Marcus Telcontar
Mar 11th, 2004, 03:53:19 AM
Has it really been five years?
(Warning - this could be offensive or egocentric for me. Hey, gimme a break, it just one post :) )
I believe so. It was about this day (March 12) that I was employed in a new job and as I was bored, I ent looking for info on the the then to be new Star wars movie, The Phantom Menace. Being as great a Star wars fan then, I encountered Theforce.net, then, followed a link to arrive at a small board run by Brandon, named jawafortress.net. I remember seeing a few now gone faces - Jonathon who was in the famed lineup outside the theatre for countingdown.com, Sir Dizzy, a few others I know no one here has ever heard of. Seemed like a an okay site, so I posted as Darth Q, Q being a nickname I had gained through some rallying exploits and bookmarked the site. Sort of never really posted much, I remember seeing Lounge Lizard appear, Rmiao, Darth 23, a few others whom still populate www.coruscantcity.net. I remember the frenzy when TPM came out and I rememebr the beginnings of what became SW-Fans - the original Star wars vs Titanic Ezboard. It gained a reputation and gained a lot of posters like Figrin D'an, plus some trolls. Oh, there were some good trolls in the true sense of the word. It was entertaining to watch CINEMATIC, NuBoy00, Katie, Rose and a whole slew of Titanic loving morons fight and bitch with Star Wars true believers. I occasionally piped up, not often for I was a pretty small voice in a very big pond. and, I didnt realyl have much to say.
Met a few people over ICQ. David, who used to admin, Boricua and Yog. No, Yog was later. I rememebr when Itala Marzullo was a respected poster. I remember Jonathon and Lounge Lizard becoming board admins.
I remember the day Itala declared the sith were going to take over the baord and TSC came into being. I saw Sir Dizzy's reponse the day after and the Jedi Order, which we now know as GJO was created. Then, ranks were given in how many views you had of TPM. Figrin D'an was one of the original jedi Masters!!!! So was Lounge Lizard. Me, when i joined up a day again later, Iwas a mere Padawan and not really much noticalbe, tho I was gaining a rep as a Aussie troll basher and rally maniac. Had a good argument with Rally vs F1 with I think a Darth Bane. Ezboard forced registration names and I had oe of the first global accounts, Darth Q. Under userid 500!!!!!
I think it was late May / early June that CINEMATIC began a troll war and she named us Star Wars fans Turbogeeks as soem sort of insult. Now, that seemd to me like a good name for someone who liked cars and computers, so in a fit of up yours, I registered Darth Turbogeek. Much to my surprise, the "up yours troll" got noted and a whole new and proud 'Council' of Turbogeeks [TG] began.
I think this really was when I became not just another poster, and became a identity, part of the culture of a fast growing forum. some measure of that identity was that I was part of the great SW-FANS / cc.net schism after several mods and admins were turfed by Brandon for.... I cant remember now. I know it was somethign stupid. I was involved quite a bit and when cc.net came into being, I was one fo the moderators.
However, after SW-Fans was nearly wiped out, people like jjwr and CMJ kept it going. Youc an see who was left by lookign at who posts in the Box Office forum. Loyal to the end, all of them. I however sort of missed SW-Fans and the place I started RP;ing as a Jedi. Thence, I actually started to pop by and say hello.
Meanwhile at cc.net, the FORCE WEDGY was born, invented to show my now contempt of Itala and some of his idiot band of Sith. There was a fairly competitve atmosphre in the now developing roleplay enviroment. In many ways, I did innovate and change what was goign on, because I began to write out my attacks and defence, instead of a one line "I CUT AT YOUR HEAD!!". It made a real difference and lead to my own reputation as a writer. I also remember whent he Force Wedgy became ineffective as all the Sith, most who couldnt put two words together to defend agaisnt half page humourist wedgy destruction of their genitals, began not to wear clothes. Lady Vader was fighting Turbogeek in a kitchen. As there was no wedgy possible, I used my imagination and did something totally ilogical and actually spread across other boards - the Force Frying Pan.
I really didnt see that joke turning into what it did. It's famed now. You can ask old timers anywhere about what a panning is and they will know. It's one of those things that becomes part of board folk lore and culture.
Along the way, I became the first Jedi Master to be promoted on RP skill. That was so long ago, it seems hard to believe I was anything else but. Somewhere aong the line, I helped engineer the reconcilliation fo the cc.net Jedi and the SW-Fans Jedi into the GJO.
really, in those early days, there was so much I did to create roleplaying as we know it. My contributions still exist, the three Laws of No Kill, No Main, No Godmode were put into the first RP FAQ. a lot of the first FAQ is my work and parts of it are in existance still today. I always resisted loads of rules, for I like freedom of expressiona nd believe common sense is king. I still believe it today and frankly, I ignore plenty of guidelines and rules because I still only run by 4 rules. The three Laws and the Use Common Sense and Fair Play.
And frankly, I always will.
I remeber Ogre's first appearence and being impressed with his writing. I also remeber Reaperfett, Gav Mortis and so many others. Shay Kaylon was a RP 'partner' we worked on so much together. I remeber btching about the 'relationship' RP that really were far more trouble than what they were worth. saw Vampires appear and argued loudly about how they didnt belong in RP. Actually, I still dont agree, but I've shut up and stay clear. Seems better that way.
Some idiot made me a Moderator. I remember the first run in with Rama and Jedah Lynch. -_-
The tornament.
My wife deciding to join in and helping her disguise who she was. And seeing her beat the sith out of the Jedi. Lord Fire Blade really was known as a true bad <smallfont color=#FFFFFF>-READ THE FAQ-</smallfont> Imperial and swept all before her / him. The eventual Turbogeek / LFB match up was ugly. and a lot of fun.
What else from those early days?
The 1000 posts Council war that was won by the Jedi in a timed ambush.
The infiltration wars when Darth Chicken made a total idiot out of TSC admins, cause Yog and I did some very creative hacking to beat IP checks and more. The eventual ban on infiltrations when Mara Jade made a mockery of the lot of us by playing both sides against each other. Infiltrations nearly destroyed roleplaying. so... it was and still is the only instant "Your Banned, no argument" offence.
some idiot made me a RP Admin.
The first GJO Ezboard.
Which died by a rogue admin.
The second Ezboard GJO.
The Great Jedi Council War. 600 posts in a day, 1516 in total before Ezboard themselves closed the thread as it was trashing one of their servers. The Imperials doing what the Sith failed, inflicting a defeat onto the Jedi. Carefully prepared defences by the Jedi and a few days spent repelling invaders blown to crap by a one post assassination by Lord Fire Blade. Do you think the Jedi were peed off how our hard work was holed by one post? Were we what!
The second Council war thread.
The RSO forming. Yes, I was Venom. Frell you Rama, I truly loved peeing you off and hiding that fact, with some help from Helen, who eventually took the account over. She lead the invasion on Bespin when the first Nameless New Republic Tech post literally deep sixed the whole carefully thought out invasion. One post I am still proud of. One of the best thread RP hijacks I've ever done. Helen didnt speak to me that night, she was so livid.
It really was a brilliant post.
Oh, amonst all this was Dark Fury. A novel about RP events I wrote.
There was Learning to Cry. Still a RP highlight to me.
Dagobah invasion.
Damn, how much has there been? It's all a blur now. There's been so much done, so much written, so many fights and arguments, laughs, Frell You butthole and the such, it's hard to write them all down. In all the changes and the literally millions of words, there's been players liek me, Charley and Gav, Lady Vader, Figrin. Theres not many from 1999 still here, but you can see them easily.
I remeber meeting Shawn and his nasty mate Fewdman, who became Morgan evanar. I rememebr being shocked at seeing Holly's RL picture and how good she looked. Sexy chick who roleplays?????
Believe it or not, Holly's not the exception. There's some damn nice lookers around this place.
But this could go on forever and indeed, if you search through this place, youll find Marcus or Turbogeek appearing everywhere. It even amazes me.
So, while 5years is a long time, I know my time here isnt unlimited. I know one day it'll end, but that day is not today. Today, I'm celebrating 5 years of a really great waste of time. 5 years IS something to make a fuss over.
I have a few threads I still am proud of. Learning to Cry, sick Cycle Carolsel, Learning to Live, which is still going. I'm proud of what I left behind with the Jedi and what I'm trying to do with the Lost. I'm proud of the friends I made and the enemies I dissed out.
I've enjoyed my time and even though I know this'll probably be the last year I'll be here, I dont regret much. This place has been a sizable chunk of time. And as such, I really want to thank some people.
First, Barbara. I dont think anyone but you know just how long we have been roleplayign together. I twas a shock when I worked it out. You naughty girl for putting one over me for so long. But, it's been fun, aint it? we've prbably done to death the Adopted father / Daughter storylines, it always seemed we end up at that point, dont it? Are you trying to tell me something? LOL, yeah I know, you have said it before privately. Well, I'll say it publically, I'll be well pleased if a real daughter of mine turned out like you in many ways.
Second, Holly. Girl, aint we had some talks and fun? I remember forming Arya with oyu, working on SCC and so many other things. Bitching about lack of sex, your complains about jonesing for a hug... well I wish I could get to the USA and see you get married. You deserve the best. I also love how my observation you look like Carrie Ann Moss took off. It true, you look uncannily like her.
third, Julie. You've dragged me back into general RP. I aitn knwon you long, but the chats have been worth it and I look forward to more roleplay with you.
Morgan - Nah, we dont see eye to eye, but whatever. I appreciate someone with a lack of BS
Also the people who I've admired with your Photoshop work. It's been envy at the skills that's driven me to do better and in some ways, I have.
There's so many others I can acknowledge. Gav, Live wire, Lady Vader (I'm still pissed you had us conned fo so long!) Yogurt, too many Jedi to name...... a big frell you to the trolls and Itala too.
Will there be another five years? Nah. Things will end. I dont really think SW-Fans will go on for much beyond Ep III. It'll be a miricle if this place still exists in another five years. I doubt I'll be here much after Ep III, for my life has changed and I know I'm moving on. I dont think I;ve mentioned thins much, but I've started my own business, because I couldnt find a computing job. It's beginnig to grow and fire along, to the point where I really think I can make a go of it. I have more than a half dozen decent clients now and a pool of home users, both of whcih is growning and I'm about to take over the comptuign work for two medium sized businesses which WILL keep me on the hop from July. Seriously, if your good with PC's shoot me your resume and I'll think about sponsoring a work visa. Be warned, you better be good.
So.....
Yeah. Five years.
with much respect,
Marcus aka Far too many other ids.
(Warning - this could be offensive or egocentric for me. Hey, gimme a break, it just one post :) )
I believe so. It was about this day (March 12) that I was employed in a new job and as I was bored, I ent looking for info on the the then to be new Star wars movie, The Phantom Menace. Being as great a Star wars fan then, I encountered Theforce.net, then, followed a link to arrive at a small board run by Brandon, named jawafortress.net. I remember seeing a few now gone faces - Jonathon who was in the famed lineup outside the theatre for countingdown.com, Sir Dizzy, a few others I know no one here has ever heard of. Seemed like a an okay site, so I posted as Darth Q, Q being a nickname I had gained through some rallying exploits and bookmarked the site. Sort of never really posted much, I remember seeing Lounge Lizard appear, Rmiao, Darth 23, a few others whom still populate www.coruscantcity.net. I remember the frenzy when TPM came out and I rememebr the beginnings of what became SW-Fans - the original Star wars vs Titanic Ezboard. It gained a reputation and gained a lot of posters like Figrin D'an, plus some trolls. Oh, there were some good trolls in the true sense of the word. It was entertaining to watch CINEMATIC, NuBoy00, Katie, Rose and a whole slew of Titanic loving morons fight and bitch with Star Wars true believers. I occasionally piped up, not often for I was a pretty small voice in a very big pond. and, I didnt realyl have much to say.
Met a few people over ICQ. David, who used to admin, Boricua and Yog. No, Yog was later. I rememebr when Itala Marzullo was a respected poster. I remember Jonathon and Lounge Lizard becoming board admins.
I remember the day Itala declared the sith were going to take over the baord and TSC came into being. I saw Sir Dizzy's reponse the day after and the Jedi Order, which we now know as GJO was created. Then, ranks were given in how many views you had of TPM. Figrin D'an was one of the original jedi Masters!!!! So was Lounge Lizard. Me, when i joined up a day again later, Iwas a mere Padawan and not really much noticalbe, tho I was gaining a rep as a Aussie troll basher and rally maniac. Had a good argument with Rally vs F1 with I think a Darth Bane. Ezboard forced registration names and I had oe of the first global accounts, Darth Q. Under userid 500!!!!!
I think it was late May / early June that CINEMATIC began a troll war and she named us Star Wars fans Turbogeeks as soem sort of insult. Now, that seemd to me like a good name for someone who liked cars and computers, so in a fit of up yours, I registered Darth Turbogeek. Much to my surprise, the "up yours troll" got noted and a whole new and proud 'Council' of Turbogeeks [TG] began.
I think this really was when I became not just another poster, and became a identity, part of the culture of a fast growing forum. some measure of that identity was that I was part of the great SW-FANS / cc.net schism after several mods and admins were turfed by Brandon for.... I cant remember now. I know it was somethign stupid. I was involved quite a bit and when cc.net came into being, I was one fo the moderators.
However, after SW-Fans was nearly wiped out, people like jjwr and CMJ kept it going. Youc an see who was left by lookign at who posts in the Box Office forum. Loyal to the end, all of them. I however sort of missed SW-Fans and the place I started RP;ing as a Jedi. Thence, I actually started to pop by and say hello.
Meanwhile at cc.net, the FORCE WEDGY was born, invented to show my now contempt of Itala and some of his idiot band of Sith. There was a fairly competitve atmosphre in the now developing roleplay enviroment. In many ways, I did innovate and change what was goign on, because I began to write out my attacks and defence, instead of a one line "I CUT AT YOUR HEAD!!". It made a real difference and lead to my own reputation as a writer. I also remember whent he Force Wedgy became ineffective as all the Sith, most who couldnt put two words together to defend agaisnt half page humourist wedgy destruction of their genitals, began not to wear clothes. Lady Vader was fighting Turbogeek in a kitchen. As there was no wedgy possible, I used my imagination and did something totally ilogical and actually spread across other boards - the Force Frying Pan.
I really didnt see that joke turning into what it did. It's famed now. You can ask old timers anywhere about what a panning is and they will know. It's one of those things that becomes part of board folk lore and culture.
Along the way, I became the first Jedi Master to be promoted on RP skill. That was so long ago, it seems hard to believe I was anything else but. Somewhere aong the line, I helped engineer the reconcilliation fo the cc.net Jedi and the SW-Fans Jedi into the GJO.
really, in those early days, there was so much I did to create roleplaying as we know it. My contributions still exist, the three Laws of No Kill, No Main, No Godmode were put into the first RP FAQ. a lot of the first FAQ is my work and parts of it are in existance still today. I always resisted loads of rules, for I like freedom of expressiona nd believe common sense is king. I still believe it today and frankly, I ignore plenty of guidelines and rules because I still only run by 4 rules. The three Laws and the Use Common Sense and Fair Play.
And frankly, I always will.
I remeber Ogre's first appearence and being impressed with his writing. I also remeber Reaperfett, Gav Mortis and so many others. Shay Kaylon was a RP 'partner' we worked on so much together. I remeber btching about the 'relationship' RP that really were far more trouble than what they were worth. saw Vampires appear and argued loudly about how they didnt belong in RP. Actually, I still dont agree, but I've shut up and stay clear. Seems better that way.
Some idiot made me a Moderator. I remember the first run in with Rama and Jedah Lynch. -_-
The tornament.
My wife deciding to join in and helping her disguise who she was. And seeing her beat the sith out of the Jedi. Lord Fire Blade really was known as a true bad <smallfont color=#FFFFFF>-READ THE FAQ-</smallfont> Imperial and swept all before her / him. The eventual Turbogeek / LFB match up was ugly. and a lot of fun.
What else from those early days?
The 1000 posts Council war that was won by the Jedi in a timed ambush.
The infiltration wars when Darth Chicken made a total idiot out of TSC admins, cause Yog and I did some very creative hacking to beat IP checks and more. The eventual ban on infiltrations when Mara Jade made a mockery of the lot of us by playing both sides against each other. Infiltrations nearly destroyed roleplaying. so... it was and still is the only instant "Your Banned, no argument" offence.
some idiot made me a RP Admin.
The first GJO Ezboard.
Which died by a rogue admin.
The second Ezboard GJO.
The Great Jedi Council War. 600 posts in a day, 1516 in total before Ezboard themselves closed the thread as it was trashing one of their servers. The Imperials doing what the Sith failed, inflicting a defeat onto the Jedi. Carefully prepared defences by the Jedi and a few days spent repelling invaders blown to crap by a one post assassination by Lord Fire Blade. Do you think the Jedi were peed off how our hard work was holed by one post? Were we what!
The second Council war thread.
The RSO forming. Yes, I was Venom. Frell you Rama, I truly loved peeing you off and hiding that fact, with some help from Helen, who eventually took the account over. She lead the invasion on Bespin when the first Nameless New Republic Tech post literally deep sixed the whole carefully thought out invasion. One post I am still proud of. One of the best thread RP hijacks I've ever done. Helen didnt speak to me that night, she was so livid.
It really was a brilliant post.
Oh, amonst all this was Dark Fury. A novel about RP events I wrote.
There was Learning to Cry. Still a RP highlight to me.
Dagobah invasion.
Damn, how much has there been? It's all a blur now. There's been so much done, so much written, so many fights and arguments, laughs, Frell You butthole and the such, it's hard to write them all down. In all the changes and the literally millions of words, there's been players liek me, Charley and Gav, Lady Vader, Figrin. Theres not many from 1999 still here, but you can see them easily.
I remeber meeting Shawn and his nasty mate Fewdman, who became Morgan evanar. I rememebr being shocked at seeing Holly's RL picture and how good she looked. Sexy chick who roleplays?????
Believe it or not, Holly's not the exception. There's some damn nice lookers around this place.
But this could go on forever and indeed, if you search through this place, youll find Marcus or Turbogeek appearing everywhere. It even amazes me.
So, while 5years is a long time, I know my time here isnt unlimited. I know one day it'll end, but that day is not today. Today, I'm celebrating 5 years of a really great waste of time. 5 years IS something to make a fuss over.
I have a few threads I still am proud of. Learning to Cry, sick Cycle Carolsel, Learning to Live, which is still going. I'm proud of what I left behind with the Jedi and what I'm trying to do with the Lost. I'm proud of the friends I made and the enemies I dissed out.
I've enjoyed my time and even though I know this'll probably be the last year I'll be here, I dont regret much. This place has been a sizable chunk of time. And as such, I really want to thank some people.
First, Barbara. I dont think anyone but you know just how long we have been roleplayign together. I twas a shock when I worked it out. You naughty girl for putting one over me for so long. But, it's been fun, aint it? we've prbably done to death the Adopted father / Daughter storylines, it always seemed we end up at that point, dont it? Are you trying to tell me something? LOL, yeah I know, you have said it before privately. Well, I'll say it publically, I'll be well pleased if a real daughter of mine turned out like you in many ways.
Second, Holly. Girl, aint we had some talks and fun? I remember forming Arya with oyu, working on SCC and so many other things. Bitching about lack of sex, your complains about jonesing for a hug... well I wish I could get to the USA and see you get married. You deserve the best. I also love how my observation you look like Carrie Ann Moss took off. It true, you look uncannily like her.
third, Julie. You've dragged me back into general RP. I aitn knwon you long, but the chats have been worth it and I look forward to more roleplay with you.
Morgan - Nah, we dont see eye to eye, but whatever. I appreciate someone with a lack of BS
Also the people who I've admired with your Photoshop work. It's been envy at the skills that's driven me to do better and in some ways, I have.
There's so many others I can acknowledge. Gav, Live wire, Lady Vader (I'm still pissed you had us conned fo so long!) Yogurt, too many Jedi to name...... a big frell you to the trolls and Itala too.
Will there be another five years? Nah. Things will end. I dont really think SW-Fans will go on for much beyond Ep III. It'll be a miricle if this place still exists in another five years. I doubt I'll be here much after Ep III, for my life has changed and I know I'm moving on. I dont think I;ve mentioned thins much, but I've started my own business, because I couldnt find a computing job. It's beginnig to grow and fire along, to the point where I really think I can make a go of it. I have more than a half dozen decent clients now and a pool of home users, both of whcih is growning and I'm about to take over the comptuign work for two medium sized businesses which WILL keep me on the hop from July. Seriously, if your good with PC's shoot me your resume and I'll think about sponsoring a work visa. Be warned, you better be good.
So.....
Yeah. Five years.
with much respect,
Marcus aka Far too many other ids.