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Call me a History Buff...
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Posted by: Hambones
I want to check out the first posts ever made to OTS. I'm sure there is an archive somewhere, I just haven't found it. If any of you ancient members could point me in the right direction I would speak blessings upon your house! Thanks
Posted by: Gerbilo
wooo OTS history! back then in the first year you'll see me talking about actual computer stuff, as opposed to now 
Posted by: Hambones
Yeah, I've noticed that you kind of live in the General off topic discussions these days...particularly in the car thread.
Posted by: Canis Lupus
Hey Hambones
When OTS was launched in 2000, I had to erase about 3-5 months worth of posts from the initial forum we had (it was UBB back then), but there are still some old topics from the latter part of 2000 onward in our Discussion Archive forums:
http://www.opentechsupport.net/foru...splay.php?f=111
Enjoy!
Posted by: laborat
don't expect much diff really, the names have changed but the bitzchings remain the same..
if I recall we were all whining & bitzching about battlenet going down, starcraft zerg rush techniques, diablo II will it ever come out?, cheaters with autokill...bush baby running for president...gore being a wooden weasely candidate taking money from the chinese buddhist nuns...
on the tech side it was the millinium bug, ME2k trashing 98 on install, how do i get broadband in the boonies?, lots of AOL bashing...should I go for more speed or more ram?
lots of gerbil jokes...lots of idiots thinking laggy was supposed to be democratic in the way the board is run...I wrote columns here and at wargy's site...lots of old friends that are now gone...new ones coming in eyes all a wonder at what was going on...here, the Helper, Wargs...
(goes sadly off to roll a few turtle leaves and drink a glass of cheese puff fizzies and commune with ghosts of OTS past)
Posted by: Bunmiadefisayo
Hey find anything interesting?
Posted by: Maverick
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Originally Posted by Gerbilo
wooo OTS history! back then in the first year you'll see me talking about actual computer stuff, as opposed to now |
I dont even remember seeing you around in the earlier days.
Posted by: Gerbilo
yuup... and technically i was here before you too  lol
Posted by: Hambones
OTS is a really cool community and I just wanted to get my socioligical analysis on. Thanks to Canis Lupus for the link, and to all you other guys for the semi-nostalgic commentary.
Posted by: Hambones
http://www.opentechsupport.net/foru...ght=canis+lupus
This is good stuff. From what I've read, I have alot of respect for you guys. Too bad no one is within "hang out" distance though.
A few questions:
1. What happened with Ion Silverbolt?
2. What did this "hooded" avatar look like that Canis Lupus used to sport?
Posted by: Spork Lover
lol...I find this topic amusing for some reason
Posted by: Gerbilo
yeah.. .what did ever happen to Ion... anyone know if he is still down in Danville?
Posted by: Canis Lupus
He went psycho and turned on us, hehe
Seriously, he had issues against this site (still dunno what his problem was, he wouldn't tell), and preferred not to be associated with it. We haven't had contact with him since his big meltdown more than a year ago... Dianah at bnet might know where he is...
Posted by: Gerbilo
stupid getting nostalgic.. there are a lotta ppl i talked to all the time on b.net i haven't seen or heard anything about in years... it's starting to scare me that it's been that long...
laggy, remember when i'd refer to you merely as "wolfboy"? and have random retarded arguments stating that your SNs were scientifically incorrect? haha
Posted by: Ion Silverbolt
Hey Gerb. I'm still around. Life is good.
Posted by: taco_fox
I was a forum newb when I joined in 2001
Posted by: AltronHGX
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Here, here!
Posted by: Gerbilo
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Hey Gerb. I'm still around. Life is good. |
 
Hiya... good to hear it's all going well.
Posted by: Bobaroo
Oh man, what a great thread. All these memories are awesome
ANd looking back...I use to actually post useful stuff for the news updates. I should really get back to doing that 
Posted by: Gerbilo
Lol, I used to be in charge of the "hardware prices" section. man.. is it me or have all of us cept laggy gotten hella lazy?
Posted by: SKYHN
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Hey Gerb. I'm still around. Life is good. |
holy crap
Posted by: Bobaroo
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Lol, I used to be in charge of the "hardware prices" section. man.. is it me or have all of us cept laggy gotten hella lazy?
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Haha, cars and alcohol...Wastes of life 
Posted by: Gerbilo
yum!!
Posted by: TheeMon
now im wondering does ion read all posts here? or did someone just link this to him
also dude i was a total n00b way back then
+ wow mav i didnt know you were here before me  i dont member you from that far back
Posted by: Freak
if you had a cached copy of big red x, that would be really cool
that site had...THREE FRAMES!!
Posted by: Gerbilo
I think the BRX layout is around somewhere, that might be it though.
Posted by: Canis Lupus
three frames? errr, last time I ever used frames in my old site was on The Void, my Diablo site (circa 1997-1999).
Anyway, my old hard drive is like a treasure chest to the past ... found some of the oldest remnants of BRX
http://www.opentechsupport.net/foru...site1_thumb.jpg
http://www.opentechsupport.net/foru...site2_thumb.jpg
Posted by: taco_fox
I used to use HotBot back in the day 
Posted by: AltronHGX
JXBot here
back on my mac.
Posted by: TheeMon
i use hotbox but not on a computer
as for bnet i still use topaz... :P
Posted by: taco_fox
erm.. HotBot was a search engine. It's pictured in the images above
Posted by: Freak
Oh yeah, the Void with the top bottom frames and animated diablo gifs haha
Posted by: Canis Lupus
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Oh yeah, the Void with the top bottom frames and animated diablo gifs haha
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http://www.tolitz.com/mysites/void/void.html
Posted by: Freak
that stuff is classic...I was ecstatic you had most of the images but sad you didn't have any of the music
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