Miss the place

Tareeq · Post by **Tareeq** » Mon Jul 24, 2017 11:55 pm

I only ever internet on Twitter now, but had a stupid dream about internet foruming back in the decade gone by last night. Didn't write the dream down, but this is probably the forum I had in mind. Glad to see the place is still operational.

Yes, once in a blue moon I dream about the internet. Mock at will.

Bad Demographic · Post by **Bad Demographic** » Mon Jul 24, 2017 11:56 pm

Nice to see you, Tareeq. It's been so long.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Tue Jul 25, 2017 12:04 am

Hey, Tareeq. Long time, no read.

Tareeq · Post by **Tareeq** » Tue Jul 25, 2017 12:09 am

Blackhawk wrote:Hey, Tareeq. Long time, no read.

Appalled anyone (apart from Kelric and Lordmortis) has a higher post count now than mine. But if anyone had to do it, I'm glad it's you, pal.

Pyperkub · Post by **Pyperkub** » Tue Jul 25, 2017 12:18 am

We miss you too. The NK twitter feed can be fun, but it's not enough. If you ever want to chat gaming, we're here for you!

Tareeq · Post by **Tareeq** » Tue Jul 25, 2017 12:21 am

Pyperkub wrote:We miss you too. The NK twitter feed can be fun, but it's not enough. If you ever want to chat gaming, we're here for you!

I can't even figure out how to change my horrible old Brett Kimberlin avatar to actual jpgs I used to use here. What good am I?

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Tue Jul 25, 2017 12:24 am

Mock mock mock mock mock mock mock mock.

I'm still senile. They don't have a drooling smiley.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Tue Jul 25, 2017 1:10 am

Sudy · Post by **Sudy** » Tue Jul 25, 2017 1:39 am

There's just something engaging yet intimate about a forum I find. As others have posited before, it seems rare to find a community of this size that's largely kept on despite a general lack of new membership.

Mrs. Nym is big into Twitter, but I've always found it extremely unwieldy for community-based communication.

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Tue Jul 25, 2017 2:02 am

Tareeq wrote:
Blackhawk wrote:Hey, Tareeq. Long time, no read.
Appalled anyone (apart from Kelric and Lordmortis) has a higher post count now than mine. But if anyone had to do it, I'm glad it's you, pal.

Kelric. I remember him. I remember lots of things, real or not. (BTW I think I was still Ironrod when you were last here.)

Anonymous Bosch · Post by **Anonymous Bosch** » Tue Jul 25, 2017 2:04 am

Great to see a familiar digital face again; welcome back!

And yes, relative to Twitter, OO remains a rare safe haven of sagacity amidst a yawning apocalypse of knob-headed chuffwittery.

Rip · Post by **Rip** » Tue Jul 25, 2017 2:25 am

You were gone?

I hadn't noticed.

tgb · Post by **tgb** » Tue Jul 25, 2017 6:16 am

It's like old home week. Someone find U2K.

Jeff V · Post by **Jeff V** » Tue Jul 25, 2017 7:50 am

Tareeq wrote:Yes, once in a blue moon I dream about the internet.

Why not? It is after the source of all porn.

Captain Caveman · Post by **Captain Caveman** » Tue Jul 25, 2017 8:14 am

I've missed you so.

AWS260 · Post by **AWS260** » Tue Jul 25, 2017 9:19 am

And Mr. Fed's been tweeting about Grimoire; everything old is new again.

RunningMn9 · Post by **RunningMn9** » Tue Jul 25, 2017 11:29 am

Tareeq wrote:I only ever internet on Twitter now

Can we mock you for this?

Good to see you are still out there on the interpipes.

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Tue Jul 25, 2017 11:33 am

I missed the place when it was down for a few hours on Sunday.

Lassr · Post by **Lassr** » Tue Jul 25, 2017 1:21 pm

When I saw Tareeq, I thought another Lazarus Bot had resurrected an old thread.

Welcome back, kick off your shoes and stay a while.

silverjon · Post by **silverjon** » Tue Jul 25, 2017 2:03 pm

You can never go home, or something.

AWS260 · Post by **AWS260** » Tue Jul 25, 2017 2:48 pm

silverjon wrote:You can never go home, or something.

You can, but you probably shouldn't.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Tue Jul 25, 2017 2:55 pm

silverjon wrote:You can never go home, or something.

You can check out any time you like, but you may never leave.

[Don Felder solo]

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Tue Jul 25, 2017 3:12 pm

It's coming from inside the house?

Rip · Post by **Rip** » Tue Jul 25, 2017 3:20 pm

Quick someone make a movie.

Which has me thinking, since I have a Rift on the way.

How about The Movies VR. Now there is a game I would buy on day 1.

Chaosraven · Post by **Chaosraven** » Tue Jul 25, 2017 3:53 pm

Miss the place by Tareeq » Mon Jul 24, 2017 11:55 pm

Harbinger of Doom? by Jeff V » Wed Mar 16, 2016 11:15 am

Somebody go find SJGG

gameoverman · Post by **gameoverman** » Tue Jul 25, 2017 4:15 pm

I dream about the internet once in a while. Once I dreamed about back when I was a teenager except the internet existed. It changed everything. Then at some point I realized "Hey, the internet wasn't around at this time" and poof, the dream was over.

Twitter only huh? I feel left behind.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Tue Jul 25, 2017 4:17 pm

I find reddit to be more engaging than Twitter.

Captain Caveman · Post by **Captain Caveman** » Tue Jul 25, 2017 4:24 pm

Rip wrote:Quick someone make a movie.

Which has me thinking, since I have a Rift on the way.

How about The Movies VR. Now there is a game I would buy on day 1.

Here it is, for old time's sake: The R&P 8 in Dissent is Dangerous

Jeff V · Post by **Jeff V** » Tue Jul 25, 2017 7:57 pm

Isgrimnur wrote:I find reddit to be more engaging than Twitter.

That's because at 140 characters, Twitter is designed for people with nothing to say (sorry Tareeq, you pitched a softball and someone had to hit it).

Trent Steel · Post by **Trent Steel** » Tue Jul 25, 2017 8:02 pm

You fools.

YOU JUST PLAYED RIGHT INTO HIS TRAP!

DD* · Post by DD* » Tue Jul 25, 2017 8:24 pm

Tareeq wrote:I only ever internet on Twitter now, but had a stupid dream about internet foruming back in the decade gone by last night. Didn't write the dream down, but this is probably the forum I had in mind. Glad to see the place is still operational.

Yes, once in a blue moon I dream about the internet. Mock at will.

DD* · Post by DD* » Tue Jul 25, 2017 8:25 pm

Seriously though, welcome back. Grab a beer and relax, we're all friends here (unless you made the Jeff V list, but he's harmless. Old and crotchety, but generally harmless).

DD* · Post by DD* » Tue Jul 25, 2017 8:40 pm

Captain Caveman wrote:
Rip wrote:Quick someone make a movie.

Which has me thinking, since I have a Rift on the way.

How about The Movies VR. Now there is a game I would buy on day 1.
Here it is, for old time's sake: The R&P 8 in Dissent is Dangerous

OMG I had forgotten all about that - absolutely fucking hilarious!!!

"Overruled!"

I'm frigging crying over here...

Sudy · Post by **Sudy** » Tue Jul 25, 2017 11:22 pm

Isgrimnur wrote:I find reddit to be more engaging than Twitter.

Reddit strikes me as the unfocused evolution of forums/BBs combined with the quick access and bite-sized exchanges of Twitter. A network of message boards anyone can create is what ezboard and probably others attempted in the late 90s but the infrastructure never really evolved. Yet I find Reddit still lacks the feeling of a true community like an enclosed forum.

morlac · Post by **morlac** » Fri Aug 04, 2017 7:11 am

AWS260 wrote:And Mr. Fed's been tweeting about Grimoire; everything old is new again.

It's out! Everything new is not old again! World is coming to an end, I'll be in bunk(er).

Grundbegriff · Post by **Grundbegriff** » Sat Aug 05, 2017 1:20 pm

Captain Caveman wrote:Here it is, for old time's sake: The R&P 8 in Dissent is Dangerous

Still funny

Rumpy · Post by **Rumpy** » Sat Aug 05, 2017 2:09 pm

Sudy Nym wrote:
Isgrimnur wrote:I find reddit to be more engaging than Twitter.
Reddit strikes me as the unfocused evolution of forums/BBs combined with the quick access and bite-sized exchanges of Twitter. A network of message boards anyone can create is what ezboard and probably others attempted in the late 90s but the infrastructure never really evolved. Yet I find Reddit still lacks the feeling of a true community like an enclosed forum.

I find Reddit is more like the Usenet of old.

GreenGoo · Post by **GreenGoo** » Sat Aug 05, 2017 4:43 pm

I visit reddit when Google tells me someone wrote a good strategy guide for a game I'm interested in.

P.s. the place misses you Tareeq.

Sudy · Post by **Sudy** » Sat Aug 05, 2017 8:41 pm

Rumpy wrote: I find Reddit is more like the Usenet of old.

You're right, that's probably more accurate. I just never really used Usenet, so it didn't come to mind. That said, it seems that Reddit has largely displaced modern BBSs as well. Which isn't an entirely bad thing since it's hard for a small one to survive, I suppose.

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Sat Aug 05, 2017 10:29 pm

Sudy Nym wrote:
Rumpy wrote: I find Reddit is more like the Usenet of old.
You're right, that's probably more accurate. I just never really used Usenet, so it didn't come to mind. That said, it seems that Reddit has largely displaced modern BBSs as well. Which isn't an entirely bad thing since it's hard for a small one to survive, I suppose.

alt.rec.games.strategy.derek.smart.die.die.die had a lot of members. Back in the day when one downloaded new messages and then uploaded one's replies, I quickly learned to filter out "derek" "smart" and multiple variations on battlecruiser 3k.