When does one become an oldbie?

[Mr. Mojo Risin]

How long until one can be considered an oldbie?

How long must one be a newbie?

[Meat Puppet]

lol

[Old Manus]

Ask Raistlin.

[Kirobaito]

3 years, to me. Though it's more a state of mind.

[Necronopticous]

You can't just <b>become</B> an oldbie, it's impossible.

[Mr. Mojo Risin]

So it's like being The One, or being in love?

[Meat Puppet]

I thought Raistlin was just a myth people told me so I went to be early?

[bipper]

He's no myth... he is a legend...

[Psychotic]

3 years, to me. Though it's more a state of mind.I had my 3 year anniversary last week. Oh dear god no.

[Raistlin]

I thought Raistlin was just a myth people told me so I went to be early?
And it worked, didn't it? :p

You're not an oldbie unless you've been around since the EzBoard. New people will be allowed to become oldbies after the keyboard is pried from my cold, dead hands.

[Necronopticous]

So it's like being The One, or being in love?It's more like being The One, that's a good parallel.

[RSL]

I saw a post by Raistlin and I just knew the word "ezboard" was going to be in it.

[Shoeberto]

Whenever you start comparing a current incident to one that occured a sizeable amount of time ago.

[Raistlin]

Whenever you start comparing a current incident to one that occured a sizeable amount of time ago.
"You know when Hsu became a CK? That reminds me of the time that Bleys character was modded. Boy, was that ever a mistake."

Or something like that. :p

[Necronopticous]

lol 00lb

[Old Manus]

New people will be allowed to become oldbies after the keyboard is pried from my cold, dead hands.

You'll have the keyboard when you die?

[Little Miss Awesome]

Why is everyone taking the mick? He asked a serious question!

A lot of people consider you not to be a newbie after eight months, because then you can have a beuatiful custom user title, as shown above many an avatar, but a lot of people who have been here a long time consider you to be an oldbie after years here, so really, it depends more on how you fit in, as many people here who haven't been here very long are considered oldbies!
Hope this helps!

[rubah]

I'll never be an oldbie.

[McTyzermo]

i've been hear for about a day.....but i feal old inside.....

[Raistlin]

You'll have the keyboard when you die?
Of course.


Why is everyone taking the mick? He asked a serious question!
And I gave a serious answer! :p

[Little Miss Awesome]

You'll have the keyboard when you die?
Of course.


Why is everyone taking the mick? He asked a serious question!
And I gave a serious answer! :p
Well yes, but you are Raistlin! Your up there with eestlinc! So whenever I complain it's nothing to do with you :love:

[Yamaneko]

Is it true that if you kill an oldbie you become an oldbie?

[rubah]

Now there's an idea.

[Old Manus]

Channel their spirit.

[Raistlin]

You'll have the keyboard when you die?
Of course.


Why is everyone taking the mick? He asked a serious question!
And I gave a serious answer! :p
Well yes, but you are Raistlin! Your up there with eestlinc! So whenever I complain it's nothing to do with you :love:
...

Up where? And why is eestlinc "up there" with me? =o

EDIT:


Is it true that if you kill an oldbie you become an oldbie?
Oh /xxx.gif/xxx.gif/xxx.gif/xxx.gif. *runs*

[Maxico]

When do you become an Oldbie?
The moment you complain about a newbie like the miserable old bastard you are.

[Lindy]

Is it true that if you kill an oldbie you become an oldbie?
THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE! *draws sword*

[Drift]

rememeber that time when psy broke the boards....is that one? xD

[Little Miss Awesome]

Up where? And why is eestlinc "up there" with me? =o
Do not fear good sir! It simply means I would not insult you as you are an important fellow, perhaps as important as esstlinc!

[gokufusionss1]

No one can be an oldbie, it's the way of the world the time of the old ones has past were are now in the time of the goldfish.

[Kamiko]

Haha. I think I'm still a newb.

[Drift]

Haha. I think I'm still a newb.
dont we all <3

[Flamethrower]

Caring whether you are an oldbie or not is clearly a newbie trait. Once you stop caring what your social ranking is within a message board, then you will become the true oldbie. :meditate:

[The Jamie Star Scenario]

When you figer out how to revive Aries or something.

[Dignified Pauper]

if you know BOU, you could be considered an Oldbie.

[Orestes]

I'd rather be a Highlander.

[boris no no]

I LKIE TEH FINALE FANTASIE!!!!!!



n00b here ^__^

[Kamiko]

Zomg like rofl omigosh my, like, exboyfriends brothers sisters uncles cousin chipmunk referred me here. I am like, an inbred freak and I love my dad!
(( I live in constant fear of these people))

[Raistlin]

Up where? And why is eestlinc "up there" with me? =o
Do not fear good sir! It simply means I would not insult you as you are an important fellow, perhaps as important as esstlinc!
...now you insult me. ;_;

[DK]

I know Robb. Is that old?

[Raistlin]

I know Robb. Is that old?
Late middle-aged. Gray at the temples.

[Jebus]

I was an oldbie BEFORE I was a newbie.

Except, you know, not.

[Kamiko]

Wait wait, I know ummm....
Haha...
I LKIE TEH FINALE FANTASIE!!!!!!

[DK]

I also remember the time when Cid said bossker was a good member because he'd been here for a year. And also remember thinking this place was massive because it had 500 registered members. B)

[-N-]

How long until one can be considered an oldbie?When they remember you from way back in the day. :o

[escobert]

Haha. I think I'm still a newb.

[XxSephirothxX]

For being considered a "newbie," I think behavior is the most important thing. If someone's only been a member for a month, but can type well and isn't an idiot, I won't ever think of them as a newbie, whereas someone who's been a member several times as long, but still acts like a stereotypical n00b, gets to keep the label.

As for oldbies....I'd say at least two years, and, again, behavior counts a lot. Someone with a distinctive personality and intelligence. :D

[escobert]

So I really am still a newb xD

[Little Miss Awesome]

Up where? And why is eestlinc "up there" with me? =o
Do not fear good sir! It simply means I would not insult you as you are an important fellow, perhaps as important as esstlinc!
...now you insult me. ;_;
I insult you not! You are Raistlin!

[kikimm]

Isn't that all the more reason to insult him, or something?

[-N-]

Raistlin doesn't have any feelings. *stones*

[Del Murder]

1 year, 6 months, 4 days.

[GrimmReaper]

oldbie is a state of mind. *nods*

[Shoden]

Is it true that if you kill an oldbie you become an oldbie?



alright keep still this will hurt me more than you *draws BFG 900*



i haven't really gave much though on it though but i'm getting my Custom title tomorrow

[Agent Proto]

One can't just claim to be an oldbie. You have to be recognized as one. If you're recognized as an oldbie, then albeit, you're an oldbie. IF you consider yourself a newbie, no way in chance can you be an oldbie. :p

[DK]

Agent Proto? Are you new here? :o

Welcome! :D

[Raistlin]

One can't just claim to be an oldbie. You have to be recognized as one. If you're recognized as an oldbie, then albeit, you're an oldbie. IF you consider yourself a newbie, no way in chance can you be an oldbie. :p
I don't agree with the first part. What other people say don't matter.

But then, "oldbie" and "newbie" are relative terms(old/new compared to what?), so are unequivocably pointless.

[rubah]

If someone's only been a member for a month, but can type well and isn't an idiot, I won't ever think of them as a newbie, whereas someone who's been a member several times as long, but still acts like a stereotypical n00b, gets to keep the label.
I remember back in #mh, we used to marvel at how one member wasn't ever a newbie at all, and we were trying to figure out when she joined because it was like she had been there all along @_@.

but that was a long time ago on intarwebz servers far far away.

[eestlinc]

you can't become an oldbie until you are so jaded that you stop even bothering to post.

[Shlup]

You're not an oldbie unless you've been around since the EzBoard. New people will be allowed to become oldbies after the keyboard is pried from my cold, dead hands.
I qualify as an oldbie? I didn't know that. I feel so dirty.

[Raistlin]

I qualify as an oldbie? I didn't know that. I feel so dirty.
You're as old as dirt, fatty.

[eestlinc]

Do not fear good sir! It simply means I would not insult you as you are an important fellow, perhaps as important as eestlinc!

Yes! I am important!

[Shlup]

I qualify as an oldbie? I didn't know that. I feel so dirty.
You're as old as dirt, fatty.
You're as dirt as old, scuzzlebutt.

[Yamaneko]

I'm jaded, but I keep posting. Maybe one of these days I will become enlightened and stop posting.

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

That's really the ultimate goal.

[Jojee]

Am I an oldbie? ;x

[eestlinc]

clearly not. Bleys is an oldbie. BOU is sometimes, but then he comes crawling back. Unne was but then he had a relapse.

Del Snizz is the ultimate oldbie.

[Raistlin]

Am I an oldbie? ;x
Somehow, yes, twerp. But you still look 12.

EDIT: eestlinc is stupid.

[frunk]

i would say its when everyone who matters knows your name

[Yamaneko]

Didn't you guys go back to ezboard for a bit after UBB, but before switching to vB?

[eestlinc]

EDIT: eestlinc is stupid.
My mind is able to grasp contradictions :moose:

[Raistlin]

Didn't you guys go back to ezboard for a bit after UBB, but before switching to vB?
Yeah, for two weeks. But that doesn't count.

EDIT: eestlinc: then your mind is full of mush. :p

[Jojee]

cos' I registered like the same day Wezly did. xD But no one seems to think I'm an oldbie like he is.

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

It's easier to remember Wesly's been here that long because it's really the only thing he's got going for himself.

[Madonna]

EDIT: eestlinc is stupid.
My mind is able to grasp contradictions :moose:eest wins and he shall have a hat!

[Hawkeye]

I'm not an oldbie, but not a newb either. To be viewed as an oldbie, most of the members on the forum have to recognize you in some sense

[Kirobaito]

I'm not an oldbie, but not a newb either. To be viewed as an oldbie, most of the members on the forum have to recognize you in some sense
Couldn't it also mean that to be an oldbie is to have next to nobody recognize you?

[Hawkeye]

Haha, that would be very sad, but yeah, imo

[Asorie]

You're all n00bs xD Unless, of course, you can remember the debates in the staff forum at the EZboard over whether to ban Bleys because he posted like three threads in one day.

And if Del Snizz is the ultimate oldbie, what does that make me for getting him here? xD

[Del Snizz]

And if Del Snizz is the ultimate oldbie, what does that make me for getting him here? xD
It's not polite to say.

[bipper]

I am a noob.. still young and sexy i guess -_-

*struts his stuff*

Bipper

[theundeadhero]

When you see threads like this and look foward to Raistlin's posts you know your on your way.

We you make fun of the oldbies your getting closer.

When the oldbies make fun of you back you've pretty much obtained it.


I AM NOT AN OLDIE but I remember BOU from my newbie days when he was still Big Ogre Umaro, and I remember thinking Scottie was a *bleep*, even though I really didn't know anything about him. I think it might of been before he was staff.


To be viewed as an oldbie, most of the members on the forum have to recognize you in some sense
I wouldn't agree with that. I venture to say most people recognize me by now, but they don't consider me an Oldbie.

[Hawkeye]

Hero, youve wasted 4 years of your life in this place. Youre an oldbie :lol:

[theundeadhero]

About 1 1/2 of those weren't active though :(

I was active Oct 01-Nov 02, but I stuck to the gaming sections. Then became active again about June 04.

[Little Miss Awesome]

About 1 1/2 of those weren't active though :(

I was active Oct 01-Nov 02, but I stuck to the gaming sections. Then became active again about June 04.

That's the bit your not supposed to tell them!!

[Perducci]

I don't think anybody recognizes me. Not even my parents.

[Old Manus]

Sucks to be emo.

[Freya]

20-07-2004 hey i had my year anniversary and i didn't even know it o.o

I remeber when i joined everyone got mad at me for my avatar cause it was the same as a person they hated so they told me to change it or they wouldn't talk to me O.O Gosh you guys were mean.

[-N-]

EDIT: eestlinc is stupid.
My mind is able to grasp contradictions :moose::up:

[eestlinc]

And if Del Snizz is the ultimate oldbie, what does that make me for getting him here? xD
It's not polite to say.
see now you two just turned in your oldbie cards and they went to the next members waiting on the list, who happen to be Sir Tyler of Nashe and NeX.

[Raistlin]

cos' I registered like the same day Wezly did. xD But no one seems to think I'm an oldbie like he is.
That's because you associate with the...<i>newbies</i>. *shudders*


You're all n00bs xD Unless, of course, you can remember the debates in the staff forum at the EZboard over whether to ban Bleys because he posted like three threads in one day.
I think we all wanted to besides Cid, who was, I think, the only one to post in them. xD

[eestlinc]

Cid knows best!

And you know you like word association threads!

[kawakami Gensai]

Ya know this may be late in the conversation, but who the heck came up with the word oldbie (sounds like some kind of disgruntled eldarly person to me)

[Raistlin]

Word association was better than those threads Bleys posted. <i>Skydiving</i> stories. I mean, c'mon. And each story got a new thread.

[Leeza]

Ya know this may be late in the conversation, but who the heck came up with the word oldbie (sounds like some kind of disgruntled eldarly person to me)
I think it was Raistlin. :cat:

[rubah]

I first heard oldbie at MH and assumed that Brooke had made it up.

Made it up like she made up her life and death~

[kawakami Gensai]

I see humerous as it is

[Raistlin]

Ya know this may be late in the conversation, but who the heck came up with the word oldbie (sounds like some kind of disgruntled eldarly person to me)
I think it was Raistlin. :cat:
Nah. If I had made up the term, it would've been a lot cooler than "oldbie."

[-N-]

"Newbie" was coined before "oldbie", but when a term to describe old members were necessary, "oldbie" was coined simply because of its resemblance and its easily identifiable inverse denotation to the previously coined "newbie".

[Yuffie514]

"teenbie".

[Peegee]

None of you can be an oldbie. Even I'm not an oldbie. It's not a title given out -- maybe if you were a member of highwind then you can call yourself an oldbie.

So there.

[Raistlin]

...You do realize that Asorie and I have both posted in this thread, Peegee, and we were both part of the original moderating team of The Highwind. Some kind of professor you are. :p

[eestlinc]

congrats. do you want your walker now?

[Madonna]

Oldbie just means you've outstayed your welcome. :|

[Raistlin]

congrats. do you want your walker now?
No, I have Unne giving me piggy-back rides all over the place.


Oldbie just means you've outstayed your welcome. :|
I was welcome?

[Flamethrower]

Listening to these old farts, I've come to the conclusion that being an oldbie is no longer "cool".

"Dude, I've wasted my life on a message board WAY longer than you have!" ;-)

[Meat Puppet]

What happened to the days when people were put out of their misery before they got old?

[Raistlin]

Listening to these old farts, I've come to the conclusion that being an oldbie is no longer "cool".
Of course it's not. Nobody likes you when you get old, and you get all these not-so-subtle hints that you need to leave and go to the old folk's home(aka Feedback).

That's why it's so fun. :D

[edczxcvbnm]

I think the real question that needs to be asked here is...why do you all suck so much?

[Flamethrower]

Because we have low self esteem. :(

[edczxcvbnm]

*insults*

*watches esteem of other plung into eternal darkness*

*evil laugh*

[Peegee]

...You do realize that Asorie and I have both posted in this thread, Peegee, and we were both part of the original moderating team of The Highwind. Some kind of professor you are. :p

I have the intelligence of a midget. APpeal to igNrEnce for teh WIn

[Primus Inter Pares]

To answer the original question: when you vote elitist.

[Kamiko]

Hmm.
ELDERY PPLS!!

[Drift]

I'M ONLY 16!

[Kamiko]

15 15 15!
Get thee to an old peoples home thou decrepit fool!

[Laugh at face of Danger]

four groups: newbies, midis, oldies and ancients

newbies: registration - usernoting
midis: usernoting - custom title
oldies: custom title - recognised member
ancients: recognised member+

ta da!

[edczxcvbnm]

I guess I would be an acient....I was banned, then suspended, then HAD the RM title...lost it. Gained the no sig title and now No EoEO.

[Raistlin]

I think I've had pretty much every title except Site Staff(although I did start helping out way back when Britt was running it and the extra title didn't exist yet), Admin(duh), and No Sig(if that's even a title). I've been banned, EoEO banned, CKed, RMed, fake-CKed, FSed, and...that's probably it.

I think I've been banned 4+ times now. Can we reach double-digits?

[edczxcvbnm]

Okay...I was legit banned and not fake banned because the staff is being retarded :D

I was also a CK...if only for a few hours during one of Bleys trips of awesome...speaking of which I demand to be put on Former Staff because of this! :shifty:

[Raistlin]

Haha xD

I must not have been around for that.

How was yours a legit ban, though, if you're now unbanned?

[edczxcvbnm]

This was back when I asked to be banned for a while. Way back when I first joined up. I think it was because of that and all of the confusion that followed that the staff doesn't allow that any more XD

[Laugh at face of Danger]

that must have been so fun

[-N-]

This was back when I asked to be banned for a while. Way back when I first joined up. I think it was because of that and all of the confusion that followed that the staff doesn't allow that any more XDIt still happens, albeit rarely. :shifty:

[boris no no]

four groups: newbies, midis, oldies and ancients

newbies: registration - usernoting
midis: usernoting - custom title
oldies: custom title - recognised member
ancients: recognised member+

ta da!
so using this theory....i am a ...midi??
i think you mean regular! xD
2 days till custom title *dances*

[Drift]

i'm moving to custom-title soon i think? so i could be a midi? but i'm not a music file!

[Old Manus]

BUT I WANTED TO BE AN MP3

[Black Mage]

Psh, I've been here for five years tomorrow, and no one knows who I am.

I call that talent.

[Shlup]

I know who you are, sweet cheeks. :fplove:

[Raistlin]

I don't, but that's not really very remarkable.

[Female Ryuichi]

I reckon being an oldie means having distaste for anyone who hasn't been around as long as you have.

:D

[nik0tine]

I'm not an oldbie, but the way I see it, you become an oldbie by being here a few years after the board changes quite a bit.

[theundeadhero]

So when we go to VB. 3.5 were all going to be up for oldbieism? Never!

[Kirkpatrick]

you can't become an oldbie until you are so jaded that you stop even bothering to post.
What if you hardly started?

...that's two posts today, I've got to calm down.

(Also, I've been lurking here for almost four years)