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Alphaman posted 06-17-99 12:33 PM ET   Click Here to See the Profile for Alphaman   Click Here to Email Alphaman  
Well there are.

Just look around.

Dreadnought posted 06-17-99 12:34 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Dreadnought  Click Here to Email Dreadnought     
I hope I don't quilify.

Hmmmmm maybe not as weird, but stupid....

Stasis Archon posted 06-17-99 12:36 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Stasis Archon  Click Here to Email Stasis Archon     
Am I a newbie?

At least I'm weird.

Roland posted 06-17-99 12:48 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Roland  Click Here to Email Roland     
Weird veteran, definately, and proud of both...
Stasis Archon posted 06-17-99 12:53 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Stasis Archon  Click Here to Email Stasis Archon     
When exactly do you become a vet?
DeVore posted 06-17-99 12:56 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for DeVore  Click Here to Email DeVore     
When you longer have to ask when........

/Dev

Alphaman posted 06-17-99 01:11 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Alphaman  Click Here to Email Alphaman     
Well the people above my post are actually quite normal. I was referring to the influx of total whack-jobs to this forum lately.

If something doesn't happen soon the forum will collapse under the weight of the collective stupidity.

Provost Harrison posted 06-17-99 01:17 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Provost Harrison  Click Here to Email Provost Harrison     
Me?
Stasis Archon posted 06-17-99 01:25 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Stasis Archon  Click Here to Email Stasis Archon     
Harrison: 210 posts in two weeks? How did you do it?
Hugo Rune posted 06-17-99 01:28 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Hugo Rune  Click Here to Email Hugo Rune     
Not you, Rick, not you. I get his point, however.

But seriously: Haven't there always been? Look back at Domk, chrisk, Freddz, KoRN MaN, and even you, A-man (Admit you were an asshole in the beginning), and it can be seen that this is not a new phenomenon.

Provost Harrison posted 06-17-99 01:43 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Provost Harrison  Click Here to Email Provost Harrison     
How do I do it? By having absolutely nothing else to do! I have finished my finals and, shall we say, have a window in my schedule now and again! (my schedule is more like a glasshouse )
Picker posted 06-17-99 01:50 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Picker  Click Here to Email Picker     
Surely not me aman?
Alphaman posted 06-17-99 02:30 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Alphaman  Click Here to Email Alphaman     
Arrrgh!

User "Hugo" can remember past.
Past = Aman was knob.
Statement not true.
Zzzglarb....
User "Alphaman" offline.

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Anyway, that may have been true but I was successfully rehabilitated and now am a constructive member of the community.

Plus, I was never this stupid. The fact that there is a bug that makes one thread become two is not helping either.

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PS - no, not Picker. User "Picker" = good.

Its more of a collective moronicness that permiates the very fabric of the forum. Hard to explain. Will post full explanation later.

Q Cubed posted 06-17-99 04:19 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Q Cubed  Click Here to Email Q Cubed     
oddball transcendii i am.

doubt me you will me not sane?

crazy we all are.

President Korian posted 06-17-99 04:26 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for President Korian  Click Here to Email President Korian     
I agree. We must rid ourselves of the monstrosity know as "HARDMAN."
Eris posted 06-17-99 04:35 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Eris  Click Here to Email Eris     
Hey! wHat'S WroNG wiTH bEInG wEiRD?

Eris (who is, after all, fairly new here)

Spider posted 06-17-99 05:12 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Spider    
Multiple are Q^3? strange is this....

Spider
Don't try to out-Planetmind me....

Frodo83 posted 06-17-99 05:16 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Frodo83  Click Here to Email Frodo83     
Well, I've noticed a lot of new people in the last couple of weeks. I'm not complaining, because it helps me shed my own "newbie" status.
Trappist posted 06-17-99 05:35 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Trappist  Click Here to Email Trappist     
What's considered worse? To be weird, or to be new?

Did anyone else have to suppress a snort of mirth when they saw the title of this thread next to the originator's name?

Koshko posted 06-17-99 11:51 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Koshko  Click Here to Email Koshko     
We're all a little weird. The World is better that way. Normal is boring.
Alphaman posted 06-18-99 08:11 AM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Alphaman  Click Here to Email Alphaman     
Trap - Well you know how much I hate to pull rank on ya, but this is my 573rd post here while you my friend, are on your 77th.

So I thank you for not snorting, mate.

Resource Consumer posted 06-18-99 09:15 AM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Resource Consumer  Click Here to Email Resource Consumer     
Me? Weird, New and completely safe to know.

Resource Consumer
- never nerve stapled a fly -

Stasis Archon posted 06-18-99 09:18 AM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Stasis Archon  Click Here to Email Stasis Archon     
Weird, been here longer than some people who have more than twice as many posts as I do.

Stasis Archon
-Often nerve gased Miriam-

Alphaman posted 06-18-99 11:01 AM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Alphaman  Click Here to Email Alphaman     
Becoming a 'regular' here on the forum is a function of both "number of posts" and "time since first post".

If either of these is way bigger than the other than it obviously doesn't count.

In case you are wondering where I got that from, some of you may remember the rather lengthy discussion we had about this a while back in the "Newbies vs Vets" thread.

The above statement I made was the conclusion I drew from that discussion.

OhWell posted 06-18-99 11:51 AM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for OhWell    
No offense Aman, but when you first started posting here you had a lot of people upset too.
jig posted 06-18-99 11:56 AM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for jig  Click Here to Email jig     
Ooohoo, let it go.
Yeaeeaeh, let it show...
Can you feel it?
Moving and moving and
Moving in my soul.

Something goin' on in my soul.

Hugo Rune posted 06-18-99 02:12 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Hugo Rune  Click Here to Email Hugo Rune     
Everywhere I look, jig is posting a song lyric.

Well, Everybody knows about the bird,
and it's a bird-bird, the bird is a word,
and it's a bird bird bird, the bird is a word,
Well don't you know about the bird,
Well everybody knows that the bird is a word!

Trappist posted 06-18-99 02:43 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Trappist  Click Here to Email Trappist     
A-Man. If being new is undesirable can I just point out that I appear to have been here first?

It isn't undesirable in my opinion. However you have to admit that you're on shakey ground calling anyone a "weird newbie".

Anyway- I aim for quality over quantity...

Picker posted 06-18-99 03:34 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Picker  Click Here to Email Picker     
He's talking about some specific newbies that have just shown up, like hardman.
OhWell posted 06-18-99 03:44 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for OhWell    
Pick,

Not throwing stones here, but when Aman first showed up on the forum - before your time - he created quite a stir. He has reformed nicely and is now, quite the responsible forum member. Maybe some of these new guys will do the same. Although I will admit that some of the stuff from HARDMAN is hard to take. I have to my eyes while I read it.

OhWell posted 06-18-99 03:46 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for OhWell    
Uhh, that was "have to close my eyes". Doh!
CarniveaN posted 06-19-99 12:33 AM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for CarniveaN  Click Here to Email CarniveaN     
hmm... is it that time again? For what you may ask... for your death! MHUAHAHAAHAH!!!!

ehm, so yes, is it time for a forum war again? die newbies die

no? ok, I'll shut up now

Carny
-- I still qualify as weird, don't I?

Alphaman posted 06-19-99 06:12 AM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Alphaman  Click Here to Email Alphaman     
Execute program: "Erase past"

Program commencing. . . . . .

Unable to complete.
Human forumers possess skill "long term memory"

Unable to terminate files held in "human brain"

User Aman destined to serve life sentence for crimes committed as a newbie.

DOH!

Resource Consumer posted 06-19-99 06:18 AM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Resource Consumer  Click Here to Email Resource Consumer     
If we can't defined Newbie in any concrete sense (Alphaman's rather subjective equation notwithstanding) can we define "weird"?

And leave the H-word out of it - he goes right of the scale.

Resource Consumer
- stoned and confused -

Philip McCauley posted 06-19-99 09:32 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Philip McCauley    
And the only technically 'normal' person I've ever met was a person from the town in Illinois of the same name.
OhWell posted 06-21-99 08:02 AM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for OhWell    
�User Aman destined to serve life sentence for crimes committed as a newbie

Aman, I did not mention your early posts just to dump on you or keep you in �jail� for newbie "crimes". I had two reasons: First I wanted to point out that people, as in your case, can change. Second, I just wanted to remind you of the rocky start that your posing career got off to so maybe you could cut these other guys a little slack. If someone new starts posting crap maybe there is a better way to handle it than a flame war. You took quite a bit of heat early on. You could have gotten mad and left, but you stuck with it and �reformed�. I respect that.

By the powers invested in me by the state of confusion, I hereby grant user Alphaman a full and complete pardon for any and all perceived or actual crimes committed as a Newbie.

This court is adjourned...

DCA posted 06-22-99 09:50 AM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for DCA  Click Here to Email DCA     
There are too few weird newbies here. Normal people are boring - "no normal person has ever created anything of value or persistence"! So there.

DCA,
Boxing's a lot like ballet, except they don't dance, there's no music, and they hit each other.

DanS posted 06-22-99 10:09 AM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for DanS  Click Here to Email DanS     
I hereby state that the Court in which OhWell sits as a judge has no jurisdiction over my thoughts, posting habits, etc.

Aman, I still think you should pull a Hugo Rune and change your name ("the poster formerly known as Aman"). Unfortunately, none of us forget.

OhWell posted 06-22-99 11:04 AM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for OhWell    
DanS,

As I mentioned, I preside in the State of Confusion. Specifically the First District Court of Appeals. As you are, obviously, confused about my jurisdiction I must, in fact, have jurisdiction over you. Admit this or I will have no choice but to sight you for contempt!

Alphaman posted 06-22-99 11:59 AM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Alphaman  Click Here to Email Alphaman     
OhWell - Woohoo. I'm free! No longer having to spend my days in back breaking labor. Thank you Judge.

DanS & OhWell - This kind of stuff confuses me. Dan says "change your name and start over - we never forget". OhWell says "I respect your reformation". Aman says "what the hell? Is there no way to please everyone?"

OhWell posted 06-22-99 12:14 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for OhWell    
�Is there no way to please everyone?"
No. If you try, you will go crazy. Don�t worry too much about it.
eNo posted 06-22-99 01:43 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for eNo  Click Here to Email eNo     
A newbie thread? Why didn't anybody tell me?
Picker posted 06-22-99 01:46 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Picker  Click Here to Email Picker     
Weird and proud of it.

"I gotta be me"

DanS posted 06-22-99 01:49 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for DanS  Click Here to Email DanS     
I'm confused.... DOH!!!
sandworm posted 06-22-99 06:49 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for sandworm  Click Here to Email sandworm     
Living proof that you don't have to be a newbie to be weird, although it helps

sandworm

Natguy posted 06-26-99 01:40 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Natguy  Click Here to Email Natguy     
I think of myself as a sort of uppernewbie. I'm certainly not a vet, but I'm also no brand-new newbie. Are there any parameters on newbieness/vetness? I can't access my own profile, or those belonging to others...Anybody know what my figures are? Wait, don't tell me, I think the small numbers would depress me, as although I read lots of posts, I don't make too many.
Pinko34 posted 06-26-99 09:20 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Pinko34    
Do you become a vet over time or by the # of posts you make?
Pinko34 posted 06-26-99 09:23 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Pinko34    
Natguy: You have made ten more posts than me and that is after I make THIS post.

I now have made 107 posts.

jig posted 06-26-99 11:38 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for jig  Click Here to Email jig     
Pinko: You become a vet when you no longer have to ask if you've become a vet.
Dreadnought posted 06-26-99 11:44 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Dreadnought  Click Here to Email Dreadnought     
So Jig.......I'm not gonna ask if I'm a vet.....so.......I'm........a vet? I don't know if 149 posts would grant me title of vet, but what the hell.
OldWarrior_42 posted 06-27-99 12:06 AM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for OldWarrior_42  Click Here to Email OldWarrior_42     
Dreadnought and all... you are what ever you wish to be... who cares what others think and what is the difference between vet or new if you are enjoying conversing with people and they respond in kind. Dont worry about times posted or when I registered or what this guy thinks of me.. Screw that and be yourself and whatever that is that you want to be. Just my opinion though cause I dont care if I am a newbie or vet. As popeye says I am what I am and thats all that I am.
jig posted 06-27-99 12:13 AM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for jig  Click Here to Email jig     
Now, thats the spirit!
Alphaman posted 06-27-99 01:19 AM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Alphaman  Click Here to Email Alphaman     
Lets all post our total number of posts.
I have 617 including this one.
Dreadnought posted 06-27-99 01:37 AM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Dreadnought  Click Here to Email Dreadnought     
152, including this one.

OldWarrior- Just becuase I asked if I'm a veteran or not doesnt mean I'm someone who is swayed by what people think of me. In fact I don't give a damn what people think of me, on the internet or in real life. Thanks for the post anyway, it gave me a warm, fuzzy felling inside

OldWarrior_42 posted 06-27-99 01:45 AM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for OldWarrior_42  Click Here to Email OldWarrior_42     
Cool buddy.....just that I see alot of guys on here who care if they are called vet or not and I dont think they should care. So great for you and glad to make you feel fuzzy warm and ****. And BTW, thanks for the TA kingdoms review. I appreciated it.
OldWarrior_42 posted 06-27-99 01:51 AM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for OldWarrior_42  Click Here to Email OldWarrior_42     
OH yeah and Aman....I dont know how many posts I have ...I do not check and dont care...but I have at least 3 anyway...(on this thread). If you want to read my profile and post what I have then you are welcome to do so. Personally I dont bother reading profiles and such.
Alphaman posted 06-27-99 07:58 AM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Alphaman  Click Here to Email Alphaman     
622 now. Including this one.
WooHoo!

Go go go!
First to a million wins.

Bwahahahahahahahaa!

JohnIII posted 06-27-99 08:01 AM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for JohnIII  Click Here to Email JohnIII     
I do, but I'm not bothered by no. of posts, age, IQ, etc.
John III
eNo posted 06-27-99 04:24 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for eNo  Click Here to Email eNo     
600 something...
OldWarrior_42 posted 06-27-99 10:27 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for OldWarrior_42  Click Here to Email OldWarrior_42     
I looked... okay Aman..you have some strange sneaky power that convinced me somehow that I just had to look. And now I have been looking at so many profiles in the past day that I am amazed at the diversity of these forums. Actually it is pretty cool to see. And I have alot more than I thought I would but must have accumulated most over the past 2 weeks being out of work...Otherwise I usually dont have the time to reply to everything I would like to.
Yes you put an idea in my head and I couldnt get it out like the way you sometimes get that freakin song stuck in your head and hum it all day to yourself. You are an evil dr doom.
Let me leave you with a little something to get stuck in your head
Let me tell ya little story 'bout a man named Jed
A poor mountaineer barely kept his family fed
And then one day he was shootin' at some food
And up from the ground came a bubblin' crude
Oil that is..black gold ..Texas tea...
You know the rest keep on hummin'.
DerekM posted 06-28-99 08:46 AM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for DerekM  Click Here to Email DerekM     
This would be 239 for me, although I had to change my user name back when the forums totally crapped out.

When did Imran leave? (I have to admit, I took off for a short while due to boredom, but recently some of the posts have been a little more interesting.)

Alphaman posted 06-28-99 01:50 PM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for Alphaman  Click Here to Email Alphaman     
Dr Doom

Dang!

Thats a good username.

Lemme get that "edit profile" thingy...

Aman plays mind games with OldWarrior

GaryD posted 06-29-99 05:14 AM ET     Click Here to See the Profile for GaryD    
Just to say I often look at profiles, but rarely to see how many posts. I'm just nosey as to what part of the world the poster claims to come from.

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