I don't know about the "proven talent for trolling" thing. It was just an experiment, but it was fun. There was no spam at first, but that's what ultimately broke it up. I liked the elitism of it because most of (if not all of) the people in it were who I would have "chosen" too.
It wasn't a big deal at all. It was cannibalistic in its death, which is as it should be. There was another incarnation, but it was even more boring. As to who started the first "bridge", I believe that was Messenger (aka Tyrant currently).
Hard to keep ten of us in the same room at the same time, let alone try to "organize" stuff.