The Good Ol' Days
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Topic: The Good Ol' Days
Posted By: Koolit32
Subject: The Good Ol' Days
Date Posted: 02 July 2011 at 9:48pm
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Desktop Threads Forumer Threads Photoshop Challenges PBC Radio Apple Butter The Hellhound No Political Threads  |
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Posted By: GroupB
Date Posted: 02 July 2011 at 9:54pm
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Ib4 "NOBAMA" ------------- 
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Posted By: scotchyscotch
Date Posted: 02 July 2011 at 11:02pm
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obama ruined this place.
When you old bastards talk about this i genuinely feel like a noob. And rightly so. You tubes go way back. |
Posted By: ammolord
Date Posted: 02 July 2011 at 11:27pm
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I remember all of that. Wish we were back in those times, this political talk is gettin to be crap. ------------- PSN Tag: AmmoLord XBL: xXAmmoLordXx ~Minister of Tinkering With Things That Go "BOOM!"(AKA Minister of Munitions)~ |
Posted By: usafpilot07
Date Posted: 02 July 2011 at 11:38pm
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I had forgotten PBC radio. I miss it.* *The Enos version. ------------- Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo |
Posted By: Koolit32
Date Posted: 02 July 2011 at 11:41pm
Haha yeah Enos was definitely best at it, though I do remember the joy I felt when I was allowed to DJ occasionally.
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usafpilot07 wrote:Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 02 July 2011 at 11:45pm
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I came in on the Newb List, right as Super Chromium was fading out.
------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell" 
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Posted By: Mehs
Date Posted: 03 July 2011 at 12:56am
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There was still politics. Bush ------------- [IMG]http://i27.tinypic.com/1538fbc.jpg"> Squeeze Box ☣ |
Posted By: deadeye007
Date Posted: 03 July 2011 at 1:21am
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VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE!!!! Were you at Picasso?? ------------- Face it guys, common sense is a form of wealth and we're surrounded by poverty.-Strato |
Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 03 July 2011 at 10:06am
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Depending on how far back you're talking, I always remember political threads. The difference was, they were actual debate threads instead of a few people posting links to blog sites every 5 minutes. -------------  irc.esper.net #paintball |
Posted By: DaveEllis
Date Posted: 03 July 2011 at 10:27am
 
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Posted By: brihard
Date Posted: 03 July 2011 at 11:19am
It's a pb125 joke! :D ------------- "Abortion is not "choice" in America. It is forced and the democrats are behind it, with the goal of eugenics at its foundation." -FreeEnterprise, 21 April 2011. Yup, he actually said that. |
Posted By: SSOK
Date Posted: 03 July 2011 at 11:20am
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No, the Hellhound isnt for sale.
No, Tippmann will not make a pistol.
No, Tippmann will not release the Cyclone for the 98.
No, Tippmann will not make a new SL-68
I also miss Forum games (MS paint, etc.) ------------- 
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Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 03 July 2011 at 11:24am
Win. ------------- irc.esper.net #paintball |
Posted By: High Voltage
Date Posted: 03 July 2011 at 11:34am
Best New Year ever. Also, I heard that's how Gatyr got the AIDS. ------------- 
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Posted By: bravecoward
Date Posted: 03 July 2011 at 2:36pm
| in the 04 election political threads were banned and were closed whenever someone made one |
Posted By: stratoaxe
Date Posted: 03 July 2011 at 3:37pm
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I remember in my first couple of months here staying up all night on the forum. I guess none of us had a life then, because you'd literally hit refresh and there would three or four replies in one thread. The paint threads were the best, some real funny stuff got posted.
I also remember the failed "POST HOT GIRL" threads that were always locked within the first 5 pages, no exceptions. We got one of those at least once ever couple of months.
And there were lots of political threads that went on for 5-10 pages. The problem is that over time we've all gotten older and kind of molded into basically the same political ideology (OMG HIVEMIND), so it's pretty much down to just the entire forum VS FE.
Back in the day I remember all of us arguing from twelve different viewpoints. The best was when Peter / Susan / Bruce joined in, that would drag a thread out for days. Nowadays it's kind of like preaching to the choir. I'm not a hardcore conservative right wing nutjob anymore, and the same can be said for the hxc liberals. So you post a thread, there's nobody to argue with.
Plus, we don't get near as many new people any more. i can remember when Frog Man, Rofl, etc joined. I don't even know who the newest forumer is (in T&O anyway) now.
It's kind of funny, if you chronicled the forum you'd go from nonstop bickering and arguing / shock humor, to dating and drinking, to graduations, to life troubles, and now to everybody just kind of settling down into their lives. Next-FORUM FUNERALS. WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE. ------------- 
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Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 03 July 2011 at 5:15pm
| I think the fact there was even a point to actually make a yearbook shows how different the sense of community was in the past. |
Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 03 July 2011 at 6:47pm
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It's pretty nuts. I feel like I know so many weird little details of people's lives on here.
Especially PBC'ers. ------------- irc.esper.net #paintball |
Posted By: agentwhale007
Date Posted: 03 July 2011 at 6:52pm
| I think we all just grew up and started having more responsibilities, which negatively impacted our free time capacity. |
Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 03 July 2011 at 7:18pm
Just interesting that we're still the core of the forum, we havent been replaced by new, young bright eyed and bushy-eyebrowed young whales. |
Posted By: agentwhale007
Date Posted: 03 July 2011 at 7:29pm
Proof this damn Internet thing is a fad.
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Posted By: mbro
Date Posted: 04 July 2011 at 12:45am
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Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos. |
Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 04 July 2011 at 12:58am
This is a good point. There are only a few new regulars, but not like it used to be. And what happened to the actual paintball end of this site? Even IT used to be more lively. Nowadays even I don't feel like helping because it's the same old searchable crap, over and over again. What happened to all the crazy custom Tippies in the gallery? ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell"
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Posted By: Snipa69
Date Posted: 04 July 2011 at 2:36am
Did everyone forget about the paint knife/bayonet debates? ------------- http://imageshack.us - [IMG - http://img456.imageshack.us/img456/857/sig9ac6cs1mj.jpg - |
Posted By: Kayback
Date Posted: 04 July 2011 at 2:55am
Wait, didn't they sell the Hellhound? For scrap IIRC, but it was sold. They now make a pistol. They made a new SL-68. (well re launched the old one) Now what? ------------- Pedicabo ego vos et irrumabo. H = 2 |
Posted By: oldsoldier
Date Posted: 04 July 2011 at 8:40am
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Hellhound was sold to Hell Survivors, then Dave sold it again.
The old forum was more fun and active. Political threads have been the norm since old blue, then new version forum, no real surprisees. The Bush era was fun, the Obama era is just getting boring same ole, same ole. Too many have moved on, the old crew no longer plays, and a few still use the forum as a social network. TWC was the annual get together/reunion. Tippmann actually supported in a very limited way, the OMHW, and the A-5 fiasco changed all that. If you do not know what happened don't ask, way too idiotic. Thw Wayne Dollack games/fiascos, a few other promoters of very limited credibility, the MMG and TWC kinda a mecca. The forum as well as the game has transitioned and depending on view the direction was either good or bad. Oh and I still remmember playing at the World Cup at Survival New York, Jerry was a great guy, and amatuers could actually compete in major tourneys, all before the combat pajama/blow up doll era came to vogue. And field profit overwhealmed actual player fun. ------------- 
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Posted By: Shub
Date Posted: 04 July 2011 at 4:08pm
| Most message boards seem to have dwindling numbers between Facebook and other forms of social is. It was a lot more fun here when there were more active users. But I am certainly guilty as well, I don't have as much time to post anymore. |
Posted By: SSOK
Date Posted: 04 July 2011 at 9:31pm
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OS, I hate you for doing that. Even though I dont know what the "A5 fiasco" is, you would have been cut in 2006 anyway.
I miss the yearly christmas/yearbook threads. There hasn't been a yearbook in a few years and I had to bail out Christmas. -------------
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Posted By: TheSpookyKids87
Date Posted: 04 July 2011 at 11:26pm
| I remember gnome threads, and I enjoyed the ask mbro thread |
Posted By: reifidom
Date Posted: 05 July 2011 at 12:35am
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Through some hard drive changes I've lost my yearbook, but those were some fun days.
Spooky? Holy hell. I haven't seen you in the better part of a decade, and in internet years that's a lifetime. I've been in my house for six years and before that we had the loft, and it was at the loft that I'd sometimes sit on the forum through the night. This was a place you could really hang out because it was so active. It's good to be back. ------------- 
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Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 05 July 2011 at 1:49am
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Social networking sites have taken a big bite out of forums everywhere, combine that with the fact that so many of us have graduated college, started families, and quit playing almost entirely, and well, numbers dwindle. Shorty could only ever find the time to get on while at work, and the NMRC blocks mother, so that's why he isn't seen so much anymore. The reason you don't see a bunch of bright-eyed kids on here is two fold. A) The economy sucks and paintball always takes a hit when the economy sucks and B) We have a very bad habit of running off newcomers.
Well, that, and I blame FEaperpulse. |
Posted By: God
Date Posted: 05 July 2011 at 3:28am
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I can recall the days back when I could easily average 50 detailed posts everyday. I dont even think I posted 50 times in the last two months.
Also the only moderating done anymore is lock spam thread and a ban spambots. Its has also been over two or three years since I have gotten a PM, I used to have to empty my box daily. |
Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 05 July 2011 at 4:11am
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I remember being excessively active. I think I had a post count of around 20 for a long time. If you're not Chewp, that's quite the sum... What am I at now? TEST! Edit: 5.40 posts per day. Hm. I HAVE slowed down... ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell"
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Posted By: bravecoward
Date Posted: 05 July 2011 at 4:51am
| I have like 25,000 posts but nobody will ever believe me : ( |
Posted By: Ceesman762
Date Posted: 05 July 2011 at 8:55am
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Trading AKs for cool tatoos?
------------- Innocence proves nothing FUAC!!!!! |
Posted By: SSOK
Date Posted: 05 July 2011 at 11:49am
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I also miss killing forumers. I killed Tallen. Tee hee. -------------
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Posted By: agentwhale007
Date Posted: 05 July 2011 at 12:55pm
FEAD IT TO MAH SNAKE. *metalface*
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Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 05 July 2011 at 1:11pm
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I think a true sign of the decline is the paucity of new forum memes. ------------- irc.esper.net #paintball |
Posted By: agentwhale007
Date Posted: 05 July 2011 at 1:19pm
The only ones I can think of are BAM MOTOCROSS and FE's magical elbow.
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Posted By: Ceesman762
Date Posted: 05 July 2011 at 1:27pm
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^^^FE's magic elbow! LOL!
------------- Innocence proves nothing FUAC!!!!! |
Posted By: *Stealth*
Date Posted: 05 July 2011 at 2:04pm
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RIP Patrick. ------------- |
Posted By: Shub
Date Posted: 05 July 2011 at 8:13pm
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Bilton's nun.
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Posted By: BARREL BREAK
Date Posted: 05 July 2011 at 8:38pm
| Bootleggers crew represent |
Posted By: Donald Blake
Date Posted: 05 July 2011 at 11:09pm
Hellhound? That sounds pretty cool. Is it a marker? Where can I buy one? ------------- 
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