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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Hourglass Prison on September 19, 2017, 01:30:47 PM
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Hey all! In light of recent events, I just wanted to make a thread for any newcomers from MP.com. I used to post there (under a different name), and was honestly looking to spend more time here, so...I guess that works out.
Any other MP Forumers here? If you're new here, I can honestly say that this is a good community.
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Yup, I used to post there as a similar styled username. I post once in a blue-moon, with the most significant period in 2007. I occasionally lurk there overall though, and it's nice to see a lot of the same people still posting. I just couldn't still post there, in light of some of MP's statements after him leaving DT. Plus I was more of a DT fan, than a MP fan meaning his side projects and stuff. I miss the collective nature of all topics being in one place.
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I am not an mp.com member, but I know there is (or was) a lot of cross-pollination between here and there. For the sake of us non mp.com members, what are the "recent events" you mention?
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I am not an mp.com member, but I know there is (or was) a lot of cross-pollination between here and there. For the sake of us non mp.com members, what are the "recent events" you mention?
MP shut down the forum
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Yo. Same username, same avatar here. Mentally adding 7000 odd posts to my tally here as I go.
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Yo. Same username, same avatar here. Mentally adding 7000 odd posts to my tally here as I go.
Ganondorf! :D
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I'm very much looking forward to seeing what nicknames I get here ;D
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I'm very much looking forward to seeing what nicknames I get here ;D
I might call you gandalf porn....
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Well, it's half new...
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I'm curious to which of the 2 is the new part :P
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Been around these parts for a while without posting a great deal but visited MP.com daily for about 13 years :)
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Hey all! In light of recent events, I just wanted to make a thread for any newcomers from MP.com. I used to post there (under a different name), and was honestly looking to spend more time here, so...I guess that works out.
Any other MP Forumers here? If you're new here, I can honestly say that this is a good community.
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I am not an mp.com member, but I know there is (or was) a lot of cross-pollination between here and there. For the sake of us non mp.com members, what are the "recent events" you mention?
MP shut down the forum
Well yeah, but that doesn't answer the question. Did he overreact to some benign shit in typical MP fashion (again)?
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What up.
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*edit* question seems to be answered in the MP band thread.
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Hey all! In light of recent events, I just wanted to make a thread for any newcomers from MP.com. I used to post there (under a different name), and was honestly looking to spend more time here, so...I guess that works out.
Any other MP Forumers here? If you're new here, I can honestly say that this is a good community.
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Oh, sorry, meant to put that in at the end.
Honor Thy Fiji here.
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What's up Stadler!
I'm not used to you not having Belichick as your avatar.
Unless...that *is* him in Gene Simmons makeup!
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I'm Firewings. Deciding to stay out of political threads this time. You're welcome.
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Present.
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I'm Firewings. Deciding to stay out of political threads this time. You're welcome.
You will always be Firewings to me.
It's gonna be odder adjusting to different avatars more than different usernames though.
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I can change mine to Alpha again. Asia's first album was a little too poppy for my tastes, but when Alpha came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically... The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost.
Okay, okay, but really, this is a great forum and I'm glad to see lots of people migrate over.
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Is that a raincoat?
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Is that a raincoat?
:lol :lol :lol
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Here! MP.com member since before the crash, frequent poster in the past, not so much lately except for the infamous FLAC thread.
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Long time lurker , first time poster here. I visited the forums at least once a day at MP ( not a frequent poster for a long lime ). But I'm thankful to be here now , thank you admin.
Many years of Diablo 2 on one screen and MP Forums on the other . Man , I didn't have to quit D2 so cold turkey though good grief. Oh well you guys are here , life continues. Peace brothers.
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I posted in MPs forum under the same user name and usually a sun avatar from about 07' until the split. His antics after the split put a sour taste in my mouth so I bolted from that forum....even had the mods delete my profile for good from there.
Came over here and been here ever since.
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Present and accounted for. Same everything, minus the post counts and elder status. Well, I finally capitalized the P's. Drove me nuts for years. Feels weird being a noob.
Going to take some time to get used to some of the new names. Might have to create a spreadsheet to keep it all straight.
I'm also glad I no longer have to look at Belichick so I'm fine with Stad's keeping Gene as his avatar.
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I've been a member on here for a long time, but didn't visit much as the MP forum was pretty much my go to site. Anyhow I'm very sad the way things went down with MP's forum, but hope to become much more active here.
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Welcome to DTF gents.... :RJ:
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Welcome to DTF gents.... :RJ:
Prison roll call? :lol
Welcome folks. Enjoy the debates and the fun. You'll love it here.
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MP forumer since 09 here. Same name and avatar. Good to see others migrate over. Hopefully all the regulars from over there come over here, if they aren't already here...
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This reminds me of something you new guys need to know...
Welcome to DTF gents.... :RJ:
For those who are into that sort of thing, a long-term little game of sorts is to try to find and figure out the codes for the 100s of hidden emoticons on the forum. Many are username related. Others are not. You just have to experiment.
:bosky:
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:adami:
Well then....that is interesting.
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:king:
:kingshmeg:
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:king:
:kingshmeg:
:BosklovesAdami:
...can't win em all.
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I think I was Images and Memory over there. Thus continuing my bad combo of album mashup usernames. I joined both MP's and this forum just to ask what everyone else's tracking numbers said for the BC&SL boxset
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:king:
:kingshmeg:
:BosklovesAdami:
...can't win em all.
Deadpool. Bosk1 make it so.
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:JayOctavarium:
:NataliePortman:
(One day )
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Making my name into a Deadpool emoticon would be the best birthday present that no one gave me (or remembered from last week).
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Making my name into a Deadpool emoticon would be the best birthday present that no one gave me (or remembered from last week).
Happy belated birthday
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Same username that I used in DT.net in early 00s and on MP.COM 03 to this date. I'll quote what I posted on the SoA thread:
part 2 of my rant.
I was part of the DT.net boards 2001/02. I remember that there was a lot of trolling that got out of hand in late 03 that got dt.net shutdown. I remember Mark Bredius was the admin, so he kept only website for promotion purposes. So I migrated to mp.com. A lot of cool people over there and relatively safe space to discuss TOT album. And I stuck there through many shutdowns and bans. Then Mike quit the band, and I thought that was it for the site, as well as my loyalty to Mike. I was so angry that he left the way he did. Selfish, heartless, cold.
Fast forward 7 years DT has released ADTOE, DT, TA. No album has really clicked for me. While Flying Colors and Winery Dogs did. That's why I stayed away from this place (as you can tell bc I joined here in 2011). I didnt want to shit on your parade.
This seems like a cool place to discuss music. Hopefully we can get past DT and maybe you guys can introduce me to new music. :hat
Anyway looking forward to be part of this community.
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It is 100% ok to say any DT material doesn't click with you. It isn't a full-on lovefest here. There is a fair share of DT criticism here, and it is largely done with respect to the band. After all, we are, or were, all fans of DT at some point.
The General Music forum is a great place to learn about new bands, or discuss old, longtime favorites.
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It is 100% ok to say any DT material doesn't click with you. It isn't a full-on lovefest here. There is a fair share of DT criticism here, and it is largely done with respect to the band.
Just to highlight this important point - we're all free to express our opinions and constructive criticism is welcome, but do so respectfully to the band (current and former members) and to other DTFers.
Anyway, warm welcome to anyone who has recently joined us!
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Here! MP.com member since before the crash, frequent poster in the past, not so much lately except for the infamous FLAC thread.
Someone needs to get glassdream over here :omg: :facepalm: :lol
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Someone needs to get glassdream over here :omg: :facepalm: :lol
:facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm:
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Even though I hardly posted last couple, years I have been an everyday active reader and lurker since I joined in 2004 and even before. ...facepalm thread, just thinking, seventh son, and long ago with ghaal and octobarns and so on, I was there, I was there lol.
Sad to see it end like that but it was just a vehicle for us. You guys will make this here a home.
Ironic "is dtf a thing" is directly now a much bigger thing because of MP shutting down.
Cheeers, now back to lurking lol.
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I was a semi-regular at the MP forums till the end. Same handle. I signed up here when he quit DT.
I haven't posted here in a while because frankly, it seemed a little "cliquey". (Don't want to open a can of worms with that comment.)
I'm trying to participate again.
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:king:
:kingshmeg:
:BosklovesAdami:
...can't win em all.
:lol
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I was a semi-regular at the MP forums till the end. Same handle. I signed up here when he quit DT.
I haven't posted here in a while because frankly, it seemed a little "cliquey". (Don't want to open a can of worms with that comment.)
I agree with that. However, I think it's the same for newcomers on pretty much any established forum unless you're a boisterous extraverted type ;D
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I looked back at my post history and saw this thread was created right when MP split from DT and there was a swathe of people rushing in this place
https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=17325.msg620970
That thread had my first post. Same username on both forums, in fact, I think every forum I register I use the same name. Can't believe how fast time passes by sometimes. That thread I linked was about 7 years ago.
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Making my name into a Deadpool emoticon would be the best birthday present that no one gave me (or remembered from last week).
When was your birthday? If it makes you feel better, no one remembered mine either (on the 10th). Though I did get a nice vacation for a present. :) ;)
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Here! MP.com member since before the crash, frequent poster in the past, not so much lately except for the infamous FLAC thread.
In which you delivered, if I remember correctly. Someone else came in with some touchy-feely pseudo science, and I think I learned 98% of my digital copy reproduction knowledge from your reply.
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Someone needs to get glassdream over here :omg: :facepalm: :lol
Ah, the fella who would critique the aural abilities of a bat. I actually really liked that dude, despite almost never understanding a word he wrote. I picture him listening to music wearing a lab coat and sterilized gloves.
Glad to see some more MP Forum flotsam washing up on these shores. I'm dave_manchester from there of course, nice to see the old faces and meet some new ones. Now if someone could just convince The Fish to haul his fin on over here we'll have almost all the regulars.
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I kinda liked him, too, mostly because he just kept bouncing back up like a six month old retriever despite the endless slap downs. I don't think I've ever known anyone stick so doggedly to their own interpretation of science in the face of so much fact-based evidence to the contrary.
On another subject, has Bails made it over?
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I kinda liked him, too, mostly because he just kept bouncing back up like a six month old retriever despite the endless slap downs. I don't think I've ever known anyone stick so doggedly to their own interpretation of science in the face of so much fact-based evidence to the contrary.
On another subject, has Bails made it over?
For some reason, I always pictured Glass Joe from Mike Tyson's Punch Out when I would see a GlassDream post.
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Yeah, where is Bails anyway?
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I kinda liked him, too, mostly because he just kept bouncing back up like a six month old retriever despite the endless slap downs. I don't think I've ever known anyone stick so doggedly to their own interpretation of science in the face of so much fact-based evidence to the contrary.
On another subject, has Bails made it over?
For some reason, I always pictured Glass Joe from Mike Tyson's Punch Out when I would see a GlassDream post.
After a while I started reading his posts in the voice of Professor Frink from The Simpsons. "....dropping the tracks' upper peak limit down -6db's, so when I create the new peaks and dynamics, they will reach as high as -4db's, but never past -3db's, boo HEY boo HEY!!!"
As for Bails, he lurks here but I don't know if he has an account yet.
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I kinda liked him, too, mostly because he just kept bouncing back up like a six month old retriever despite the endless slap downs. I don't think I've ever known anyone stick so doggedly to their own interpretation of science in the face of so much fact-based evidence to the contrary.
On another subject, has Bails made it over?
For some reason, I always pictured Glass Joe from Mike Tyson's Punch Out when I would see a GlassDream post.
After a while I started reading his posts in the voice of Professor Frink from The Simpsons. "....dropping the tracks' upper peak limit down -6db's, so when I create the new peaks and dynamics, they will reach as high as -4db's, but never past -3db's, boo HEY boo HEY!!!"
That's hilarious! :rollin
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Glad to see some more MP Forum flotsam washing up on these shores. I'm dave_manchester from there of course, nice to see the old faces and meet some new ones. Now if someone could just convince The Fish to haul his fin on over here we'll have almost all the regulars.
I sent him a PM about it a few days ago. To quote Martok, "what could be better? An ally and an enemy both telling him the same thing."
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I just read page 1 of that FLAC thread for s & g. Nice job, Chris Hinton. Not that I have the background to judge, but your replies contained more actual content than the other guy. I too am/was mostly ignorant of compression, and didn't understand how the term "lossless compression" wasn't inherently contradictory. But since smarter people than I have created it, I trust that it is not. Reading your replies made me understand that the algorithm can reconstruct the "missing" bits, thus perfectly recreating the source string.
He seemed to backpedal his argument to say that the decompression algorithm can theoretically stumble in is function, producing inaccuracies in the output, but that's pretty weak. Anything like that which may happen must be so far below the noise level of all the other parts of the system.
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To weigh one's heart against the oncoming dark... :)
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:NataliePortman:
(One day )
Remove the caps.
:adami:
Well then....that is interesting.
Well, at the time I uploaded that, you had jokingly insisted you were a terrorist, so... But it doesn't really fit anymore, so I just changed it. We already have a basic Deadpool one (I forget the code and can't be bothered to look it up right now), but this one seems appropriate for you, so there you go.
:adami:
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Awesome!
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:zydar:
:zydarscouch:
:riskybiz:
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Here! MP.com member since before the crash, frequent poster in the past, not so much lately except for the infamous FLAC thread.
In which you delivered, if I remember correctly. Someone else came in with some touchy-feely pseudo science, and I think I learned 98% of my digital copy reproduction knowledge from your reply.
A few of us delivered (portnoy311, gborland, et al). Those are the threads I go for anyway -- science, nerdy, and geeky. Who remembers the Moon Landing threads? That guy pissed me off to no end.
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Here! MP.com member since before the crash, frequent poster in the past, not so much lately except for the infamous FLAC thread.
In which you delivered, if I remember correctly. Someone else came in with some touchy-feely pseudo science, and I think I learned 98% of my digital copy reproduction knowledge from your reply.
A few of us delivered (portnoy311, gborland, et al). Those are the threads I go for anyway -- science, nerdy, and geeky. Who remembers the Moon Landing threads? That guy pissed me off to no end.
I remember that one. Cannot recall his avatar or name off the top, but if you said it I'd be like oh yeah him! That was hilarious in that at every single turn, he was refuted yet kept going. That is a thread that would end up in the P/R section here I reckon.
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Hold up a second. Is SeventhSon here under a different name? This is important to know. :)
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Checking in here as well...gotta get my Avatar up and running now!
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I don't need an avatar... (Or more accurately, was too lazy to do one for the MP forum, and probably here.)
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What up.
This literally made me LOL!
I say this endearingly Stadler, but this might be the fewest words I've ever see associated with one of your posts!
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Here! MP.com member since before the crash, frequent poster in the past, not so much lately except for the infamous FLAC thread.
In which you delivered, if I remember correctly. Someone else came in with some touchy-feely pseudo science, and I think I learned 98% of my digital copy reproduction knowledge from your reply.
A few of us delivered (portnoy311, gborland, et al). Those are the threads I go for anyway -- science, nerdy, and geeky. Who remembers the Moon Landing threads? That guy pissed me off to no end.
I remember that one. Cannot recall his avatar or name off the top, but if you said it I'd be like oh yeah him! That was hilarious in that at every single turn, he was refuted yet kept going. That is a thread that would end up in the P/R section here I reckon.
Ah TRoye. Those were were the days. I remember when Wey busted him for coming back as another user with a different name.
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Hold up a second. Is SeventhSon here under a different name? This is important to know. :)
He was; I believe he was summarily shown the door a few months ago.
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Here! MP.com member since before the crash, frequent poster in the past, not so much lately except for the infamous FLAC thread.
In which you delivered, if I remember correctly. Someone else came in with some touchy-feely pseudo science, and I think I learned 98% of my digital copy reproduction knowledge from your reply.
A few of us delivered (portnoy311, gborland, et al). Those are the threads I go for anyway -- science, nerdy, and geeky. Who remembers the Moon Landing threads? That guy pissed me off to no end.
I remember that one. Cannot recall his avatar or name off the top, but if you said it I'd be like oh yeah him! That was hilarious in that at every single turn, he was refuted yet kept going. That is a thread that would end up in the P/R section here I reckon.
That would have been the infamous GlassDream.
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Btw TRoye was the guy that was asking about the moon landing. That's what I was referring to in my post.
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Then there was Gravy originally being banned as a different name, and he posted under both before the first was banned? I was only there for Gravy postings, and not the prior account.
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Btw TRoye was the guy that was asking about the moon landing. That's what I was referring to in my post.
Well, we all know they were faked. The flag didn't droop.
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Here! MP.com member since before the crash, frequent poster in the past, not so much lately except for the infamous FLAC thread.
In which you delivered, if I remember correctly. Someone else came in with some touchy-feely pseudo science, and I think I learned 98% of my digital copy reproduction knowledge from your reply.
A few of us delivered (portnoy311, gborland, et al). Those are the threads I go for anyway -- science, nerdy, and geeky. Who remembers the Moon Landing threads? That guy pissed me off to no end.
I remember that one. Cannot recall his avatar or name off the top, but if you said it I'd be like oh yeah him! That was hilarious in that at every single turn, he was refuted yet kept going. That is a thread that would end up in the P/R section here I reckon.
That would have been the infamous GlassDream.
D'OH! Thought I was replying about the FLAC thread. The moon landing thread was something else entirely. That one made my brain hurt.
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Hold up a second. Is SeventhSon here under a different name? This is important to know. :)
He was; I believe he was summarily shown the door a few months ago.
Lord, I was this close to coming in contact with him again? What happened this time?
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Hold up a second. Is SeventhSon here under a different name? This is important to know. :)
He was; I believe he was summarily shown the door a few months ago.
Lord, I was this close to coming in contact with him again? What happened this time?
Stadler, what was his name here?
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chaossystem
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Oh damn. He was nuts. I had a few dustups with him.
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Hold up a second. Is SeventhSon here under a different name? This is important to know. :)
He was; I believe he was summarily shown the door a few months ago.
Lord, I was this close to coming in contact with him again? What happened this time?
Stadler, what was his name here?
"7th".
His threads can still be found in the P/R forum, including one that was bumped just yesterday (about "silencing opposing views"). His stay here was brief but memorable.
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Hold up a second. Is SeventhSon here under a different name? This is important to know. :)
He was; I believe he was summarily shown the door a few months ago.
Lord, I was this close to coming in contact with him again? What happened this time?
The same thing that happened over at MP's. And I thought it was just as fucked up.
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:adami:
This is the coolest thing ever. Seriously. So Cage damn awesome.
Let me check one thing.....
:AdamilovesBosk:
Dammit. Can’t have it all.
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Hold up a second. Is SeventhSon here under a different name? This is important to know. :)
He was; I believe he was summarily shown the door a few months ago.
Lord, I was this close to coming in contact with him again? What happened this time?
Stadler, what was his name here?
"7th".
His threads can still be found in the P/R forum, including one that was bumped just yesterday (about "silencing opposing views"). His stay here was brief but memorable.
God, put me down with Kattelox in the 'thank Christ I dodged that' department... I'm all about dissenting views but I don't think he was capable of writing anything that wasn't bait.
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Oh damn. He was nuts. I had a few dustups with him.
Sorry King, I was kidding. I just named the first person that came to mind on the forum that had a memorable exit. Sorry to mislead, I thought it was funny. I just learned he was 7th here too, but looking through 7th's posts there doesn't seem to be a difference besides use of capitalization.
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I don't remember 7th. Maybe if I saw the thread I would. Damn old age.
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Funny addendum to the SeventhSon story. MP Forumers may recall I had some blazing arguments with him in the two political threads over the years (one of which culminated in my removing my old account and taking a break from the Forum for everyone's benefit). I generally couldn't stand him, I thought his posting style was too often designed to rile people up and take discussions on stupid tangents, and I assumed that he couldn't stand me either.
After he got kicked off MP's place he came over here and PMed me, of all people, to ask how to join in the P/R forum. I briefly told him how to request admission, and that was that. I consciously avoided him in the posts he made on here, and stayed a mile away from his P/R threads.
Then, some months later, shortly before he got banned from here but knew it was about to happen, he PMed me again and gave me his e-mail address and social media info, and said he'd love to keep in touch (I haven't, but I did have a clear the air exchange with him, because I was completely taken aback by the difference between the person who posts as "SeventhSon/7th", and the person who was now writing to me as himself).
The point is, in private he's actually a very different kind of person, which I suppose is predictable. He listens in a way that he doesn't in public. Most of what he did was shtick (perhaps even 'trolling'), which was frustrating, because when he wasn't doing that he had interesting and informed things to say on a variety of topics. But his deliberately provocative baiting of "the left" and insisting people "own" positions which he'd dreamt up for them wasn't conducive to proper and calm discussion in my opinion, and I wish he hadn't felt the need to do it.
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In my 10 years of going to MP's forum, Seventh was the only - the ONLY - person I genuinely could not stand. For a few months I tried to reevaluate him but I'd say the last few months of his stay there were unbearable. Some of the things he said, whether he believed them or not, were truly reprehensible.
A very brief story, I recall meeting an MP Forum member at my first Dream Theater show last fall, and talked to them about some of the things we had learned about Seventh over his time in that thread. I don't think I'll forget the look of shock/horror on their face when they heard about his views, haha.
Still - I don't wish him ill at all, but I am so glad I missed running into him here. I really do hope he is different in person and that he was hamming it up a lot here, but who knows. I hope he takes care of himself and is well.
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How long can winter color your every word?
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Kattelox, how old are you?
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Don't mind me, I was - shall you say - 'triggered' by Dave's post. I am 26.
How long can winter color your every word?
Lethean?
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:)
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chaossystem
According to Dave, SeventhSon was 7th here - assume it actually wasn't chaossystem?
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Just want to say welcome to all the guys who have migrated over.
This forum really is a wonderful place. I rekindled my love for DT about 3 and a half years ago. I joined this forum and ended up falling in love with the General Music Discussion (which is where I post 90% of the time). It really is a great community and there is a wide variety of musical tastes here. I can't even begin to list the amount of new bands I've discovered thanks to this forum :heart
I don't even really consider myself that big a DT fan to be honest. I know I'm not the only one who came to discuss DT but stayed for the community (and to discuss everything but DT :lol)
Enjoy
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Hold up a second. Is SeventhSon here under a different name? This is important to know. :)
He was; I believe he was summarily shown the door a few months ago.
Lord, I was this close to coming in contact with him again? What happened this time?
Stadler, what was his name here?
It was "7th", and he had a Bruce Willis/Die Hard avatar.
I'm with Dave; I had one personal exchange with him and it was like a completely different person. Very nice guy, lucid, practical, in my case generous. I know about being argumentative and not let something go, but I hope to god I'm not as all over the map as he could be at times. We had threads that literally started with him arguing "A", against others' "B", and ended with him arguing "B" to whoever would listen, all with a soupcon of "Libtards" and "snowflakes" sprinkled in.
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:adami:
This is the coolest thing ever. Seriously. So Cage damn awesome.
Let me check one thing.....
:AdamilovesBosk:
Dammit. Can’t have it all.
Freakin Deadpool gets an emoji, wtf.
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How long can winter color your every word?
Lethean?
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I'm thinking I want to change my name. This one is fine, but I like Lethean better. (The song is better too). The forum help has instructions for changing your display name, but they don't seem to match what I'm seeing. Does anyone know if a user can change their display name?
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Pretty funny. Just visited the Forum and 2 little troll posts have shown up in the Buy/Sell/Trade forum. One from epic member SteveJohnson, who's been absent for quite awhile, and moderator Nippett.
I had also noticed that all the other forums had not been locked down when it all went down.
Steve's- https://www.mikeportnoy.com/forum/m3003796.aspx
Nippett's - https://www.mikeportnoy.com/forum/m3003795.aspx
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^Lol at Steve's post. I really missed his humor back in the photoshop threads we used to have. He did some amazing Gaahl stuff.
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How long can winter color your every word?
Lethean?
I'm thinking I want to change my name. This one is fine, but I like Lethean better. (The song is better too). The forum help has instructions for changing your display name, but they don't seem to match what I'm seeing. Does anyone know if a user can change their display name?
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Unfortunately I don't see anything, but maybe I missed something. :/
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How long can winter color your every word?
Lethean?
I'm thinking I want to change my name. This one is fine, but I like Lethean better. (The song is better too). The forum help has instructions for changing your display name, but they don't seem to match what I'm seeing. Does anyone know if a user can change their display name?
As far as I know only the mods can change your forum name but don't quote me on that.
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I'll send a PM - just wanted to make sure it wasn't something obvious I was missing first. Thanks. :)
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Hey, look, Lethean joined us here!
:biggrin:
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Welcome, Lethean... if that is your true username :lol :biggrin:
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:) Now I feel more like myself. :)
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Glad to see you're here.
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Just wanted to say that in the time MP was in the band and his forum was kinda the unofficially-official DT forum for discussions, I was an active lurker. Every day or so I would check it out and keep track of the discussions.
So just know I watched many of you.
For years.
And you didn't know it.
;D
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Thanks Stadler.
MirrorMask - I was like that too for quite some time until I decided to finally join the MP forum. Oddly it was the political thread that got me to join - I'd never seen such a thoughtful thread with people taking the time to flesh out their opinions and to listen to others vs just insulting each other.
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So just know I watched many of you.
For years.
And you didn't know it.
;D
I'm not sure if I'm creeped out...or turned on.
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I made it over.
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Just wanted to say that in the time MP was in the band and his forum was kinda the unofficially-official DT forum for discussions, I was an active lurker. Every day or so I would check it out and keep track of the discussions.
So just know I watched many of you.
For years.
And you didn't know it.
;D
*continues washing self slowly, but deliberately*
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Hi,
Over there I was Outoftune and here I try to stay Outoftune!
Joined the MP forum in 2005, and made 23 (!) posts over those 12 years.......
MH
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Hi,
Over there I was Outoftune and here I try to stay Outoftune!
Joined the MP forum in 2005, and made 23 (!) posts over those 12 years.......
MH
Dude, try to control yourself a little better here, okay? :) See you next year!
(I'm kidding; welcome aboard.)
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I made it over.
Welcome aboard ;D
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@Stadler:
Could well be over 23 posts over here if we start talking about Ritchie Blackmore, Rainbow and Blackmore's Night.
You don't have to make a lot of posts to know what fellow forumers like... ;)
MH
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I like The Legend of Zelda but have yet to really dive in here...
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:lol :lol :lol
MH
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Nice to see familiar faces, er...names over here. I posted rarely but followed often on the MP forum. Getting ready to head to the HAKEN show w/ Sithu Aye. It should be good but I'm a little weary of some local protests that have gotten a little out of hand right where the venue is here in The Lou. Wish Me Luck!
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Who from the regulars are we still missing now? Fish, BrickGlass, Colin007, Ben (Jewish chap, don't remember his surname, Rosenburg?), pullmyfinger, adhargis, MusicTriviaNut, and the Australian contingent (Ink and Paul Sommer). Who else? And does anyone know if Tupaloop has an account here?
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Nice to see familiar faces, er...names over here. I posted rarely but followed often on the MP forum. Getting ready to head to the HAKEN show w/ Sithu Aye. It should be good but I'm a little weary of some local protests that have gotten a little out of hand right where the venue is here in The Lou. Wish Me Luck!
Hey! See you there! Although I have no idea of what you look like. :rollin
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I'll be wearing an Opeth shirt (Demon Of The Fall) - 6 ft. tall. If you see me feel free to say hello!
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I'll be wearing an Opeth shirt (Demon Of The Fall) - 6 ft. tall. If you see me feel free to say hello!
:tup
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Who from the regulars are we still missing now? Fish, BrickGlass, Colin007, Ben (Jewish chap, don't remember his surname, Rosenburg?), pullmyfinger, adhargis, MusicTriviaNut, and the Australian contingent (Ink and Paul Sommer). Who else? And does anyone know if Tupaloop has an account here?
Had Tupaloop posted on MPF much lately? And I wouldn't count on seeing pullmyfinger here anytime soon.
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Who from the regulars are we still missing now? Fish, BrickGlass, Colin007, Ben (Jewish chap, don't remember his surname, Rosenburg?), pullmyfinger, adhargis, MusicTriviaNut, and the Australian contingent (Ink and Paul Sommer). Who else? And does anyone know if Tupaloop has an account here?
For some reason I thought BrickGlass was already here. Did JRundquist make it over here? And Emtee?
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Josh I don't know about, but emtee has posted here for quite a while already.
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Took a few days to recover from the shock of losing my favorite internet "home".
I missed you guys :'(
- Brian
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Took a few days to recover from the shock of losing my favorite internet "home".
I missed you guys :'(
- Brian
Hello again! Glad you've arrived :)
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Nice to see familiar faces, er...names over here. I posted rarely but followed often on the MP forum. Getting ready to head to the HAKEN show w/ Sithu Aye. It should be good but I'm a little weary of some local protests that have gotten a little out of hand right where the venue is here in The Lou. Wish Me Luck!
Hey! See you there! Although I have no idea of what you look like. :rollin
Hey, I'll be there, too. :hat
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Who from the regulars are we still missing now? Fish, BrickGlass, Colin007, Ben (Jewish chap, don't remember his surname, Rosenburg?), pullmyfinger, adhargis, MusicTriviaNut, and the Australian contingent (Ink and Paul Sommer). Who else? And does anyone know if Tupaloop has an account here?
Hey guys! Same name, same avatar.
CONFLATE!!!!
Also, is there a mobile theme for the forum? Do you have to do the verification thing every single time you post?
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For some reason I thought BrickGlass was already here. Did JRundquist make it over here? And Emtee?
Josh is here, I don't think he's posted in awhile, since last Christmas I believe. I don't think BrickGlass is here, but I swear to God I've seen him here before.
Did that Irish guy stop posting over there, I remember he seemed like a cool guy. Taffer or something like that. If I remember, when I lurked MP's forum, he stopped posting shortly after Mike left DT
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Taffer is Scottish
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Is there a Jennifer Anniston type thread over here? My god, that was epic. Didn’t post much at MP, but read daily for over 10 yrs. Bit my tongue quite a bit on the Just Thinkin’ bit. Interesting to see the different approaches to civil discourse... :corn
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Side note about Tupaloop:
Does anyone else agree with me that when she came back to the forum as "Tupaloop II", she missed a great opportunity to go with "Twopaloop"?
I agree about PMF; he was always going on about DT being "DT Lite" without MP, so I doubt he's on this forum, or at least probably doesn't post much here.
Anyway, carry on.
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Is there a Jennifer Anniston type thread over here? My god, that was epic.
If not, there should be. Epic indeed.
Is Jammindude around?
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@Stadler:
Could well be over 23 posts over here if we start talking about Ritchie Blackmore, Rainbow and Blackmore's Night.
You don't have to make a lot of posts to know what fellow forumers like... ;)
MH
Anything Blackmore all day long for me, you know that. :)
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Saw Blackmore's Night August 2nd here in Holland. Was my 6th time going to one of his concerts (3 times Rainbow, 3 times Blackmore's Night). Funny thing is that my wife doesn't like any of my musical tastes, but likes one of my heroes in his Renaissance outfit.....
Been a Blackmore fanboy ever since the seventies. (Ouch.....I'm getting old).
MH
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I was JoeH at The Forum, since 2002. :)
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Saw Blackmore's Night August 2nd here in Holland. Was my 6th time going to one of his concerts (3 times Rainbow, 3 times Blackmore's Night). Funny thing is that my wife doesn't like any of my musical tastes, but likes one of my heroes in his Renaissance outfit.....
Been a Blackmore fanboy ever since the seventies. (Ouch.....I'm getting old).
MH
I saw the last tour here in CT, and the version of "Soldier of Fortune" took my breath away.
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Hello !!
I was a regular....well not with posting daily but with checking in.Very dissapointed in the guy,never saw him in the way i do now.Well what everybody here already said i agree so i won't make any comments on that.I like the new "Home" although i keep thinking i've must have registered here before.There is a lot to digest here so that's what i'm gonna do! :biggrin:
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How long can winter color your every word?
Lethean?
I'm thinking I want to change my name. This one is fine, but I like Lethean better. (The song is better too). The forum help has instructions for changing your display name, but they don't seem to match what I'm seeing. Does anyone know if a user can change their display name?
When I joined here I did it under NOMACS but asked Bosk1 to change it to MR and he did it fast
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Why do MP Forum refugees get to change their names but I can't? I've heard the black_floyd is now available as a screen name...
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How long can winter color your every word?
Lethean?
I'm thinking I want to change my name. This one is fine, but I like Lethean better. (The song is better too). The forum help has instructions for changing your display name, but they don't seem to match what I'm seeing. Does anyone know if a user can change their display name?
When I joined here I did it under NOMACS but asked Bosk1 to change it to MR and he did it fast
Nomacs is cool. :) But I get wanting to return to your identity, which is how I felt too. :)
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Who from the regulars are we still missing now? Fish, BrickGlass, Colin007, Ben (Jewish chap, don't remember his surname, Rosenburg?), pullmyfinger, adhargis, MusicTriviaNut, and the Australian contingent (Ink and Paul Sommer). Who else? And does anyone know if Tupaloop has an account here?
pullmyfinger it's already here with a different user name, I'll wait until he reveals himself
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Hey guys!! Just noticed this thread. Man, was I having major withdrawals after visiting the forum 10 times a day (mostly lurking) for th past 15 years. Glad to see familiar names.
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Josh I don't know about, but emtee has posted here for quite a while already.
Yes sir. Glad anyone even noticed :P
Generally I don't post except in the music section and occasionally in the DT section. I guess I missed this thread.
Anyhoo...glad to see everyone here!!
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Who from the regulars are we still missing now? Fish, BrickGlass, Colin007, Ben (Jewish chap, don't remember his surname, Rosenburg?), pullmyfinger, adhargis, MusicTriviaNut, and the Australian contingent (Ink and Paul Sommer). Who else? And does anyone know if Tupaloop has an account here?
pullmyfinger it's already here with a different user name, I'll wait until he reveals himself
I've been assuming he's 'As I Am'. If he isn't, then he and 'As I Am' should really get together and go bowling some time.
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I gave ben a heads up about this place, hopefully he'll rejoin us.
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Who from the regulars are we still missing now? Fish, BrickGlass, Colin007, Ben (Jewish chap, don't remember his surname, Rosenburg?), pullmyfinger, adhargis, MusicTriviaNut, and the Australian contingent (Ink and Paul Sommer). Who else? And does anyone know if Tupaloop has an account here?
pullmyfinger it's already here with a different user name, I'll wait until he reveals himself
ding ding ding, we have a winner.
Yes, he is As I Am
I've been assuming he's 'As I Am'. If he isn't, then he and 'As I Am' should really get together and go bowling some time.
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Who from the regulars are we still missing now? Fish, BrickGlass, Colin007, Ben (Jewish chap, don't remember his surname, Rosenburg?), pullmyfinger, adhargis, MusicTriviaNut, and the Australian contingent (Ink and Paul Sommer). Who else? And does anyone know if Tupaloop has an account here?
pullmyfinger it's already here with a different user name, I'll wait until he reveals himself
ding ding ding, we have a winner.
Yes, he is As I Am
I've been assuming he's 'As I Am'. If he isn't, then he and 'As I Am' should really get together and go bowling some time.
I was thinking that could be him. :)
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Lots of capitals and emoticons, tied with a pro-MP stance rule heavily in favour of it being PMF. Lack of bold text does provide some doubt, though!
It's nice to read a little pro-MP sentiment from him in those threads. Provides a modicum of balance :lol
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How long can winter color your every word?
I don't know you tell me
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Include me in the migration. Never really posted much over at The Forum. Reading since the SFAM dissection days has been a daily ritual of mine. Feels strange having the place shut down.
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Also, is there a mobile theme for the forum? Do you have to do the verification thing every single time you post?
I'm wondering the same questions.
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How long can winter color your every word?
I don't know you tell me
:laugh:
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How long can winter color your every word?
I don't know you tell me[/color]
tHAt makes El Barto remember things he didn't
before. his REcollection is now nearER to COMPlete.
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Also, is there a mobile theme for the forum? Do you have to do the verification thing every single time you post?
I'm wondering the same questions.
What verification are you guys talking about? I can't remember ever doing that when I first joined to post something.
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Paging Mr Cymbal...
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Also, is there a mobile theme for the forum? Do you have to do the verification thing every single time you post?
I'm wondering the same questions.
What verification are you guys talking about? I can't remember ever doing that when I first joined to post something.
I haven't seen it since my first or second post but there was one of those "I am not a robot" verification deals at first. The one on here has some tough characters to read on a particular background. It also might have something to do with my color vision deficiency.
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Paging Mr Cymbal...
HAHAHA! I love Mr. Cymbal. One of the few things from the old forum that translated beyond the hype (for me, anyway).
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So - the JT thread is where I would have gone to talk about the shooting. I know there's a political forum here but you have to be here a while before participating (makes sense). Can we discuss it at all here? If we leave the politics out of it?
I don't even know that I have all that much to say, but, this is pretty awful. I have not watched any footage yet. I can't imagine what the victims went through.
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So - the JT thread is where I would have gone to talk about the shooting. I know there's a political forum here but you have to be here a while before participating (makes sense). Can we discuss it at all here? If we leave the politics out of it?
I don't even know that I have all that much to say, but, this is pretty awful. I have not watched any footage yet. I can't imagine what the victims went through.
You've been around for nearly a year and have 150 posts, so you should be able to request access to the P&R boards.
General Discussion should be free from political and religious discussion, but that's not to say that major occurrences like this can't be discussed at all, just that the discussion shouldn't be a political one.
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I actually came here from MP.com a few years ago and it was, up to the split, the forum I visited the most.
B.Lee
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So - the JT thread is where I would have gone to talk about the shooting. I know there's a political forum here but you have to be here a while before participating (makes sense). Can we discuss it at all here? If we leave the politics out of it?
I don't even know that I have all that much to say, but, this is pretty awful. I have not watched any footage yet. I can't imagine what the victims went through.
This is the first I'm even hearing about it (just got home for lunch). That is absolutely horrific. Can't really find any other words for it.
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So - the JT thread is where I would have gone to talk about the shooting. I know there's a political forum here but you have to be here a while before participating (makes sense). Can we discuss it at all here? If we leave the politics out of it?
I don't even know that I have all that much to say, but, this is pretty awful. I have not watched any footage yet. I can't imagine what the victims went through.
This is the first I'm even hearing about it (just got home for lunch). That is absolutely horrific. Can't really find any other words for it.
I found out about it late as well - was in a hurry this morning and didn't listen to any news. Then when I found out I realized I have 2 friends vacationing there - both are fine, though one was out when it happened and saw people start running in the streets. He went back to his hotel and apparently there were reports of 3 shooters on the news and possible bombs. What a nightmare just to experience that much; but to have been right in the middle of it is something else entirely.
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i'm a little late to the party. i was on the MP forum since before the crash. i havent seriously posted in years. its good to be here though!
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i'm a little late to the party. i was on the MP forum since before the crash. i havent seriously posted in years. its good to be here though!
Welcome, Hooty McBoob!
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Hi Guys
Finally got approved. I was progfrog over at MP. I had visited there everyday since 2000 so I was really bummed when the doors closed. I don't post much but I'm glad to be back with my peeps!
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Checking in, same user name.
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Checking in, same user name.
Welcome to DTF. Good to have you around.
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BAHAHA :rollin
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Checking in, same user name.
Welcome to DTF. Good to have you around.
:rollin :rollin :rollin
B.Lee
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Hi everyone!
I was on the MP Forum for many years (since '06 if I remember correctly) but lurked more than posted.
Anyway, checking in and hope everyone is doing well!
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Hello gang!
I was Rushman over there, but it's a new world over here.
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Hello gang!
I was Rushman over there, but it's a new world over here.
New World Rushman! I love it! Welcome.
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Man, I wish the MP forum was still around so I could post this in the compression thread...
(https://assets.amuniversal.com/93fd3de06d5401301d7c001dd8b71c47)
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HAHAHA.
"I can hear the difference between ones and zeros."
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HAHAHA.
"I can hear the difference between ones and zeros."
Well, obviously. The more zeros there are the better the bass sounds. Gives you that round and fat bottom end.
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Fat bottom ends make the rockin' world go round.
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Little late jumping on this thread. Vaterman here, same as the MP forum. Lurker since 2000, member since 2003. Still sad about the Forum shutting down. This will be my new daily go to. For the record I'm not digging DS vibe and smack talk either. Need to update my avatar and other vitals.
Thanks for starting this thread and bringing us all home.
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HAHAHA.
"I can hear the difference between ones and zeros."
Yeah, it's called djent
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HAHAHA.
"I can hear the difference between ones and zeros."
I think I only lightly participated in those discussions, but I did read a lot of them, and wow. I can rarely (very very rarely) tell the difference between an mp3 and a wav. To claim that you can tell the difference between lossless compression and a wav? I'd like to put that to the test with a blind listening test.
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HAHAHA.
"I can hear the difference between ones and zeros."
I think I only lightly participated in those discussions, but I did read a lot of them, and wow. I can rarely (very very rarely) tell the difference between an mp3 and a wav. To claim that you can tell the difference between lossless compression and a wav? I'd like to put that to the test with a blind listening test.
.wav IS lossless, isn't it?
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HAHAHA.
"I can hear the difference between ones and zeros."
I think I only lightly participated in those discussions, but I did read a lot of them, and wow. I can rarely (very very rarely) tell the difference between an mp3 and a wav. To claim that you can tell the difference between lossless compression and a wav? I'd like to put that to the test with a blind listening test.
.wav IS lossless, isn't it?
Yes. But there was someone claiming they could tell the difference between a wav and the lossless compression formats like flac. I don't think anyone else was buying it. :)
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It's my understanding that it is.
For me, I am skeptical of any claim that we can knowingly and reliably hear the difference (on a consistent basis) between the higher scan rates and lossless. I think it's like anything else; we WANT to hear a difference and so we do, for whatever reason.
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I think I'm probably perfectly happy, and probably better off, not being able to hear the difference. :)
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That's kind of how I feel.
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Me personally, I can tell the difference between 128 KBps and 320 KBps mp3s. I do, however, have a very tough time telling the difference between 320 and FLAC/WAV. It was only a few years ago when I upgraded my computer and had a newer audio chip and a good pair of noise-cancelling headphones that I could sorta tell there was a difference between them..
Now since I buy a lot of bluray audio albums, I can really hear a good difference in the full BR format and the mp3/flac counterparts.
But in the end I settle for 320 for most of my music on casual listen, when I want to really immerse myself, that's when the blurays come out.
Another thing I noticed, I've tried the premium versions of Spotify, Google music, Amazon prime and Microsoft Groove music. I find the best sound ones to be that played by Groove. Everyone else has something always lacking. In this case I'm talking about playing the tracks on my iPhone with the stock headphones, the same tracks sound the best on Groove, too bad that service is closing out after end of this year.
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My Spotify experience got a hell of a lot better when I set the download/stream quality to 'extreme' and also used the options in the audio settings to personalize my own experience. Put your headphones on in a quiet environment and follow the instructions as it plays beeps and adjusts the playback to your hearing. Pretty cool stuff.
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Anyone here use Pono?
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I'm not familiar with it, so no. But I just looked it up, and see that the portable music player is $450 on Amazon. Even if I could tell the difference, I don't trust that I wouldn't lose or drop the thing and damage it. My iPod still works, but I have dropped it a few times, and while I'd be upset if it broke, I'm not afraid to carry it around and use it.
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Anyone know in touch with or contact the user DTD from the MP forum? I hope he's here lurking.
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It took me a few months, but I made it. I actually joined DTF several years ago when Portnoy left DT (even have the email still to prove it!), but for whatever reason had to rejoin with a brand new account recently (using the exact same login/account info). I figure my account probably got deleted due to too much inactivity on my part or something.
Anyway, I always liked the MP.com and DTF communities- been around both for a long time- maybe 12 years or so, though I rarely post. If no one remembers me (no worries!) I used to have good (and very civil/thoughtful) discussions with Bails, Stadler, Dave in Manchester, Spunky, and lots of others. Aside from music discussion, the stuff that some might remember me from were topics like copyright and creator's rights, future of music under streaming/free distribution models, whether music/art can be objectively better/worse than other music/art, and tons more. I had to mostly pull out over the last couple years- had to lurk because I just didn't have enough time to keep participating in the conversations at the level I felt I'd need to. So lurk mode is the usual for me these days.
My real claim to fame, and I doubt he even remembers this, was turning Dave in Manchester on to Moon Safari! :coolio
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Pardon if this is against the rules but anybody who was part of the MP Forum, there are some people who have not joined up here, but there's a link in my signature to where a bunch of us stragglers picked up the slack and formed a 'refuge' community of sorts. I know they'd be more than happy to see ya'll.
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Hey guys I finally got in. I used to go by "When me and n. portman unite" on the MP Forum. I sure miss that place. i learned about so many great bands, had many lols and many arguments as well.
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sorry to bump an old thread, but for those who may still use Mike Portnoy's forum just for research/as a resource like myself (I was angra1 there for 18 years), per a Facelift to the site overall, the Forum itself is sadly gone for good.
The only way to find all that history now of course is through The Way Back Machine.
there are a couple of different Facebook Groups as well for those who use FB.
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Man, that’s a damn shame. There were some pretty amazing convos archived over there.
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sorry to bump an old thread, but for those who may still use Mike Portnoy's forum just for research/as a resource like myself (I was angra1 there for 18 years), per a Facelift to the site overall, the Forum itself is sadly gone for good.
I for one am really sad it's gone, it's been a big part of my online presence for about the same time as you. I used to go there quite frequently even after the forum closed to read on discussions on various bands, shows and movies. I think I was there just a week or so back before it closed. Man was that such a memorable place when I joined back in 2003. Real bummer.
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I joined the MP forum in 2003 or 2004. I posted as TC but didn't post a ton. I usually just checked in as it was the only place to get DT news, and the nightly setlists.
I actually registered at DTF about the same time, and just found the set up here easier to navigate as a forum.
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I lurked there for a bit but never registered.
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I kinda hated it at the time, but I sincerely miss the purple.
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Sad. I spent a lot of time there, and made some friends (I think). Most are here, so that's good, but it was a different feel (not better not worse, just different). Then there was always the chance for a sighting.
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sorry to bump an old thread, but for those who may still use Mike Portnoy's forum just for research/as a resource like myself (I was angra1 there for 18 years), per a Facelift to the site overall, the Forum itself is sadly gone for good.
I for one am really sad it's gone, it's been a big part of my online presence for about the same time as you. I used to go there quite frequently even after the forum closed to read on discussions on various bands, shows and movies. I think I was there just a week or so back before it closed. Man was that such a memorable place when I joined back in 2003. Real bummer.
yeah for nostalgia alone it really holds a ton of history. I spent some time on there over the last 9 months compiling a list of 80's Pop Hits. There were 2 topics on there that were extensive that I may not have been able to get anywhere else.
I may still use The Way Back Machine, if for no other reason, but in trying to compile release dates for certain albums (I'm trying to compile an Albums Calendar List for my blog).,as you often conflicting info from different sites. But using the actual Search Function on the Forum is a lot easier/quicker than weeding through many pages on the Way Back Machine.
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That's a shame. :( I would go there occasionally as well to search for something/jog my memory. I wish he would have left it up for history. For some reason I'm surprised he didn't.
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I for one am really sad it's gone, it's been a big part of my online presence for about the same time as you.
It was my only online presence for a few years. But after he left the band things got really strange there and when I stopped posting I actually asked Wey to delete my profile and all my posts. I don't recall 'why' I asked him to do that.....but he did.
I hopped over here and registered....and have been here ever since.
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I was a regular over there until an especially awful relapse back into drinking that led to a blackout in which I posted a bunch of really stupid shit and got banned. I haven't touched a drop of alcohol since. I think it's been around 10 years now, I don't maintain a "sobriety date" because I smoke more pot than Cheech and Chong. :lol
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I was a regular over there until an especially awful relapse back into drinking that led to a blackout in which I posted a bunch of really stupid shit and got banned. I haven't touched a drop of alcohol since. I think it's been around 10 years now, I don't maintain a "sobriety date" because I smoke more pot than Cheech and Chong. :lol
I remember that. I'm happy to hear you're on the other side of it.
For what it's worth, your old Avatar brought a thousand smiles to my face...I never got tired of seeing that awesome picture of Kirk!
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I was a member for quite a long time and it was my on-line home. Although I didn't post much (still don't) I followed along daily in most conversations. I discovered an awful lot of great music there that I would have never been exposed to. I also met my bass player who became one of my best friends. He wasn't a member but his buddy Dave Neff (RIP) was Nerf.
Sometimes I wonder what became of some of the members that I don't see here. The was a fellow-can't remember his name, that was in every thread. I don't think I ever met him in real life but I know he lived right around me here in Glenside PA local to the Keswick theater? I believe he was also active at the Spocks Beard forum but I could be wrong about that.
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I was a regular over there until an especially awful relapse back into drinking that led to a blackout in which I posted a bunch of really stupid shit and got banned. I haven't touched a drop of alcohol since. I think it's been around 10 years now, I don't maintain a "sobriety date" because I smoke more pot than Cheech and Chong. :lol
Wow. I remember you going off on MP on 5/8, I think it was, as well as at MP.com at the time of the split. It didn't add up at the time, really out of character, and I've occasionally wondered about it when reading your posts here. Just goes to show you never know what's going on in someone's life when you read their posts. Really good to hear you're doing better now.
Edit: just read why this thread was bumped. What a shame the forums have gone for good :'(
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I was a member for quite a long time and it was my on-line home. Although I didn't post much (still don't) I followed along daily in most conversations. I discovered an awful lot of great music there that I would have never been exposed to. I also met my bass player who became one of my best friends. He wasn't a member but his buddy Dave Neff (RIP) was Nerf.
Sometimes I wonder what became of some of the members that I don't see here. The was a fellow-can't remember his name, that was in every thread. I don't think I ever met him in real life but I know he lived right around me here in Glenside PA local to the Keswick theater? I believe he was also active at the Spocks Beard forum but I could be wrong about that.
I used to live on Two Street in Queen's Village in Philly. The Prog Nation show at the Tower Theater was my first DT show (I know, I know; for all the times they played Toad's in New Haven, that's embarrassing). Saw Fish at the TLA, too. There were a couple of Philly area people on the board. I remember having a convo with a dude out in front of my house - block party - and I remember getting vibes like he was on the board, but I felt stupid asking him. :) Another guy is a friend, and I still keep in touch via text, but we met up for the Marillion show at the Keswick (met Mark Kelly out front on the sidewalk, too!).
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I was a regular over there until an especially awful relapse back into drinking that led to a blackout in which I posted a bunch of really stupid shit and got banned. I haven't touched a drop of alcohol since. I think it's been around 10 years now, I don't maintain a "sobriety date" because I smoke more pot than Cheech and Chong. :lol
Nice to know the story around that. I remember that epic period and wondered what was going on. And I echoed this in another thread, but it's very cool to see the classic kirk avatar.
That site was my first online presence. I was also at DT.net but bailed as it was toxic after getting into a nasty fight with someone. I post here about as much as I did at MP's place. Visit probably dozens of times per day but don't post much. If it wasn't for the UFO thread here my post count would be a lot lower.
Gone is octobarns, the Gaahl thread and all of the awesome SteveJohnson photoshops, among many other things.
Good times.
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I was a regular over there until an especially awful relapse back into drinking that led to a blackout in which I posted a bunch of really stupid shit and got banned. I haven't touched a drop of alcohol since. I think it's been around 10 years now, I don't maintain a "sobriety date" because I smoke more pot than Cheech and Chong. :lol
Gone is octobarns, the Gaahl thread and all of the awesome SteveJohnson photoshops, among many other things.
Good times.
The octobarns and Gaahl threads were pure gold! Was the blastbears thread over on MP too? Or was that here? I can't remember, but that thread was great too.
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Lol, Gaahl posts were great
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Mr. Cymbal.
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It was my place. My home away from home. What the local record store used to be but more. Many great conversations over the years. Some lowlights and many highlights. I remember vividly sitting in front of my computer for the Score show and reading posts from those who were there. Wey was a great mod. I still miss it, but in an odd way, it was a blessing when it shut down. I was addicted and life was passing me by. I've accomplished so much since those days. And yet, I truly miss it and all the people there.
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Found Steve's website. He still has some of his Gaahl stuff up there.
(https://i1.wp.com/www.blog.cadnauseam.com/img/GaahlAdventuresWeek5.jpg)
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Mr. Cymbal.
I tried to type a couple of sentences like that once and it was an absolute nightmare. I can't imagine doing that in paragraphs every single post. That dude had a real commitment to his style.
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Mr. Cymbal.
You beat me to it!
Man, I'd love to know who that was behind those crazy posts!
Whereever you are, hope you are doing wel Mr. Cymbal!
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Found Steve's website. He still has some of his Gaahl stuff up there.
(https://i1.wp.com/www.blog.cadnauseam.com/img/GaahlAdventuresWeek5.jpg)
:rollin
All of these were pure gold!
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Mr. Cymbal.
I tried to type a couple of sentences like that once and it was an absolute nightmare. I can't imagine doing that in paragraphs every single post. That dude had a real commitment to his style.
I was going to say that in my post. That one post took me like 20 minutes, and that DOESN'T count the editing when I found out that some of the colors I picked were illegible. Man. The only thing I can think of is he set a macro or something. Or a font (I never checked if each letter was always the same color/size).
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Mr. Cymbal.
You beat me to it!
Man, I'd love to know who that was behind those crazy posts!
Whereever you are, hope you are doing wel Mr. Cymbal!
I always wondered what happened to that guy or where he is now.
And who was the guy that would always respond as 2 separate people, but 99% the second person never said anything?
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I was at The Forum since the early days. I can’t remember if I joined before the crash or just after, but I know I was reading it around the time it started. The Genesis, Rush, and Marillion discography threads over there played a huge part in those three becoming my favorite bands. I also remember lots of dumb random stuff that happened there that I tried to explain to friends in real life but you just had to be there.