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besson3c · Dec 20, 2007, 07:26 PM

I'm just reminiscing about all of the time I've spent here and all of the people I've seen come and go, and all of the event highlights that would make my highlight reel....

I'd love to hear about some of your most memorable threads or events, people that have come and gone, etc. Let's walk down memory lane...

I remember Cody Dawg, WDLove, Cubeoid, all of the Star Wars names, tooki, Zimphire, the original Rickey Henderson guy, and many other MacNN celebrities that have come and gone that I've lost track of. I remember that guy committing suicide, all of the Abe/Mojo2/Marden threads, the whole triangle thing, the secret 10.0 build, Cody Dawg's threads, the birth of Fuzzy Wombat, the redesign, all of stuff Rob did (solo work and work with Kevin), and many other moments in MacNN history - some good, some bad...

So, what are some of your favorite memories and/or retired posters?

iMOTOR · Dec 20, 2007, 07:36 PM

This place was much more fun with Rob around.

dcmacdaddy · Dec 20, 2007, 08:05 PM

COOL MEMBERS

maxelson - The teacher from Massachusetts who would have kitchen-recipe duels with Mastrap. (This is like 2000-2002)
Voyageur - She was like a female Glenn: smart, reasonable, logical, knowledgeable on a lot of subjects, and generally all-around pleasant. (plus really pretty)
Demonhood - for his locks involving "The Burninator". (I used to think he was one of the artists behind Homestar Runner.)
WDLove - a nice, pleasant chap. (before he got all icky-friendly with Cody Dawg)
The Chris guys - a couple guys from Texas (named Chris) who had smarts, sarcasm, and a decidedly liberal point of view.
MikeMxx - xx was a changing number and he was pretty entertaining with his posts but then he left to go into detox (?) and clean up his life. A few years back someone looked up him and he was still in Jersey but sober (if I remember correctly).
Face Ache - He is still here but not nearly as active as he used to be. Wicked, wicked sense of humor.
Salty - For pure entertainment value.
SimeytheLimey - He and I both lived in DC--I think he is there still--and he would argue the finer points of law with everyone. He loved to "trap" people in logical discussions using his extensive knowledge of the law. Became a lot more smarmy and annoying as the years progressed but he was always an interesting and intelligent poster.
Mindfad - for his great Photoshop skills and snarky sense of humor.
Spliffdaddy - Because . . . just because.

MEMORABLE THREADS (for good and bad reasons)

The Cody-Dawg "Save Terri Schiavo" thread - I think that was the first/only thread that hit 20 pages in less than 24 hours.
The days of "Damn Bill Gates . . . " and "All Your Base".
The llama wars.
The image caption threads with Olympic gymnast-girl.
Any number of war threads where the debate was civil albeit impassioned. (Those days were a l-o-n-g time ago.)
The days of the forum re-design and all the discussions about layout, colors, stars (types and colors), and signatures.

Peter · Dec 20, 2007, 08:07 PM

Naked Stick Figure Guy.

MallyMal · Dec 20, 2007, 08:16 PM

My all-time favorite MacNN thread was the one that confirmed that Apple was switching to Intel. The panic in that thread was so funny to me. I sometimes go back to and read it for fun.

Dork. · Dec 20, 2007, 08:19 PM

Heh, this thread made me go look through some old posts. I found Foreign Agents influencing our elections, jihadists hiding among us, and some of Islam's Best Soldiers.

And Youppi!

imitchellg5 · Dec 20, 2007, 08:31 PM

I like these two threads:
OS X on Intel sux0rz, let's all switch!
13" iBook coming soon! 1.67 GHz Core Solo!

Mastrap · Dec 20, 2007, 08:33 PM

Originally Posted by dcmacdaddy

COOL MEMBERS

maxelson - The teacher from Massachusetts who would have kitchen-recipe duels with Mastrap. (This is like 2000-2002)
Voyageur - She was like a female Glenn: smart, reasonable, logical, knowledgeable on a lot of subjects, and generally all-around pleasant. (plus really pretty)
Demonhood - for his locks involving "The Burninator". (I used to think he was one of the artists behind Homestar Runner.)
WDLove - a nice, pleasant chap. (before he got all icky-friendly with Cody Dawg)
The Chris guys - a couple guys from Texas (named Chris) who had smarts, sarcasm, and a decidedly liberal point of view.
MikeMxx - xx was a changing number and he was pretty entertaining with his posts but then he left to go into detox (?) and clean up his life. A few years back someone looked up him and he was still in Jersey but sober (if I remember correctly).
Face Ache - He is still here but not nearly as active as he used to be. Wicked, wicked sense of humor.
Salty - For pure entertainment value.
SimeytheLimey - He and I both lived in DC--I think he is there still--and he would argue the finer points of law with everyone. He loved to "trap" people in logical discussions using his extensive knowledge of the law. Became a lot more smarmy and annoying as the years progressed but he was always an interesting and intelligent poster.
Mindfad - for his great Photoshop skills and snarky sense of humor.
Spliffdaddy - Because . . . just because.

Most of the above are still around and in touch with each other. Just not here.

I remember the epic thread of the prolapsed anus and the 16th chapel. Those were the threads that made internet lore.

imitchellg5 · Dec 20, 2007, 08:35 PM

Oh, I like this thread too.

Teronzhul · Dec 20, 2007, 08:57 PM

Originally Posted by dcmacdaddy

COOL MEMBERS

Snip

You missed Lerkfish, for sure. I'm trying to remember what other quality members have slipped away.

Kerrigan · Dec 20, 2007, 09:07 PM

Originally Posted by besson3c

I remember Cody Dawg, WDLove, Cubeoid, all of the Star Wars names, tooki, Zimphire, the original Rickey Henderson guy, and many other MacNN celebrities that have come and gone that I've lost track of. I remember that guy committing suicide, all of the Abe/Mojo2/Marden threads, the whole triangle thing, the secret 10.0 build, Cody Dawg's threads, the birth of Fuzzy Wombat, the redesign, all of stuff Rob did (solo work and work with Kevin), and many other moments in MacNN history - some good, some bad...

I've actually been around since 2001, like you. In the last 6 months or so I haven't visited as often as in the past, so I have some questions:

Is Kevin gone?
Is Cody Dawg still secretly posting under that new screenname of hers?
Is Cash gone?
Is Salty gone?

As for some of my favorite moments, I remember that time when everyone was freaking out over the guy who would post comments on the NN main page containing the words "RIPE" and "3-5" (or something like that.

I also liked the time Cash got reported to the Secret Service.. and that time when he got into a huge fight over whether or not a gameboy could cause a plane to crash.

All those threads started by SuperChicken/Salty/David about how much he hated gays were funny, so were the several threads where he came out of the closet and then quickly backtracked and said it was a joke, culminating in an actual "coming out" thread, after which it was revealed that he was fired from his position as youth minister for having downloaded tons of gay porn on the church computer.

Those were the days..

MacinTommy · Dec 20, 2007, 09:12 PM

Who was the guy that got "arrested" for not paying child support or something and his "uncle" got on a posted how he was arrested and all the people that had sales with him were out of luck?

AKcrab · Dec 20, 2007, 09:34 PM

What about powerbookdude? Didn't we drive him to be nearly suicidal?

(Or was that the same person as Salty/Superchic[k]en?)

Dork. · Dec 20, 2007, 09:44 PM

Originally Posted by Teronzhul

You missed Lerkfish, for sure. I'm trying to remember what other quality members have slipped away.

Which prong are we on now?

0157988944 · Dec 20, 2007, 09:58 PM

Originally Posted by MacinTommy

Who was the guy that got "arrested" for not paying child support or something and his "uncle" got on a posted how he was arrested and all the people that had sales with him were out of luck?

Yeah, whatever ended up happening with that thread?

andi*pandi · Dec 20, 2007, 10:29 PM

the insult thread.

the led zeppelin thread.

demonhood tribute.

Person Man · Dec 20, 2007, 10:31 PM

Originally Posted by Kerrigan

Is Kevin gone?
Is Cody Dawg still secretly posting under that new screenname of hers?
Is Cash gone?
Is Salty gone?

Kevin = Zimphire. Not gone.
Cody Dawg is still around, but I won't post her new handle.
Ca$h is never truly gone.
Salty is still around too.

Shaddim · Dec 20, 2007, 10:32 PM

Kevin got banned recently, but I'm not sure why.

Person Man · 10:46 PM

Originally Posted by Shaddim

Kevin got banned recently, but I'm not sure why.

He'll be back. Once he lives out his ban. Always does.

EDIT: Apparently not. Permabanned.

alligator · Dec 20, 2007, 10:42 PM

I remember them all. The good, the bad, the name calling. I'm feeling my age now, especially since a lot of the members have names I don't recognize anymore.

Kerrigan · Dec 20, 2007, 10:43 PM

I know what Cody's handle is. Kevin was banned and I was wondering why/where he went.

BlueSky · Dec 20, 2007, 10:45 PM

I don't remember anything. It's all a blur.

Person Man · Dec 20, 2007, 10:49 PM

Originally Posted by alligator

I remember them all. The good, the bad, the name calling. I'm feeling my age now, especially since a lot of the members have names I don't recognize anymore.

Yup. This place has changed a lot in the 10 years I've been coming here. Didn't register for the forums until 2001, but I'd posted a few times starting in 1999, back when they allowed non-registered users to post. A few were under my real name, which I won't post here any more. My name is too unique and easily googled, and being a small-town doctor I can't risk any bad stuff being linked to it.

besson3c · Dec 20, 2007, 10:54 PM

Do you guys remember that time I tried to show you my butt?

osiris · Dec 20, 2007, 11:04 PM

I fondly remember maxelson, wdlove, Codydawg, MindFad, FaceAche (still around every now and then) - even Cash was fun.
There were a few I didn't really care for that are also gone, either their forum persona or whatever, seems childish now.

But the years roll by!
It's been lotsa fun - those pics of the gymnast with the shark & lens flare.. the "Arguing on the internet is like winning the special olympics" pics. Good times, good times. And I think there was a one with cheese too, lotsa cheese.

0157988944 · Dec 20, 2007, 11:04 PM

1 of over 300 different occasions...

EDIT: Dang you osiris, getting in my way...

osiris · Dec 20, 2007, 11:04 PM

Originally Posted by besson3c

Do you guys remember that time I tried to show you my butt?

Yeah, that was sweet.

Mastrap · Dec 20, 2007, 11:16 PM

Originally Posted by besson3c

Do you guys remember that time I tried to show you my butt?

See, the problem with you is that you're trying too hard.

dcmacdaddy · Dec 20, 2007, 11:20 PM

Originally Posted by Teronzhul

You missed Lerkfish, for sure. I'm trying to remember what other quality members have slipped away.

Originally Posted by Dork.

Which prong are we on now?

Yeah, Lerkfish was pretty okay until he got into that weird multi-pronged conspiracy stuff. Then he just went to the crazies.

Person Man · Dec 20, 2007, 11:26 PM

Originally Posted by dcmacdaddy

Yeah, Lerkfish was pretty okay until he got into that weird multi-pronged conspiracy stuff. Then he just went to the crazies.

The most bizarre poster would have to be Todd P. (rhymes with Cartridge) and his $e@Rch1!ghT secks cu1t. (had to disguise it so it doesn't get added to teh Googleverse).

iMOTOR · Dec 21, 2007, 12:02 AM

Remember when we went through the cat picture phase earlier this year. That was kinda fun.

Teronzhul · Dec 21, 2007, 12:03 AM

Originally Posted by dcmacdaddy

Yeah, Lerkfish was pretty okay until he got into that weird multi-pronged conspiracy stuff. Then he just went to the crazies.

I've taken a few small vacations from the NN. This must have happened during one of those as I don't recall any of that.

besson3c · Dec 21, 2007, 12:18 AM

Originally Posted by Mastrap

See, the problem with you is that you're trying too hard.

My problem is that I'm rather fond of trying to be as lame as possible.

Dork. · Dec 21, 2007, 12:53 AM

iMOTOR · Dec 21, 2007, 01:26 AM

Should be:

I'm using teh internet.

IceEnclosure · Dec 21, 2007, 01:37 AM

goat, see?

besson3c · Dec 21, 2007, 01:40 AM

What do you guys think about inviting all of the MacNN veterans back for a little reunion? I'm curious as to what happened to many of these dudes.

Person Man · Dec 21, 2007, 01:54 AM

Originally Posted by besson3c

What do you guys think about inviting all of the MacNN veterans back for a little reunion? I'm curious as to what happened to many of these dudes.

LOL! A MacNN reunion!

Of course, a few people wouldn't be able to make it, unless we tried to meet IRL.

KeriVit · Dec 21, 2007, 01:54 AM

The anus thing freaked me out for quite some time. I know where Cody is, but I mss WDLove.

SSharon · Dec 21, 2007, 02:33 AM

I remember when bstone first introduced me to macnn back in highschool. I didn't register or post until years later when I was in college. Now, I've met a few of you IRL and actually miss reading the posts of some of the old timers.

I can't remember which at the moment, but I thought cody or wdlove was hit by some hurricane in florida, if that was you and you are posting under a new name, Hi!

Even my wife gets some of the jokes around here.

besson3c · Dec 21, 2007, 08:57 AM

I wonder what the very first argument MacNN, ban, picture, etc. was. Are there records of all of these firsts?

BadKosh · Dec 21, 2007, 09:02 AM

Originally Posted by iMOTOR

Should be:

I'm using teh internet.

or teh Intarweb?

subego · Dec 21, 2007, 09:23 AM

Two words:

NewsFactor.

I appreciate the opportunity to give Cipher13 long overdue props for laying the smacketh down unto them.

Cold Warrior · Dec 21, 2007, 12:06 PM

NewsFactor was a serious crisis.

Brien · Dec 21, 2007, 01:41 PM

Indeed.

Mrjinglesusa · Dec 21, 2007, 02:26 PM

Originally Posted by Kerrigan

Is Cody Dawg still secretly posting under that new screenname of hers?

Originally Posted by Person Man

Cody Dawg is still around, but I won't post her new handle.

Originally Posted by Kerrigan

I know what Cody's handle is.

What's with all the secrecy about Cody Dawg's new handle? She in some kind of MacNN Protection Program?

Why would someone who had a history of posting here not want people to know who she is anymore?

BlueSky · Dec 21, 2007, 02:51 PM

Who cares, that's the way she wants it. Not our business.

Dakar the Fourth · Dec 21, 2007, 02:55 PM

Originally Posted by Mrjinglesusa

What's with all the secrecy about Cody Dawg's new handle? She in some kind of MacNN Protection Program?

Because she was getting a lot of flak for all her posting style.

Originally Posted by Mrjinglesusa

Why would someone who had a history of posting here not want people to know who she is anymore?

So she doesn't catch flak for doing all thing she used to do before. In essence, we will give a new user more slack for posting celebrity threads, and knee jerking to popular news items, and whatever else it was people didn't like, than her. Eventually the cat will be out of the bag, though, and I'm curious how things will go then. Mild, I suspect, since it seems like a good portion of the forum knows who she is.

besson3c · Dec 21, 2007, 02:57 PM

What was NewsFactor?

Demonhood · Dec 21, 2007, 03:21 PM

newsfactor:

http://forums.macnn.com/85/macnn-lou...r-please-read/
http://forums.macnn.com/85/macnn-lou...her-questions/
http://forums.macnn.com/85/macnn-lou...s-please-read/

looking back threads:

http://forums.macnn.com/85/macnn-lou...n-spork-it-up/
http://forums.macnn.com/85/macnn-lou...acnn-timeline/
http://forums.macnn.com/85/macnn-lou...started-macnn/
http://forums.macnn.com/85/macnn-lou...nd-hall-shame/