View Full Version : Destruction of Memory Lane
So a large portion of the older threads in this forum got completely deleted. Up until Last Post: May 2006, apparently.
Anyway, since it was spamming up Thurbo's art thread too much, and since you can't get more T17Forum-related than talking about the forum itself, I thought I'd make this thread to discuss it.
Or, more likely, discuss certain threads, events, and just "fond" memories you have of here from Ye Sorta-Olden Days. While scammering to the Wayback Machine and Google Cache for the last remains of any particular links and such.
Fun activity: Do a Members search for Iguana or Mr.Cosmico.
Akuryou13
3 Jun 2010, 05:19
Edit: the internet says yes you did. And the site you did has also gone kaput. Whoops!indeed. it was hosted by ThePope and maintained until spammers took it and ran rampant. I was no longer using it by that point except as a forum of discussion for some friends and T17 forumers, so he took it down.
Unfortunately it was a bit of a necessity to keep the forum working, due to many issues with the database corrupting itself (particularly the rather large attachments database...). I have asked volcadmin if it's possible to restore just the fanart forum, but don't hold your breath.
Alien King
3 Jun 2010, 12:12
Fun activity: Do a Members search for Iguana or Mr.Cosmico.
Those two are banned and banned members don't appear on the Member's List and hence don't yield results when you search for them.
Their posts still exist though.
(particularly the rather large attachments database...)
Can't you run some sort of auto-cull that deletes attachments that haven't been downloaded for the last year or something?
Those two are banned and banned members don't appear on the Member's List and hence don't yield results when you search for them.
Ah, whoops! I thought it was something to do with that since they were banned before May 2006, their last-used accounts went too. Nevermind.
Although then again...
Their posts still exist though.
*checks*
Oh, so they are.
I could've sworn that they got banned around 2005/2006.
Also, while we're here, I really appreciate nobody bringing up Worms Fusion. Remember, that real-time game I was working on. Yeah...
That's not to say I regret it; it was a great learning experience, and a lot of equally-noobish people loved the whole thing anyway. But it's really something I want to keep behind me.
Those two are banned and banned members don't appear on the Member's List and hence don't yield results when you search for them.
Their posts still exist though.
Banned? For doing what?
Akuryou13
3 Jun 2010, 23:26
Banned? For doing what?I was gone during the bannings of about 10 people, iguana and cosmico included, but I believe Iguana's was paranoid screechings about conspiracy theories.
Alien King
3 Jun 2010, 23:34
I was gone during the bannings of about 10 people, iguana and cosmico included, but I believe Iguana's was paranoid screechings about conspiracy theories.
I think one of them was due to a pornography incident.
I think they got banned around when I joined
I remember reading about the bannings and then Cisken went to the ban list too
SupSuper
4 Jun 2010, 11:41
I was gone during the bannings of about 10 people, iguana and cosmico included, but I believe Iguana's was paranoid screechings about conspiracy theories.I think there was rampant spamming, multi-accounts and other crazy shenanigans.
Ah, the good old days... :p
I can't remember what specifically Iguana was doing, but he sorta intended on getting banned. Cosmico, however, pretty much went out and said "hi, ban me". I think he even made a thread asking to be so.
At least, that's how I remember it.
and then Cisken went to the ban list too
What? (http://forum.team17.co.uk/member.php?u=5616)
Cosmico, however, pretty much went out and said "hi, ban me". I think he even made a thread asking to be so.
:rolleyes:
super_frea
4 Jun 2010, 20:46
I was gone during the bannings of about 10 people
I always seem to miss exciting events such as these :(
Iggy explained why he was banned to me over msn, but I can't for the life of me remember what it was.
Half of my threads have been lost as well. I would shed a tear for them, but thankfully they were during my noobier years and are probably best lost in cyberspace.
Akuryou13
4 Jun 2010, 20:48
I always seem to miss exciting evens such as these :(
Iggy explained why he was banned to me over msn, but I can't for the life of me remember what it was.I only left the forum ONCE. for like 6 months or so. and when I come back half the major posters had been banned. talk about a serious "WTFH" moment.
nothing on that scale has happened before or since to my knowledge...kinda lame....
nothing on that scale has happened before or since to my knowledge...kinda lame....
Things like that constantly happen to me, good to know I'm not the only one, however.
This stuff always makes me think life is nothing but a big joke :cool:
Oh right.. Cisken was washed not banned, but he dissapeared anyway
super_frea
4 Jun 2010, 22:57
He never was a fan of soap.
ShadowLord
4 Jun 2010, 23:11
Reading my old posts makes me die a little on the inside.
Also, I'm pretty sure Iguana was banned in 07 or 08?
I miss writing these:
http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?t=21087
http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?t=25083
6 years ago and 5 years ago respectively. It's nuts. That time has gone so quickly!
Akuryou13
5 Jun 2010, 04:19
I miss writing these:
http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?t=21087
http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?t=25083
6 years ago and 5 years ago respectively. It's nuts. That time has gone so quickly!ok, really. how often do you check this place without posting, cyc? every time we have a thread talking about anything more than a couple years old you pop up to discuss it and then promptly disappear.
do you have some sort of spy network? and even if you do, why not post more? now that you're officially accepted as special you just disappear. what the heck?
MtlAngelus
5 Jun 2010, 06:44
The only banning that warrants being mentioned at all is K^2. It was the dumbest thing ever, he was one of the few actually useful members on this forum.
I miss writing these:
http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?t=21087
http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?t=25083
6 years ago and 5 years ago respectively. It's nuts. That time has gone so quickly!
You're still alive!
Alien King
5 Jun 2010, 13:19
The only banning that warrants being mentioned at all is K^2. It was the dumbest thing ever, he was one of the few actually useful members on this forum.
I remember that, but since the offending threads were actually deleted I can't comment.
ok, really. how often do you check this place without posting, cyc? every time we have a thread talking about anything more than a couple years old you pop up to discuss it and then promptly disappear.
do you have some sort of spy network? and even if you do, why not post more? now that you're officially accepted as special you just disappear. what the heck?
There's not really much going on around here these days, so I rarely have anything to post. I still visit occasionally, just not nearly as often as I used too.
The new Worms game on Steam has sort of brought me back (as did the iPhone release a few months ago).
The only banning that warrants being mentioned at all is K^2. It was the dumbest thing ever, he was one of the few actually useful members on this forum.
Do we seriously have to bring that up every time we have any sort of discussion about bannings?
Alien King
6 Jun 2010, 02:48
Do we seriously have to bring that up every time we have any sort of discussion about bannings?
Well, it is the only interesting one.
Akuryou13
6 Jun 2010, 04:53
Well, it is the only interesting one.this .
MtlAngelus
6 Jun 2010, 07:13
Do we seriously have to bring that up every time we have any sort of discussion about bannings?
As I said, it's the only banning that warrants being mentioned at all. Of course it's gotta come up whenever someone starts talking about bannings.
I wasn't around so... please, feel free to talk more about it
Alien King
6 Jun 2010, 13:23
I wasn't around so... please, feel free to talk more about it
K^2 (clever guy) basically found a way to get the maps from the W4 demo into W3D and tried to publish them.
Then some other stuff happened. Then Team17 said he was taking the **** and banned him.
wigwam the
6 Jun 2010, 14:09
Man, I was the biggest n00b ever. I remember missing the point of Fan art entirely and thinking I just had to spam the forum with stuff. Almost all of the old stuff is gone from my machine too, but that's pretty good because I don't like it.
I don't "like" half the stuff I produce even today. I don't know how I can think something is terrible but keep producing it (actually wait, I stopped that too... I should probably put some closure on that, especially since the ending's sort of done and just kind of sitting around)
Me post
Okay, you can keep talking about K^2 now.
MtlAngelus
6 Jun 2010, 14:23
I wasn't around so... please, feel free to talk more about it
K^2 made a small program that let you convert maps from the Worms 4: Mayhem demo(and full game) into W3D maps, although it could only convert the poxel portion of the map, missing the heightmap portion which was a new thing in W4:M to allow maps to be larger*. This meant gimped maps, but still new maps for W3D users**. He posted this little program along with a few converted maps, again, taken from the demo. IIRC, this were maps that were hidden in a folder somewhere in the demo, but weren't playable in it. T17 then proceeded to delete the thread, saying distributing W4M maps online was illegal, which was crazy because those maps were in the freely available demo but whatever. K^2 didn't think much of that, and reposted the thread, except this time he only posted his program, which was 100% his own code, thus not quite illegal. T17 then proceeded to ban him.
Also bears mentioning that, from my perspective at least,T17 staff were never too fond of K^2. He had a knack of getting into discussions with them about their programming decision/skills. Other than that, K^2 was a great member on the community. Very useful, knowledgeable guy.
Another reason why I think this was idiotic is because when the W3D german demo was leaked, someone found that you could get all the weapons and do all sorts of stuff by hex editing the demo, and T17 even made a subforum for all discussions about tweaking the demo. I even remember some program that allowed you to customize which weapons you wanted to start with, posted in said subforum. This was, in my opinion, much more harmful to W3D than the map converter was to W4M.
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*W3D maps were made of Poxels, basically sort of 3d Pixels, which allowed them to be completely destroyed, but also made them considerably small due to hardware limitations. W4M introduced heighmaps for the main ground of the map, giving less detailed destruction, but was less processor intensive and thus allowed larger maps. At least that's how I remember it, I may be using incorrect terms or I might be completely wrong, feel free to correct me. :p
**I should probably mention that when hyping W3D, T17 promised a map editor. It also bears mentioning that around this time, K^2 was working on a map editor himself.
I remember some thread called ''Good Bye'' or something by Cosmico, saying there is a secret part of the forum, or something like that :confused:
Akuryou13
7 Jun 2010, 04:00
I remember some thread called ''Good Bye'' or something by Cosmico, saying there is a secret part of the forum, or something like that :confused:yeah. there was a lot of that sort of crap from Iguana as well. that was what I was referring to when I said "conspiracy theories" earlier.
Gardy Looo
8 Jun 2010, 00:18
Oh. So I guess that old Emerald Jalapeno thread is gone now. Thank goodness, I was NOT proud of my early posts there. But still, nostalgia and such. Pity.
Oh wait .Jet we need to save our Console Calamity comics THOSE WERE GOOD AND HAD NICE ART
And... was about three comics long, wasn't it?
Shadowmoon
8 Jun 2010, 16:41
I can't even bear to read some of my old threads.
Pigbuster
8 Jun 2010, 18:38
The worst thing is that my most embarrassing posts are more recent. My earlier posts were, at worst, unbearably ernest, but that's better than being obnoxious/ranty. Oh, me.
Also, if fanart's culled again I'm going to lose my first art thread and that would make me sad. :(
Save all images and maybe posts somewhere to repost them :p
Obnoxiously bump the thread.
Dang! my old posts survived the demolition wave :p
TeDdywoRm
9 Jun 2010, 10:59
Tried using the wayback machine. Somehow it didn't work :p
super_frea
9 Jun 2010, 20:54
I lost my first art thread as well. This makes me sad as it twas a good read every time I decided to stroll down memory lane.
_Kilburn
10 Jun 2010, 20:01
Eye on Legs.
Heck, I was only lurking the forums back then, not even posting. But I spent a whole night reading the whole thing, never laughed so hard.
Also, the good old times when there was an art contest every month, and everyone was posting drawings, hell, that was motivating.
MrBunsy
11 Jun 2010, 01:00
:O
No more wormy homicidal seasamy street!
:(
Akuryou13
11 Jun 2010, 03:17
:O
No more wormy homicidal seasamy street!
:(OH GOD NO!!!! :eek::eek::eek:
poninja
11 Jun 2010, 03:22
Hahaha search for Agent_Luke art :D
Akuryou13
11 Jun 2010, 03:56
Hahaha search for Agent_Luke art :Dawwww, we lost luke?! damn. it's always good to have an example of what NOT to do :p
poninja
11 Jun 2010, 05:57
awwww, we lost luke?! damn. it's always good to have an example of what NOT to do :p
''What is a winner without losers?'' :p
Whoa! Whoa! This thread (http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?t=10741) still alive for some reason
Akuryou13
11 Jun 2010, 06:05
''What is a winner without losers?'' :p
Whoa! Whoa! This thread (http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?t=10741) still alive for some reasonwow. that IS strange.
poninja
11 Jun 2010, 06:10
Seems old threads that still active didn't got deleted :-/
Also seems that i saved Angelus thread hehe
poninja
11 Jun 2010, 06:30
Search for mcktwist this guy posts are still alive too, same to the Wormnet 4 pre-registration thread
Akuryou13
11 Jun 2010, 07:19
Seems old threads that still active didn't got deleted :-/
Also seems that i saved Angelus thread hehe*headdesk* this is what I get for not clicking the "last" page....
of COURSE threads with new posts didnt' get deleted. those threads don't count. it was only threads that no one's touched in 6 years or better that got deleted.
we discussed this earlier. even suggested that we resurrect threads we'd rather not see go.
*Splinter*
11 Jun 2010, 10:24
Dot art is no more :(
Akuryou13
11 Jun 2010, 16:07
Dot art is no more :(oh hey. finally a thread that was removed that no one cares about! :p
shadowman
18 Jun 2010, 21:48
I can't remember what specifically Iguana was doing, but he sorta intended on getting banned. Cosmico, however, pretty much went out and said "hi, ban me". I think he even made a thread asking to be so.
At least, that's how I remember it.
What? (http://forum.team17.co.uk/member.php?u=5616)
I believe Iguana created a secondary troll account intent on posting pornography having to do with that white and green pokemon. He later confessed to doing it, (I'm pretty sure he and Cosmico thought of it together, but I can't remember correctly.) and was banned.
Also, it seems all of my threads where I typed like an idiotic 7 year old seem to have been removed. Hooray!
poninja
19 Jun 2010, 06:24
I was inactive when Iguana was murdered :confused:
Metacooler
19 Jun 2010, 08:04
Man, I love wormy history. Wasn't there some sort of amazing troll done a while back where someone impersonated an admin or something?
Someone, tell the tale for Pete's sake! :confused:
Akuryou13
19 Jun 2010, 16:44
Man, I love wormy history. Wasn't there some sort of amazing troll done a while back where someone impersonated an admin or something?I think someone used an avatar to give themselves a Team17 status at some point, but I could just be imagining things.
MtlAngelus
19 Jun 2010, 21:22
I think it was Plutonic, not entirely sure. I do remember the story tho. He put the text "Mod" on his avatar, so it showed as his status. Then T17 have him the custom status "Not a", so it showed "Not a mod". He then changed his avatar to display "Newbie", so it showed "Not a Newbie". He then got slapped the custom status "Permanent Newbie", and had his ability to change avatars revoked. :p
Well, that's what I remember, I may be paraphrasing some of the words tho, and I may also be missing some steps.
super_frea
19 Jun 2010, 21:27
I think it was Plutonic, not entirely sure. I do remember the story tho. He put the text "Mod" on his avatar, so it showed as his status. Then T17 have him the custom status "Not a", so it showed "Not a mod". He then changed his avatar to display "Newbie", so it showed "Not a Newbie". He then got slapped the custom status "Permanent Newbie", and had his ability to change avatars revoked. :p
Well, that's what I remember, I may be paraphrasing some of the words tho, and I may also be missing some steps.
That is the most brilliant thing I've ever heard. It kind of makes me miss custom statuses in an odd little way. Even though I always felt somewhat inferior for not having one.
Pigbuster
20 Jun 2010, 02:49
I think the Plutonic saga was before my time, but it's just fantastic.
Also, it seems like sticky topics are untouched. Which is unfortunate for Aku, seeing as the Unofficial Forum FAQ is filled with posts he made back in 2004. It's like a completely different person.
http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?t=11694
Enjoy! :p
shadowman
20 Jun 2010, 03:25
There were a couple fanart threads left behind I believe.
Metacooler
21 Jun 2010, 01:46
I think it was Plutonic, not entirely sure. I do remember the story tho. He put the text "Mod" on his avatar, so it showed as his status. Then T17 have him the custom status "Not a", so it showed "Not a mod". He then changed his avatar to display "Newbie", so it showed "Not a Newbie". He then got slapped the custom status "Permanent Newbie", and had his ability to change avatars revoked. :p
That's awesome xD
Aku, you sure were...Lively, back in 2004!
Cyclaws
21 Jun 2010, 01:50
I think it was Plutonic, not entirely sure. I do remember the story tho. He put the text "Mod" on his avatar, so it showed as his status. Then T17 have him the custom status "Not a", so it showed "Not a mod". He then changed his avatar to display "Newbie", so it showed "Not a Newbie". He then got slapped the custom status "Permanent Newbie", and had his ability to change avatars revoked. :p
Well, that's what I remember, I may be paraphrasing some of the words tho, and I may also be missing some steps.
That's still as awesome now as it was when I first heard that story yonks ago.
http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?t=11694
That thread has loads of nostalgia inducing names like lost, Sn!perWorm, Swed Simon and Glenn.
Akuryou13
21 Jun 2010, 03:58
Aku, you sure were...Lively, back in 2004!.....don't ever speak of my behavior in 04 again.
MtlAngelus
21 Jun 2010, 04:32
I was wrong, it wasn't Plutonic, it was ThePaladin. 100% sure this time.
MrBunsy
21 Jun 2010, 09:01
I was wrong, it wasn't Plutonic, it was ThePaladin. 100% sure this time.
Yes! That name definitely fits.
shadowman
21 Jun 2010, 15:18
Old PMs are still around too.
Akuryou13
21 Jun 2010, 16:50
Old PMs are still around too.why do you still have PMs from 04?!
Alien King
21 Jun 2010, 16:57
why do you still have PMs from 04?!
More specifically; how does he have PMs from 04 - he only joined in 05.
shadowman
21 Jun 2010, 18:17
I thought the cutoff was '06.
I didn't say I had anything from 2004.
EDIT
Yea, I was definitely talking about PMs before 2006. I sent one in '05 to Apocalypse and he never opened it. Ha!
Also my word I was an idiot then.
poninja
21 Jun 2010, 20:49
When i joinded here there were no ''Join date'' stuff, and i thought that Aku was a n00b and Pyramid was old. Hahahahahaha
Shadowmoon
22 Jun 2010, 08:21
As soon as I joined the forum database starting asploding.
Akuryou13
22 Jun 2010, 16:45
As soon as I joined the forum database starting asploding.KICK HIM OUT! :mad::mad:
poninja
22 Jun 2010, 16:59
KICK HIM OUT! :mad::mad:
Why? :confused:
MtlAngelus
22 Jun 2010, 21:59
Why? :confused:
THIS ONE TO. IT'S ASKING TOO MANY QUESTIONS. :mad::mad:
poninja
22 Jun 2010, 22:50
THIS ONE TO. IT'S ASKING TOO MANY QUESTIONS. :mad::mad:
Why? :confused:
Akuryou13
23 Jun 2010, 02:05
Why? :confused:IT DOES IT AGAIN! REMOVE IT QUICKLY! :mad:
shadowman
23 Jun 2010, 02:12
COMMENCE ONLINE ORGY FUMIGATION! :mad:
poninja
23 Jun 2010, 04:19
IT DOES IT AGAIN! REMOVE IT QUICKLY! :mad:
Why? :confused:
MtlAngelus
23 Jun 2010, 05:07
why? :confused:
DAMNIT JOE U RUINING MY SECKS!!1!:mad:
Metacooler
23 Jun 2010, 16:01
Anyone know if there's any Aku posts from 2003 kicking around?
=D
Anyone know if there's any Aku posts from 2003 kicking around?
The FAQ thread.
I'm really not sure what you meant.
double post edit
Wow, when I was first here, I was incredibly... normal!
http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?p=353654#post353654
I feel so left out. :(
Akuryou13
23 Jun 2010, 18:06
Anyone know if there's any Aku posts from 2003 kicking around? well. I've just checked for my name in the Worms 3D forum to see if any of my original posts were around and they're not, apparently. the earliest I've been able to find is 05.
The FAQ thread.
I'm really not sure what you meant.
double post edit
Wow, when I was first here, I was incredibly... normal!
http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?p=353654#post353654
I feel so left out. :(yeah. the rest of us got better.
poninja
24 Jun 2010, 05:28
DAMNIT JOE U RUINING MY SECKS!!1!:mad:
Why? :confused:
Who's Joe?
Who's Joe?
The new T17 admin who's going to disable your account.
poninja
25 Jun 2010, 19:35
The new T17 admin who's going to disable your account.
Ah Ok
http://dasdsad.com
I missed the older Fan Art threads. Mostly.
Who's Joe?
The new T17 admin who's going to disable your account.
Ah Ok
FYI, he's the cousin of Boggy B.
Shadowmoon
20 Jul 2010, 11:38
*bump*
Sooo.... anyone want to say what Hackerman was like here? what happened in the deleted posts that won't be seen again by any of us? i've read back through his history, including the flamewar that happened on a certain forum... and I agree that he did act like a big moron in the flamewar, and here, he didn't exactly act like a 24 year old, and did get mocked for some of his opinions... but what i'm asking is that as well as piracy, did he do any flaming. If so, how serious was it, and did he flame often.
Or, was he just banned for flaming and trolling.
MtlAngelus
20 Jul 2010, 11:59
*bump*
Sooo.... anyone want to say what Hackerman was like here? what happened in the deleted posts that won't be seen again by any of us? i've read back through his history, including the flamewar that happened on a certain forum... and I agree that he did act like a big moron in the flamewar, and here, he didn't exactly act like a 24 year old, and did get mocked for some of his opinions... but what i'm asking is that as well as piracy, did he do any flaming. If so, how serious was it, and did he flame often.
Or, was he just banned for flaming and trolling.
The thing about that guy is that he was(is?) a HUGE retard, constantly blabbing about things he had little to no knowledge of, often claiming it was others who were ignorant when it was painfully obvious he was bluffing his ass off. I mean, it's common for people on the internet to invent themselves a new persona, but this guy was absolutely delusional.
He was probably banned for continuosly posting idiotic crap.
Oh and he didn't get mocked for his opinions, he was mocked because he was an absolutely ridiculous fool.
thomasp
20 Jul 2010, 18:13
*bump*
Sooo.... anyone want to say what Hackerman was like here? what happened in the deleted posts that won't be seen again by any of us? i've read back through his history, including the flamewar that happened on a certain forum... and I agree that he did act like a big moron in the flamewar, and here, he didn't exactly act like a 24 year old, and did get mocked for some of his opinions... but what i'm asking is that as well as piracy, did he do any flaming. If so, how serious was it, and did he flame often.
Or, was he just banned for flaming and trolling.
Nope, he was banned for posting stuff about game piracy.
I guess he wasn't the super hacker he made himself out to be, as he never managed to hack the database and unban himself.
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