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Forum Memories

Postby Ghost » Fri Jan 12, 2018 8:09 pm

Obviously this forum is pretty redundant nowadays. Anyone got any memories they want to share of the old days. I didn't post much but enjoyed reading it. I can only think of the following:

I used to love the Andy Hall arguments and how everyone used to gang up on him. He was like Gandalf the Red but ten times worse.

I used to love Darkweasel's pervy gifs that he'd put in the hot or not thread.

I remember Finnvitka because she used to have a Young Ones avatar. I recall her being pretty angry. I also remember Holly the Headbanger. There may have been someone called Motoramarth as well.
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Re: Forum Memories

Postby Noodle » Fri Jan 12, 2018 8:19 pm

"Too much melodeath"

5 pages of 2 or 3 regular spamming the wishlist thread that got Katatonia booked

Sexy kitchens

Closing fast moving threads to deal with dickheadery

Photoshop threads (Moonburp. Kawaii album covers)

Bowel movement thread
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Re: Forum Memories

Postby Matty_the_Emo_Slayer » Fri Jan 12, 2018 8:30 pm

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Re: Forum Memories

Postby ScrumpiesVeteran » Fri Jan 12, 2018 11:05 pm

Matty_the_Emo_Slayer wrote:Sniffer Dogs


Nah ! SNIPER DOGS !!! Was that Miriam Cohen ? That was a crazy time.
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Re: Forum Memories

Postby WorMzy » Sat Jan 13, 2018 12:06 pm

All the forum "upgrades", which almost invariably made the forums worse by either making the colours awful, hiding the breadcrumb trail, creating giant gaps between quotes and content, or simply fucking up the passwords database so several dozen people couldn't log in any more (and subsequently created new accounts). :lighter:

EDIT: and Tet making greasemonkey scripts to fix half of it.
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Re: Forum Memories

Postby someone else » Sun Jan 14, 2018 10:42 am

Ahh, those were the days..

The Europe fallout
The rage-quits
Andy Hall (still in action on every news page on Facebook)

Still in touch with ex members like Black Lagoon, Littlemissmetal, Twaddlefish,
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Re: Forum Memories

Postby Noodle » Sun Jan 14, 2018 3:38 pm

Jackcake. Jakkake. As far as I know they have still never met.

Sami Curr.

Vicky getting temp banned.

Sniper dogs? Woof! Woof!

Drunken Regret.

Taking quotes out of context and putting them into our signatures.
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Re: Forum Memories

Postby WorMzy » Sun Jan 14, 2018 4:39 pm

Vicky getting temp banned.


Wait, what? I think I missed that one!
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Re: Forum Memories

Postby Ghost » Sun Jan 14, 2018 5:44 pm

I remember people's photo's being photoshopped ha ha. Moonburp is a name I remember.

What was sniper dogs?
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Re: Forum Memories

Postby Noodle » Sun Jan 14, 2018 6:00 pm

WorMzy wrote:
Vicky getting temp banned.


Wait, what? I think I missed that one!

Years ago. Lee banned her account for a while, partly as a joke.



Sniper Dogs was a thread (back in... '11, perhaps?) where someone wanted to know if there were going to be "snifer dogs". That single missing letter sparked a quick chain of evevents*, started by someone pointing out the typo looked a bit like "sniper"

*typo of my own for comedic effect
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Re: Forum Memories

Postby Metalchemyst » Mon Jan 15, 2018 9:09 am

Hamdir's Nazi costume photos.

A troll called Mick Lee Roth who came on and said "I hate you all." And then asked a question about how we like our beef cooked.

Darkweasel's story about Deacon Blue.

Iron Eagle who I met once.

Jonolith and his quite aggressive style.
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Re: Forum Memories

Postby Danroush » Mon Jan 15, 2018 11:06 pm

Noodle wrote:
WorMzy wrote:
Vicky getting temp banned.


Wait, what? I think I missed that one!

Years ago. Lee banned her account for a while, partly as a joke.



Sniper Dogs was a thread (back in... '11, perhaps?) where someone wanted to know if there were going to be "snifer dogs". That single missing letter sparked a quick chain of evevents*, started by someone pointing out the typo looked a bit like "sniper"

*typo of my own for comedic effect


It was in 2009, as it was before I joined, but being referenced as a recent thing when I signed up shortly after the festival that year. :yes:
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Re: Forum Memories

Postby Thrash Bandicoot » Tue Jan 16, 2018 10:26 am

I remember the Forum Member awards that used to happen every year, and you could guarantee every year that someone would complain about the result.

Although I haven't posted here in a long while, I still speak and see people regularly that became friends though.

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Re: Forum Memories

Postby Danroush » Tue Jan 16, 2018 5:27 pm

It was a fun novelty thing to do, but it did get a little circle-jerky later on.
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Re: Forum Memories

Postby Metalchemyst » Wed Jan 17, 2018 12:10 am

That strange snowflake storm when Miriam Cohen's obviously humourous threat to burn down someone's tent was treated seriously.

The blond girl in the bikini in the photo from one of the festivals that was met with a lot of mickey-taking.
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