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there was a forum called LivingWithStyle.com that was on weekend web or whatever dumb frontpage stuff SA does, that was pretty much exactly like SA except you got paid for posting. You could build them up and buy neat poo poo like blow dart guns, lighters, or just exchange them for straight cash (hint hint HIGHtax you need to pay me for this quality post). Anyway I found out about SA forums from that place even though it was an offshoot, even though I knew about really cool stuff like JeffK from the main site. When that place kicked the bucket an old friend from yet another forum told me about the  forum here and then I signed up. He turned out to be weird and got banned though. I didn't really post much for years because the old forums were pretty intimidating just saying. I still see quite a few forums posters that were members of that LWS forum here, including a mod or two.
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I regged my first account in 2004 and was banned for my first post due to leeching precious bandwidth. 
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Typical Pubbie posted:I regged my first account in 2004 and was banned for my first post due to leeching precious bandwidth. typical pubbie 
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I arrived here in a roundabout way. I wanted to learn how to make photoshops, and the computer/technology teacher at my school (We were both union reps together) recommended Worth1000 as a good place to get advice. I went there, and learned a bit about photoshoppery. Then someone mentioned a funny thread at some place called Fark, so I went there. Sure enough, the photoshop threads were funny, but one does become tired of seeing Admiral Ackbar every third picture. It was about this time that I heard there was going to be a big photoshop contest between Worth1000, Fark, and someplace called SomethingAwful. I checked out SA, decided it was both cheaper and far, far better than Fark, and joined up. Since that time I have been older than the average goon. By quite a bit. I have made a few threads that were reasonably warmly received, mainly "Farts!", "Vomit!" and "I will draw for you Robots!" (which was featured on the front page, but I didn't learn that until a few weeks later.) I usually hang out in GBS, with occasional excursions to Post your Favorite and Creative Convention (where I started a thread that is still going after 7 years.) I occasionally mail weird postcard to goons who request them, and complain about my students in Science, Academics and Languages. I have been probated once, for six hours, for accidentally using "your" instead of "you're". The probation came 21 hours after the post, and was given to me at a time when I didn't go to the computer until after the probation had expired. The only reason I knew about it was the notification flashed on the screen when I hit reload. My avatar was given to me after I complained about some "Young kid" being a dick, only to find that the person I was complaining about was older than most of the people posting in the thread. Every time I mention changing it, people tell me not to, because it helps them recognize my posts. (Maybe I'll change it to a similarly-composed image with Professor Hubert Farnsworth. He and I have much more in common. I even want an Angry Dome.) I plan on being the resident Old Fart until the Alzheimer's makes me forget to post. If my dad is any indication, I have about 20 more years.
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Well a couple weeks ago I was reading a thread and the paywall went up so I paid my ten bucks and read the rest of the thread. thats it.
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genesplicer posted:I have been probated once, for six hours, for accidentally using "your" instead of "you're". The probation came 21 hours after the post, and was given to me at a time when I didn't go to the computer until after the probation had expired. The only reason I knew about it was the notification flashed on the screen when I hit reload. And who probated you? That's right, Senior Woodchuck. Worst loving mod ever.* I for one hold you in high regard because you are not only a wise and learned man, but you are a cool-rear end poster as well. * quite possibly the worst person to ever have existed gnarlyhotep fucked around with this message at 09:35 on Dec 6, 2014 |
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One time I trolled a 100% legit brony/furry/weaboo so hard that he got me this avatar. He got banned for being a furry. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3469348&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=1 That was oldGBS. Yes, we had boring D&D threads a lot, which were awful, but there were certain kinds of lovely people who were explicitly not welcome and they knew it, which was good. I don't know if the boring poo poo was a direct counterbalance to the free-range uppity animees and raging dumbasses we have now, but it seems like a strong correlation to me. I don't know if the benefits of reinvention are worth the LOLCUCK LOLRACIST youtube-comments-grade posters who are driven to pantomime their sad, screechy real-life emotional turmoil all over the forums. We had mods in the past who were pretty big misanthropic dickbags, but we didn't have a pattern of embarrassing shitposters hitching up their fatrolls in righteous indignation and giving them a ration of good old you're-not-my-real-dad 'tude like we do now. I think it's important for us to think about what we've lost even as we celebrate what we've gained. Fart. Edit: I also once got kicked out of the Star Trek Online goon guild for calling everyone fat, refusing to follow dilithium crystal instructions and 'trying to be the ur-goon' (that is a direct quote) that was p rad Tujague fucked around with this message at 02:26 on Dec 7, 2014 |
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genesplicer posted:I plan on being the resident Old Fart until the Alzheimer's makes me forget to post. If my dad is any indication, I have about 20 more years.  gnarlyhotep posted:And who probated you? That's right, Senior Woodchuck. Worst loving mod ever.* Do you have a story behind this? He has some pretty tough competition (Aatrek).
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I once tricked the World of Warcraft official forums into believing that the then forthcoming Cataclysm expansion was a goon prank using a photoshop whipped up with a friend. I once managed to survive three days with blatant furporn in my signature. I don't think anyone has realized that I'm the only one posting the horse.
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Dec 7, 2014 03:36
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30 000 or so poo poo posts
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Dec 7, 2014 03:37
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genesplicer posted:My avatar was given to me after I complained about some "Young kid" being a dick, only to find that the person I was complaining about was older than most of the people posting in the thread. Every time I mention changing it, people tell me not to, because it helps them recognize my posts. (Maybe I'll change it to a similarly-composed image with Professor Hubert Farnsworth. He and I have much more in common. I even want an Angry Dome.)  pure weapons grade balognium.
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I posted a lot on gamefaqs and LUE, and then went to a site called LUElinks I started reading Something Awful boards and it was a shinier turd and here I am
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Leroy Dennui posted:Do you have a story behind this? He has some pretty tough competition (Aatrek). well I exaggerate for comedic effect, but speaking strictly about his moderation (and not him personally) he was very bad at the job
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Tujague posted:One time I trolled a 100% legit brony/furry/weaboo so hard that he got me this avatar. He got banned for being a furry. genesplicer posted:I arrived here in a roundabout way. I wanted to learn how to make photoshops, and the computer/technology teacher at my school (We were both union reps together) recommended Worth1000 as a good place to get advice. I went there, and learned a bit about photoshoppery. Then someone mentioned a funny thread at some place called Fark, so I went there. Sure enough, the photoshop threads were funny, but one does become tired of seeing Admiral Ackbar every third picture. It was about this time that I heard there was going to be a big photoshop contest between Worth1000, Fark, and someplace called SomethingAwful. I checked out SA, decided it was both cheaper and far, far better than Fark, and joined up. some goofus and gallant poo poo right here anyway keep up the good posting genesplicer, i like your style
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Dec 7, 2014 05:14
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I was in the forums. I posted in this thread. My forums career died.
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Dec 7, 2014 05:20
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I did a web search for "funny prank" back in 2004 and one of the old IM pranks came up. A couple of years later I registered so I could tell all of you about how some weirdos dress up as animals for sex reasons.
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Dec 7, 2014 05:21
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gnarlyhotep posted:well I exaggerate for comedic effect, but speaking strictly about his moderation (and not him personally) he was very bad at the job Not that it's a competition but NotJust4Breakfast was a worse mod than Woodchuck.
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Dec 7, 2014 05:30
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on april fools day bring back brojo as a mod but make it so his probations/bans just show up in the lepers colony and prevent posters/gassed threads from appearing to him only see how long it takes before he figures it out
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anyone who tells brojo will actually be banned for real
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Dec 7, 2014 05:38
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angerbot posted:Not that it's a competition but NotJust4Breakfast was a worse mod than Woodchuck. god drat So basically NotJust4Breakfast was a tree stump or something
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lol @ forums career also woodchuck was the loving worst because i have no memory of nj4b
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there's a real long time in the middle there where I didn't forums
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I play an mmo where goons are pretty universally reviled but I didn't know what all the fuss was about. I got curious and decided to check out these forums in another tab while getting a project done for work. That was 5 hours ago, I have around 20 SA tabs up and haven't even started on work. I take absolutely no responsibility for this and my boss will understand that there were too many subforums for me to get anything done
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Eonwe posted:I posted a lot on gamefaqs and LUE, and then went to a site called LUElinks Same username?
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I can't get enough of are Dan
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Sweet Tea posted:
We may have a winner here!
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