Well I certainly can't speak to what it was like years ago I can say that your style of trash talk is certainly not the norm here now. But that's not a bad thing. I enjoy it, even when I or one of my characters are on the receiving end of it. I definitely think it's one of those styles that takes some getting used to by the reader and at first it can come off as perhaps a bit off putting but I think as long as the person reading understands that it's all IC than it shouldn't be an issue.

FWIW I didn't see any issues with the posts you have made recently that would make me think that you were taking OOC shots.