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A Public Anniversary Message to Everybody

Posted 10-13-2012 at 02:15 AM by Splat

Ladies, gentlemen, thugs and hooligans, it is now (frighteningly) ten years to the day since I joined this esteemed forum! That’s right; ten years!
Ten years of fun, and joy, and laughter, and rage, and humiliation, and angst. I’ve made friends! I’ve made enemies! I’ve made mild acquaintances! I even got stalked for a short while by Wil! (And you thought I didn't notice!)

So thank you one and all for making these 4427 posts, these 3653 days, and this 2012 rep (ya stingy misers), all that they have been! I’ve posted fiction ranging from good to terrible, I’ve RPGed, I’ve had a long and in-depth discussion about what goes on under that loincloth, I've been made a mod, I've run competitions; I’ve witnessed highs and lows and had a few myself, I’ve shared triumphs, I’ve saved 399 mudokons, I’ve been ombudsman for at least one argument, I’ve been stressed out by n00bs, I argued with Ackril the Vyklig, I tried to be nice to MeechShrykul1029, I got yelled at once or twice by Nate, I tried to have a rational discussion with Havoc and I infracted OANST for committing rape (or something).

So thank you, one and all, friends here and friends past; for better or worse, this noble message board has had a big impact on my life. I’ve grown up with it, stayed up late with it and smuggled it out of the house on a morning before my parents woke up. Some of my best friends are here, and I dislike none of you enough to not wish you well (I think I got the right number of negatives in that sentence – it’s meant to be a good thing).

I love’s all o’ ya like you was my own! So thanks, OWF, and many happy returns.

-Splat.

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I believe the Great Flame War was an aftershock of the Alcar Rebellion, when the admins (including Alcar, who wasn't so drunk back then) overthrew Sydney, the forum's founder, for being unpredictable and irrational (or that's how the 'new' management tell it anyway).

OWF was... cosier back then. It was a very close community. More familial (I can spell that word but I'd have no idea how to pronounce it). Or at least FC was. I think most of us were new to the internet, and as Dark says, we were finding our feet. Internet was a fairly new thing back then.

Scary thing happened today. I was speaking to a kid and she was talking about things that had impacted her life, and she mentioned the twin towers happening the year before she was born.
Feel old now!

Posted 10-14-2012 at 02:50 AM by Splat

I feel old every time I hang on there's a giant beetle on my bed

E: The beetle has been released into the cold night. Stay tuned to hear more of the adventures of the bed beetle.

Anyways, I feel old every time I think of video games. Some of my favourite games came out when I was around 4-5, and I still play them obsessively to this day. It's a bit strange to sit there and realize you've been playing the same games for most of your life and are far from bored with them.

Posted 10-14-2012 at 02:59 AM by Slog Bait

Updated 10-14-2012 at 03:09 AM by Slog Bait

	^ Post of the year right there.
	Posted 10-14-2012 at 04:16 AM by STM

	I laughed.
	Posted 10-14-2012 at 05:13 AM by Nepsotic

	Abe's Oddysee is older than I am. This makes me feel young.
	Posted 10-14-2012 at 05:14 AM by MeechMunchie

	You must be joking. So, you're like what, 15? I thought you were like 17.
	Posted 10-14-2012 at 05:17 AM by Nepsotic

	Oh, wait. I thought it came out in 1995. That said, people thought I was like 17 when I actually was like what, 15.
	Posted 10-14-2012 at 05:23 AM by MeechMunchie

	Extremely amazing graphics for a 1995 game.
	Posted 10-14-2012 at 05:27 AM by Nepsotic

	I was four years old when AO came out. Four years old.
	Posted 10-14-2012 at 05:34 AM by Slog Bait

	I was two.
	Posted 10-14-2012 at 06:13 AM by MeechMunchie

	I was minus one.
	Posted 10-14-2012 at 06:43 AM by Nepsotic

	Your mum and dad were probably fucking at the very moment it was released!
	Posted 10-14-2012 at 07:04 AM by enchilado

	Whilst playing the game in fact...
	Posted 10-14-2012 at 07:19 AM by STM

	My dad did used to play it with me a lot...
	Posted 10-14-2012 at 07:41 AM by Nepsotic

	Well, now you've ruined Oddworld for me. Guess there's no point me hanging around on this forum now...
	Posted 10-14-2012 at 09:36 AM by Splat

	Byee. xx
	Posted 10-14-2012 at 11:31 AM by STM

	So, who's going to organize Splat's 10th forum anniversary going away party? Not it
	Posted 10-14-2012 at 04:33 PM by Slog Bait

	Well... I know a certain someone who loves throwing parties. Do I have permission to post a picture?
	Posted 10-15-2012 at 05:06 AM by Nepsotic

	You don't have a permission to post any picture of me, so no
	Posted 10-15-2012 at 08:48 AM by Varrok

	Is it this picture?
	Posted 10-15-2012 at 09:00 AM by Splat

	None of those.
	Posted 10-15-2012 at 09:12 AM by Nepsotic

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