Yet another GAF thread - I still haven't got over it :( (No spergfits allowed)

[Cindi Mayweather]

I forgot about the whole "THE NEW MILLENNIUM DOESN'T START TILL 2001" thing

GOD

[Rahxephon91]

I forgot about the whole "THE NEW MILLENNIUM DOESN'T START TILL 2001" thing

GOD

[Phoenix Dark]

WarCraft II was so fun. I was more of a StarCraft fan, but I was obsessed with creating maps in WarCraft II. I really wanted to create something where you invaded a big ass castle, protected by walls and trees. Alas I was never good at it.

[Cindi Mayweather]

New Years 1999 was the best New Years ever and I couldn't even drink. All this hysteria for months - over a year - about Y2k hysteria. Talking about, we're going to lose EVERYTHING and modern civilization will crumble as we know it! Tick tock, clock strikes 12 and we still have electricity, we still have internet, we still have tv, we still have teenagers cyber sexing in aim chat rooms, shit is fine. I drank my sparkling wine, went home, and played some Final Fantasy VIII till 2 in the morn.

...

things really are different in the southern US, aren't they?

 

My 8th grade (1999-2000) science teacher went on and on about how Y2K was real. I didn't really believe her, but at the same time, as the clock counted down,  I was nervous, ya know?

[Stoney Mason]

We were in the basement of our house (to avoid random gunshots according to my mom, despite the fact that we were in the suburbs then), watching the countdown on TV. Nothing happened, and then my dad waxed poetic on the fact that only god knew the future, and this proved man/science weren't as smart as they thought they were.

Jesus Christ

[Cindi Mayweather]

I forgot about the whole "THE NEW MILLENNIUM DOESN'T START TILL 2001" thing

GOD

Jerry just said that to be mean to Newman!

[Phoenix Dark]

We were in the basement of our house (to avoid random gunshots according to my mom, despite the fact that we were in the suburbs then), watching the countdown on TV. Nothing happened, and then my dad waxed poetic on the fact that only god knew the future, and this proved man/science weren't as smart as they thought they were.

Jesus Christ

And he went to medical school which makes it even worse.

[Cindi Mayweather]

Yep. A lot of adults legitimately bought into it here.

http://www.newsday.com/business/technology/in-case-of-a-y2k-glitch-some-shoppers-stocking-up-on-water-other-essentialsy2k-focus-on-essentials-some-signs-of-shoppers-hoarding-water-medicine-1.263799

Over here people treated it like it was going to be an actual emergency as seen in that article and stocked up before hand.

As for what I did, I went a friends party. It was so rad. I had my first kiss that night.

[Joe Molotov]

New Years 1999 was the best New Years ever and I couldn't even drink. All this hysteria for months - over a year - about Y2k hysteria. Talking about, we're going to lose EVERYTHING and modern civilization will crumble as we know it! Tick tock, clock strikes 12 and we still have electricity, we still have internet, we still have tv, we still have teenagers cyber sexing in aim chat rooms, shit is fine. I drank my sparkling wine, went home, and played some Final Fantasy VIII till 2 in the morn.

...

things really are different in the southern US, aren't they?

 

My 8th grade (1999-2000) science teacher went on and on about how Y2K was real. I didn't really believe her, but at the same time, as the clock counted down,  I was nervous, ya know?

i mean, you were a kid, so i don't blame you, but grown adults actually buying into that?  those people were generally seen as hucksters or crackpots north of the border.  i spent new year's 1999 drunk off my ass, white guy dancing to will2k, prince, and robbie williams, having most regrettable makeouts, and walking 3-4 km home in -35 degree weather cuz fuck waiting for a cab on new year's.  pretty sure i grabbed a big slice of pizza or a chili dog on the way home, too.  it was awesome.

Look, not everyone could afford a fancy Y2K Compliant computer, Oscar. Don't look down on us.

[Stoney Mason]

I remember most people thinking it was going to be a nuisance. But not a catastrophe or anything outside of the news media who were just trying to get that fear machine going.

Now 9/11. I could tell you some weird shit around that time where suddenly "normal" people I knew were telling me it was the end times. And this was out in California.

[Cindi Mayweather]

New Years 1999 was the best New Years ever and I couldn't even drink. All this hysteria for months - over a year - about Y2k hysteria. Talking about, we're going to lose EVERYTHING and modern civilization will crumble as we know it! Tick tock, clock strikes 12 and we still have electricity, we still have internet, we still have tv, we still have teenagers cyber sexing in aim chat rooms, shit is fine. I drank my sparkling wine, went home, and played some Final Fantasy VIII till 2 in the morn.

...

things really are different in the southern US, aren't they?

 

My 8th grade (1999-2000) science teacher went on and on about how Y2K was real. I didn't really believe her, but at the same time, as the clock counted down,  I was nervous, ya know?

i mean, you were a kid, so i don't blame you, but grown adults actually buying into that?  those people were generally seen as hucksters or crackpots north of the border.  i spent new year's 1999 drunk off my ass, white guy dancing to will2k, prince, and robbie williams, having most regrettable makeouts, and walking 3-4 km home in -35 degree weather cuz fuck waiting for a cab on new year's.  pretty sure i grabbed a big slice of pizza or a chili dog on the way home, too.  it was awesome.

Look, not everyone could afford a fancy Y2K Compliant computer, Oscar. Don't look down on us.

I remember this

[Dickie Dee]

I was at a 3 day Phish concert in the middle of the Florida everglades for NYE '99


 

[Cindi Mayweather]

Not all people mind you. My family for instance thought it was rubbish and didn't stock on shit.

[Cindi Mayweather]

Now I've got 90s music hits playlist on spotify and I'm going to take a nap. 1999 radio stations playing the best of the 90s in December 1999

[huckleberry]

I had to work a special shift at the airport for Y2K in case planes started falling out of the sky. I shit you not they expected us to run into burning wreckage to save people.

[Shadow Mod]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=839714

oh noez butts

also esch 

[Phoenix Dark]

scar is awesome.  hate the way people frame her demodding, with that "divulged private/personal information" line.  she gave out someone's ban reason, which admittedly was against lore's rules, but hardly the breach people imagine when you use that particular wording.

It's been spun as if she gave out someone's name, phone number, or address. smh

[Shadow Mod]

I don't even get that considering tons of people basically give out ban infos about other members all of the time.

[Take My Breh Away]

scarlet's crime wasn't giving out ban info, really.  her crime was "aiding" someone trying to start a splinter forum.  for whatever reason, lore is more sensitive about the splinter forums than one would expect.  deep down, he probably fears one of them actually pulling off a miracle and hurting GAF, i guess, which is a bit crazy but understandable when you realize evilore has absolutely no work skills or job experience whatsoever.  if anything killed his golden goose, he'd be right fucked.

Unlike Lowtax, EL is slightly competent. He'll be able to ride it out for a few years. There's enough stans clamoring to defend their corporation of choice waiting to get into neogaf to make it seem slightly exclusive. 

[Shadow Mod]

Yeah it seems like there is never a shortage of fanboys and addicts to argue over shit.

that gay dude is about to have a meltdown in the anal sex thread

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=117079646#post117079646

I said my piece about that post.

[Van Cruncheon]

Red Scarlet destroyed the first Football Thread community at GAF and we've been vagabonds ever since. 

Wasn't that Dragona?

that was maf, with my prompting. it was glorious. sportsball tards deserve misery.

[Phoenix Dark]

that gay dude is about to have a meltdown in the anal sex thread

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=117079646#post117079646

he's on the verge of anger, I can feel it. His anus is probably pulsating in pure rage.

[Tasty]

I was 9 for New Year's 1999 but I remember being barely able to stay up for it. None of us really cared about Y2K, it seemed like more of a marketing thing to me ("Yes 2 Kia!")

Played a lot of Smash Bros. that night, if I remember right. Was great.

[Shadow Mod]

As a non-homosexual male, vaginal sex has its issues. First, there's pregnancy to worry about. You need a partner you can trust to use the right contraceptive method, and that's still possibly prone to fail. You could do your part with the pull-out method or condoms, but that kinda takes you out of the experience, you know? Until a pill for us guys comes along, it's gonna be a hassle. Second is vaginal cleanliness, which some have mentioned prior. Lastly, not all positions are comfortable, some might get you too close to areas you just don't care for, like the ass or tits or something else

Everything has its pros and cons I guess.

 

[Tasty]

iirc red scarlet was cute

Don't know what she looked like, but she was cool shit. She posts over at the deader than dead WYL. She never seemed to vibe with the bore well, I guess.

I thought she left WYL long before you or I did.

[Tasty]

iirc red scarlet was cute

Don't know what she looked like, but she was cool shit. She posts over at the deader than dead WYL. She never seemed to vibe with the bore well, I guess.

I thought she left WYL long before you or I did.

I saw her there the last time I checked it out. Apparently she stopped completely now, at least that's what she told me on twitch today.

Makes sense. I got her Twitch now so I'll be dropping by.

Does she just stream everything she plays?

[Tasty]

Guess so. I left the channel since I'm about to go get drunk and creep on women.

So a typical Tuesday night for you?

[Tasty]

Maybe you should ask Oscar for Dragona's number

[benjipwns]

I forgot about the whole "THE NEW MILLENNIUM DOESN'T START TILL 2001" thing

GOD

Worst part is that Jerry gets it wrong, the party is one year early, not one year late.

The benji was angry that day, my friends, like an old man trying to send soup back at a deli.

[Cindi Mayweather]

that gay dude is about to have a meltdown in the anal sex thread

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=117079646#post117079646

That post is so gay it hurts. Has me falling with laughter.

[Shadow Mod]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=117086762&postcount=277

 

[Tasty]

[thisismyusername]

that gay dude is about to have a meltdown in the anal sex thread

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=117079646#post117079646

That post is so gay it hurts. Has me falling with laughter.

Finally, someone out gays me for Himumu.

[Superstar]

that gay dude is about to have a meltdown in the anal sex thread

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=117079646#post117079646

 

[benjipwns]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=117086762&postcount=277

 

brb

[Squiddy]

scarlet's crime wasn't giving out ban info, really.  her crime was "aiding" someone trying to start a splinter forum.  for whatever reason, lore is more sensitive about the splinter forums than one would expect.  deep down, he probably fears one of them actually pulling off a miracle and hurting GAF, i guess, which is a bit crazy but understandable when you realize evilore has absolutely no work skills or job experience whatsoever.  if anything killed his golden goose, he'd be right fucked.

He should be. That's exactly what happened to SOHH. The forums became shitty and its populace got unhappy with moderation and thecoli sprang up overnight as a fresh, new, fun alternative.

I don't think he should 'fear' The Bore, given how confused the average gaffer seems to be about most of us (understandable), but competition is competition

Yeah, I doubt Evilore needs to worry much.
The kind of person to create a splinter forum off GAF in the first place.... well 

[Shuri]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=117086762&postcount=277

 

..... 

[Phoenix Dark]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=117086762&postcount=277

 

[Shadow Mod]

As a fanbase I don't think anything surpasses gamers when it comes to entitlement.

[larrydavid]

splinter forums are pretty weird so i can sorta see where evillore is coming from, when i first discovered this place it did seem like a bunch of super bitter banned people taking lame potshots (at least in this thread). kinda made me feel like i was doing the bore wrong because i've never been banned, i joined because i wanted an outlet to talk shit about pedo-gaf WITHOUT being banned as sad as that sounds!

the saddest part of all is i can't even do that on twitter anymore because the last two people who've followed me are people i've made fun of and i'm too chickenshit to block them, so this place is alls i got.

[Joe Molotov]

as seen on my twitterfeed:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=839810

this is how the mind of a gamer works

[Tasty]

As a fanbase I don't think anything surpasses gamers when it comes to entitlement.

Comic fans can be pretty damn whiny, but in terms of expecting the world, yeah, gamer's are the top of that ant hill.

[Positive Touch]

as seen on my twitterfeed:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=839810

this is how the mind of a gamer works

this is a tangent, but: i've never met a hardcore bomberman fan. like, someone who collects all the games, can critique minor differences between them, knows development trivia, etc. im sure theres gotta be some out there, somewhere, but i have never come across a single one. hm.

really i just want to see one because im sure theyd be crazy as fuck

[Shadow Mod]

http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=839786

My favorite sportsfeg argument, the technicians are boring tears

Surgery can be boring but that's the fault of the other teams.

[Phoenix Dark]

Anyone who didn't appreciate the Spurs literally playing perfect basketball is dumb. Likewise LeBron was pretty amazing overall.

[Shadow Mod]

This complaint always strikes me as weird, because if you really are into a sport you should be able to appreciate a performance based on a technical triumph even if it's not flashy. That's why the Norton - Ali series is one of my favorites in boxing

It's a triumph of old man team ball over this pushed "one man team" crap where they act like everyone, but <Lebron for example>, is interchangeable and expendable. Even a layman could see their coaching was all about passing the ball around until someone had something decent to do and exploiting glaring weaknesses on the other team. And for everyone's "boring boring" stuff, they evolved game to game, team to team. Hard to say that about any other fuckin' team I managed to watch.

[Kara]

This complaint always strikes me as weird, because if you really are into a sport you should be able to appreciate a performance based on a technical triumph even if it's not flashy. That's why the Norton - Ali series is one of my favorites in boxing

As an addendum to this, I don't understand why fans of a sport can't watch a game / match when they already know the result. There's so much to a competition besides the result.

[etiolate]

http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=839786

My favorite sportsfeg argument, the technicians are boring tears

jordan fans 

Actually, he's just upset it was a blowout. The Spurs were still nice to watch.

[benjipwns]

Unselfish ball movement and cooperation that can play at any pace is disgusting and unmanly. I thought we got rid of that outdated crap in the 1990's. Bring back the full side isolations and grinding down the clock that proves who deserves real respect and who needs to be singled out for shame.

[Obligatory Bird passing video] 

[Shadow Mod]

Jordan was an exceptional athlete with a great team. There's more to sports than just that though.

 

[benjipwns]

Michael Jordan wouldn't have been caught dead passing to a lesser player instead of willing the win himself.

[Cindi Mayweather]

http://m.neogaf.com/showpost.php?p=117086579

If the regular season had basketball like that I'd be an NBA fan again.

[Shadow Mod]

http://m.neogaf.com/showpost.php?p=117086579

If the regular season had basketball like that I'd be an NBA fan again.

From what I've seen it does 

[Cindi Mayweather]

This complaint always strikes me as weird, because if you really are into a sport you should be able to appreciate a performance based on a technical triumph even if it's not flashy. That's why the Norton - Ali series is one of my favorites in boxing

It's a triumph of old man team ball over this pushed "one man team" crap where they act like everyone, but <Lebron for example>, is interchangeable and expendable. Even a layman could see their coaching was all about passing the ball around until someone had something decent to do and exploiting glaring weaknesses on the other team. And for everyone's "boring boring" stuff, they evolved game to game, team to team. Hard to say that about any other fuckin' team I managed to watch.

That stuff is why I no longer watch NBA and try not to interact with NBA fans, but being black, it is all over my facebook. I didn't watch the finals but I'm just glad the humble team, that worked hard and didn't buy their way to success via this stupid super team bullshit was the one that won - and by a significant margin.

http://m.neogaf.com/showpost.php?p=117086579

If the regular season had basketball like that I'd be an NBA fan again.

From what I've seen it does 

Don't believe you.

[etiolate]

NBA will have a problem with the fact that they raised a generation or two on superstar basketball. It wasn't a viable business model in the long run and didn't work in today's world. They couldn't keep Kobe clean. They kept Lebron clean, but the spectacle of controversy still wouldn't let him be a mascot.

So hopefully they learn to advertise the sport itself.

[Momo]

Perfect for Gaffers looking to start thier own website.

http://get.moe/#

[Shadow Mod]

Don't believe you.

What team were you watching 

[Your Stalker]

Don't believe you.

What team were you watching 

she's a garbkets fan

[Shadow Mod]

Found your problem.

 

[Cindi Mayweather]

NBA will have a problem with the fact that they raised a generation or two on superstar basketball. It wasn't a viable business model in the long run and didn't work in today's world. They couldn't keep Kobe clean. They kept Lebron clean, but the spectacle of controversy still wouldn't let him be a mascot.

So hopefully they learn to advertise the sport itself.

If they made regular season shorter and did this I'd become a regular watcher and customer again.