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JingoPenguin posted 12-01-98 05:26 PM ET
I was just wondering how many veterans of the AC forum on Firaxis' site before this site was launched are still around? I used to post on there, before I went into 6 months enforced lurking I seem to remember Brother Greg being around but I can't remember many others that are still here now.
The Thomas A Stobie posted 12-01-98 05:48 PM ET
There are quite of few of us serious posters still lurking around, posting occassionally, waiting for meaty on-topic posts to be made.
Rang posted 12-01-98 06:39 PM ET
Although I never posted, I was actually a lurker for some time on the old www.firaxis.com forums. I only started posting once the new www.alphacentauri.com forums went up. But I still remember seeing Foxtaur and others on the old board.
Brother Greg posted 12-01-98 06:42 PM ET
Yeah, me of course. Apoc too from memory.
Brother Greg.
jsorense posted 12-01-98 07:04 PM ET
I did a lot of lurking on the www.firaxis.com forums too. However I did post a few times under the name of Dred Locke, mostly in the SMG forum. I did get a few comments in for the request for SMAC manual features.
SnowFire posted 12-01-98 08:00 PM ET
Then surely you have notices some of the on-topic discussions, TAS. Especially Rang's threads. This is not a desert.
Marian posted 12-01-98 08:01 PM ET
You may have found my postings to on the old (smaller !) Forum
Ciao
Marian
Editor of the Alpha Centauri Zone
http://www.juhu.de/hartel/alpha
Antiam posted 12-01-98 08:09 PM ET
I posted two or three times on the firaxis boards, and have been reading posts on both since April... Just think of the hours of physics I could have done.
Antiam
Cedronian posted 12-01-98 09:02 PM ET
I`ve also been around for a long time now. Seem like ages. Haven`t posted anything recently though, only lurking around here about two hours a day
//Ced
Spoe posted 12-01-98 09:52 PM ET
Eh, if you're in the right thread, you can do plenty of physics. :P
Roland posted 12-02-98 05:35 AM ET
TAS: "There are quite of few of us serious posters still lurking around, posting occassionally, waiting for meaty on-topic posts to be made."
No,no,no!!! I'm a fossile as well, but I strongly reject being called "serious"! I AM NOT SERIOUS!!! This is very serious. NIM Brother Greg, Amen.
MikeH II posted 12-02-98 05:49 AM ET
Roland: Fossil? I don't know if that was a typo but just in case.
Roland posted 12-02-98 06:23 AM ET
Dirugawhabamania!!!
It's fossil, darn!!! Now where did I get that "e" from ?
Yo_Yo_Yo_Hey posted 12-02-98 06:58 PM ET
Umm, Roland. What kind of insanity is "Dirugawhabamania" ?? I wanna know, it sounds like something I'd like to have...
I lurked for a few minutes on the old boards at firaxis.com. My cousin was letting me use his net(before mine was up!), & I happened to jump in & see some posts. Can't seem to remember what they were, or who posted in them, but I think I remember Greg there. Were you posting as 'Greg Woodstock' there BG, or is that just a symptom of my over-active imagination?
Your faithful & hell-bent NIMadier general,
YYYH
Brother Greg posted 12-02-98 07:55 PM ET
No, I was posting there as "Greg Woodstock", just like I did in the first incarnation on the Alphacentauri.com boards. Only in these new OWO boards that I have used "Brother Greg", and that was onlt cos I liked the name when everyone used to call me by it...
Brother Greg.
Roland posted 12-03-98 05:12 AM ET
Yo, Dirugawhabamania is just the insanity you want it to be. That's what makes it so great and widespread...
Yo_Yo_Yo_Hey posted 12-03-98 06:12 PM ET
Well, if it's so great & widespread, how come I've never heard of it? Maybe the medical community fears it so much, that they keep it a secret, & the ones who have it are kept into their continent of birth. Must be why I've never left North America in my life....
Thanks for answering BG, I though I saw you there....
Your faithful & hell-bent NIMadier general,
YYYH
Marian posted 12-05-98 12:24 PM ET
An advantage of the old forum was that it was smaller. You knew everyone. And you could find topics easily.
Now I know what is missing.
a search utility for that forum would be nice.
Besides that, this is one of the biggest forums I have every seen.
Ciao
Marian
Editor of the Alpha Centauri Zone
http://www.juhu.de/hartel/alpha
Brother Greg posted 12-06-98 07:49 PM ET
Well, it does have a search facility. Just that it doesn't seem to work.
Brother greg.
AUH20 posted 12-06-98 07:52 PM ET
I lurked since day 1 on the www.firaxis.com and lurked for about 6 months on www.alphacentauri.com/.
Yo_Yo_Yo_Hey posted 12-06-98 09:29 PM ET
Au, How could you lurk on www.alphacentauri.com for 6 months?? They opened in June, that would make them 6 months old on Dec 1!! You came out of lurking some time in August IIRC. That would be something like 2 months on alphacentauri.com. Oh well.
Your faithful & hell-bent NIMadier general,
YYYH
Imran Siddiqui posted 12-06-98 10:24 PM ET
AU, 6 months my hiney! I've been posting for 6 months!! Oh God, I've been posting for six months? Excuse me, I must get a new life (preferrable one with many women ).
Imran Siddiqui
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Author	Topic: Very Old Forums
JingoPenguin	posted 12-01-98 05:26 PM ET I was just wondering how many veterans of the AC forum on Firaxis' site before this site was launched are still around? I used to post on there, before I went into 6 months enforced lurking I seem to remember Brother Greg being around but I can't remember many others that are still here now.
The Thomas A Stobie	posted 12-01-98 05:48 PM ET There are quite of few of us serious posters still lurking around, posting occassionally, waiting for meaty on-topic posts to be made.
Rang	posted 12-01-98 06:39 PM ET Although I never posted, I was actually a lurker for some time on the old www.firaxis.com forums. I only started posting once the new www.alphacentauri.com forums went up. But I still remember seeing Foxtaur and others on the old board.
Brother Greg	posted 12-01-98 06:42 PM ET Yeah, me of course. Apoc too from memory. Brother Greg.
jsorense	posted 12-01-98 07:04 PM ET I did a lot of lurking on the www.firaxis.com forums too. However I did post a few times under the name of Dred Locke, mostly in the SMG forum. I did get a few comments in for the request for SMAC manual features.
SnowFire	posted 12-01-98 08:00 PM ET Then surely you have notices some of the on-topic discussions, TAS. Especially Rang's threads. This is not a desert.
Marian	posted 12-01-98 08:01 PM ET You may have found my postings to on the old (smaller !) Forum Ciao Marian Editor of the Alpha Centauri Zone http://www.juhu.de/hartel/alpha
Antiam	posted 12-01-98 08:09 PM ET I posted two or three times on the firaxis boards, and have been reading posts on both since April... Just think of the hours of physics I could have done. Antiam
Cedronian	posted 12-01-98 09:02 PM ET I`ve also been around for a long time now. Seem like ages. Haven`t posted anything recently though, only lurking around here about two hours a day //Ced
Spoe	posted 12-01-98 09:52 PM ET Eh, if you're in the right thread, you can do plenty of physics. :P
Roland	posted 12-02-98 05:35 AM ET TAS: "There are quite of few of us serious posters still lurking around, posting occassionally, waiting for meaty on-topic posts to be made." No,no,no!!! I'm a fossile as well, but I strongly reject being called "serious"! I AM NOT SERIOUS!!! This is very serious. NIM Brother Greg, Amen.
MikeH II	posted 12-02-98 05:49 AM ET Roland: Fossil? I don't know if that was a typo but just in case.
Roland	posted 12-02-98 06:23 AM ET Dirugawhabamania!!! It's fossil, darn!!! Now where did I get that "e" from ?
Yo_Yo_Yo_Hey	posted 12-02-98 06:58 PM ET Umm, Roland. What kind of insanity is "Dirugawhabamania" ?? I wanna know, it sounds like something I'd like to have... I lurked for a few minutes on the old boards at firaxis.com. My cousin was letting me use his net(before mine was up!), & I happened to jump in & see some posts. Can't seem to remember what they were, or who posted in them, but I think I remember Greg there. Were you posting as 'Greg Woodstock' there BG, or is that just a symptom of my over-active imagination? Your faithful & hell-bent NIMadier general, YYYH
Brother Greg	posted 12-02-98 07:55 PM ET No, I was posting there as "Greg Woodstock", just like I did in the first incarnation on the Alphacentauri.com boards. Only in these new OWO boards that I have used "Brother Greg", and that was onlt cos I liked the name when everyone used to call me by it... Brother Greg.
Roland	posted 12-03-98 05:12 AM ET Yo, Dirugawhabamania is just the insanity you want it to be. That's what makes it so great and widespread...
Yo_Yo_Yo_Hey	posted 12-03-98 06:12 PM ET Well, if it's so great & widespread, how come I've never heard of it? Maybe the medical community fears it so much, that they keep it a secret, & the ones who have it are kept into their continent of birth. Must be why I've never left North America in my life.... Thanks for answering BG, I though I saw you there.... Your faithful & hell-bent NIMadier general, YYYH
Marian	posted 12-05-98 12:24 PM ET An advantage of the old forum was that it was smaller. You knew everyone. And you could find topics easily. Now I know what is missing. a search utility for that forum would be nice. Besides that, this is one of the biggest forums I have every seen. Ciao Marian Editor of the Alpha Centauri Zone http://www.juhu.de/hartel/alpha
Brother Greg	posted 12-06-98 07:49 PM ET Well, it does have a search facility. Just that it doesn't seem to work. Brother greg.
AUH20	posted 12-06-98 07:52 PM ET I lurked since day 1 on the www.firaxis.com and lurked for about 6 months on www.alphacentauri.com/.
Yo_Yo_Yo_Hey	posted 12-06-98 09:29 PM ET Au, How could you lurk on www.alphacentauri.com for 6 months?? They opened in June, that would make them 6 months old on Dec 1!! You came out of lurking some time in August IIRC. That would be something like 2 months on alphacentauri.com. Oh well. Your faithful & hell-bent NIMadier general, YYYH
Imran Siddiqui	posted 12-06-98 10:24 PM ET AU, 6 months my hiney! I've been posting for 6 months!! Oh God, I've been posting for six months? Excuse me, I must get a new life (preferrable one with many women ). Imran Siddiqui