept. This was a revelation that planted "an idea" in his brain...
One day later, David realized something had changed in his psyche, but he was at a loss to explain why. Still nurturing fantasies of folding farms, he hit his first major milestone in folding: Becoming "green" in the old EOC stats. He soon figured out that he craved the competition in folding, but Mormakil and the rest of SPCR (and probably David) still didn't see the folding fiend in the making. When he started celebrating the conquest of entire countries we were just barely beginning to get a hint of where he was headed.
David continued taunting Mormakil while making his way into the top 100 on the SPCR folding team. He was still a snot-nosed 20-day-old folder, but he was running 4 machines! About this time we also started to see his stats obsession come out as big-time cheerleading for other members of the team. He also made the first of his infamous "folding flamer" posts.
Feeling the frustration of advancing through the ranks at a steady pace, David considered bringing his low-horsepower notebook back on-line. "The idea" planted by the Australian folding farm was still festering in the back of his mind.
A scant month after he started folding, David started the popular "Interesting Races and Folders-on-the-move" thread to highlight accomplishments, encourage teammates, badger low producers, and generally cheer the team on. At this point he was making about 7 posts in the Folding forum for each post he made in a non-folding forum. OK, we probably had a clue what was happening by then.
We definitely figured it out when it became obvious that "The Idea" was gaining traction and he was making evil plans for Christmas gifts. He made a cry for help but he didn't want to be saved from his addiction, he wanted MORE! And we were happy to help. WHAT WERE WE THINKING?!?
Soon he was learning about Linux, wrestling with motherboard specs, and hammering out his plans for a folding farm. He definitely showed his gratitude to those who helped him out. Eventually he settled on a configuration for his first folding blade. Still, though, he seemed to be in a bit of denial about how much a part of his life Folding had become. "...just a hobby..."?!?!?!?!?
After many fits and starts, the fledgling folding farm finally came to life! Soon David was building a home for his creation. His obsession grew to the point where family members started to notice. You'd think he would have figured it out when he stayed up to the wee hours to watch as he made it to 20000 points. Nah, no obsession there, folks!
Soon we got to see the haysdb folding farm in all its glory. Though David was clearly doing his best to rise through the SPCR folding ranks, he still continued cheering the team on at every opportunity. And he certainly wasn't afraid of taunting other teams. All the while, though, he maintained his humility. Kinda. A little, at least. OK, not much at all. In fact, he was a bit arrogant about it at times.
OK, I just realized that this may soon get too big for a single post (I'm working backward through all the 2000+ haysdb posts and I have 46 pages of posts left to go), so I'll wrap it up by saying that David rose quickly through the SPCR folding ranks, provided a ton of help for other folders on the team, keep up the cheerleading and taunting, built a new condo for his folding farm, and was the obvious choice when Mike C was looking for a moderator for the Folding forum.
I still don't think he's come to terms with his obsession, though. I'm glad I don't have that obsession.
BTW, David, if I survive the current round of layoffs at work, I may be pestering you for your opinions on the current crop of mATX motherboards as folding blades...
Scott
The true folding story of haysdb! 
, maybe you'll see me teal again soon 
He must work as network administrator in middle+ size company, othevise I can't imagine where he can borg so many CPUs