Poll: Do you miss the "old" ATOT?

[So]

Am I in just under the barrier as an old timer? Or do you have to have a 2000 join date for that?

 

[fyleow]

Originally posted by: CraigRT
I'm not sure if I miss anything... I never really was a part of the community like some people... so I am not even really sure exactly what you mean...

Now that I think about it... I wonder how I could have gone this far without ever really being involved... more just post to post, useless stuff most of the time

 

[Konigin]

Its not as fun as it used to be, even a year ago.

 

[shortylickens]

I've been reading anandtech since '99.
I never posted because it just seemed like a pissing contest everyday.
Then one day I saw a guy who needed genuine help which I could give.
So I signed up.
Since then I've had an average of .01 posts per day.

It seems to work better when you have something constructive to say.
I believe this is what ALL forums are originally opened for.
Noticed that Anandtech even made a whole area just for off-topic stuff.
Too much crap in the technical forums I guess.

 

[ThePresence]

I miss WombatWoman.

 

[Pliablemoose]

Originally posted by: DJFuji

Originally posted by: Kenazo
Speaking of the way it was archive.org going back to Nov, 2000

I remember those days! I'd only been here 2 months then.

They even have a Skoorb original on archive, regarding the US's opinions of Cuba.

All we get out of the media from the US is how evil Cuba is - and yet the rest of the world doesn't seem to have such a hate for this country; so what do you people think? Are they going to take over the world and spread their slimy communism as your government would have us believe or what?

He had only been here 2 months back then too.

WOW talk about nostalgia. Look at this post on AT hot deals:

Plextor 12x10x32A @ Amazon.com for $190 Shipped!!!! HOT HOT HOT!!!!

haha i remember that drive. Amazingly expensive. That was before LiteOn was real popular and making great drives.

An archived post from luvly:

"he was pro segregation during the 50's and 60's..also during the civil war


the world is a better place now that he is gone."

You do realise that people change, right? In fact, people changing [for good] is what makes a difference in this world sometimes.

Although I do not know if Mr. Thurmond was truly a changed man . . . in fact, I suspect he was a born politician and only cared for his self-interest.
Hence he probably changed externally but remained a politician within. Nevertheless, people's use in life--even if they are not changed individuals within-changes.
(Besides, I suppose the voters whose relatives were victims of the racist laws and practices would speak by not electing Mr. Thurmond.)

If you ask me, I'm frankly indiferrent about his death. I didn't know him personally, so I don't feel his absence.
Besides, he was quite wrinkled, so maybe it was time. Not many people live to see 100 and be fairly healthy.

Christ, there's a bright observation...

he was quite wrinkled

???????

 

[Cat13]

Originally posted by: Iron Woode
I miss the GUTB flamefests the most.

Those were pretty good

 

Sure.

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: Astaroth33
Sure seems like a lot of younger people on nowadays..

I was 13 when I joined in '99. Now I'm 18 and an old-timer.

 

[jaydee]

Originally posted by: Pandaren
The "old days" certainly had a more frontier feel to them. The Internet bubble was in full swing, the Intel/AMD processor wars were just getting started, and 3DFX was nVidia's main competitor.

I remember when the 700 MHz Pentium III was the overclocker's choice (to 933 MHz), when Paulson was one of the first to get a 1 GHz Athlon (remember, the crap one with 1/3 speed L2 that could barely outrun the 900 MHz version), and the routing of Dennilfloss.

This is my fourth incarnation on AnandTech forums. I was never a particularly prolific poster, but it is interesting to see how things have evolved.

Dude, I remember that!!

WombatWoman's words of wisdom. Dennilfloss of course (actually remember being on his RC5 team, when Distributed Computing seemed a lot more popular), yakko, Locutus of Board...

Hard modem, winmodem debates (there were some flame fests there). Still some of the funniest posts I've seem came from Modus, back in those threads.

"Nekkid threads" starring Adul, GirlFriday, crysyla (sp? I just remember the crab emoticon)

One guys posts I like was chipbgt (again sp?) He always had something funny to say, then went on some neffing binge (with Adul?) to the extreme and got banned/changed his name or something along those lines. They must have started 40 threads in one night. Probably 4 years ago.

Too many threads now adays. I searched some old names (hzl_eyed_grl, windogg, Mday) and found out they still post!

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: obiwaynekenobi
A name for you

Dennlifloss.

You spelled it wrong.

 

[Yo Ma Ma]

Originally posted by: ThePresence
I miss WombatWoman.

Me too... me too

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

I don't honestly notice who's im a thread much of the time, and I have been around here for a startling length of time. I feel as though I have mellowed quite a bit since being here - I remember having some barn-burner arguments with Russ and others years ago.

 

[Megatomic]

Originally posted by: PhasmatisNox
Ah yes, the mighty n00b infestation. I left the [ H ] when it started to flood, and when I realized that it sucked. I came here, and rejoiced at the off-topic-ness. Woot.

I was evicted just before 9/11 over being an admin at Always Drunk.com and for squabbling with Kyle in PM land. That place had already gone down hill at that time.

And to be on topic, no I don't miss the old ATOT. Back in those days I spammed other forums and kept it serious here at AT.

 

[Ready]

You mean back in the old days when Hot Deals pretty much was the most popular forum here?
and flame fest were a plenty?
yeah I miss that, no sarcasm...

 

[wyvrn]

No. When I compare the forums now to when I first joined, they are pretty much the same. Just more members, but the same topics get recycled through. You tend to remember all the good things, but not the bad. So, your nostalgic feeling is skewed. I do miss some members who don't post from time to time, but people move. So will you eventually.

 

[dragonballgtz]

I'm too new to miss the "old" ATOT.

 

[bigredguy]

Originally posted by: Squisher
I'm telling you people, it all started with the splitting off of P&N.

Somehow i think you may be right. I was glad to see all the BS go, but i think there were a lot of mature people who went with it, leaving us with a bunch of immature punks.

 

[kru]

mmm....never posted too much on ATOT even back then and only recently started surfing the forum again after about a 2+ year hiatus. doubt i was missed much.

used to frequent the FS/T forum much more. joined AT along with the rest of the refugees from AGN3D.

nice to see some familiar nicks still popping up here like Red Dawn, etc. can anyone bring me up to speed on some of the other old-timers from ATOT? whatever happened to Russ, WWW, et al?

 

[natto fire]

Damn lots of nostalgia in this thread.

I'm suprised no one has mentioned the old nekkid threads yet.

As you can see by my post count/join date I am really a lurker at heart, but I don't think things have gone downhill just in another direction. Change is inevitable, as previously mentioned.

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: Captain_Howdy
Damn lots of nostalgia in this thread.

I'm suprised no one has mentioned the old nekkid threads yet.

As you can see by my post count/join date I am really a lurker at heart, but I don't think things have gone downhill just in another direction. Change is inevitable, as previously mentioned.

I remember those, especially the "Private Forum" area!

 

[tranceport]

Originally posted by: Astaroth33
Sure seems like a lot of younger people on nowadays..

 

[RossMAN]

Whatever happened to Frenchie?

I miss the old timers

 

[Triumph]

I'm fine with this forum the way it is. I just miss the life I lived 4 or 5 years ago. Maybe that's why some of you feel nostalgic for the old AT.

 

[Zugzwang152]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
Yes I miss the "old days" (which I'd define as 1999 - 2001).

woot i'm in!