Who you gonna call? GhostMembers!

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Who you gonna call? GhostMembers!

Post by Shanti418 » Sat Jun 17, 2006 1:07 am

So I was looking at the member list filtered by total posts in descending order looking at the goings on for one Shanti418 (catching up on Pissin Poonani, KM and I post at about the same rate, he just started three months earlier), and I was noticing ALL the members who are still in front of me that never post here.

Then I happened to click upon on one and found a link to this page, which seems to house MANY of these upper echelon posters who don't post here anymore.

What's the story? Seems to be a bunch of American Gen 1 centric peeps. Was their some sort of falling out before my time? Or did they just not like the post G1 discussions and/or fish n' chips?
Best First wrote:I thought we could just meander between making well thought out points, being needlessly immature, provocative and generalist, then veer into caring about constructive debate and make a few valid points, act civil for a bit, then lower the tone again, then act offended when we get called on it, then dictate what it is and isn't worth debating, reinterpret a few of my own posts through a less offensive lens, then jaunt down whatever other path our seemingly volatile mood took us in.

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Post by sprunkner » Sat Jun 17, 2006 4:30 am

I remember Weirdwolf.
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Post by Predabot » Sat Jun 17, 2006 11:42 am

They got tired of the endless religious discussions where people keep complaining but never comes up with something that can truly make people believe or care as much in something else? :eyebrow:

No but seriously. That's the board where they made Aaron a MOD. Wanna know why? He stole with him a bunch of posters. :oops:

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Post by Dylan » Sun Jun 18, 2006 8:05 pm

D00d, I'm still in 4th position?

That's sick.

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Post by spiderfrommars » Mon Jun 19, 2006 9:28 am

Some people stick around, some people move on and some people come back.

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Post by Obfleur » Mon Jun 19, 2006 9:28 am

Some people commit suicide and gets banned.
Can't believe I'm still here.

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Post by spiderfrommars » Mon Jun 19, 2006 9:31 am

And some people *gulp* ...lose interest in Transformers.

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Post by Brendocon » Mon Jun 19, 2006 9:39 am

It's all the therapy I've been having for my MPD.

My doctors have helped me carve off personalities and segregate them into that board.

It helps with the sanity. :)
Grrr. Argh.

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Re: Who you gonna call? GhostMembers!

Post by Best First » Mon Jun 19, 2006 2:23 pm

Shanti418 wrote: What's the story? Seems to be a bunch of American Gen 1 centric peeps. Was their some sort of falling out before my time? Or did they just not like the post G1 discussions and/or fish n' chips?
in all honestry i think a certain group of people did struggle somewhat with the more left wing leanings of some (vocal) members of this board and decamped to somewhere where their views and beliefs would not be challenged quite so much.

Also they felt bad as we are way prettier than them.

but it wasn't some big cataclysm, it was just a bit of a drifting off of some people, so no real associated gossip.

there - that was frank, wasn't it?
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Post by spiderfrommars » Mon Jun 19, 2006 2:27 pm

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there - that was frank, wasn't it?
So you're saying it was Frank's fault now?

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Post by Best First » Mon Jun 19, 2006 2:49 pm

only if he is one of Brend's alt ids...
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Post by Shanti418 » Mon Jun 19, 2006 4:38 pm

Quite frank. And not even a witty little jab for art's sake. I can totally understand that.

Thank Jesus that *I* have found this little oasis of godless, socalistic, European sensibility, where I can espouse my political views and still be outflanked on the left by Impy and Smooth. :)
Best First wrote:I thought we could just meander between making well thought out points, being needlessly immature, provocative and generalist, then veer into caring about constructive debate and make a few valid points, act civil for a bit, then lower the tone again, then act offended when we get called on it, then dictate what it is and isn't worth debating, reinterpret a few of my own posts through a less offensive lens, then jaunt down whatever other path our seemingly volatile mood took us in.

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Post by Best First » Mon Jun 19, 2006 5:12 pm

nah, Impy's New Labour, they are about as leftwing as Thatcher.

off to TFhomage for him...
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Post by saysadie » Mon Jun 19, 2006 9:23 pm

I'm sad as I did not get here in time to make the Frank joke. :(

That is all.
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Post by Impactor returns 2.0 » Mon Jun 19, 2006 9:41 pm

Im not 'new labour' cheers, i just Think T.B is the best figure head for our country - votings a party in, is a total smokescreen.
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Post by Best First » Tue Jun 20, 2006 9:01 am

Impactor returns 2.0 wrote:votings a party in, is a total smokescreen.
dude, i have no idea what that means.

to be frank.
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Post by spiderfrommars » Tue Jun 20, 2006 9:08 am

Best First wrote:
Impactor returns 2.0 wrote:votings a party in, is a total smokescreen.
dude, i have no idea what that means.

to be frank.
So you're saying it was Smokescreen's fault now?

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Post by Frank » Tue Jun 20, 2006 9:59 am

Stop putting words in my mouth.

Bush rocks.
To be me.

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Post by Impactor returns 2.0 » Tue Jun 20, 2006 10:11 am

Yes!
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Post by spiderfrommars » Tue Jun 20, 2006 10:20 am

Frank wrote:
Bush rocks.
'Swallowed' was an alright tune I'll give you that.

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Post by saysadie » Tue Jun 20, 2006 11:15 am

It appears there is a Frank.

And if that's really a not a Brendocon, then the mental health thing's gone a bit awry. :o :p
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'Swallowed' was an alright tune I'll give you that.
It's a good tune, but now it's stuck in my head... I hate it when that happens. :(
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