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Offline Anguyen92

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Re: What would your life be like?
« Reply #35 on: March 29, 2015, 02:02:43 AM »
I wouldn't find another good proper outlet to talk about all sorts of bands/genres/other hobbies/life/etc if I didn't found this forum.  I might have still got into DT, one way or another, but I probably would not have as much enthusiasm for them if I didn't discover DTF.

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Re: What would your life be like?
« Reply #36 on: March 30, 2015, 02:24:24 AM »
I can't really go into much detail about my private life here for numerous reasons. And it sucks because through the discussions I've read, I genuinely believe there are some very rational free thinkers here.

On the flip side, I do believe this to be an excellent place to talk about anything! And for a music forum (for a relatively obscure band at that!) that's a really cool thing. In fact I'm pretty sure you wouldn't get this level of diverse discussion on any forum.

Funny thing though - I got into DT in '93 and saw them on the I&W tour, I was a member of the original forum over at DT.net, I've been here since 2010 and I'm nearly at 1,000 posts and yet...I still feel very much like an outsider here - pretty much how I feel in real life.
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Re: What would your life be like?
« Reply #37 on: March 30, 2015, 06:24:35 AM »
I think my life would be more or less exactly the same  :lol

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Re: What would your life be like?
« Reply #38 on: March 30, 2015, 06:30:31 AM »
I would be masturbating more if it wasn't for DTF slowing my porn viewing.
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Re: What would your life be like?
« Reply #39 on: March 30, 2015, 06:31:56 AM »
:zydar:

As for me, I wouldn't have discovered lots of new bands and gained a few more internet friends.

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Re: What would your life be like?
« Reply #40 on: March 30, 2015, 07:29:44 AM »
I don't know who Dream Theater are; but I have a computer, so I thought, "What the fuck?"
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Re: What would your life be like?
« Reply #41 on: March 30, 2015, 07:30:48 AM »
I don't know who Dream Theater are; but I have a computer, so I thought, "What the fuck?"

Everywhere I go on the internet is just chicks, when I come here, it's all nerdy musician guys.

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Re: What would your life be like?
« Reply #42 on: March 30, 2015, 07:51:38 AM »
I don't know who Dream Theater are; but I have a computer, so I thought, "What the fuck?"

Everywhere I go on the internet is just chicks, when I come here, it's all nerdy musician guys.

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In all seriousness, I just realized I've been a part of this community in its many forms for over 14 years now.  What started as an interest in this awesome band transformed into being a part of who I am. I've seen so many people come and go; and I've learned so much about music that I probably would have never been exposed to, that I'm so grateful to now have as part of my life. The forum itself is like an old friend. A place that's much more often than not, been a happy distraction from my own creative process. I'm so glad to be a part of this community. It has allowed me to be myself without anyone wanting anything from me. I cannot imagine now how things would be different in my life without you all. Thank you. 
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Re: What would your life be like?
« Reply #43 on: March 30, 2015, 07:55:58 AM »
I take back what I said earlier about my life being exactly the same had I not come here. I've been on these boards for over a decade now. When I joined, I was a pretty anti-social/social awkward teen. This forum and its members taught me how to communicate well online, and those skills slowly worked their way into my everyday life. I can attribute my ability to sucessfully communicate with others to this board.

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Re: What would your life be like?
« Reply #44 on: March 31, 2015, 12:38:16 AM »
I remember shorty after I first joined, there was some sort of an impromptu competition with everyone trying to one-up everyone else by having the hottest girl in their signature without breaking the forum rules. Eventually they were all snipped and we settled down.

I think Rumborak was there, but I can't remember. It's been well over a decade.
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Re: What would your life be like?
« Reply #45 on: April 02, 2015, 08:26:12 PM »
A decade ago? Yeah, I was on DT.net in those days. And yeah, I have a very vague recollection of that event :lol

Regarding the OP topic, I think, realistically, I would not be listening to DT at this point anymore of it weren't for DTF.
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Re: What would your life be like?
« Reply #46 on: April 03, 2015, 07:47:21 AM »
My first comment about bands I don't like wouldn't be "their song structures haven't really evolved since their fourth album"