TH.net Blast from the Past - January 1999

DM Cross

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Anything before '05 is probably known as the Golden Years :rolleyes: +Rep to figure out why (Not that it's that hard ^.^)
 

Pineapple

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Anything before '05 is probably known as the Golden Years :rolleyes: +Rep to figure out why (Not that it's that hard ^.^)

My guess is its before the stream of annoying members? When Seth didn't have to be such a tough admin?

~~~

Anyway, I think I made an account during the crash... I'm not, sure, hard to check, though I might not have. either way, Pineapple is here to stay. ^.^

Also, why don't we have a forum for Diablo 2?
 

DM Cross

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Because D2's kinda dead o_O I think we have them, but have them hidden because they're never used... Or they weren't when we had them out.

And no, that's not the reason ^.^ The Seth was not an Admin in '05...
 

XXXconanXXX

Cocktails anyone?
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Ahh, the days of old. That simple, off-purple layout, no avatars/titles/signatures...the good old days.
 

Cheddar

This is the way it was meant to be.
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Anything before '05 is probably known as the Golden Years :rolleyes: +Rep to figure out why (Not that it's that hard ^.^)

Was it because the site might have been a bit smaller, and consequently there wasn't as much to manage, and it was easier to track members who flamed/didn't help?
 

DM Cross

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DM Cross

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You're probably LOOKING at the answer, and you don't even know it ^.^
 

DM Cross

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Bingo. +Rep to Pineapple, even though [technically] Acehart got it first, mentioning it in a rep comment to me :D But still, Pineapple got it publically first ^.^

Ugh, next Feburary will be 3 years o_O You guys aren't SICK of me yet?!
 

DM Cross

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You're also too late :p

Yes, the joke was that I wasn't here before Feburary of 05! There wasn't anyone to ban every half-wit who came to the forum ^.^
 

Pineapple

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Imagine, a TheHelper without Seth...

We would have... well... um... I don't know. So other admin instead. :D

In two days I will have been here for 1 year woot!
 

DM Cross

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TH.net grew up, survived and flourished long before the Seth ever came to these green pastures... I'm sure it will survive, flourish some more and continue on long after I am gone, whenever that will be ^.^

Not any time soon, I would say ;)
 

Prometheus

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Uhm, 05
If I think back correctly, not to many SMs with the SM fourm still up and running, good times...."rate dis hoe" threads were fun!
The Seth mapped?
Conan mapped?
We still had that TH project going?
Orc was a noob?
Less staff and fourms?
Me costantly vying to be a mod?
God the list goes on and on!
 

DM Cross

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Me costantly vying to be a mod?

That's changed? :eek: :rolleyes:

I've thought about mapping again. Different ideas, too. I think I am the most disappointed that I never finished the Evil Within game... Such potential for such greatness :( Ah well.
 
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