EoFF then and now

hey guys! Hows it going. Its been a while and im sure most will be think.. " wtf.. who's this guy? ". well i go quite a few years back. Its been a while since i've enjoyed eoff's community. But im sure i'll catch up with the pace soon. As i check through some subscribed threads i saw sig makers that used to think low of themselves really evolve to a master sig... umm.. person. ^^

Well see you guys later!

( also, im going probably start my own sig shop again, dont worry... i've gotten better :p )

Topic: Was EoFF better "back then"? Is EoFF better now? Is EoFF just a :bou::bou::bou::bou:hole you happen to frequent or do you love EoFF to bits and just want... to... hug it...?

Welcome back!

Generally, "I'm back" threads are okay as long as there's another, larger topic present that we can use as an excuse to welcome you back (see oddler's thread, where he asked about the best/worst things to have happened in the past year). I spent a while trying to think of a fitting topic for this thread, but I got nothing, so I'm closing it. Send me a PM if you have a good topic for it! :)

Edit: Opened and topic'd.

I love EoFF to bits and just want... to... hug it...

I love EoFF to bits and just want... to... hug it...

I didn't quote that because I'm saying it for myself. EoFF is the best online community I've seen. Staff that actually works, members that aren't dickheads but are human, and the fact that I'm here make this place awesome.

For me, it wasn't better way back when. I only used to frequent the FF9 forums, so was only known there really. And when I started going to other threads in other forums I was pretty much a nobody. It took me freaking ages to get a slightly higher foothold, and I'm pretty happy with the view I have right now. I enjoy the friends that I talk to, and I enjoy the miniature conversations I have with other members.

I wasn't here 'back then' but EoFF is pretty awesome the way it is now. Definitely the best forum I've ever come across and the only one I've been on for more than six months and not got bored of.

EoFF is a :bou::bou::bou::bou:hole that I love to bits and want to hug. :)?

I don't really have a favorite time period. I don't think now is any better than way back when, I like them both.

EoFF's golden age: Time I joined - 2 years after I joined.

You heard it here first!

EoFF has maintained a consistent level of awesome and I always offer a large :roll2 to anyone who harps on about how it used to be better.

EDIT: No actually I take that back. In 2003 a man could go into the Signature Thread and get himself a snazzy signature with a walrus on it. But nowadays...bah! I'm through with this dump!

I need a signature... I think I'm actually gonna go get one now. Oh, and welcome back, and the forums have always been great, even from the start.

lol. I remember that you used to have a walrus as a signature. I miss the Old time cause i had friends then lol. the old times were so interesting. I was a total nub cake at sig making and forum life! The death of Owen was of course a memory i will never forget... He made me continue sig making after me rqing ==''

But yeah.. Not that im saying the old is better, im saying i was way used to the old. I need to start knowing the new. Btw, are the following still around?

NaroK, Polaris, xAndrewx, Timster, Typhoon the raepa...??

Bigger avatars.

Strawberries.

Leprechauns.

No mountain cats.

Monda obviously forgot to include me on that list. I'm the best damn thing to ever happen to this place. Barring Quin of course but he doesn't count

[foa]Hi I'm Blue Harvest and I'm awesome[/foa]

For the sake of fair competition, I am excluded from all lists.

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Btw, are the following still around?

NaroK, Polaris, xAndrewx, Timster, Typhoon the raepa...??

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I haven't seen any of them in a while. Polaris was probably most recent.

Welcome back. I remember when I was a fledgling newbie and everything seemed so big and scary. But then I've come back and I'm not a little kid anymore so it's not so scary.

People are actually nice if you talk to them and don't stare. I learnt that the hard way I guess. You got post to get some notice!

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Originally Posted by Quin

For the sake of fair competition, I am excluded from all lists.

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Exactly. Psy too. Nobody else stands a chance against you two for anything.

Don't give Psy that much credit. If his head got any bigger he couldn't fit in to the forums anymore.

Psychotic thinks he's all that but you know what? He's not. http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e3.../emot-smug.gif

YES HE IS.

Also, BH. You're on the list now. :plotting:

Eh, around the time I first joined everything was a little more active, but these days things aren't that tepid as they may seem. :p

Someone needs to post Loony BoB's golden age of EoFF image.

Boredom controls 20% of my actions.

I feel as though people were more friendly back when I first joined, but probably not - I probably just got on the nerves of some people and it just feels that way. There's always going to be super friendly people on this forum. Except now, instead of The Captain, we have Jiro.

There's also a difference because when I first joined, I got in really fast with the BAoTW folks and it made me feel like I had a huge group of friends to talk to right away. Nowadays, I only talk very often to a few people. xD

I think the main difference is that I feel like I know pretty much everyone and can talk to pretty much any member now, as opposed to back in the first years when I thought Del Murder and ShlupQuack were the most intimidating people on the face of the earth, when I was nubbin' it up hard. :mymelbert:

It's about the same nowadays, though.

EoFF has been around long enough to have its own sordid history.

I think it's much more pg13 now than it has been for a while.

I mean Christ I once was setting up a literal EoFF orgy.

It was better back then because of the heightened activity. It felt more like a forum with idiots and a few respectable people, rather than a smashing of idiots who suck each others' proverbial nuts while anticipating an eventual decline and inevitable demise. Everyone knows everyone else here. That's a bad thing.

I don't just frequent this place, I work here. But the wholly uninspirational idea of corporate ownership lack of reward (intrinsic or extrinsic) does not motivate me to contribute more. But the real best part is the constant stream of threads that have to ask if "it was better then." If you have to ask, the answer is immediately self-evident.

-shakes her stick-

Back in the good ole days there was controversy about Hooter's signature and if it looked like boobs or not.
Back in the good ole days The Captain led us to a fantastical sea of adventure and self discovery.
Back in the good ole days, Joel got pissed at anyone who spoke of the name of his 'wife'.
Back in the good ole days, RikkuYuna89 was the most innocent, pure person on the internet.
Back in the good ole days, I had a school girl crush on ___ _, __, and ___.
Back in the good ole days, I remember thinking that Sapphire was amazing cause she used :save: a lot.
Back in the good ole days, I remember thinking EternalShiva was the most mature, sweet person ever!
Back in the good ole days, I wanted to talk to half of you in PM or on AIM but never did.*
Back in the good ole days, I used to think BoB and Leeza were married.

*I still want to but don't most of the time.

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I miss Yams. :cry:

There's a lot less whining than there used to be. A lot less reported posts in my inbox too. A lot more strawberries.

http://www.loki7.com/hostsig/cat_smoking.gif

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Back in the good ole days, I remember thinking that Sapphire was amazing cause she used :save: a lot.

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I remember her. She was a great person to RP with.

At least, I think that was her.

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There's a lot less whining than there used to be. A lot less reported posts in my inbox too.

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And people claim I have no function in this place.

>>> Pretty much the same for me, just some different/new people and
well, there are more ads now..

It took some digging:

http://www.aiyon.com/keke/goldenage.jpg

ITT: EoFF memes

I remember you! :bounce:

Cid era>everything after

Mostly because the people I talk to most are members from here that haven't posted for a very long time. But as for the threads themselves, I don't see a real significant change.

Then: LWL used to like me
Now: :confused:

I liked it better when it was new, but I still tend to have fun on here. I am biased because back in 2000, 2001 is when I first started to use these type of message boards, and creating some sort of FF related profile, along with talking about FF with strangers, was really cool at the time.

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Originally Posted by Rye

There's always going to be super friendly people on this forum. Except now, instead of The Captain, we have Jiro.

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You did not just compare me to The Captain. :Eek:

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Originally Posted by rubah

Then: LWL used to like me
Now: :confused:

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There is no one here that I dislike. Smiley Face.

Some just have make themselves lurkers again, even though they are still registered, others have made themselves famous, even though that wasn't really necessary, etc, etc.

The forum hasn't changed THAT much.

*Goes back to lurking* :shifty:

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Originally Posted by fire_of_avalon

Also, BH. You're on the list now. :plotting:

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*Adds foa to his list of people's lists he's on*

Haha, Murd beat me to it.

EoFF had more of almost everything in the past. More active members, more threads, more intelligent posts, more stupid spam, more things to warn members about, more events, more talk about FF, more spinoff forums, a more involved owner, more involved staff, more meetups, more phonecalls, more "omg are they gonna hook up" almost-relationships... the list goes on! Basically when you have more active members, there ends up being more of pretty much whatever. Just the way it goes!

We can start by getting a new owner who gets involved with the forum rather than just making money from the ads.

Okay, you get that for us. :D

Everybody start playing the national lottery. Odds are that one of us will win eventually, and then we can buy the site back. :D?

I remember being banned once or twice... Or maybe it was more...

2001 was the prime spice of life here!

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Everybody start playing the national lottery. Odds are that one of us will win eventually, and then we can buy the site back. :D?

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This guy has the right idea :plotting:

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Everybody start playing the national lottery. Odds are that one of us will win eventually, and then we can buy the site back. :D?

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Only if the person who wins agrees to buy this place a pinball machine as well.

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Originally Posted by rubah

Then: LWL used to like me
Now: :confused:

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Did he ever want to put his SeeD in your Garden?

Then: I was 12
Now: I am 12

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Originally Posted by Hsu

Did he ever want to put his SeeD in your Garden?

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Flawless victory

Bwahahah. xD

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Originally Posted by Hsu

Then: I was 12
Now: I am 12

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Wow, you're like Jefty...creepy. :shifty:

lol, I agree with Loony Bob. The old days were more active and really interesting. There were more things to do and less things to complain about! (not that im implying such... stuff..) aaaanyways do you guys still remember your old names? like the names you began with?

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Originally Posted by Jiro

Everybody start playing the national lottery. Odds are that one of us will win eventually, and then we can buy the site back. :D?

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Only if the person who wins agrees to buy this place a pinball machine as well.

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smurf a pinball machine, we want a big screen TV.

we need a door ^^ imo.

its getting a bit cold in here

Hsu wins this thread. He gets a free cookie. :cookie:

the rest of you gets some balokivirus.

No, that was Gunblade! LWL was the epitome of politeness :bigsmile:

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Everybody start playing the national lottery. Odds are that one of us will win eventually, and then we can buy the site back. :D?

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Only if the person who wins agrees to buy this place a pinball machine as well.

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smurf a pinball machine, we want a big screen TV.

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Why not get both, guys? We can get whatever the hell we want if we win. The more people playin', the more chance we've got to win :D?

I think we all need to make more complaining threads, obviously. Or that's what I took from BoB's post, at least. Yeah, I have selective reading. :)

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Originally Posted by rubah

No, that was Gunblade! LWL was the epitome of politeness :bigsmile:

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Except not really. But what can I say? I'm not fourteen years old anymore.

Braska's Final mothersmurfing Aeon

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Originally Posted by Kanshisha

aaaanyways do you guys still remember your old names? like the names you began with?

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I was LadySteph for like a year or two or something. Then I was Fuzakeru.

I used to bee qwertyxsora.

Then I became John Woo

then I returned to the q section with qwertysaur.

I missed having a q in my name. :p

rubah rubah rubah rubah

Still good :bounce:

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Originally Posted by rubah

rubah rubah rubah rubah

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don't forget rubah mortis and rubah lapah :spin:

I like it better now than I did in 1999. Even though I was a mod, I was a lot more impressed with other places on the internet at the time.

But not as much as I did in 2001, and 2005. I had fun!

This place is great, but I don't post as often anymore and it's nothing that I can't live without. ^_^

Funny though, back in 1999-2001ish I always thought FFWA would be my internet home forever. Of course I moved on, to the NUThouse SOCK Brigade, EoFF, #unreal, back to EoFF, and then Neskaya.

I was only counting the ones I asked for, qwerty ;)

I think I was Ruby Lapiz for a little while, and also cubahxD, Surprise Bear, and Crystal (Young Adult).

Pure Quin14, Quin 'n' Tonic, Harle-Quin, Quin.

And I damn well should've been Flambard D'Quinceteth, if only for Rantzien's awesome sig.

PURE QUIN14 RIGHT. I was wondering what your original name was the other day.

It was written in massive white letters in my sig for quite a while. xD

I miss the Quin I knew and loved, this plain Quin is so, plain.

All my hearts just broke, Gobo. :(

I planned on thinking up Quin related puns for names once every year, but They wouldn't let me, so I decided to go with the name that I could stand forever and ever.

Hee, my old names are in my profile ^.^

XXXSephirothXXX, tifal_bug, Jojo, Monkey, ^^~*M0oNLigHt~Rac00n*~<3

I'm thinking of changing my name to Strawbee now, just so I can be using the same name everywhere, since Strawberry which eventually turned to Strawbee is what I've used everywhere else on the internet since 2001. Buuut I don't want it to seem like I'm following the strawberries love trend that's so prevalent here xD I do love strawberries, but not that much and I'm not one of the trendees. ;x

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aaaanyways do you guys still remember your old names? like the names you began with?

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Oh God

Pureghetto, Peegee, Moo Moo the Ner Cow, Professor Unne (or was it Shlupduck?), the list of silliness went on and on

The only other name I had here was "Sephex018". I guess I felt the need to have unnecessary numbers in my name because it was the early 00's.

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Originally Posted by Jojee

strawberries love trend that's so prevalent here xD

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Thank you. Thank you very much. UNH.

:cake:

I used to come here more often. I don't think it's because it got worse... I think it's because I got older and now I don't have the time to come to a forum all of the time.

I guess that's the case with a lot of the members who used to frequent here. :jess:

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Professor Unne (or was it Shlupduck

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ShlupMoo. I feel kind of sad that I am responsible for both of those names.

I miss Elsie every day, it makes me cry :(

Also imagine if I bought the site :D?

Zell 007 is the only other name I went by, many many years ago. I go by Shoeberto everywhere else nowadays though. Maybe I should change to it...?

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e2...eifer00701.png

Why were you Bartz in that game, Kishi?

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Originally Posted by Del Murder

http://www.aiyon.com/keke/goldenage.jpg

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Lies, halfway was like 2004. That's well after EoFF started going all to hell.

Actually I really enjoyed EoFF off-and-on from 1999-2006. A lot of my friends stopped coming here (at least as much) in 2005/2006, so I guess that was the main thing that kept me from caring as much about this place since then.

Also, I should play Sick Irony again.

Shaddap and go back under your rock Wesly.

Halfway between then and now for you, Raistlin, is about 4000 BC.

hehehehehehehehehe

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Halfway between then and now for you, Raistlin, is about 4000 BC.

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xD

I agree with's BoB's post, and that picture up top is crackin' me up!

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Originally Posted by Jojee

Shaddap and go back under your rock Wesly.

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I'm not as short as you; I can't fit under just any rock.

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Halfway between then and now for you, Raistlin, is about 4000 BC.

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http://www.thegamersalliance.net/for...ilies/pimp.gif

Then: I was with Bert.

Now: I am with Bert!

It's not very different, you see.

ITT caraliz gives her average change while neglecting the minima and maxima of the sum of her instantaneous changes.

I liked it better the first two years after I joined. Sure, a lot of that was due to the novelty. But comparing the activity from 2005, 2006 to now is just depressing.

is there a way to liven this place up..? other than lotto? x3

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tifal_bug

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Why were you Bartz in that game, Kishi?

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I think we're all agreed that Butz has a certain magnetism to him, given the company he keeps in FFV. Therefore:

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e2...ny-kishi05.png

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e2...ny-kishi08.png

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Originally Posted by Raistlin

Also, I should play Sick Irony again.

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I miss Elsie every day, it makes me cry :(

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do you now?

the sick irony screenshots are great, although the game is even before my time, really.

the forums are much more chill these days (not that I would really know!), mostly because we aren't as busy and thus don't need to work hard to keep the place tidy.

Yams is definitely missed.

Speaking of Sick Irony, I'm sure I still have Marick's ill-fated EoFF: A Play here somewhere.

EOFF was waaaaay better place back then 'cause I wasn't around

Typical people, they want all the bad stuff to go away and when it does they wonder why everything is so boring...
Conflict makes for great contrast.

I think I might get the shivers just listening to the soundtrack in Sick Irony. Though I'm sure I'd be disappointed now that I can probably actually recognize all of the MIDI versions of the songs now. I wonder if I still have it somewhere.

I'm still working on my EoFF RPG Maker game that I've been working on for the past 5+ years. Psychotic Nukem Forever.

PS: I am going to smurfing finish it within a month. So help me GOD.

EDIT: It's pretty funny because it's about how rotten the staff are. When I first started making it, m4tt and Big D were on staff. I made m4tt's sprite into Necro, and Big D's into Void's, and now they've both left staff. They're staying on staff forever as far as I'm concerned because I am not changing that scene again. :colbert:

lol, your STILL working on that? wow, well goodluck setting a month goal for yourself. I'm really interested in this RPG xP

too many people. cap should be 45.
admin me. let the banning begin!

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Originally Posted by Quin

All my hearts just broke, Gobo. :(

I planned on thinking up Quin related puns for names once every year, but They wouldn't let me, so I decided to go with the name that I could stand forever and ever.

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It was never meant to be! :(

All we need to do is kill off Leeza and Del and take their positions as name....allowers.

Everyone knows name changes are for squares.

Yup, it was probably better when there was more activity. And when there was more RSL.

Seriously, I enjoyed it most in 2001-2003 because it was new and because I actually had time to post. It's hard to make that connection when you login every few days (at best!).

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All we need to do is kill off Leeza and Del and take their positions as name....allowers.

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lolrevolution

Wut?

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Back in the good ole days, I used to think BoB and Leeza were married

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What the hell?! :cat:

rubah instantaneously changes into an alligator

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Originally Posted by Burtsplurt

And when there was more RSL.

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This is perhaps the saddest truth of all.

Needs more RSL and crash.

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http://www.snowy-day.net/stuff/art/silly/desudile.png

http://www.snowy-day.net/stuff/art/silly/desudile.png

Seems the same to me as it was 4 years ago. :)

Back then is definitely more nostalgic to me, so I enjoyed it a lot more.

Nowadays I try to lurk as much as I can, because I still luffs this place. It was the first message board I ever joined. :)

Where's PiP?

And Paul, I had beter be the most difficult optional boss in that RPG. Or so help you God, I will rain down on you with a real RPG attack.

Am I still a long blondy (with a Batman mask?) in your game Psy or has it changed between SS, RM, CK, neither, then both again? God, I go up and down the corporate chain in this place like a squirrel.

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I miss Elsie every day, it makes me cry :(

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do you now?

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<3

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Back in the good ole days, I used to think BoB and Leeza were married

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What the hell?! :cat:

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This made me laugh so hard http://www.loki7.com/hostsig/cat_smoking.gif

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Where's PiP?

And Paul, I had beter be the most difficult optional boss in that RPG. Or so help you God, I will rain down on you with a real RPG attack.

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You're not, but I honestly think you will enjoy your role. Well, somewhat.

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Am I still a long blondy (with a Batman mask?) in your game Psy or has it changed between SS, RM, CK, neither, then both again? God, I go up and down the corporate chain in this place like a squirrel.

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Hell yes you are still long blonde army blue batman, because that is the baddassest sprite I have ever made. Also you can fly, although this isn't seen until much later.

RSL was a cool guy, and I missed the apparent reign of Crash.

How do I live with myself.

I became active after RSL. :(

it's his birthday tomorrow, you know

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Crash

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It would be interesting if he came back now, seeing as he would be a bit older (and not thinking Netscape 2.0 is the future of mankind)

I saw photo of him a year or two ago. He's all tall and man-looking now. It bothers me. My little DeBraga isn't the same as I remember him. :(

I prefer to remember him as a clumsy pre-teen with "I THINK I'M DUMB" in his signature and posts such as "Well AARON!! XDD"

It hurts less that way.

lol PiP

Did I call that or did I call that?

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lol PiP

Did I call that or did I call that?

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Someone needs to write about him in the EoFF wiki so others will understand why they liked him as much as they did.

I wasn't here much of 05', so I'm not quite applicable.

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lol PiP

Did I call that or did I call that?

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Someone needs to write about him in the EoFF wiki so others will understand why they liked him as much as they did.

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Start with PIP's hair :p

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Originally Posted by Tavrobel

lol PiP

Did I call that or did I call that?

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Someone needs to write about him in the EoFF wiki so others will understand why they liked him as much as they did.

I wasn't here much of 05', so I'm not quite applicable.

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I think people remember him most for his penis. And I'm not even joking either.

And using his other hand to softy cup his buttocks.

I will remember him for that dress he always wore. You know the photo.

I was absent when all of the good stuff happened. If there's one thing I'll always regret, it's going inactive as a newbie.

I remember when I asked RSL to change my username to Justin way back when. It was kind of surreal, like... the baton was being passed to me, from one Justin to another Justin. I may not have that name now, but I will always cherish the moment.


As for crash, well... :(

You never answered my question.

Maybe if I wasn't banned so quickly I would have. =<

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And using his other hand to softy cup his buttocks.

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