At 5/14/09 09:14 PM, Sheizenhammer wrote:
I may just be expressing foolish optimism here, but given the fact that, as an internet community, there's really no limit on how long it can last for, a time when it becomes genuinely interesting and fun is (in my opinion) likely to happen again eventually.
Not at all. I agree on this matter too. I know that we get out of it what we put into it and that everyday is gonna have its ups and downs. It's probably my own damn fault for dipping in and out for so long. I just happen to come back at the downs.
Failing that, there's always trying to start some better topics yourself. If only I could think of some...
Exactly lol. I was hesitant on making this for coming across as "wah wah wah...forums suck...I want things to be like they were...noobs...wah."
I'm glad to be getting the feedback though.
At 5/14/09 09:40 PM, StephanosGnomon wrote:
The forum is uh, in the eye of the beholder. Or something.
True indeed. Guess it's just the stubborn side of me not wanting to let go. I've shopped around and gone other places, but I just wasn't feeling the variety of users or what the site offered. Not that they were bad just wasn't my cup of tea.
Never really been a forum person til I started posting on the BBS. I thought they were dumb. Just a bunch of people arguing and there is like a forum for every damn thing and I still wonder like "are people logging into this forum on cheesecake recipes to talk that frequently...and they have different sections!"
But the BBS was like the first and still really only one I liked to this day and as such I've missed what a forum is...to me in my mind. Because those "glory days" is what made me interested in it and love it as much as I did. So I guess it is partly or probably even mostly me dealing with the fact of that time has come and gone.
Like getting over toys...if you do lol. At the time I thought how could I ever stop playing with toys. They're awesome. Then you grow and give up them up, but maybe hold on to your favorite one. And every once in awhile you find it, take it out and look at it. You know it was your favorite. You remember all the fun you had. But you just can't bring that feeling back. The toy hasn't changed. It looks the same. Feels the same. Is the same, but it's just a little sad that you're holding what was the main reason for your joy...but now they're is nothing. It's not doing anything for you and probably won't.
...wow. I was kinda deep right then. lol. That was a great analogy. Pat on the back. haha.
At 5/14/09 10:09 PM, gumOnShoe wrote:
I forgot I had a sig, and I really miss yours. I remember when it blinked at me the first time and I was so engrossed with watching and waiting for it to happen again or just trying to figure out if it actually had blinked at me.
Lol it was indeed awesome. I still have it, but I think if memory serves me correctly the sigs can't be animated now. I looked like a year ago or something. I'd put up the still one, but...yeah just wouldn't be the same. I used to get that all the time, "Man does your sig blink...freaky." Awesomeness.
Anyway, its cool to see you're back, even if its only for a short time. I think I told you a long time ago that it was you who helped push me towards being a different kind of user, a better one in my opinion, with a thread similar to this that was about music and how people should realize other people had opinions and respect them. I don't know what it was, I always knew that, but I had previous to that moment used the bbs just to express my opinion instead of reading and discussing other people's positions.
Wow. I'm honored. Truly. Yeah, I just enjoy sharing thoughts. Even if I don't agree. I wondered sometimes if people would see me as always debating or argumentative when I really I just enjoy a good conversation. Especially if the other person doesn't agree with me. I'm not trying to win them over when I talk. I just like to keep elaborating or putting different thoughts/ideas/scenarios so that I can either learn more about where they're coming from or get a better grasp on it. I find those types of conversations interesting.
In respect to the original post, I think its us. We grow up. We get jaded for various reasons. And then we realize all the people we used to interact with when we first started here have drifted off and done their own thing. I mean, I can just name the names of people I used to interact with a lot more than I do now (and some are still here):
Minion777 (who I once considered my n00b equal since we started at about the same time)
Andersson (still around somewhere)
I remember them very well.
TigerKitty
I talked to her last year. She went to England if memory serves me correct. Got engaged, I'm sure married by now. Yeah, I miss her...
MickTheChampion
Remembered
Earfetish
Remembered
Ozcar
...will always know that name.
MystWilliams
Man what happened to that dude?
I'm not too upset by anything, I just keep on chugging. My only regret is that once you "cross" over into "modom" it becomes harder to deal with regs & n00bs because you're automatically right, an arbiter of some sort of justice, or just plain unapproachable. Some of its me, being worn out from being sucked up to whenever someone new contacts me, and part of its everyone else.
I'm sure that can put a strain on you. Weeding out the dick suckers from the cool people would suck. And then the scared ones...well new users are pussies. No offense to new users...but you're still pussies.
Again meh.
I'll just keep posting.
Right on. Fight the good fight.
At 5/14/09 10:14 PM, Ozcar wrote:
I love everyone... Don't be sad, everything will be fine :)
<3
You have a kid? When was that? Congrats! and yeah I'm sure it'll all work itself out again in time. I just probably won't see it.
At 5/15/09 02:08 PM, DarkSytze wrote:
the regulars of the forum somewhat changed their imago during the years. i remember some regulars now that used to be the same, gray mice in the midst of 0x users. for instance, when people were picking on 07 users are a generation of shitty users, 07 regular posters now have some status within the community. in the midst of shitty users good users will rise. it's a routine in a way, some of the regulars that have been coming to Newgrounds for years have done experience with fads in the past. inside jokes that only some users will understand. we change our image thanks to the past we experienced on Newgrounds. we do kind of strife for recognition in the community, regulars has done their e-smarts on NG territory good that way.
Very true. We change with the times I guess. Just wish the "legacy" if you will passed on instead having to be started a new. There should be like a Hall of fame or something. With people inducted and voted in. I'd create myself on like a site...but yeah I'm lazy, more busy than lazy, but still lazy.
At 5/15/09 02:31 PM, HellboundNinja wrote:
it feels that way cause we dont knwo as many as we used to so we dont know who the good new posters are and what not
Yeah, but it's hard to want to get to know them because they all look funny...and smell.