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darkestofpiggers
Nov 29, 2011

by Ozmaugh
bigpeeler was a human being.


Was alot lovely gimmicks and read more like something on 4chan


And no mention of the Lowtax vs Ebaum Scandal??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKkz3KRKsOQ


also,

MANGOSTEEN
MANGOSTEEN
MANGOSTEEN


And Hot Dog day. I wonder if any posters are still around with that tag?

that thread where some goon dragged a printer a couple of miles to help some girl out only to get alpha'd by another dude. Yea dude went on a murdering killing rampage a few months later. I can't remember his username

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raditts
Feb 21, 2001

The Kwanzaa Bot is here to protect me.


Crazy Achmed posted:

Does anyone know what happened to Fiwer? Seeing his whiny emoness on the forums always made me encourage myself to avoid doing the same, and I think I'm a better person because of it.

He changed his username to Adam Bowen a few years ago. Aside from his prattling on about having "teh lonely" the thing I remember him most for is that people would always post the picture of that dude from Final Fantasy 10 in response to him.

SimmerDown posted:

I'm pretty sure that's how I ended up here, but it's hard to remember for sure given than I registered nearly 11 years ago. Being a girl on the forums was more of a novelty then, for sure.
It's pretty bizarre to think about things that have come and gone in my life in that time, while reading these boards has been a constant (rarely post anymore, but definitely read often).

I think I still have that letter you sent me somewhere.

explosivo
May 23, 2004

Fueled by Satan

helopticor posted:

I also remember ... BYOB

:stare:

I literally just realized BYOB doesn't exist anymore.

Leopold N. Loeb
Apr 26, 2010

by XyloJW

darkestofpiggers posted:

bigpeeler was a human being.


Was alot lovely gimmicks and read more like something on 4chan


And no mention of the Lowtax vs Ebaum Scandal??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKkz3KRKsOQ


also,

MANGOSTEEN
MANGOSTEEN
MANGOSTEEN


And Hot Dog day. I wonder if any posters are still around with that tag?

888 alllllll daaaaayyyyyy, son

edit: I'm sure that YouTube vid made Bauman cry into his gigantic stacks of cash.

WoodrowSkillson
Feb 24, 2005

*Gestures at 60 years of Lions history*

Linux is kind of a hip hop operating system.

Stultus Maximus
Dec 21, 2009

USPOL May

explosivo posted:

:stare:

I literally just realized BYOB doesn't exist anymore.

It just got axed this year during the RFA/Forums Cancer thing.

Lassitude
Oct 21, 2003

darkestofpiggers posted:

bigpeeler was a human being.

His paint threads had some funny parts to them.

Old poo poo I would kinda like to see again for nostalgia purposes are the signature army images. People used to have... concepts or people or other random things as "army" sig pics. So there was a "Velociraptors Doing Long Division Army" with a picture of Allen Grant looking confused as a raptor does math because it's super smart. Or the "Alyson Hannigan Is loving Hot Army", with appropriate pictures of that girl from American Pie. People would use one that they liked and put it as their signature and that was a thing.

Pedrophile
Feb 25, 2011

by angerbot
I know the story behind :gooncamp:

Also it turns out Jon Stewart is a goon.

Snuffman
May 21, 2004

I miss E/N threads in GBS. That's where a lot of the good old mockery and humor in SA came from. The day the EN threads went to their own subforum, SA changed...maaaaaannnnn. :(

EDIT: Helldump was fun until it got out of control.

Verbose
Apr 23, 2006

Mike believed in the shooting star, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then,but that's no matter. Tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther... and then one fine morning-
So we beat on, subs against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
A friend of mine introduced me to SA back in 2001. He's actually a pretty big ur-goon type, but he's never registered here, and neither did I, for five years. I used to come for the game reviews and Photoshop days, but I never considered joining the forums. Another friend, who is a goon, kept telling me the forums were great and about the "there's a front page?!?!" thing but I just kinda brushed it off. It's true though, since I've registered I hardly ever look at the front page anymore.

I remember really liking Bigpeeler's zoo stories and being shocked that he had gone insane and been permabanned.

I also remember reading a thread another person I know in real life had posted that was like "Ask me about being a dominatrix" or some such, but it was full of lies and the furthest he had ever come was getting a girl on a table that was on the dance floor of a local goth club, hitting her with the scourge once, and then visibly blowing his load in front of the crowd.

Spaticus
Feb 26, 2007

Understanding what thread you're in is futile the monkey said as it double-clicked the report button.
I didn't start posting until 2007, because I lacked a credit/debit card. But I started lurking around 2003.

Leopold N. Loeb
Apr 26, 2010

by XyloJW
Am I remembering wrong, or was there some kid who had a baby with a 5 o'clock shadow and a cigar as his avatar? He insisted it was a hobo dressed as a baby, but everyone called him "baby avatar." was that here? Or am I just crazy?

dirby
Sep 21, 2004


Helping goons with math

darkestofpiggers posted:

And Hot Dog day. I wonder if any posters are still around with that tag?

There are at least 2 (or was it 3) Hot Dog Days still around.

Edit: Remember that goon whose name I've forgotten that would post stories that were kinda believable in the beginning but would descend into ridiculousness?

filthy regex
Oct 1, 2010

s/ (. Y .) / 8==D~~ /g

WoodrowSkillson posted:

Linux is kind of a hip hop operating system.

"The day that video hit the scene was the day that I decided never to meet any of you internet people in real life."
~ Kurt Cobain

Harry
Jun 13, 2003

I do solemnly swear that in the year 2015 I will theorycraft my wallet as well as my WoW
I remember when someone "made" a Firebird extension (this was soon after the SA firebird extension was made, real basic), and it promised all kinds of great features such as being able to quickly post "lurk more" with the press of the button, and highlights the name of posters you put on your troll list. Then all it did was was flood your screen with images of the elf_pr0n nudes which were floating around then.

quote:

Edit: Remember that goon whose name I've forgotten that would post stories that were kinda believable in the beginning but would descend into ridiculousness?
Hakan.

SpazmasterX
Jul 13, 2006

Wrong about everything XIV related
~fartz~

helopticor posted:

Edit: Remember that goon whose name I've forgotten that would post stories that were kinda believable in the beginning but would descend into ridiculousness?

Yeah, but he was no Hakan.

Stultus Maximus
Dec 21, 2009

USPOL May

Verbose posted:

A friend of mine introduced me to SA back in 2001. He's actually a pretty big ur-goon type, but he's never registered here, and neither did I, for five years. I used to come for the game reviews and Photoshop days, but I never considered joining the forums. Another friend, who is a goon, kept telling me the forums were great and about the "there's a front page?!?!" thing but I just kinda brushed it off. It's true though, since I've registered I hardly ever look at the front page anymore.

I remember really liking Bigpeeler's zoo stories and being shocked that he had gone insane and been permabanned.

I also remember reading a thread another person I know in real life had posted that was like "Ask me about being a dominatrix" or some such, but it was full of lies and the furthest he had ever come was getting a girl on a table that was on the dance floor of a local goth club, hitting her with the scourge once, and then visibly blowing his load in front of the crowd.

Several years ago a guy at a New Year's party asked if I had stairs in my house. I stared blankly at him and then he explained, said I should join the forums because they're kickin rad. For comparison picture a somewhat less horrible (but only somewhat) GE Cafe. Put me off the forums for years.

Computer viking
May 30, 2011
Now with less breakage.

helopticor posted:

Edit: Remember that goon whose name I've forgotten that would post stories that were kinda believable in the beginning but would descend into ridiculousness?

Would this be the guy who claimed to be on the run from his ex(?) who had contacts in the police?
(I remember I read that linked from the SAclopedia a while ago...)

Buller
Nov 6, 2010

helopticor posted:

There are at least 2 (or was it 3) Hot Dog Days still around.

Edit: Remember that goon whose name I've forgotten that would post stories that were kinda believable in the beginning but would descend into ridiculousness?

Like the ones that always ended with the dude making GBS threads all over the place?

darkestofpiggers
Nov 29, 2011

by Ozmaugh

Leopold N. Loeb posted:

888 alllllll daaaaayyyyyy, son

edit: I'm sure that YouTube vid made Bauman cry into his gigantic stacks of cash.

Gotta love the SA splinter sites.

Forums (TNE,MPC) about forums that closed (SASS) about a forum(SA)

elf pr0n
Oct 13, 2002

They fucking better have lemon cakes.

EllisD posted:

Needs more HITW

The best ex-forum

Pretty sure my forum was the coolest one :smug:

Griz
May 21, 2001


raditts posted:

He changed his username to Adam Bowen a few years ago. Aside from his prattling on about having "teh lonely" the thing I remember him most for is that people would always post the picture of that dude from Final Fantasy 10 in response to him.




Harry
Jun 13, 2003

I do solemnly swear that in the year 2015 I will theorycraft my wallet as well as my WoW

explosivo posted:

:stare:

I literally just realized BYOB doesn't exist anymore.
Good.


quote:

Would this be the guy who claimed to be on the run from his ex(?) who had contacts in the police?

(I remember I read that linked from the SAclopedia a while ago...)
No his stories were much more ridiculous. I vaguely remember one where he was hanging out with his sister and her friend, and he introduces them to the concept of a kegger which was both of them blowing him. I think one of them ended up dying at the end of it as well.

Last Chance
Dec 31, 2004

explosivo posted:

:stare:

I literally just realized BYOB doesn't exist anymore.
:aaa: Me too. (in '05, I would have just posted the emoticon)

EllisD
Mar 14, 2004

WHAT IS THIS BULLSHIT!?
You might be thinking of Skrewloose.

lo-rez
Aug 15, 2000
Arm yourself when the Frog God smiles.
We are all of us living in the shadow of Admin5.

Eb
May 6, 2003

Previa_fun posted:

I am still waiting for Mr. Water to post. :smith:
I still have him in my buddy list, one day he will appear, I'm sure of it.

http://forums.somethingawful.com/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=76697

starfish
Dec 21, 2004

Hamburglar posted:

Depending on your age, it could be as much as 1/3rd of your life.
I registered in 2001 on an account that my brother eventually took over (regdate :emo:), was 12 at the time and now I'm 23 so, half my life. Jesus.

I definitely remember the forum wars. I came from SAAN (Smile and Act Nice) where I was a mod (and I even still have a tshirt we got for being mods!) The first thread I remember reading here was about some forum whore (literally, not just attention whore) who had gone to goonmeets and banged random neckbeards. I forget her name though. Pepe? Something like that.

Crazy Achmed posted:

Does anyone know what happened to Fiwer? Seeing his whiny emoness on the forums always made me encourage myself to avoid doing the same, and I think I'm a better person because of it.

He still posts, I saw him in Games probably 6 months ago. He probably posts on the "new" SAAN more than here.

Biggie Shorty
Oct 8, 2008
I remember laughing so hard at Type-R Photoshop Friday, JeffK, poo poo like the Icy Hot Stuntaz, Sig armies and Image Macros. I don't remember there being as much goon-on-goon aggression as there is now. Now it seems as soon as something is funny there's a rush to get people to stop doing it in the name of not "running it into the ground" Running poo poo into the ground used to be par for the course round these parts.

And the Anime forum used to be...well whatever.

I'm not sure if The Pizza Matrix or the JudoHobo would be funny to goons today, but back then it was the funniest poo poo ever.

Leopold N. Loeb
Apr 26, 2010

by XyloJW

darkestofpiggers posted:

Gotta love the SA splinter sites.

Forums (TNE,MPC) about forums that closed (SASS) about a forum(SA)



and don't forget smyd and rrtindustries, the splinter-splinters.....

Leopold N. Loeb
Apr 26, 2010

by XyloJW

lo-rez posted:

We are all of us living in the shadow of Admin5.

and Hightax, known most packinest.

Tarkus
Aug 27, 2000

Since I've been here a while I've noticed a few things have changed overall on SA.

- People were more 'conservative' in terms of being callous or dismissive of poo poo that happens to others. You have to remember that this was the tail end of the 90's when everyone had a job or was in school. Things are a little different for most.

- The forums were more accepting of bizarre posts or worthless crap as a post. While I do kind of miss the days where you could post something and not have to craft everything you say in order to not get probated, I also prefer the higher content to noise ratio.

- The humor was more freewheeling and spontaneous. Well, I just think that the median age of the posters on the forums has gotten older. Hell, I was here when I was 20, and I'm 32 now. I am a totally different person now than I was then and I'm sure that goes for most everyone here.

passionate dongs
May 23, 2001

Snitchin' is Bitchin'
It was kind of nice when the forums had so few posters that the most mundane threads got a good amount of attention. The "what is this weird thing I found in my house" or "this dumb thing happened to me" lead to pretty amusing threads.

That and forum grudges.

EllisD
Mar 14, 2004

WHAT IS THIS BULLSHIT!?
Does anyone even pay attention to the Posting Gloryhole anymore? There were always a couple goons who toiled away trying to think of clever threads to post so they could be on the Forums Superstars list.

raditts
Feb 21, 2001

The Kwanzaa Bot is here to protect me.


starfish posted:

I definitely remember the forum wars. I came from SAAN (Smile and Act Nice) where I was a mod (and I even still have a tshirt we got for being mods!) The first thread I remember reading here was about some forum whore (literally, not just attention whore) who had gone to goonmeets and banged random neckbeards. I forget her name though. Pepe? Something like that.

Pele. I think her biggest moments involved making out with another girl goon at one of Lowtax's goon meets, followed by the time she went to visit not-girl goon Oddjob, who proposed to her at the airport (and the first time actually meeting her) and proceeded to post a thread about it. That thread was glorious if only for the first page or two where people posted "Congratulations!" without knowing the whole story mixed with posts consisting solely of "hahahahahaha" by people who did.

Grout
Jun 1, 2000

The Original Vaudeville Villain
I feel so loving old right now.

Xarb
Nov 26, 2000

Not happy.
When I saw this thread I thought maybe it was about the original Oddjob and Pele.

rawr posted:

hahahahahahahahahhahahahahahhahahahahhahahahhahahahahhahahahahahhahahahahhahahahhahahahhahahahahahhahahahahahhahahahahahhahahahahahahhahahaa

Overbite
Jan 24, 2004


I'm a vtuber expert
I miss BYOB and I also miss YCS though it hasn't been gone that long. And I remember when all of the forums were combined into one forum on December 31st of some year for some reason.


And this

Jealous Cow
Apr 4, 2002

by Fluffdaddy

filthy regex posted:

"The day that video hit the scene was the day that I decided never to meet any of you internet people in real life."
~ Kurt Cobain

Is posting lowtaxporn.avi still bannable? Because I have a copy.

Also,


And some callbacks to some pretty memorable threads from years past:



Sorry for the stupid macro in this one, it's the only photo of the actual desk I could find. How's that working out for you, Liface?


Be careful, this one's huge --> http://i.imgur.com/4QxuVs.gif

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Satisfaction Guaranteed
Jan 17, 2001

Forum Veteran

COME BACK SKEWLOOSE!!


Also, does anyone remember the OLLLDDDDDDD avatars? The ones that went by postcount?