What was the forum drama going on when you joined?

[ISAslot]

Since it's my join anniversary I thought i post a related question.

I remember the wounded monitor children. Can you imagine paying those prices for a CRT today? I also remember Dennilfloss' shenanagins.

What do you all recall?

 

[IronWing]

Some jerk kept telling everybody that they were wrong.





Oh wait, that was me.

 

[olds]

I don't remember.

 

[Number1]

There was a lot of drama about 911 conspiracies.

 

[brianmanahan]

it was a few years after i joined, but

AISTBATSMF

also any alky or dari thread

 

[purbeast0]

Casiotech and Alky.

 

[SunnyD]

You're asking me to remember what was going on here 25 years ago? Really?

 

[pete6032]

When I joined the forum:
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• @Printer Bandit was convinced that Google.com was down (no, it wasn't)
  
  
• @zerocool84 was getting stalked by a random woman.
  
  
• @TridenT had $1,000 to burn.
  
  
• @shortylickens wanted everyone to know it was snowing in Virginia.
  
  
• Two-thirds of OT users reported taking illegal drugs.
  
  
• @Herr Kutz wanted to know if you should divorce you wife if she gets fat.

 

[Ajay]

IDK. I actually joined in 1999, but some database error erased the first two years of my existence. Then there was the 'pay to play' plan, and I just said screw it and didn't really come back till 2012.
Used to lurk ATOT and avoid P&N like the plague. Now I hang out in both (though ATOT is way more tame than it used to be).

 

[sdifox]

I joined.

 

[Kaido]

I remember @Quasmo was trying to fit into things. Does anyone have that one where he managed to get stuffed in the Walmart 25-cent truck?

Edit: Low-res to the rescue!

 

[Ajay]

I joined.

And started a tempest in a teapot?

 

[sdifox]

I remember @Quasmo was trying to fit into things. Does anyone have that one where he managed to get stuffed in the Walmart 25-cent truck?

that was the one that had a TMNT backpack right?

 

[Ajay]

You're asking me to remember what was going on here 25 years ago? Really?

So, math is hard, eh?

 

[sdifox]

And started a tempest in a teapot?

it's my raison d'être.

 

[Johnny Ringo]

I actually started visiting here in 1998 doing research for my build using a Celeron 300a. I lurked for many, many years before signing up.

Believe it or not, the "Hot Deals" section was invaluable over 20 years ago. There were so many hot deals during the original "dot com" bubble. Value America was one of the all time bests. Your first purchase gave $100 off a purchase. People created many accounts on multiple email addresses, myself included, and bought many things at massive discounts. There was always drama on whatever the deal of the day was going to be that outdid the deals from the previous day.

 

[sdifox]

You're asking me to remember what was going on here 25 years ago? Really?

This is what happens when you cook rice on your stove, you forget how to count.

 

[Svnla]

I lurked on this site in the late 90s/early 00's then finally joined so I could post. Let walk down the memory lane for the almost 2 decades that I have been here.

I remember Funboy with all his family problems and issues, McBaine's last post before he was banned, the guy with the firmly pressed jeans and big arms (Tyrek??) and all of the video/audio equipment and the sign "yes Nik this is my office" , Nik and his "wrong forum" antic, Geekbabe got married, the huge ban hammer from the mods to a bunch of posters because someone hacked onto the server and took some information and passed around, the amnesty kiss and make up program so banned members can come back, and on and on.

Too many to remember and list them all plus I am not as young as I used to be.

I am surprise the site and all of the forums/subs are still alive.

 

[thestrangebrew1]

I don't remember any drama when I joined (2011). Maybe some of you old timers can fill me in? I remember visiting the forums a few years before I actually signed up. It was right around the time I got laid off and started my own PC repair business, but never really got that into it.

 

[brianmanahan]

the guy with the firmly pressed jeans and big arms and the sign "yes nik this is my office" and on and on. Too many to remember and list them.

 

[nakedfrog]

Trygve
I know he had some sort of accident and was in the hospital, haven't been able to find out what happened to him after that. Any of you folks know?

 

[spacejamz]

the 'Blu Ray vs HD DVD' thread was pretty epic

 

[GrumpyMan]

Anand actually posted about something.

 

[Johnny Ringo]

I forgot all about that person!!! I was a lurker when he was posting.

 

[Iron Woode]

I can't remember what drama ensued when I joined back in late '98. My joined date altered in the autumn of 1999.

The only thing of note I remember was GUTB trolling like mad.