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I joined in the Era of Darkness (or at least that's what I can gather from the timespans,) but didn't become active until the Era of Reformation.

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Going by Hans' scale (which is more detailed at this point in time) I'm almost proud of my join date. Almost. Figures I'd find the place when it was starting to go to Hell.

I'm also miffed nobody mentions me with all the other old users. I was there, man. I fought flamewars with that Sociopath guy. That has to count for something.
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forum was better in 2011, when baronvonstrangle, aya, and sociopath posted frequently. this was my favorite place to be for a really long fucking time...I couldn't wait to get home to read the newest posts

now it's just hugfest 2014

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@xcriteria's huge post... I'm tempted to bump some of those topics, get people discussing it again.

Definitely gonna move a few to Best of SS.

Quote:forum was better in 2011, when baronvonstrangle, aya, and sociopath posted frequently. this was my favorite place to be for a really long fucking time...I couldn't wait to get home to read the newest posts

now it's just hugfest 2014
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(04-22-2014 03:02 PM)Trar Wrote:  Going by Hans' scale (which is more detailed at this point in time) I'm almost proud of my join date. Almost. Figures I'd find the place when it was starting to go to Hell.

I'm also miffed nobody mentions me with all the other old users. I was there, man. I fought flamewars with that Sociopath guy. That has to count for something.

That's one of the challenges of making sense of history: there's a lot of it!

Hansgrohe's scale is detailed, but obviously it's a summary. Even my huge reply above glosses over a lot of significant threads... including ones I remembered and/or found while composing it... and while re-reading it.

I think your earlier participation does count for something, and that it makes sense to explore, discuss, and present it as part of this SS History project.

And, regarding others not mentioning you... most replies on this thread are pretty self-centered (including mine.) But, that's often how reflections on recent history start... with the experiences of individuals who often don't have very in-depth cognitive schema or even solid recollection of what's played out.

(This happens to be one of many literacies that isn't generally covered in school, or even through one's upbringing, in media, or in garden-variety conversations and flame wars on the web. In school, history usually consists of memorizing facts, not making sense of one's own lived experience -- let alone that of others.)

(04-22-2014 10:01 PM)Stadium Wrote:  forum was better in 2011, when baronvonstrangle, aya, and sociopath posted frequently. this was my favorite place to be for a really long fucking time...I couldn't wait to get home to read the newest posts

now it's just hugfest 2014

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Course I'm waiting for 2013 info...

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(04-22-2014 10:01 PM)Stadium Wrote:  forum was better in 2011, when baronvonstrangle, aya, and sociopath posted frequently. this was my favorite place to be for a really long fucking time...I couldn't wait to get home to read the newest posts

now it's just hugfest 2014

At least it's not "Low Intelligence Idiots (Potato and Gore) Derail Useful Threads With Insults." Now, it's "Highly Intelligent People Derail Useless Threads With Random Stuff."

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Wonder where Potato is now...or whoever real Potato is.

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Potato is on DnE isn't he?

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(04-23-2014 09:26 AM)Hansgrohe Wrote:  Potato is on DnE isn't he?

The DnE IRC, to be precise. He doesn't use the forums much.

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(04-22-2014 10:01 PM)Stadium Wrote:  now it's just hugfest 2014

I know, isn't it great?!?

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Wouldn't the first forums era be the RATS era, as that was the original reason for the forum's creation?

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Yeah, RATS, or Rise Against Terrible Schools. That was extremely ambitious for 2002.

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(04-23-2014 06:28 AM)kfcnyancat Wrote:  
(04-22-2014 10:01 PM)Stadium Wrote:  forum was better in 2011, when baronvonstrangle, aya, and sociopath posted frequently. this was my favorite place to be for a really long fucking time...I couldn't wait to get home to read the newest posts

now it's just hugfest 2014

At least it's not "Low Intelligence Idiots (Potato and Gore) Derail Useful Threads With Insults." Now, it's "Highly Intelligent People Derail Useless Threads With Random Stuff."

Wrong. You have me, which just drops our intelligence by a shitfuck.
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(04-23-2014 06:22 PM)Gwedin Wrote:  Wrong. You have me, which just drops our intelligence by a shitfuck.

Well, at least you're pretty cute a trained assassin handsome.

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(04-23-2014 06:22 PM)Gwedin Wrote:  
(04-23-2014 06:28 AM)kfcnyancat Wrote:  
(04-22-2014 10:01 PM)Stadium Wrote:  forum was better in 2011, when baronvonstrangle, aya, and sociopath posted frequently. this was my favorite place to be for a really long fucking time...I couldn't wait to get home to read the newest posts

now it's just hugfest 2014

At least it's not "Low Intelligence Idiots (Potato and Gore) Derail Useful Threads With Insults." Now, it's "Highly Intelligent People Derail Useless Threads With Random Stuff."

Wrong. You have me, which just drops our intelligence by a shitfuck.

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(04-24-2014 07:41 AM)DoA Wrote:  
(04-23-2014 06:22 PM)Gwedin Wrote:  Wrong. You have me, which just drops our intelligence by a shitfuck.

Well, at least you're pretty cute a trained assassin stupid.

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(04-23-2014 06:22 PM)Gwedin Wrote:  Wrong. You have me, which just drops our intelligence by a shitfuck.

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Gwedin bby with you the sexiness of ss cannot be
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(04-21-2014 10:46 AM)Gwedin Wrote:  
(04-21-2014 09:19 AM)brainiac3397 Wrote:  no Era of Brain?

Soon... Soon your reign will begin... Just be patient, my worthless fantastically brilliant apprentice.

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Yay, I asked to be an overlord! I'm a facist; power to me!

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Yes. Power to you. Enjoy the unlimited power gushing from my finger tips in the form of ultra-powerful electrical lightening.

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