Zer0

He's only the fifth best guitarist in the world!

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Burning Down

lol, I rememer Bandteacher1. What a ****ing phony.

Also remember the Virgin? Ahahahahahaha

WWWP

Right-Track?... more like WRONG TRACK

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#DEMODFROWNLAND
#TERMLIMITSFORMODERATORS

TheBig3

I wrote something up, but it sounded like an old man reliving the glory days, so lets just say that the old days - especially the founding members - had little to no real musical depth (Look at those RS posts). OR you'd have someone like Murder Junkie/fenixPunk who seemed to have a very specific but intimate (limited) knowledge of music.

I had come from another music forum that was massive, and I love it because it was the only place I could ask questions about music and have people know what I was talking about (i.e. "Do you think Paz's involvement in Zwan means she's no longer in APC?") That was an actual question I asked that, and it was weird to me to not have someone go "WTF did you just say?" That site up and vanished one day and I came here.

The site in the early days was a lot more hostile than it is now. I was routinely told I spoke English worse than people speaking it as their 3rd language. I was also told I only liked 3 bands (or something like that). But I loved the fight, so I stuck around. The community seemed to really like the place then as something that they made and were a part of. You always had people wanting to improve the place. This wasn't always good. For example, we once rationalized a solution to spammers in the form of an arcade. It was fine, but when I look back on it I just wonder "Who the hell thought that was a plan?" Probably me, honestly. I'm sure I thought "This seems genius"

There also was a stronger sense of "I don't care if this offends you" type people back then that really made the place great. Adidasss would often tell people to go **** themselves. Urban had once lines I still think about to this day as just being a 3-lined rebuke better than any wall of text. Right-Track, who I always loved, would often entertain my complete insanity. And Ethan (or many usernames) went from 40-times banned to the most prolific poster we had.

I always, always tried hitting on jibber. She never agreed to go out with me. I think before I die, the one thing I really want from this site is to meet up with someone from here. Just to get their real opinions on the place.

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Scarlett O'Hara

Yip I experienced it the same. Back then if you say something moronic you would get flamed by other members (especially in the religion forum). Murder Junky is so awesome, he always like my avatars and I like his.

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The Batlord

Damn you! I was all set to post that. It was gonna be my contribution to this thread and you ruined it.

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duga

I think this place has changed even in the few years I've been here. It seems to flop back and forth between most people feeling everyone should say what they mean vs. everyone being nice to each other. Of course the best is always a happy median between the two. A decade is a long time. What is the average lifespan of a forum like this, anyway?

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Taxman

A Finnish music site which I use to contribute is now 11 and half years old with 140 000 registered members.

Mr. Charlie

That's a lotta members.

djchameleon

yeah but it's just registered not active.

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Fame, fortune, power, titties. People say these are the most crucial things in life, but you can have a pocket full o' gold and it doesn't mean sh*t if you don't have someone to share that gold with. Seems simple. Yet it's an important lesson to learn. Even lone wolves run in packs sometimes.