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I found the Archive out of pure chance in the late 90s, read all the comics which because of my age I never got to do as a kid and then left for two years or so. I came back when R.I.D was about to hit the air and for some reason decided to post. My first major memory on the board was getting into a flame war with Cliffjumper because of my behavior. The funny thing was I didn't find anything he said offensive, I actually found it funny (still do). I remember started a thread in GD saying this and Reflector locked it, and I really couldn't figure out why! I think that really summed me up at the time: I didn't know any internet etiquette and I was a 15 year old brat. My next major memory was the upsetting uproar caused by 9/11.
I have a lot of memories of this place, a lot of good ones and a lot of bad ones. I remember happy things like Scout and Redstreak sparking a relationship and then really upsetting thing like Scout and Redstreak deciding they hate each other and then Redstreak drawing battle lines anywhere he could. That one always kinda bugged me since they did seem really happy at first and it just shot to **** really fast. I was also the one who brought Red to the board so we were as good as friends can get over the internet, so it really sucked as he started spiraling after that. I remember posting about my Bisexuality here when really drunk, haven't really made much mention of it in a while, but I don't think it's changed much. I remember holding a poll to see who thought I should remove the "_86" from "Blaster_86". Most voted no, but G91 got drunk and we were screwing around on here and he asked if I wanted it gone, I said yes and kinda regretted it but got over it pretty damn fast. I remember how cool the first AWF rumble was, it was so different and unexpected and it spawned one of the coolest sub-forums the Archive has ever had, it really sucks it had to die the slow death it has died. I remember how happy I was the first time I was actually quoted in someone's sig. I think it was the first time, on this board that any who I had respect for actually recognized something I said as funny or witty (It was Casper and it had something to do with becoming and Admin eventually). I remember the first big flame war over Creationism. I also remember the second, third, fourth, fifth or how ever many there were. I remember wishing I could actually get in there and argue with Sheba, but I didn't have the knowledge. So instead I just read intently what Strafe, Denyer et al were saying and unleashed it on the first christian to spout off. I remember all the roleplay threads that stemmed from the Archive building, and while it went way over-board, that is one of the funniest memories I have of this board. I think one of the coolest things was seeing everyone come together to try and get Brendocon back after he left for a short time, I remember his epiphany return thread too. I remember Brend banning me three times just for kicks, so when I got legitimately banned I was worried it would stick. When I finally blew up in one giant emo ball of angst, it started in the RPG and just spread everywhere. I was eventually given a month long temp ban, but after a week I circumvented it and created my Alt. For some reason the mods let it through. I hid who I was because I wanted a fresh start, and I kind of got one.
I think the saddest things to happen on this board where things that happened to regular posters a few have really stuck with me. Like when Starscreamsghost got hit by a drunk driver. I think everyone on the archive past and present came out for that because it was really tragic. I remember being personally elated when he posted for the first time after that. G91 first posting about his cancer was another big one. Although not recently, for a long time G91 had served to help guide me on the board and in real life, having gone through similar problems as a teenager with his family life. So that actually really upset me. Luckily moments like these have been few and far between.
In the 6 years I've been here I've also managed to do a lot, but there is still alot I wanna do here. I was one of the AWF writers, I contributed heaps to the RPG before I pretty much pissed every single mod in there off, I was one of the first people to hit 5000 posts, the old requirement for the custom rank (I remember power posting like an idiot to get there too. 100 ppd at one point). I remember watching Tempest get banned, probably one of my happiest days here! I've gained atleast some respect from people I thought would always look down on me. I never did manage to become a mod, although I think we know why. Auros still gives me hope that one day I might get in though! I think the big reason I wanted to be a mod was because I had no technical skills what so ever, so that was really the only way I could think of to contribute.
I am not really sure what else to say. I guess sorry to all the people that I've pissed off over the past 6 years. There are a lot of them and I doubt all of them will see this, but I figure in the anonymity of the internet, this is all I can do.
Also Thank you. Thank you to everyone I've befriended in the last 6 years. Thank you for putting up with all the **** and all the annoying stuff I've done. While there are a lot less of you, most of you are still around, and even if I don't talk to you as much as I used too you're all still damn great people.
So I guess this thread needs a point and this is it: No matter how long you've been here, one day or one decade, what is your greatest memory of this place? What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think of it.
for me it has to be winning the AWF title. It's cheesy but that actually really made me happy, even if my first run was a complete place holder title win.
edit- also for those wondering why I made this post on this and not Sociopathic Autobot: I felt a nostalgic thread needed a bit of nostalgia. I kinda miss the old name.
) but I'll always get a nostalgic rush when I think of those days and the gang that was around back then.
