Odd Forum Facts

[F.T. Phantom]

The registered member total and the members member number is 540 off. The member numbers show that there are 540 more members than the registry knows about. Hmmm...

:blink: :lol:

Amazing, I know, just had to point it out for no particular reason.

[F.T. Phantom]

Anyone that becomes a admin over the forums will disappear from the forums after a short and sometimes controversial riegn.

That's not just my paranoia showing through. Ask anyone that has been here awhile.

[civaz22]

haha. interesting stuff. I see you might be loosing your mind and needing to point these things out?

[F.T. Phantom]

Loosing my mind? No.

You must have something to loose it.

Maybe it is hanging out with my game.

The first member to break 1000 posts, that I can remember was arsenault. The account disappeared right after that. They started a few new accounts and all of them diappeared also. I think it was a conspiracy by Super Dave, the forum mod at that time. Maybe big numbers scared him.

[danman2008]

I have an account that "dissapeared". Super Dave, darn that was a long time ago.

[tatertot113]

hmm that means moats has to get on the update wagon then

[F.T. Phantom]

The old format was hit by several cases of conflicting code that changed many forum users SNs into the name of a randomly chosen new member. The ones I remember were Mikerules, paintghost and a name that started with a C. I want to say it was cassey or cassidy. Something like that.

Alot of accounts got disappeared during those incidents.

Mikerules changed my sign up date from April of 02 to the date shown in my sig now. Those incidents were annoying.

[danman2008]

Cassy was it I believe. Hahaha that was some funny ###### though. Remember all the sigs "I survived mikerules" and stuff like that haha.

EDIT: Spelling.

[tatertot113]

sounds like a rough time back then

[danman2008]

Definatly bro. So much more fun though. Forums suck now haha.

[F.T. Phantom]

The glitches were interesting to say the least.

The forums don't suck, they are just slow and mostly new (as has always ben the case, this is a new player magnet site). The members you started out with have left or moved on. The site dieing for a month or so put the big hurt on it. Cut the traffic the site saw a day to about a tenth of what it was.

[DucTape]

Originally posted by F.T. Phantom@Jun 27 2006, 06:14 PM
The registered member total and the members member number is 540 off.* The member numbers show that there are 540 more members than the registry knows about.* Hmmm...

:blink:* :lol:

Amazing, I know, just had to point it out for no particular reason.
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on the airsoft forum i used to be registered on, those 540 people would have been the people who were banned/had accounts deleted.

[F.T. Phantom]

I don't think that is the case here. Banned accounts don't get removed from the database. I haven't heard of anyone with the ability removing any accounts. Something could have changed though. There have been alot of different people in a position to change how things work and never tell the underlings about it.

[F.T. Phantom]

Most of the members that have thier bdays listed at the bottom of the forums home page have been inactive for at least 3 months. A good number have been inactive for a year.

To the inactive Bday celebrators, we salute you. Saaaaaaalute. :clap: :punk:

[tatertot113]

lol but most people don't come back on after a while tho for some reason or a another

[surealpaintballer]

will you two take your darned convosations to pm's..jesus

odd forum fact..the old skin looked better.

[nick0196]

sry but wtf is an admin?

[tatertot113]

they can make new forums and add new things to the forum, there like a boss

[nick0196]

ohh i see like a mod on steroids?

[tatertot113]

basilly but super

[Lt.bird]

...And without the shrunken testicles.

[F.T. Phantom]

My definitions on this site's user levels.

Nonmember: Get's to look at the forums, but, not participate.

Member: Get's to post in unrestricted forums.

Restricted forum members : Get to post in one or more of the restricted forums. Team forums and such.

MVP member: Gets a perk or two. MVP forums, more PM space, pinned sales threads.

Forum mod: Has control over the threads/posts in forums that are assigned to them.

Uber Mod: Has control of threads/posts in all but restricted forums.

Forum Admin: Has control over all/most forums content from appearance to content.

Site Admin: Has control over all of the appearance/content of the site.

There maybe a level or two i am not aware of. Those are the ones I know of.

[civaz22]

sweet. it's like ranking in an army. I mean, most of us even have guns. Just no blood... that could be good and bad.... I call for stupid question asking noob blood!!







...no, chill chill.. I'm not barbaric.... for all that you know....

[Ionfiend]

what ever happened to the mvp stuff, like the give aways and the private forums? and who won that red dm5 young gave away?

[danman2008]

This is random but FT do you remember Dr's little spoof. And do you remember energy hater and Kendo's drunken stoned rantings. And when Merc and Kendo staged playing together best shens ever.

[danman2008]

Not to mention 10/12 and barfight post. And the ruling the world posts. The walama bannings.

[civaz22]

man... danman... your making me feel like I haven't been here long enough (which I haven't)...

[Ionfiend]

what happened and where are the darn mvp things, like the giveaways and ######?

[NoelyDeezNutz]

Young is gone, the mvps haven't had a giveaway in a while, tho it may start up again....

The dm5 giveaway... I wasn't an mvp @ the time, but from the stories I've pieced together.... It just so happened to be a personal friend of young's....

Civaz... How in the all mighty hell do you have so many posts in 3-4 months??

I thought bryce was bad....

[surealpaintballer]

Originally posted by NoelyDeezNutz@Jul 3 2006, 03:46 AM
Young is gone, the mvps haven't had a giveaway in a while, tho it may start up again....

The dm5 giveaway... I wasn't an mvp @ the time, but from the stories I've pieced together.... It just so happened to be a personal friend of young's....

Civaz... How in the all mighty hell do you have so many posts in 3-4 months??

I thought bryce was bad....
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it was a fair giveaway...a kinda shady one but fair i guess...and civaz spams..so there.

[joeyk803c]

Originally posted by danman2008@Jul 2 2006, 09:32 PM
This is random but FT do you remember Dr's little spoof. And do you remember energy hater and Kendo's drunken stoned rantings. And when Merc and Kendo staged playing together best shens ever.
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I remember, missed out on Kendo's stuff(some of it). LOL Energy Hater, oh man was he a cool guy.

[F.T. Phantom]

I remember dr and Energy Hater. I remember dr getting struck stupid and earning a perm. ban.

How could anyone have been here at that time and forget/not know of Kendo?

AND: To the ones who wish to spam this thread, do not spam this thread. Keep it on topic. Thank-you.

[nick0196]

im not trying to spam or anything but who was Young and why do some ppl say when i post a topic "that reminds me of the thing young wrote!"

[F.T. Phantom]

Young was a site admin from about the time we went to the new froum format until about 3 months ago. He wrote most of the articles and went to all the events PB.com covered during that time. There was quite a bit written during that time for people to reffer back to.

He moved on to another job when the PBc brick and mortar store lost their brick and mortar to redeveolpement.

[nick0196]

i c. so it seems as though paintball.com forums have run their course, huh?

[RobIsAgg]

lsols

[nick0196]

all yall talk about "the good old days" so i guess today is like bad?
what was the old forum format?

also, it seems like theres been a wave of new members coming to the site... any1 else notice?

[tatertot113]

yea but things have gone way down hill now with all the stupid posts

[civaz22]

Originally posted by NoelyDeezNutz@Jul 3 2006, 03:46 AM
Civaz... How in the all mighty hell do you have so many posts in 3-4 months??
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I dunno.. It just happens... I haven't been able to play as much lately (lack of time and $$$), so at least being able to talk about it kinda quells the, shall I say, "paintball fever". And do you mind asking the same to FNU. I was gonna say something, then realized, filtered I do the same thing. ######.

[NoelyDeezNutz]

lol... how about we get this thread BACK on topic... odd forum facts... not useless posts.. or any other crap...

[thevoiceinurhd]

I got free MVP becuase I used to own the chat nights when young came :P. Guess what guys, I'm back into pb again woo

[stealthyeliminator]

Originally posted by nick0196@Jul 3 2006, 01:58 PM
all yall talk about "the good old days" so i guess today is like bad?
what was the old forum format?

also, it seems like theres been a wave of new members coming to the site... any1 else notice?
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There is always a wave of new members to the site. In fact, your part of that wave, hehe..

To answer your first questions, yes the forums kindof suck now. All of the cool people left except a very few, and they hardly post anymore. The off topic used to be fun as heck. It was worth staying up until 3 in the morning for. There was always at least one funny topic going. Now it's all useless junk that bores me beyond end. The only reason I stay on is because there is absolutely nothing else for me to do and I guess I still have hope that it might become fun again. Plus, someone that knows what they are talking about has to stick around right? hehe.

The old format rocked and sucked at the same time. I don't remember much about it really. I wish I could have taken some pics or something of it... I kindof miss it.

[F.T. Phantom]

The "good old days" definitely kept the mod staff busy. I can't say I miss the 2500+ posts a day I had to sift through most of the time. The record I got in one day was almost 8000. The e-mail system goofed and double or triple sent all the posts.

A not so odd fact is that this is a new player forum. It comes up first on when they start searching for PB on the web. It always has been and always will be.

If the forums noobness is getting to you, it may be time to move on. You may have outgrown it. The new players come in waves and each wave has it's own set of questions they all have to ask and not consider looking 3 threads down to see exactly the same question they are asking.

Hearing a group of players with your experience level calling anyone a noob makes me laugh. If you don't have some memory of the days before semis took over, you are a noob IMO. Almost all of the members of this forum are noobs. :P :D

[Ionfiend]

when i first got on here it was pretty chill, now it is overun with ###### ion posts and stupid ###### ######. and didnt DR come back, wht happened to him

[navysealguy]

i never thought of it like that but f.t. (as always) is right. after this forum gets players on their feet and they've asked the same questions as the last million new players (thus the number of ion posts) they move on to either dropping paintball, playing more, or posting on pbnation or paintballforum. Without the knowledge this site provides nationers would eat the little new players alive.

btw, this site doesn't have the strongest security. just thought i would add that as a little odd forum fact.

[F.T. Phantom]

Originally posted by Ionfiend@Jul 4 2006, 02:55 AM
when i first got on here it was pretty chill, now it is overun with ###### ion posts and stupid ###### ######.* and didnt DR come back, wht happened to him
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You were new and didn't notice them. There was some topic beig run into the ground. There always is.

The security is a admin/owner/server issue. They have had to deal with it before. The last time, I know of, was just before they changed over to this format. It was interesting.

[RobIsAgg]

i miss my alter ego.

i was teh popular.

[NoelyDeezNutz]

Originally posted by RobIsAgg@Jul 4 2006, 01:28 PM
i miss my alter ego.

i was teh popular.
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Wasn't your alter ego permabanned?

[surealpaintballer]

Originally posted by NoelyDeezNutz@Jul 4 2006, 01:50 PM
Wasn't your alter ego permabanned?
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both of them yes

[Spraythepaintandwin]

ya fnu has like 18.0 post a day :)
but i got a question when you look down and you see who is on the site my name is always first on the list in the morning but at night its like last.....

[F.T. Phantom]

Originally posted by RobIsAgg@Jul 4 2006, 01:28 PM
i miss my alter ego.

i was teh popular.
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Are you sure you want to keep reminding me? Somethings are best left forgotten.

This remends me of another odd fact.

People who become disgruntled and feel this site is not up to thier high standards are the ones most likely to make additional accounts to keep visiting the site after a ban. It seems the dislike for the site is directly proportional to the need to be here. As is the like for it or maybe it is just boredom for some.

The more "popular" they are the more likely they are to get banned.

[thevoiceinurhd]

which is why I take breaks :P

[tatertot113]

so that means if everyone likes the tater i will get banned? :mellow: :huh: :nono: :cry:

[F.T. Phantom]

Popular does not always mean liked. It means you get everyones attention. Positive and negative. The negative is what typicaly leads to the ban.

[F.T. Phantom]

Garbage removed.

As for you question Spray, I saw it earlier and forgot to add it to my reply above. Old age can do that to you.:

"when you look down and you see who is on the site my name is always first on the list in the morning but at night its like last....."

I have wondered about that one. My best guess is that it is the order in which you refreshed the forum home page. We will have to wait and see what the resident computer gurus have to say about it.

[FlashLCDgunman]

Not to mention 10/12 and barfight post. And the ruling the world posts. The walama bannings.

i remember the walamas...disturbing rainbow colored quadropeds... i also remember this one hella long thread in the off topic section about the bible or noah's ark or something like that where everyone had to post three words or something like that. i also remember this middle eastern kid getting ragged on all the time.

[dynastyfan]

Originally posted by FlashLCDgunman@Jul 7 2006, 12:13 AM
i remember the walamas...disturbing rainbow colored quadropeds... i also remember this one hella long thread in the off topic section about the bible or noah's ark or something like that where everyone had to post three words or something like that. i also remember this middle eastern kid getting ragged on all the time.
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Walama wars were a great time but it was the last time the pbc off topic section was the real off topic section. The bar fights were great, we tried one a few months back and the new members here thought it was too stupid. Our three word stories were peices of art work compared to the ones today. The this or that thread (thats right JUST ONE) was great. When we were unable to access the last page we would make another one. But only when we were unable to access the last page. The kid you were speaking of was Monotone. Any one who was around at the time has to remember Kendo and American Shorty. Good time good times. what else am I missing.

[Wolf3118]

Hearing the old stories makes me want to stick around longer, and wait things out until things are fun again.

[DJT3250]

Originally posted by dynastyfan@Jul 7 2006, 12:01 AM
Walama wars were a great time but it was the last time the pbc off topic section was the real off topic section. The bar fights were great, we tried one a few months back and the new members here thought it was too stupid. Our three word stories were peices of art work compared to the ones today. The this or that thread (thats right JUST ONE) was great. When we were unable to access the last page we would make another one. But only when we were unable to access the last page. The kid you were speaking of was Monotone. Any one who was around at the time has to remember Kendo and American Shorty. Good time good times. what else am I missing.
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i remember the dr incedent. one day he was bustin out teh flames like usual, then the next day his supposed sister starts a thread about him dying of dehydration on the paint ball field. it went on for about a week and it got like what, 200 replys. then some other member that was close to dr was like, "Hahahaha, omfg dr is right here lawl!" we all got pwned that day.

I also remember Monotone/Single Sound. he flamed everyone.

Wait a minute, you guys started a bar fight on the forums now. and they thought it was stupid. those NOOBS!!!!!!

[tatertot113]

i wish i had joined the forums ealier

[DJT3250]

Originally posted by tatertot113@Jul 7 2006, 01:39 PM
i wish i had joined the forums ealier
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yeah, but in the old forums you had to wait for hours for a thread or a reply to go up.

[tatertot113]

so i take it back in the day you guys were not as popular?

[F.T. Phantom]

You sure are stuck on that popularity topic.

Please keep the general convo out of the thread. Reminising or odd facts/observations please.

[Wolf3118]

Oh I would much rather have a quiet forum, as oposed to a forum like this one, with a bunch of jokes running around asking stupid questions.

[navysealguy]

idk, compared teh nation this is a ghost town

[Wolf3118]

Nation's a rougher crowd, though.

[dynastyfan]

Originally posted by Wolf3118@Jul 7 2006, 05:37 PM
Nation's a rougher crowd, though.
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Small talk and Paintball Talk is the only rough part of nation. Also any forum is a ghost town compared to nation. Pbnation is one of the top 20 largest forums on the net.

[navysealguy]

is it really? i would've thought that the video game forums had us beat

[F.T. Phantom]

Nation is in the top 20.

This is PB.com. Just clearing that up in case you had the forums confused.

I wonder where PB.com would come into that count?

I stick to the pump forum when surfing Nation. Generaly a good group, but, the newplayers do like to ask the same questions there over and over just like any other place. It makes it hard to quickly sift through the threads for the good stuff.

[navysealguy]

i like their voided warranty section. it never fails the give me ideas.

i still remember when i first joined pbc. ahhhhhhh, i got a ban then worked my way around it so after a while it turned into some of the mods banning me while my whole goal was to get around them. needless to say young was not impressed. even after i made another account that duplicated youngs (minus the admin powers) he seemed unamused. who says imitation is the sincerest form of flattery
EDIT:spelling

[F.T. Phantom]

Imitation is not the sincerest form of flattery.

There have been quite a few FTs over the years. I was not flattered.

Almost always a disgruntled member that just couldn't bring themselves to leave the site.

[dynastyfan]

Originally posted by F.T. Phantom@Jul 9 2006, 12:01 PM
Imitation is not the sincerest form of flattery.

There have been quite a few FTs over the years.* I was not flattered.

Almost always a disgruntled member that just couldn't bring themselves to leave the site.
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Haha FT remember when kendo signed up on the marijauna discussion forum under your name and made a big deal about it hahaha.

[F.T. Phantom]

I remember. I got a minor kick out of that one.

He must have been under the influence when he did it. It just wasn't quite right. Didn't realy seem like me. I am much more of a beverage man then and now. Many moons ago you might have caught me somewhere like that, but, the net wasn't quite invented then. ;) :D

[dynastyfan]

hahaha wonderfulgetting FT to open up haha. I think it would be really nice to have him ack on the forum. If he hasn't died from a drug overdose by now.

[MacdevGuy]

boy do i wish i had sginbned up like 2 yrs ago

[F.T. Phantom]

Originally posted by dynastyfan@Jul 9 2006, 02:48 PM
hahaha wonderfulgetting FT to open up haha. I think it would be really nice to have him ack on the forum. If he hasn't died from a drug overdose by now.
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Better enjoy it before I go back into my shell. :D

There have been many old favs turn up for a breif visit. When the format changed and the old member data base was transferred, the slate was wiped clean. You never know if/when he might pop back up (if he is able).

I have seen Wildkat, dr and a few others.

[Ratty]

I just joined yesterday. I guess i missed alot. What is the best thing I missed?

[dynastyfan]

Originally posted by MacdevGuy@Jul 9 2006, 01:32 PM
boy do i wish i had sginbned up like 2 yrs ago
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More like 3

[F.T. Phantom]

At least 3 years ago. Go back 4 and you could have seen it all from beginning to end.

Two years ago you might have caught the end of it and them seen the old format fold up on itself and the forums die for a month or two.

The forums are still building back up and long way from what they were. Slow isn't to bad. I wouldn't have had time to post as much in this thread or even start it in the "good old days". :D

[Ratty]

The old forums sound a little sucky to me. Im glad i joined late now. I like this site more than pbnation. It looks better and is faster.

[stealthyeliminator]

Originally posted by MacdevGuy@Jul 9 2006, 01:32 PM
boy do i wish i had sginbned up like 2 yrs ago
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I was here 2 years ago and I don't know what all they are talking about... I remember a few good/funny/drunken threads but other then that I think I missed just about all of the PBC history highlights. I wish I had joined a few years before I did.

[dynastyfan]

I am suprised dyedude hasn't come in here.

[Shocking.by.the.numbers85]

i just realised that in the mod forum at the bottom there are right now 666 replies. were doomed.....

[F.T. Phantom]

I would have to guess dyedude either hasn't noticed it or hasn't thought of anything to add. I don't recall ever posting alot in any thread he was in except for the short threads in the mod forum.

As for the 666, yes you are doomed. It is the sign of the beast and it will start with you. Where is that ban icon? :P :D
(Not realy, just another odd fact of the moment)

[backguy77]

The old forums pwn the ###### out of these ones. The members/posts/mods were a lot better. Now there are a select bunch of each. The format of the old forum was a lot better than this one too. This is what the forums looked like the day after I joined: http://web.archive.org/web/20030408175745/...n=list&forum=41 (http://web.archive.org/web/20030408175745/paintball.com/pb/forums/index.cfm?fuseaction=list&forum=41)

[danman2008]

all yall talk about "the good old days" so i guess today is like bad?
what was the old forum format?

also, it seems like theres been a wave of new members coming to the site... any1 else notice?
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Ya today sucks for me..... Ya your in that wave.


There is always a wave of new members to the site. In fact, your part of that wave, hehe..

To answer your first questions, yes the forums kindof suck now. All of the cool people left except a very few, and they hardly post anymore. The off topic used to be fun as heck. It was worth staying up until 3 in the morning for. There was always at least one funny topic going. Now it's all useless junk that bores me beyond end. The only reason I stay on is because there is absolutely nothing else for me to do and I guess I still have hope that it might become fun again. Plus, someone that knows what they are talking about has to stick around right? hehe.

The old format rocked and sucked at the same time. I don't remember much about it really. I wish I could have taken some pics or something of it... I kindof miss it.
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Ditto except I remember the old forum quite vividly. Amazing times, great times.


The "good old days" definitely kept the mod staff busy. I can't say I miss the 2500+ posts a day I had to sift through most of the time. The record I got in one day was almost 8000. The e-mail system goofed and double or triple sent all the posts.


Hearing a group of players with your experience level calling anyone a noob makes me laugh. If you don't have some memory of the days before semis took over, you are a noob IMO. Almost all of the members of this forum are noobs. :P :D
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Good thing I do have a bit of memory about pump even though I was to young to play then huh FT? haha.


i remember the walamas...disturbing rainbow colored quadropeds... i also remember this one hella long thread in the off topic section about the bible or noah's ark or something like that where everyone had to post three words or something like that. i also remember this middle eastern kid getting ragged on all the time.
259527

Haha good times man. MoNoToNe was your man.


Walama wars were a great time but it was the last time the pbc off topic section was the real off topic section. The bar fights were great, we tried one a few months back and the new members here thought it was too stupid. Our three word stories were peices of art work compared to the ones today. The this or that thread (thats right JUST ONE) was great. When we were unable to access the last page we would make another one. But only when we were unable to access the last page. The kid you were speaking of was Monotone. Any one who was around at the time has to remember Kendo and American Shorty. Good time good times. what else am I missing.
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I was in that one walama cult for a while until I left for vaca and yall formed another one. Ya man the people here suck at bar fights. All those posts were amazing. Remember xylob when he left with his plan to take over the world haha, I wonder how far he has gotten.

Hearing the old stories makes me want to stick around longer, and wait things out until things are fun again.
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I boubt it PBC sucks now :( and it only gets worse.


i remember the dr incedent. one day he was bustin out teh flames like usual, then the next day his supposed sister starts a thread about him dying of dehydration on the paint ball field. it went on for about a week and it got like what, 200 replys. then some other member that was close to dr was like, "Hahahaha, omfg dr is right here lawl!" we all got pwned that day.

I also remember Monotone/Single Sound. he flamed everyone.

Wait a minute, you guys started a bar fight on the forums now. and they thought it was stupid. those NOOBS!!!!!!
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Monotone was like yaitsmeagain back in the day. Ya the pwnage was maximum but he got permabanned for it. Ya as usual the noobs suck.



so i take it back in the day you guys were not as popular?
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Ya most of us were. I was kinda lying under the scenes a bit more than I am now but I was still there with the best of them.


Haha FT remember when kendo signed up on the marijauna discussion forum under your name and made a big deal about it hahaha.
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Lmao haha good times.

hahaha wonderfulgetting FT to open up haha. I think it would be really nice to have him ack on the forum. If he hasn't died from a drug overdose by now.
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Nah I think he is still living he posts on a different forum now I believe though with kazkid8 and alooooooooexx.


boy do i wish i had sginbned up like 2 yrs ago
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Like 4 or 5 years ago was the time.


At least 3 years ago. Go back 4 and you could have seen it all from beginning to end.

Two years ago you might have caught the end of it and them seen the old format fold up on itself and the forums die for a month or two.

The forums are still building back up and long way from what they were. Slow isn't to bad. I wouldn't have had time to post as much in this thread or even start it in the "good old days". :D
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4 years was my time man. That was the best of times.... man I miss them. In the good old days i would refresh my 56k and there would be a whole nother darn page on a post.


The old forums sound a little sucky to me. Im glad i joined late now. I like this site more than pbnation. It looks better and is faster.
261527

Nope.... they were amazing. You noobs make this forum suck.


I would have to guess dyedude either hasn't noticed it or hasn't thought of anything to add. I don't recall ever posting alot in any thread he was in except for the short threads in the mod forum.

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He doesnt seem to be around as much anymore, he must have got a life or something.




Sorry I just had to post all of that. I was gone for a bit.

[MacdevGuy]

Originally posted by danman2008@Jul 10 2006, 10:05 PM
Ya today sucks for me..... Ya your in that wave.
Ditto except I remember the old forum quite vividly. Amazing times, great times.
Good thing I do have a bit of memory about pump even though I was to young to play then huh FT? haha.
Haha good times man. MoNoToNe was your man.
I was in that one walama cult for a while until I left for vaca and yall formed another one. Ya man the people here suck at bar fights. All those posts were amazing. Remember xylob when he left with his plan to take over the world haha, I wonder how far he has gotten.
I boubt it PBC sucks now :( and it only gets worse.
Monotone was like yaitsmeagain back in the day. Ya the pwnage was maximum but he got permabanned for it. Ya as usual the noobs suck.
Ya most of us were. I was kinda lying under the scenes a bit more than I am now but I was still there with the best of them.
Lmao haha good times.
Nah I think he is still living he posts on a different forum now I believe though with kazkid8 and alooooooooexx.
Like 4 or 5 years ago was the time.
4 years was my time man. That was the best of times.... man I miss them. In the good old days i would refresh my 56k and there would be a whole nother darn page on a post.
Nope.... they were amazing. You noobs make this forum suck.
He doesnt seem to be around as much anymore, he must have got a life or something.
Sorry I just had to post all of that. I was gone for a bit.
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ok then?

phsyco!

[stealthyeliminator]

Originally posted by backguy77@Jul 10 2006, 09:53 PM
The old forums pwn the ###### out of these ones. The members/posts/mods were a lot better. Now there are a select bunch of each. The format of the old forum was a lot better than this one too. This is what the forums looked like the day after I joined: http://web.archive.org/web/20030408175745/...n=list&forum=41 (http://web.archive.org/web/20030408175745/paintball.com/pb/forums/index.cfm?fuseaction=list&forum=41)
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Ahh you just threw like a crate load of drawback on me. I miss that(well, a little later then that) so much.

Would any of the 04 topics happen to be archived as well? I could go through the off topic for hours... Laugh at all those creation vs. evolution threads all night haha. And wasn't that a homemade format? Or no?



In the good old days i would refresh my 56k and there would be a whole nother darn page on a post.

Ohh I remember doing that as well whenever I first got here... Someone would get a good debate started and you couldn't stop the madness. Well, unless you were doorman. :rolleyes:

[dynastyfan]

Originally posted by backguy77@Jul 10 2006, 09:53 PM
The old forums pwn the ###### out of these ones. The members/posts/mods were a lot better. Now there are a select bunch of each. The format of the old forum was a lot better than this one too. This is what the forums looked like the day after I joined: http://web.archive.org/web/20030408175745/...n=list&forum=41 (http://web.archive.org/web/20030408175745/paintball.com/pb/forums/index.cfm?fuseaction=list&forum=41)
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What A find thats great takes me back.

Edit wow tis is a mazing a post from ten shot, posts from Wildkat. Man i wish I could get aim s/ns from these people.

edit two check this out hahah
http://web.archive.org/web/20030516014954/...rum=41&id=40936 (http://web.archive.org/web/20030516014954/paintball.com/pb/forums/index.cfm?fuseaction=read&forum=41&id=40936)

edit three here we go
http://web.archive.org/web/20030206205906/...rinfo&uid=94655 (http://web.archive.org/web/20030206205906/paintball.com/pb/forums/index.cfm?fuseaction=memberinfo&uid=94655)

[dynastyfan]

Originally posted by dynastyfan@ Posted: April 22 2003 6:33 PM
yes lets all just try and get alongwe are all ppl here and ever person is different and evey different person has diiferent intrests i know that all of us will not get along but we need to try ]
What A find thats great takes me back.

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My how things change <_<

[tatertot113]

so why did the forums get changed? they look kool that way in my opinion.

[danman2008]

Originally posted by MacdevGuy@Jul 10 2006, 11:12 PM
ok then?

phsyco!
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Just reflecting on good memorys bro.

[stealthyeliminator]

Originally posted by dynastyfan@Jul 10 2006, 11:17 PM
edit three here we go
http://web.archive.org/web/20030206205906/...rinfo&uid=94655 (http://web.archive.org/web/20030206205906/paintball.com/pb/forums/index.cfm?fuseaction=memberinfo&uid=94655)
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Last post in "Snipers", a seven page sniper debate. LOL. No wonder all of the 3+ years hate those so much, they just kept coming back.

[danman2008]

Im going to try and contact him now haha.

[Chicano Pballer]

was anybody else on here a member of the ultra old one. the one where you would click on a product for reviews from people but it would be nothing but flame wars. it was all done through the pbc homepage.

i was a member just never got around to making an account on a forum until i got a job with a comp.

[stealthyeliminator]

I remember flame wars on the product reviews but that was seperate from the forums.. At least, I think that's what your talking about? 'Twas the big remodeling when they got rid of all the members reviews.

[Wolf3118]

The flame war reviews weren't that old. Even I remember reading a couple.

[danman2008]

Tis I do remember they were funny as hell.

[danman2008]

No response from kendo :( .

[F.T. Phantom]

If you were trying a PM, it problably goes to a dead e-mail now.

The forums were changed after the old format went down and wouldn't get back up. It had many isssues from conflicting code to major security problems. I beleive there were at least 3 seperate events at the end where "others" were hacking onto the server and using it for other things.

[danman2008]

Originally posted by F.T. Phantom@Jul 11 2006, 09:55 PM
If you were trying a PM, it problably goes to a dead e-mail now.

The forums were changed after the old format went down and wouldn't get back up.* It had many isssues from conflicting code to major security problems.* I beleive there were at least 3 seperate events at the end where "others" were hacking onto the server and using it for other things.
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No I got his msn name from someone. No response.

[F.T. Phantom]

Another odd fact: Threads started by F.T. Phantom don't last long on the first page or get more than a couple of posts if any. This one has definitely blown that fact out of the water. 101 posts over 6 pages and is still at the top of the page without being pinned.

I wonder if I just jinxed it. Hmmmm... :D

[stealthyeliminator]

You just don't start any threads, that's all. Besides, with the great lack of interesting threads around pretty much any normal thread will get a lot of responces.

[F.T. Phantom]

Guess I will have to stick to starting threads only when the very boring posters are on.

Odd Fact. The site was hacked a day or so after navysealguy stated the forum security was bad. Could there be a link?

[stealthyeliminator]

Maybe he was just right?

[F.T. Phantom]

That would be my guess. There is a history of the site being a target form time to time.

He just had some realy bad timing. Me being paranoid and suspicious doesn't help either. :lol:

[SSDDismymotto]

lsols

[EmpireLover]

It also seems funny how today he is leaving the forums. Navysealguy that is.

[Spraythepaintandwin]

who cares if he did hack this site

[tatertot113]

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b313/SeX...rs/5b079d49.gif (http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b313/SeXXXyMami6904/Avatars/5b079d49.gif)

[stealthyeliminator]

Originally posted by tatertot113@Jul 15 2006, 07:45 PM
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b313/SeX...rs/5b079d49.gif (http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b313/SeXXXyMami6904/Avatars/5b079d49.gif)
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stick some img tags around that for me.

[DJT3250]

this is wierd, there are nine members on here whos join date was in 1998.


member search (http://forums.paintball.com/index.php?act=members)

didn't these forums start in 2000??

[Spraythepaintandwin]

i dont see any members that joined in 98

[stealthyeliminator]

I see 8 98ers and one 99er.

[NoelyDeezNutz]

Originally posted by stealthyeliminator+Jul 9 2006, 11:28 PM-->I was here 2 years ago and I don't know what all they are talking about... I remember a few good/funny/drunken threads but other then that I think I missed just about all of the PBC history highlights. I wish I had joined a few years before I did.
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[/b]

stealthy... youre lying now? if you were here 2 years ago... that means you were here when you were 7.... i def. call shens on that.... sorry stealth... but there is no 7 year old posting on this site...

Originally posted by stealthyeliminator@May 14 2006, 09:25 PM
I'm almost in the double digits! :punk:
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Originally posted by NoelyDeezNutz@May 14 2006, 10:08 PM
stealthy... your not even 10?
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Originally posted by stealthyeliminator@May 16 2006, 02:11 PM
Nope. *ban shield*
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Originally posted by Ionfiend@May 17 2006, 12:21 AM
Shens on stealthy, his posts are way to intelligent to be of someone from 8 to 9 years old.
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<!--QuoteBegin-stealthyeliminator@May 17 2006, 11:33 AM
I was hoping someone would mention my superior intellect, I needed a little ego boost.
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[FlashLCDgunman]

i'm OrryE2gunman

[F.T. Phantom]

Let's see if I can remember some history, it is a little late to be thinking.

Paintball.com has existed as a forum/site since 1996. The current owner bought it in '99 and had the shopstix version up and runnning by mid 2000. I believe breeze's account (the original sn for the owner/prehack pbAdmin) was May of 2000.

There should be some accounts in archinve from before '98. The oldest active account I have seen was from 2001. Most of the pre '03 accounts were altered or rendered useless by one of the glitches. My original join date was April of 2002.

[F.T. Phantom]

I have noticed that when the site gets hacked I see very few posts moaning and whining about the new players. That is a odd fact I can appreciate.

[danman2008]

Gives people something else to piss and moan about.

[stealthyeliminator]

Don't know if this is an odd fact or just another aol screw up but at first, I'd get my emails when I got a new PM. Then I got them a few hours or days after I got my pm. Now I never get them. Seems odd to me.

[danman2008]

i'm OrryE2gunman
[/b]

You shouldn't admit to multi-accounts bro.

[F.T. Phantom]

Don't know if this is an odd fact or just another aol screw up but at first, I'd get my emails when I got a new PM. Then I got them a few hours or days after I got my pm. Now I never get them. Seems odd to me.
[/b]


I get almost all of my mail from the site in a timely fashion. Everyonce in awhile, I will have some show up a few days or late or repeat.

My email option says it will send me one post when there are new posts in a thread I have posted on. It sends me one for every post in threads I have posted in.

Check and make sure you have the email option checked in your controls/options.

[danman2008]

Odd Forum Fact: No one is actually Ip Banned. Just banned for many million days.

[nick0196]

IP = infinitely permabanned?

wow. so you could sign on in about 1000 years with an account (high pothetically) and you would be able to get on? odd.

[FlashLCDgunman]

You shouldn't admit to multi-accounts bro.
[/b]


no no, i didn't mean on this forum, i meant on pbnation. i posted what you quoted somewhere else in the off topic section a few days ago, but it ended up here...weird. ##### hackers

[F.T. Phantom]

no no, i didn't mean on this forum, i meant on pbnation. i posted what you quoted somewhere else in the off topic section a few days ago, but it ended up here...weird. ##### hackers
[/b]


I wondered why that posts was there. It didn't take long to find out it wasn't another account here. ;)

As for IP banning, that is another little know fact. It is a powerful tool with no real use unless you know exactly what you are doing. If you ever become a site admin/mod somewhere, you will figure out why. That is all I will say on that one, I can't explain everything. You wouldn't have anything to think about if I did. :D

[surealpaintballer]

You shouldn't admit to multi-accounts bro.
[/b]
*cough*members title*cough*

:rolleyes:

[joeyk803c]

I wondered why that posts was there. It didn't take long to find out it wasn't another account here. ;)

As for IP banning, that is another little know fact. It is a powerful tool with no real use unless you know exactly what you are doing. If you ever become a site admin/mod somewhere, you will figure out why. That is all I will say on that one, I can't explain everything. You wouldn't have anything to think about if I did. :D
[/b]


I know what you are talking about.

[warboy]

the only good post I remember was the tippman sniper post by hoxie. Didn't he get permabanned for posting porn? those were good times. I remember about coloring flamingos with the food they eat.

[F.T. Phantom]

Not permabanned. The member only has 2147483571 days on the suspension. Or roughly 5.9 million years.

[warboy]

aw hoxie was stupid and thus funny to me. O well so how do u guys pick how long a ban is?

[nick0196]

Not permabanned. The member only has 2147483571 days on the suspension. Or roughly 5.9 million years.
[/b]

he'll be back soon enough... :mellow:

[F.T. Phantom]

Ban lengths are descided by the type of offence, the number of time a member has been banned and the general disposition of the mod/admin administering the ban. They can range from hours to permanent.

1 day for a minor offence/warning ban.
3 days for a rules violation and first offence.
7 days for a second bannable offence.
30 days for a major violation.
Permaban for repated warnings/bans and continued stupid behavior.

You can still PM and such when banned.

Suspensions usually kick in when you get to the 7 day ban and above.

You cannot PM and such under a suspension.

There is no option for a permasuspension (There is for a ban) So, the one suspending the acccount gets to punch in a bunch of numbers to make it that way. The is how the 2+ billion number came about for hoxie.

[F.T. Phantom]

I noticed the other day a member had a post count of 7. The actual number of posts was 9. I'm not realy sure how that happened.

[Spraythepaintandwin]

I noticed the other day a member had a post count of 7. The actual number of posts was 9. I'm not realy sure how that happened.
[/b]
one of the mods that not alot of people now about has like 30 post and only like 18 in b/s/t but it says he has 100 percent of his post in it

[F.T. Phantom]

Which mod? If it is a older one, one from before May of '05, that is possible. They may have only posted in the BST forums on the new format. Most of my posts were on the old format. My posting percentages are a little off now.

[civaz22]

If ur talking about mr. spoon, I don't think he's a mod. just an mvp member.

[Admiral]

God I missed alot. In this thread and in the history of PBC in general. The members from the "Pax Romana" era should do a time line from '96 to present. Any body remember that guy Dairy he posted 2 topics. "How to Boy" and "How to Girl". And it was all jibberish . I searched for it but its been erased. What was up with that? It was just wierd. Like something a stoned computer geek would type.

[civaz22]

nobody from 96 is here anymore. if anything it would be from '01-'02 to present. and there aren't that many people left to something like that anyway.

[F.T. Phantom]

I haunted the forums from time to time in late '01. There are still a few that wander in.

Odd fact: If all the 67,383+ accounts had their birthday listed in the data base, there would be average of 184 people listed on the birthday list every day.

[Spraythepaintandwin]

this wasnt the person i was talking about but
http://forums.paintball.com/index.php?showuser=38486
he has 1000+ post and he is most active in off topic with 14 post which is like 67 percent of his total post? how does that work out

also when i type edit it gives me a choice (quick edit or full edit)

[tatertot113]

yea he is never on these days yet i see his name as a mod on the forums?

[Doorman]

And Bloodlust will remain. Once he returns from the desert and has more time to give to PBC, he will be given more forums to moderate.

[F.T. Phantom]

Yep, he became a mod at the same time I did. That was 4 years ago.

He has been busy taking care of Marines playing in the big dangerous sand box for the better part of a year. He has been as active as he can since the format changed.

The percentages are based on posts since the change. That is why the numbers are goofed up.

[Spraythepaintandwin]

everytime im on from 9 pm-1 pm that google.com member is always on but when im on from like 12 pm-6 pm he isnt

[Doorman]

He has strange surfing habits ;)

[F.T. Phantom]

1pm ?

Maybe google lets google jr. play on the computer until 9pm. Google may only get to surf for those few hours a night. I know the FT jrs get a few hours in the early evening. :lol:

[Nuclee369]

these are the best forums but i hate the new color i liked the old alot better and what are 500 members gonna do to the site crash it and take mvp members money / credit card #'s

[F.T. Phantom]

Alternative skins are being considered even as I type. There may be many options available in the near future. Doorman has more info on that one.

Where did that last bit come from? 500 members in search of MVP members cridit card info?

[F.T. Phantom]

Cleaned up and reopened.

When expressing your fealings about another member/mod/admin or such, please use PMs, or, if you have to publicly vent, use the off topic forum

I had a odd fact, but, forgot it. I hate it when I do that.

I could say I don't like cleaning up PMs in a thread, but, most of you should already know that. It is a fact, but, not odd.

[joeyk803c]

Yep, he became a mod at the same time I did. That was 4 years ago.

He has been busy taking care of Marines playing in the big dangerous sand box for the better part of a year. He has been as active as he can since the format changed.

The percentages are based on posts since the change. That is why the numbers are goofed up.
[/b]


Ah, good Bloodlust. Kick mule guy. Protecting my freedoms.

Odd forum fact or just a random one:

People will often repeat the same answer up to 30 times, or they will say something totally wrong, when the answer is in the first 4-5 posts.

[dyedude22]

aw hoxie was stupid and thus funny to me. O well so how do u guys pick how long a ban is?
[/b]

Now that this was answered forever ago....

When I do a perm ban I just hold down the 9 key for a while.

As for IP bannings, I was on a different forum and everyone using a certain service provider was banned accidently. It knocked out like, 2/3rds of the forum.

[joeyk803c]

Now that this was answered forever ago....

When I do a perm ban I just hold down the 9 key for a while.

As for IP bannings, I was on the forum and everyone using a certain service provider was banned accidently. It knocked out like, 2/3rds of the forum.
[/b]



Holy ######, when was that.

Same on my forums. I just enter random numbers, or I can actually locate and see the persons specific I.P. Address, I add it and wham-o, I.P. ###### Banned.

[dyedude22]

Holy ######, when was that.

Same on my forums. I just enter random numbers, or I can actually locate and see the persons specific I.P. Address, I add it and wham-o, I.P. ###### Banned.
[/b]

Whoops, I meant to say it was on a different forum.

Fixed now.

[F.T. Phantom]

Still have to be careful with the IP ban. On a small forum there is less chance of a mass ban unless you wild card the last couple of sets. That sounds like what happened to the site dyedude mentioned.

When the site was very active, there were a couple of IP bans. No wild cards were used. One knocked out quite a few non offenders. We stopped using the IP then.

There is another reason IP bans will fail. I won't tell that one either. Someone else gets to spill the beans on that one also.

[joeyk803c]

Something with redoing something on the computer can change the I.P. address if I am correct.

[F.T. Phantom]

There are two other ways IPs fail now that I think about it. You are on the right track. One is done with out the person realising it and on a regular basis. The other, you need to be at lest semi computer savy.

[F.T. Phantom]

Most users ever online was 386 on May 13 2005, 02:07 AM

That is a stat shown at the bottom of the main forum page. It would have been about the time the new forum format was fired up and put online.

Who were the 386, and, how did they know to be on line at that time?

Coincidence? I think not.

It would seem to be just a fact, but, it possibly could be very odd.

Warning: Flying way off topic for a minute. The family saw a bumper sticker the other day that read "Use your seatbelt, it makes it harder for the aliens to suck you out of the car!". I liked that. Makes me want to wear a tin foil beanie.

[backguy77]

Haha that sure is a funny bumper sticker FT!!

*very slick backguy! ;) *

[joeyk803c]

ooooh Backguy what did you do.


Can't think of the other way to block/remake a new I.P. Addy.

[stealthyeliminator]

I read IPs were going to gradually be replaced in the near(yeah right) future.

[F.T. Phantom]

ooooh Backguy what did you do.
Can't think of the other way to block/remake a new I.P. Addy.
[/b]


There are two ways that I know of. There have to be more if I know of two.

Check out dialup/AOL users IPs. You will notice something and eventualy figure it out. That is the easy way (unless something has changed recently).


I read IPs were going to gradually be replaced in the near(yeah right) future.
[/b]


Internet Providers or IP numbers?

If numbers: That is always possible. I would guess they will add number sets or maybe numbers to sets. That woudl give them more oprtions. We need a intense computer fanatic to answer that one.

I would like to see IPs assigned to a individual computer. Fix the number to the CPU and let that be used at all times. Similar to a VIN or something of that nature.

[NoelyDeezNutz]

but there are places out there that will always be able to block them...

FT you would like this one i think... it cloaks your IP (http://www.the-cloak.com/login.html)

[stealthyeliminator]

I was talking about IP numbers.

I'm confused. I know very little about computers. Ignore me.

[F.T. Phantom]

but there are places out there that will always be able to block them...

FT you would like this one i think... it cloaks your IP (http://www.the-cloak.com/login.html)
[/b]


That is the easy way to do it the hard way.


I was talking about IP numbers.

I'm confused. I know very little about computers. Ignore me.
[/b]


Keep asking/commenting. How else are you going to learn something?

Things are always in flux in technology areas. If you don't like something, give it a few months, it will be upgraded or changed completely.

I can't see the IP number changing to much. They will have to keep it somewhat standard to what is used now or all the programs that deal with them will have to be redone.

[Doorman]

Oh dear God please no auto-static IP's. That really sucks. Especially when multiple computers are on a network with only a single internet gateway. It wouldn't work as there would be competition between IP's and TCP/IP would be pinging constantly. It'd drag a network to a crawl if not shut it down completely.

As for IP's and the need for more.... there is already the theoretic possiblity of 999 to the 4th power (999^4) possibilities with the given IP structure. However, 255 is the standard top range for any given IP block so there is only 255^4 in use. Subtract the 198 superset and the 255 superset (used for internal network IP naming) and you have 253^4 IP addresses available to be used.

The way they are doing things now is the best way to handle the IP's. Not all of them are locked in at any given time, so dynamic assignment makes sense in keeping a rotating block available at all times. If one was assigned per computer built (or worse on the MAC address of the modem/NIC) then we would be seeing the need for IP's ranging into the 999^25 or higher. This would be because each IP would have to assign to a specific hardware in the computer and they can be changed out or replaced at any given time. Throw away what the IP is assigned to and the IP disappears forever :(

[Doorman]

Anonymizers work great, unless you get someplace that requires a browser header reauthentication process each time the page is accessed. Browser headers have a tendency to get screwed up going through proxies ;)

[F.T. Phantom]

I still would like to see IPs fixed to computers.

There is to much change in the current system. Change is bad. Except pocket change. You can save that up to spend on PB stuff.

[Spraythepaintandwin]

but pocket change is bad if its all pennys :)

anyway another odd forum fact:(forgot it) ill edit when i remeber it

[stealthyeliminator]

Keep asking/commenting. How else are you going to learn something?

Things are always in flux in technology areas. If you don't like something, give it a few months, it will be upgraded or changed completely.
[/b]
That's the problem. Every time I learn something a month later it gets changed or replaced. Then what I learned becomes less useful or completely useless and I feel stupid again. lol... Anyway, back to odd forum facts...

[Spraythepaintandwin]

wanna know what elsa i think might be right

the google.com is on weekdays
and
askjeeves.com is on weekends?

[F.T. Phantom]

Google and Jeeves are on at regular intervals during the day, every day, checking out the site and gathering info for their database. You just don't look at the main forum page when they are on and miss them.

Google averages more hits on the site a day. So you are more likely to see Google.

As for your comment on pennies being bad.

I have paid for a day of PB with nothing but pennies. Pennies are just as good as any other currency. It just takes alot more of them to meet the pay the bill. :D

[joeyk803c]

Google and Jeeves are on at regular intervals during the day, every day, checking out the site and gathering info for their database. You just don't look at the main forum page when they are on and miss them.

Google averages more hits on the site a day. So you are more likely to see Google.

As for your comment on pennies being bad.

I have paid for a day of PB with nothing but pennies. Pennies are just as good as any other currency. It just takes alot more of them to meet the pay the bill. :D
[/b]

Ever seen the commercial about saving pennies? It was from some phone company.

Back on topic, Fact. Stickies in Beg, GONE!

[F.T. Phantom]

Not so odd forum fact, when school starts back, the forums realy slow down.

May the school year go fast and easy to all who are caught up in the process.

Why do I always think of Pink Floyd's "The Wall" at a time like this?

[stealthyeliminator]

Is that the song that goes, "Teacha! .. Leave those kids alone!" ?
I think I have the wrong band. oh well...
That's a good song.

[F.T. Phantom]

Yep, that is it.

"Another Brick in the Wall Part 1" is the song from that album.

That album has had some staying power. I would guess the subject matter will never be out of date as long as there are schools. :D

[danman2008]

www.blockmyip.com haha another good one. And ya school sucks.

[F.T. Phantom]

Not a odd fact. I was wondering how many of the general population of this site has ever checked out the Relic marker subforum in the Pump forum? Pyrate Jim's collection is impressive, and, he manages to find some interesting ones from time to time.

I wonder how many have even seen this thread or even checked out this forum?

[Nuclee369]

Loosing my mind? No.

You must have something to loose it.
[/b]
lol :lol:

[tatertot113]

Not a odd fact. I was wondering how many of the general population of this site has ever checked out the Relic marker subforum in the Pump forum? Pyrate Jim's collection is impressive, and, he manages to find some interesting ones from time to time.

I wonder how many have even seen this thread or even checked out this forum?
[/b]


i look in there sometimes nothing really new in there sometimes. and a odd forum fact(well at least it is to me) that we have the macdev section and there is only like 7 threads in that section. so why do we still have it??

[stealthyeliminator]

Because we have a lazy admin.

[tatertot113]

now who is the admin? i know d-man is not admin any more

[danman2008]

Doorman .....

[stealthyeliminator]

I was joking about him being lazy though. He is actually doing a very good job.

[danman2008]

Yup.... He has been keeping stuff in line.

[F.T. Phantom]

http://forums.paintball.com/index.php?act=...mp;CODE=leaders (http://forums.paintball.com/index.php?act=Stats&CODE=leaders)

That link gives the list of admins/mods and the areas they cover the forums.

Odd Fact: I was checking out the list of top posters while looking for the admin/mod list and noticed I am not listed. I don't know why. I wonder how many others aren't on the list. It is almost as strange as the number of a new member being higher than the total number of members.

[danman2008]

Odd Forum Fact: Nothing ever adds up around here and I get more confused by the day.

[F.T. Phantom]

The math does get a little strange at times. You never know what 2+2 will equal at times. Seriously. It seems to equal 4 most of the time now.

[Spraythepaintandwin]

Not a odd fact. I was wondering how many of the general population of this site has ever checked out the Relic marker subforum in the Pump forum? Pyrate Jim's collection is impressive, and, he manages to find some interesting ones from time to time.

I wonder how many have even seen this thread or even checked out this forum?
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i havent looked at the for a while but i will now

and why does the swear filter change like every month?

[tatertot113]

because people think of new ways to cuse or go around the filter

[surealpaintballer]

Not a odd fact. I was wondering how many of the general population of this site has ever checked out the Relic marker subforum in the Pump forum? Pyrate Jim's collection is impressive, and, he manages to find some interesting ones from time to time.

I wonder how many have even seen this thread or even checked out this forum?
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REally?


i guess i will have to make time for it ;)

[danman2008]

i havent looked at the for a while but i will now

and why does the swear filter change like every month?
[/b]

Because admins get bored and it seems like something fun to do..... trust me.

[stealthyeliminator]

Yeah, the are like ohhh look what danman said there if we changed that word to this, and that word to that, it would say such and such! hahaha! lets do it! make danman look like an idiot hahaha!

[danman2008]

Go ahead lol its pretty funny.

[Spraythepaintandwin]

Yeah, the are like ohhh look what danman said there if we changed that word to this, and that word to that, it would say such and such! hahaha! lets do it! make danman look like an idiot hahaha!
[/b]
thats what i did in like 5 post of other people and they got pissed it was funny

and something elsa hold up

[stealthyeliminator]

Don't know if this is really odd or not.. but.. Some of the most interesting discussions have taken place in topics that originally had nothing to do with the discussion. and some of the thread that failed the most started as something with a lot of potential.... And the noobs are always blamed for the second part.

[F.T. Phantom]

New players blamed for wandering a thread, killing a good one or both?

One negative post can kill a good topic. Usally followed by to much flaming to bother cleaning it up so it gets closed/deleted.

Some of the best thread ideas are inspired by another topic for some reason or another. I have been guilty of that from time to time.

Bobrules got a modification of the standard rule set on the old format in the pump forum. Every thread he posted in in that forum wandered either in his post or right after it. The topic that it wandered into was almost always related and the posts were good, but, by the rules off topic/hijack and should have been punished. I figured a exception to the rules was more in order than a ban.

If you ever see me state "It looks like Bobrules posted in this thread", you will know what I am refferring to.

[stealthyeliminator]

I think saw a thread where he posted and you or some other mod said since he posted the thread will now wonder in some random direction or something. I think I was in an archive or maybe I was in the pump section. Or maybe I was in the pump section in the archive? Anyway.. Sorry I was just looking for an excuse to post. heh.

[danman2008]

Odd forum fact: Well more like question? Are people quoting me in their sigs out of my stupidity or out of their sheer enjoyment. I just noticed how many sigs im in.

[tatertot113]

i think its because when you go on a rant you say some funny stuff that 9 times outta 10 its sig material

[stealthyeliminator]

FT- blamed for ruining good threads

danman- your in a lot of sigs because what you say is funny. your in mine for a couple of reasons. one, it's a piece of history.. a few years from now, it will be a pricless quote. also, it's just funny if you know what the context is.

[F.T. Phantom]

It isn't that the people ruining what you would consider a good thread are new, it is that they would ruin a good thread even if they were old members. Ignorance is hard to get cured of and they have to attack what they don't understand. The unknown is a scary thing. The "I don't know what it is so I must kill it" mentality is hard to get rid of.

AS for danman and his quote worthyness, anything that that is somewhat thought out and stated in a clear and understandable manner is quote worthy in some context. You seem to have a knack for that.

I get quoted from time to time, but, it is usally a quote only the quoters can understand. I have a tendancy to overthink things and understate them. The quote tl+ has from a topic in the MVP forum is a good example.

[danman2008]

I get quoted from time to time, but, it is usally a quote only the quoters can understand. I have a tendancy to overthink things and understate them. The quote tl+ has from a topic in the MVP forum is a good example.
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So sigged hahaha.

[F.T. Phantom]

Good example of a quote from FT. How many people will have any idea what it realy means. :D

I think the part on your quotability was a better quote candidate. It would go with your quote theme.

[stealthyeliminator]

haha this is a great thread.

[surealpaintballer]

I get quoted from time to time, but, it is usally a quote only the quoters can understand. I have a tendancy to overthink things and understate them. The quote tl+ has from a topic in the MVP forum is a good example.
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No, That qoute is the greatest Qoute of all time.

[F.T. Phantom]

If it gets as well know as "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself" or "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country", I will go with that statement. :D

We could see the initials FTP right up there with FDR and JFK.

[danman2008]

What are your initials to your birth name?

[F.T. Phantom]

That is mighty personal. :D I would rather be known as FTP. I like those initials better and they are alot more recognizable than the ones my mother gave me. Well, not realy, but, from the PBC perspective they are.

[danman2008]

True that.... Odd Forum Fact: This is the most FT Phantom has ever posted in one night haha. I love getting into these posting chains with people its so damn funny.

[F.T. Phantom]

Yep. I am on a posting binge right now. Must have drunk to much coffee at work today.

I have come up with some pretty good stuff tonight even if I do say so myself. (Pats self on back and congratulates self on wonderful achievment) :D

[danman2008]

Haha late night with FTP. Genius man genius.

[F.T. Phantom]

As bad as I hate to do it, I better go. Hopefully we can pick this up later where we left off. More odd facts and general babbling to resume in the not so distant future in a thread near you!

[danman2008]

Me also... I have to get up early to go do some pregame stuff at my school and make sure my Ipod is set to go for the 2 hour bus trip to our game. (Why we play these people is beyond me.... such a long distance to travel and the rest of the cities are like 45 minutes tops.)

[stealthyeliminator]

dang.. now I'm going to be bored again.

[F.T. Phantom]

Odd Fact: beme is the only nonmod member that I know of that has ever actualy posted in the mod protected forums. It seems a subforum still needs to be PW protected. You would think the mother forum protection would cover it, but, I guess not. "Bad mother forum, bad. Where is your maternal instinct?"

(danman does't count on this one. That account is definitely a special case account after the hacker madness.)

[NoelyDeezNutz]

Odd Fact: beme is the only nonmod member that I know of that has ever actualy posted in the mod protected forums. It seems a subforum still needs to be PW protected. You would think the mother forum protection would cover it, but, I guess not. "Bad mother forum, bad. Where is your maternal instinct?"

(danman does't count on this one. That account is definitely a special case account after the hacker madness.)
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Aww ****.... I was enjoying reading those posts.... Why in all that is good, did he post in there... Oh wellz...

I don't remember if this was mentioned or not, but I find it interesting @ the least...

Most members who get banned or say they don't care about being here or not are usually the ones who make multi accts. And keep coming back....

*edit*
Crap, I think ft said this already... Sry...

[F.T. Phantom]

Yep. Already said, but, it is worth a second mention.

Give me time and I will start repeating myself. :D

A person only has so many stories to tell over a given time. Sooner or later, they will repeat themselves.

[Spraythepaintandwin]

Odd forum fact: Well more like question? Are people quoting me in their sigs out of my stupidity or out of their sheer enjoyment. I just noticed how many sigs im in.
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if i ever was gona quote you danman it definitely would not be out of enjoyment it would be your stupidity :)

[thewhiteboy14]

Ah, Paintghost, anyone?

I still have the nightmares from not being able to login.... terrifying.

Does bloodlust still float around these forums somewhere? I still laugh at his banning insurance... I wonder if it ever did work....

Man, this site has some good memories. Not to mention Xylobs attempts to take it over.... Or the Dyedue fan club/cult..... I could go for days...

P.S. Anyone remember Kendo Samurai? He used to post with this other guy, can't recall the other guys name....

[F.T. Phantom]

Bloodlust has been playing in the big sandbox called Iraq with some marine types. He posts when he gets a chance, but, not very often.

Kendo and Mercanary Sniper later known as Merc I believe were the duo you are thinking of. Who could forget Kendo. Hope he is doing OK and not in rehab or jail. Merc wandered off to other things.

[tatertot113]

i saw mr kendo on a few weeks ago. but yea i see bloodlust around sometimes.

[beme]

Odd Fact: beme is the only nonmod member that I know of that has ever actualy posted in the mod protected forums. It seems a subforum still needs to be PW protected. You would think the mother forum protection would cover it, but, I guess not. "Bad mother forum, bad. Where is your maternal instinct?"

(danman does't count on this one. That account is definitely a special case account after the hacker madness.)
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When did i post in there?

[F.T. Phantom]

When did i post in there?
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thats messed up
[/b]

In the Kkk thread. It had been moved to what was supposed to be a protected Mod forum, the Moderator Check Forum. We figured out it wasn't protected when I saw tch_drummer viewing the forum and you posted in it shortly thereafter. It was thought the Mod forum protection would cover the sub forum, but, that thought was wrong. :D Congratulations on a being a part of Odd Facts. :yahoo: :clap: :punk: :lol:

[tatertot113]

lol yea but i thought it would be covered since it is a subforum in a protected forum

[F.T. Phantom]

That was the general thought, but, it was wrong. Some people got a glimpse into the "exciting" forums of the mods. I wonder how many perused the forum before we figured it out.

Oh, and Mr Kendo is not the Kendo of old (unless he is doing agreat job of pretending to be someone else). It has been checked out.

[thewhiteboy14]

Yeah, I remember Kendo saying something about drugs in his profile. Merc was a good guy.

I still loved when they had the fake "Clash of the PB.Com Titans".

They made up stories about how they played. You could tell it was staged. Made for a good read though.

[danman2008]

Best shens ever ^^^^.

[tatertot113]

sounds like i should have joined a while ago lol but i guess that i need to do some homework on the old forums lol

[danman2008]

Meh that was one of the reasons I was so pissed off over the switch to the new format.... so much was lost.

[thewhiteboy14]

The switch was neccesary. As much good stuff as there was, there was about 2 millions threads that lagged the entrie system down. This one seems more secure. Lest we want another system crash.

[tatertot113]

ah we had worse we had hackers lol but danman and the crew scared them away but yea that would suck if we had a system crash

[stealthyeliminator]

Meh that was one of the reasons I was so pissed off over the switch to the new format.... so much was lost.
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Yeah but now your superior because your from the old forum. Doesn't it feel great?


ah we had worse we had hackers lol but danman and the crew scared them away but yea that would suck if we had a system crash[/b] Lol... the hackers were nothing compared to some of the stuff the old forums went through. Like before my time. I've heard stories that give me nightmares. :shiver:

[F.T. Phantom]

The format switch was definitly needed. The old format was no longer being suported and it was collapsing on itself. The last few months of it were a big part of what killed this sites traffic. It wouldn't come up half the time for me and wouldn't half way work for me when it did. Almost all the mod tools had quit working. If finally gave it up for almost a month or so. There were a few more things going on behind the scenes on the server. The Hack of July was not the first time someone had used the site for other purposes.

I got out of the habit of checking the site after awhile. It took me a few months to get back into the habit. I didn't realy get back into it until Young left, and, I wasn't able to do a whole lot until danman evicted the second wave of hackers and bestowed power upon me. I have become quite active since then.

The format was needed and the last upgrade for it was way past due. We still aren't sure who did the upgrade. It might have been the owner, Burt & company, or the hacker wanting to take care of the loophole before any more wannabes followed their path into the admin regions.

Hmm... That expalanation just seemed to wander.

The new format does seem lot stronger and reliable than the first. To bad we couldn't transfer the good intesting posts such as Xylob's world domination thread or one of Tenshots rants on TWIBS and such. I wonder where he disappeared to?

If comparing the hackers and the old format problems, I would say the old format problems were more annoying. The hack was bad, but, not as persitently annoying like the regular glitches such as mikerules, paintghost or cassie. The final crash was realy annoying.

[thewhiteboy14]

Hackers > Paintghost, Cassie, Mikerules.

Anyone else who remembers all three would agree with me. At least the hackers were interesting.

On a lighter note, I recently spoke with a person I believe to be Tenshot. I'd love to have him back. He won't give me his PBC name yet. One of those ancient buddies on AIM you can't quite remember.

Also, attempting to locate Xylob. Will keep posted.

[danman2008]

Yeah but now your superior because your from the old forum. Doesn't it feel great?
Lol... the hackers were nothing compared to some of the stuff the old forums went through. Like before my time. I've heard stories that give me nightmares. :shiver:
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QFT



I got out of the habit of checking the site after awhile. It took me a few months to get back into the habit. I didn't realy get back into it until Young left, and, I wasn't able to do a whole lot until danman evicted the second wave of hackers and bestowed power upon me. I have become quite active since then.


The new format does seem lot stronger and reliable than the first. To bad we couldn't transfer the good intesting posts such as Xylob's world domination thread or one of Tenshots rants on TWIBS and such. I wonder where he disappeared to?

If comparing the hackers and the old format problems, I would say the old format problems were more annoying. The hack was bad, but, not as persitently annoying like the regular glitches such as mikerules, paintghost or cassie. The final crash was realy annoying.
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QFT


Hackers > Paintghost, Cassie, Mikerules.

Anyone else who remembers all three would agree with me. At least the hackers were interesting.

On a lighter note, I recently spoke with a person I believe to be Tenshot. I'd love to have him back. He won't give me his PBC name yet. One of those ancient buddies on AIM you can't quite remember.

Also, attempting to locate Xylob. Will keep posted.
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Ya the hackers actually gave me something to do for a while.... looking at the website back during Cassie and Mikerules.... and when everyone posted in the guns and gear reviews, wasnt nearly as an interesting problem as what the hackers did.

QFT

I have never agreed this much in any post. Dude please bring back tenshot and Xylob.

[joeyk803c]

RIP Old Forums. Kendo was cool to a point then became an asshole when he got into the drug ######.


We lost some good old members from the old forum, Grunge is Dead, etc.

[surealpaintballer]

Grunge comes bys and posthere and there

ohand FT i posted in your mod forum as well.

[F.T. Phantom]

During the hack doesn't count. That was not "our" mod forum. The hackers had control then. It was thier forum.

You would have to add Admiral to that list if that counted. You should add you also started a new topic entitled "Dude". Just to add a little icing to that e-cookie.

[tatertot113]

are we talking about people who dont come on that often list?

[F.T. Phantom]

Yep, they were names here before you joined. Possibly before you were even into PB and the related forums.

Grunge was/is a second acount for that individual. They were a quality member, just pushed a little to far with the first account and got a permanenet vacation on that one. They benefitted from my judging the account as much as the person behind it. I only mod the people if they persist in being a pain. Some of our more interesting members have had to get one removed before they got thier act together. That is not a unspoken permit to multi account. It is a rarity for me to let it slide. The member has to keep thier act together and have shown promise in the past before I even consider being tolerant in that area.

[F.T. Phantom]

Odd Forum Fact:

There are;

49,910 registered accounts that have a post count of 0.

4,084 with 1.

1761 with 2.

I have no idea why I thought about looking that up, or, why I did it, but, there it is. If you want to know the rest, you can do the search. :P :D

[tatertot113]

wow thats kinda intresting F.T. i never knew the forums had that many people on it

[dynastyfan]

You guys remember right before the kendo ###### hit the fan he said he was sick of pbc and was selling his account. Maybe the kendo who we thought was kendo really wasn't kendo kendo. Haha that would make more sense if I said it in person. Alot of good threads were lost with the switch. But there were alot more bad threads that I am glad to be gone. I wish the bar fights, walama, and the world dominiation threads would still be around. As well as paintballers arena that was the biggest and best spin off forum of paintball.com in history. We had some great fighting threads. Who alos remembers the original sig maker for the site? paintball mother areing tom.

[F.T. Phantom]

To the best of my knowledge, it was the same Kendo. Yes, the Kendo Kendo. Yes, that does go over better in person. :lol: It was about that time he discovered altered states through chemical usage. It realy did wonders for him. (Yes, that is sarcasm) You could almost see (through the posts) a descent kid die and be replaced by what was left. Sort of sad.

The bargfights had their moments.

Walalamas, may they RIP and never be reanimated. Man, they were bad.

The world domination thread was definitely good. Xylob figured on at least a thread closure once it realy got rolling if not a ban (they liked to push the rules til they screamed). What they ended up with was almost all the mods joining in on that one. It was to good to close, or, not bad enough to override the goodness.

[tatertot113]

if you guys dont mind me asking i keep hearing people from the old format of the forums say that someone died? and if someone would not mind telling me what happend via pm or in this thread it would be great. how long has the nation been active? because i see that they have like 1,234,444(random number) members

[joeyk803c]

Energy Hater, was a fellow member who passed away. Very knowledgeable cool guy.


I doubt most of the older members remember him.

[F.T. Phantom]

Energy Hater died from Lou Gehrigs (sp) disease. He was a store/field owner who liked playing tournies until he was confined to a wheel chair. He had a character (I believe from South Park) in a wheel chair for his avatar. His wife posted shortly after his death. I was shocked. He was a good member who knew his stuff.

I have no idea how long PBN has been around. The oldest thread I found from a brief search was from Feb. of 2001. I remember surfing and joining there about the same time I joined here. This site needed a experinced player to answer a few questions more than Nation, so I stayed here most of the time I was surfing PB sites. 04-19-2002 was my registration date.

There are only: Members: 272,088 (As of the time of posting) at PBN.

[joeyk803c]

Timmy from south park. After his wife posted about his passing, that douch Dr. kid posted a bs thread about him dying. Asshole.

PBN has been around since late 2000 I believe.

[tatertot113]

wow im sorry to hear that thanks f.t. for telling me