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3 years on... and NSG is still the same cesspool of political flame war... How we miss the days of harmless fun in F-7

What is Forum 7?

I obviously wasn't around for it yet but yesterday someone told me about the April Fool's creation of Forum 7 - which I had to admit will probably be forever unbeaten in terms of April Fool's glory.

newbies...:headbang:


;)


it was the only forum on NS ever created where people could just... have fun without all the pointless bickering that goes on in general...

newbies...:headbang:


;)


it was the only forum on NS ever created where people could just... have fun without all the pointless bickering that goes on in general...

Me? A newbie? I've been here since 2005, and have a higher post-count then you.

Me? A newbie? I've been here since 2005, and have a higher post-count then you.

oh, sorry... mega-n00b!!! lol j00 tried to hax mi armies but j00 godm0ded n00b! read the fkn rules!Q1!


in all seriousness, I haven't been here since 2005...

I stopped looking at post counts after they moved to jolt... they deleted so many posts of mine... I think I lost over 2000 in one day at one stage...

Forum-7 sounds winful. Bring it back.

Ah, the good old days of the phpBB forums that were always unreachable for me :(

Ah, the good old days of the phpBB forums that were always unreachable for me :(

I became good friends with the "this page could not be found" message... and learned how to amuse myself whilst I waited for the dial up connection to decide it couldn't connect...

*pokes Lapse*


Ow yes, I still remember:p

Me? A newbie? I've been here since 2005, and have a higher post-count then you.

Post count means nothing lad.

*pokes Lapse*


Ow yes, I still remember:p

HC!!!

long time no see... Get your rear over to the SSA!

Me? A newbie? I've been here since 2005, and have a higher post-count then you.

Better zip up, your e-peen is showing ;)

i thought Forum 7 didn't exist...

/me lurches into view.

There is, was, and always will be no Mod Conspiracy. All hail to [violet], [dredd], and SalusaSecondus, amen.

/me crosses out "[dredd]" and writes "Pythagosaurus".

And honestly, if you weren't here for the phpBB forums, you can't talk about your post count. Back in my day, there was no "spam" forum or other lame Jolt forums to add posts to, and we had to walk seven miles in the snow to get to our forums. BOTH WAYS. At least we didn't have these stupid fluffle smileys. http://www.phpbb.com/community/images/smilies/icon_twisted.gif

(Not to mention all the people that play this game and don't care about the forums.)

Oh, and....VIMB.

/me is dragged off into the shadows by somebody that looks suspiciously like the Smoking Man.

Oh my, the memories are flooding back.

God, after about 04, those forums were terrible. They were the single reason I quit for about 6 months. And I broke my old keyboard after going German Kid on it when the old forums has PMS.

Oh, the memories.

(I've been here way too long.)

Man, I remember forum 7. I also remember the April Fool's when they reset all the populations to 5 million. That was in my first year, I was devastated until I figured it out. Just seeing all the people here asking what F7 was makes me feel so damn old... it's terrible. I miss that though, and the old forums. Except when they were slow. Which was always. But it added an element of excitement and surprise...("Can I get on General today, or do I have to wait until everyone on the East Coast gets off and goes to sleep?").

And, because it's traditional:

I WANT MY MAGIC POWERS!!!

and we had to walk seven miles in the snow to get to our forums. BOTH WAYS.

not to mention uphill, through a server hooked up to a 14.4 modem

I wasn't there for that. It's about a year before my time, I guess. I remember all of the fogeys telling tales about how their servers were even more fucked up than Jolt, though.

*Kicks Lapse*

*hopes Lapse remembers me from other forum*

EDIT:*hopes it is the same Lapse*

Hey goobs, you forgot about [mantle]... and i still think MGHIMB

Mentho: I think for a few people (TAR, MD, Colodia) they actually had the title of forum mod for that april fools... They got it through the temple topics:


ALL HAIL THE FALLEN MODS!


All the fun times of sacrificing random people...

oh, hey Posi... havent seen you in ages...

HC!!!

long time no see... Get your rear over to the SSA!

SSA?

SSA?

its in my sig... under "Forum 7 will live again" RhynoD hangs there, and a few other people drop in from time to time including Lutton and Skoffin

its in my sig... under "Forum 7 will live again" RhynoD hangs there, and a few other people drop in from time to time including Lutton and Skoffin
Aah okay, I saw it but it's not NSG or Forum 7:(

What is Forum 7?

There is no Forum 7. Ignore what you hear on this thread. For your own good. *points menacingly*

There is no Forum 7 only Zuhl.

Fixed

This Forum 7 sounds sexy. But it was millennia before my time, it seems.

Fixed

Thanks. :)

Wow, this is so weird. So many people who were never around for the old times. Hmm, who here remembers Catholic Europe. I would mention others, but I think they were far too well known.

Oh yeah, back when I was peon and we fought to otherthrow the NSG Forum Royalty: Beeker, Paratoga, Tink, and their ilk. Actually Tink wasn't quiteso sure where her loyalties lay and engaged in varying amounts of espionage. Oooh, and there was Big Jim P as well. There were a fair few satanists back then.

Oh, and then there was the Archnemsis of General... well maybe not arch. But he jused his moddy powers to repulse the General invasion into the Nationstates forum. Bah.

edit!: How could I forget Big Mad Vikings. I still have a TG he sent me from his original nation. As of today the telegram is exactly 1211 days old.

Man, I remember forum 7. I also remember the April Fool's when they reset all the populations to 5 million. That was in my first year, I was devastated until I figured it out. Just seeing all the people here asking what F7 was makes me feel so damn old... it's terrible. I miss that though, and the old forums. Except when they were slow. Which was always. But it added an element of excitement and surprise...("Can I get on General today, or do I have to wait until everyone on the East Coast gets off and goes to sleep?").

And, because it's traditional:

I WANT MY MAGIC POWERS!!!

I was glad when it happened since my nation was just a week and a half old when they reset it. I thought I would be one of the largest nations on NS.

I was glad when it happened since my nation was just a week and a half old when they reset it. I thought I would be one of the largest nations on NS.

I was at several hundred million and still at the point where I cared about my nation, instead of just using it as a vehicle for access to General. Needless to say, I was quite upset. But that tantalizing glimpse of access to Forum 7 more than made up for it.

Forum 7 doesn't really sound appealing to me...what's with all the nostalgia? What made it so great, anyway? How was it any different from General today?

Forum 7 doesn't really sound appealing to me...what's with all the nostalgia? What made it so great, anyway? How was it any different from General today?

It was like General, but with more sillyness and spam and no evolution, Bush or religion threads.

It had quote pyramids and no rules against spam.

We want our magical powers!

I hear about this and it makes me feel like such a n00b. :(

It was like General, but with more sillyness and spam and no evolution, Bush or religion threads.

It had quote pyramids and no rules against spam.

So in other words it was seriously inferior to the General of today.

Why do people whine about wanting it back again?

So in other words it was seriously inferior to the General of today.

Why do people whine about wanting it back again?

It was better than General is, politics and abortion are inferior to spam and sillyness.:rolleyes:

It was like General, but with more sillyness and spam and no evolution, Bush or religion threads.

It had quote pyramids and no rules against spam.

We want our magical powers!

sounds like alot of fun

Me? A newbie? I've been here since 2005, and have a higher post-count then you.

Notice it said THREE YEARS!!!!! meaning YOU WERE NOT AROUND!!!

So in other words it was seriously inferior to the General of today.

Why do people whine about wanting it back again?

Brothers, We have a willing sacrifice!!!

*starts on the drum beat*

All hail the MODS!
For they art our Rulers
In General, in Nationstates, in Technical and in Gameplay
Oh mighty Lords,
Oh gracious mighty lords,
Please accept this forum virgin as a sacrifice to your emminences!
Bestow upon us the Glory of your magic
Bestow upon us the Revelations of Forum 7 (1229?)
Hear us oh MOD!
Keep the forums alive
Fend off the 404
Gracious mod, listen to our pleas!

*increases tempo of drum beat*

We must build the temple for the sacrifice!

Brothers, We have a willing sacrifice!!!

*starts on the drum beat*

All hail the MODS!
For they art our Rulers
In General, in Nationstates, in Technical and in Gameplay
Oh mighty Lords,
Oh gracious mighty lords,
Please accept this forum virgin as a sacrifice to your emminences!
Bestow upon us the Glory of your magic
Bestow upon us the Revelations of Forum 7 (1229?)
Hear us oh MOD!
Keep the forums alive
Fend off the 404
Gracious mod, listen to our pleas!

*increases tempo of drum beat*

We must build the temple for the sacrifice!
*sharpens obsidian knife*

I remember Forum 7 (just), my first thread was on there. Then we moved to jolt. Coincidence? I think not!

Brothers, We have a willing sacrifice!!!

*starts on the drum beat*

All hail the MODS!
For they art our Rulers
In General, in Nationstates, in Technical and in Gameplay
Oh mighty Lords,
Oh gracious mighty lords,
Please accept this forum virgin as a sacrifice to your emminences!
Bestow upon us the Glory of your magic
Bestow upon us the Revelations of Forum 7 (1229?)
Hear us oh MOD!
Keep the forums alive
Fend off the 404
Gracious mod, listen to our pleas!

*increases tempo of drum beat*

We must build the temple for the sacrifice!*sharpens obsidian knife*

I remember Forum 7 (just), my first thread was on there. Then we moved to jolt. Coincidence? I think not!
The Jolt anti-spam system is gonna be annoying.

How are we to make a temple for our mods if there is a computer in our way?

*Starts chanting*

HAH...
I remember before there were any mods, and the ToS agreement said you can do anything because Mr MaxxBarry didnt agree with restricting any form of speech on a website about political discussion... Of course this was back before he expected to get 5000 unique viewers a year...

Back then you had to be careful opening anything - getting in was fine but you had a high chance (>5%) of getting goatze'd or similar. Mods were still a year off then...

I wish we only had to walk 5 miles uphill in the snow each way to post... we had to do 15 miles through lava and then make our own TTF fonts and web interface EACH word we wanted to post.

its in my sig... under "Forum 7 will live again" RhynoD hangs there, and a few other people drop in from time to time including Lutton and Skoffin

Skoffin still posts on PB. She's the only girl there, and she's legal now. RhynoD hasn't been there in ages though.

Skoffin still posts on PB. She's the only girl there, and she's legal now. RhynoD hasn't been there in ages though.

Rhynos always at the SSA nowdays

Rhynos always at the SSA nowdays

PB>SSA

Always.

Brothers, We have a willing sacrifice!!!

*starts on the drum beat*

All hail the MODS!
For they art our Rulers
In General, in Nationstates, in Technical and in Gameplay
Oh mighty Lords,
Oh gracious mighty lords,
Please accept this forum virgin as a sacrifice to your emminences!
Bestow upon us the Glory of your magic
Bestow upon us the Revelations of Forum 7 (1229?)
Hear us oh MOD!
Keep the forums alive
Fend off the 404
Gracious mod, listen to our pleas!

*increases tempo of drum beat*

We must build the temple for the sacrifice!

I for one wlecome the benevolent rule of our Modly overlords.

Was forum 7 really that long ago?

We should change the rules: "You're a n00b if you've never posted in forum 7.."

We should change the rules: "You're a n00b if you've never posted in forum 7.."

Never! We shall not be put down in such a way. We shall rise up and overthrow the Forum 7 Imperialists!

We must build the temple for the sacrifice!

pssst look on page 2

I was glad when it happened since my nation was just a week and a half old when they reset it. I thought I would be one of the largest nations on NS.

That gives me a warm and fuzzy feeling, dontcha know. Not the largest, not the oldest, but well respected nonetheless.

Credi ... mjyu kjyunftrf j7yudjyu f4trf. GH9om9lohhjyu/

pssst look on page 2

1. pssst Look who posted it. I know it's there.
2. pssst Its not a real pyramid... for it to be real it has to be built so as to not conform with the excessive post quoting rule.

Never! We shall not be put down in such a way. We shall rise up and overthrow the Forum 7 Imperialists!

Indeed. I shall volunteer my life to the revolution.

Indeed. I shall volunteer my life to the revolution.

Sometimes sacrifices have to be made.


Where is that from anyway?

ooh the irony of making my 6000th post in a Forum 7 thread :)

Never! We shall not be put down in such a way. We shall rise up and overthrow the Forum 7 Imperialists!

Indeed. I shall volunteer my life to the revolution.

Revolution! Viva, viva!

Revolution! Viva, viva!

http://www.safecom.org.au/images/blog-revolution.jpg

Revolution! Viva, viva!

*Marches forwards*

*Begins to chant*

Down with the Forum Seven's;
Down with them all,
Leaving the General Newbies
Standing tall.

Infect them with a Database Error;
Smother them with spam,
Until the Forum Seven's
Have left this cursed town.

you made me do this...


"Bad newbies. BAD!"
*hits rebelious newbies over nose with rolled up newspaper*

do it again and ill rub your face in it.

you made me do this...


"Bad newbies. BAD!"
*hits rebelious newbies over nose with rolled up newspaper*

do it again and ill rub your face in it.

*Rubs nose*

*Fights back with sharpened Phil Collins CDs*

3 years on... and NSG is still the same cesspool of political flame war... How we miss the days of harmless fun in F-7
*looks at location*

Ohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygod!

I remember Someone made a temple to Big Jim P on forum7. I forget who.

Gods, This thread made me realize that in two months I will have been here four years.:eek: :eek: Gods how time flies.

I remember Someone made a temple to Big Jim P on forum7. I forget who.

Gods, This thread made me realize that in two months I will have been here four years.:eek: :eek: Gods how time flies.

:eek:

:eek:I'm already here for 4 years:(

It is required...

3 years on... and NSG is still the same cesspool of political flame war... How we miss the days of harmless fun in F-7
Arrrgh, good days, good days.

I'm already here for 4 years:(

Hmmm....I think anyone here who makes it to 5 years aught to get an award. Or at least have a helluve NSG party. :D

Hmmm....I think anyone here who makes it to 5 years aught to get an award. Or at least have a helluve NSG party. :D

You think?

*awaits for 2009*

*Rubs nose*

*Fights back with sharpened Phil Collins CDs*
That does it! You are not allowed in the house anymore.

*throws Philosopy out of the thread*

That does it! You are not allowed in the house anymore.

*throws Philosopy out of the thread*

*Steals cookies on way out*

they are actually rat poison... but hey... your call!

This place is like Gotham City in Batman Begins. When I joined, it was all shiny, new, harmless. Now it's rat-infested, and most of the best of town has gone. Gabbly is also fucking dead.

(mourns the death of the true NSG)

This place is like Gotham City in Batman Begins. When I joined, it was all shiny, new, harmless. Now it's rat-infested, and most of the best of town has gone. Gabbly is also fucking dead.

(mourns the death of the true NSG)

The death of the true NSG happened sometime in late 2003. I think it was schorgies fault.

The death of the true NSG happened sometime in late 2003. I think it was schorgies fault.
The glory days of NSG are long gone, and only a few live to tell the tale.

The death of the true NSG happened sometime in late 2003. I think it was schorgies fault.

Ah. For me, October through March were the best days. Of course, I joined in October.

Ah. For me, October through March were the best days. Of course, I joined in October.

I think late 2005 - mid 2006 was certainly good, things are slowing down lately and now suddenly half a dozen people choose to leave. Makes me scared of the future. :(

The glory days of NSG are long gone, and only a few live to tell the tale.

We need an ad campaign or something. Maybe NSers should start sending chain letters or somthing...

*ponders*

I think late 2005 - mid 2006 was certainly good, things are slowing down lately and now suddenly half a dozen people choose to leave. Makes me scared of the future. :(

Yeah. So am I.

General just wouldn't be General if it didn't have people complaining about how it used to be better in the good old days. :p

General just wouldn't be General if it didn't have people complaining about how it used to be better in the good old days. :p

(Sings)

People try to put us down (Talking about my generation!)
Just because we get around (Talking about my generation!)
I hope I die before I get old (Talking about my generation!)

General just wouldn't be General if it didn't have people complaining about how it used to be better in the good old days. :p
We had better complaints in the good old days...

Ah. For me, October through March were the best days. Of course, I joined in October.

I agree about October. October 5th 2003 to be specific. No doubt THE greatest day of NSG.:cool:

I agree about October. October 5th 2003 to be specific. No doubt THE greatest day of NSG.:cool:

I'm not sure, but I'm guessing that's when you proposed to Roan.

General just wouldn't be General if it didn't have people complaining about how it used to be better in the good old days. :p

So true. Of course everyone loves to start rants with: "Back in my day..." :D

Nostalgia...Oh how I long for my previous nations...or for the days when I cared about my country itself, and not just posting. I still remember the first day I tried General--ah Iroqouia, wherefore art thou gone?

*plays "Memories" by Within Temptation*

Yeah. I remember when I created my 'Johnny needs helpage' thread...a 100-post monument to sexual desperation.

Yeah. I remember when I created my 'Johnny needs helpage' thread...a 500-post monument to sexual desperation.

I thought you were only 13?

I thought you were only 13?

Yeah, I am. For my age, what's in theere can count as sexual desperation.

I believe everyone has forgotten general always was a black black abyss of political and religous flamewar...

The only time when there wasn't as much of that around was in the Silly days of Forum 7

I believe everyone has forgotten general always was a black black abyss of political and religous flamewar...

The only time when there wasn't as much of that around was in the Silly days of Forum 7
I haven't been in a serious thread in days. I'd like to say weeks, but I generally cannot remember that far back.

I'm going to dedicate a place in my sig for Forum 7....