She's not really gone. Not as long as we have that mug.
Three Years Of Starscream: A Celebration
- Thread starter CaptainWacky
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A month late to the party! Bugger!
Lol
Lol
Just think of it being fashionably late.
I'm a month early this year, but something made me think of you people so I thought I would get the party started.
This thread is old enough to drink in the US, so here's a toast to the thread, the host, and all you marvelous oldies who stop by now and again. You still all have a place in my heart.
And here's a 2001 emoji to contribute to the nostalgia:
Haha remember these guys?
This thread is old enough to drink in the US, so here's a toast to the thread, the host, and all you marvelous oldies who stop by now and again. You still all have a place in my heart.
And here's a 2001 emoji to contribute to the nostalgia:
Haha remember these guys?
Those Bar Thread were a WILD TIME!!! (I never really got them.)
We could do the celebration early this year, like how Easter is early this year! Hey, Jethro, why does Easter change dates but Christmas doesn't? What's Jesus trying to pull?
Or we could do a special month long celebration where everyone lists a different favourite Starscream Memory each day in April, so that we end up with 30X favourite Starscream Memories, where X is the number of posters who post each day.
(I'm just being Wacky!)
We could do the celebration early this year, like how Easter is early this year! Hey, Jethro, why does Easter change dates but Christmas doesn't? What's Jesus trying to pull?
Or we could do a special month long celebration where everyone lists a different favourite Starscream Memory each day in April, so that we end up with 30X favourite Starscream Memories, where X is the number of posters who post each day.
(I'm just being Wacky!)
So that's...
24 years of Starscream (I'll always be Starscream on the inside)
21 years of this thread
Probably 10 years at least of apologising for problematic content in the opening post
I haven't posted much the last year but I still visit. I was never a big poster (a posty poster) anyway, not without hiding behind some kind of crazy gimmick. MAYBE I SHOULD BURN IT ALL DOWN IN THE FIRES OF TROLLDOM. MAYBE IT'S TIME...
Or I'll just wait until next year. A quarter of a century!
24 years of Starscream (I'll always be Starscream on the inside)
21 years of this thread
Probably 10 years at least of apologising for problematic content in the opening post
I haven't posted much the last year but I still visit. I was never a big poster (a posty poster) anyway, not without hiding behind some kind of crazy gimmick. MAYBE I SHOULD BURN IT ALL DOWN IN THE FIRES OF TROLLDOM. MAYBE IT'S TIME...
Or I'll just wait until next year. A quarter of a century!
LET THE PARADE OF GEEZERS COMMENCE!
Geezer reporting in, boss.
Happy anniversary, Wacky.
Happy anniversary, Wacky.
I had a random thought bubble away at the back of my head for a couple of weeks now, and as much as I tried to grasp into it, I kept failing. Well that was until a few minutes ago when it finally came to the surface...
...and that thought was... how many years of StarScream?
I average about 12 posts a year now, if there is a Doctor Who season and 3 posts if there isn't. Long gone are the heady days of 600 posts in a fecking week!
What is the Internet like these days anyway? Still cats doing the darndest things and kids dancing to that Numa Numa song? Real Life keeps me far to distracted.
Anyway, enough mumblings from a 44 year old rando, who joined this board at 21 (like holy crap!)
Happy anniversary anyway!
...and that thought was... how many years of StarScream?
I average about 12 posts a year now, if there is a Doctor Who season and 3 posts if there isn't. Long gone are the heady days of 600 posts in a fecking week!
What is the Internet like these days anyway? Still cats doing the darndest things and kids dancing to that Numa Numa song? Real Life keeps me far to distracted.
Anyway, enough mumblings from a 44 year old rando, who joined this board at 21 (like holy crap!)
Happy anniversary anyway!
TrekBBS will soon be exclusive to TikTok, and it'll just be T'Bonz dancing while wearing Romulan ears and mouthing "HELP, I'M TRAPPED IN THIS VIDEO, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M DOING."
Happy Birthday.I was almost 21 when I first posted in this thread. I turned 40 today. Yikes.
I was almost 21 when I first posted in this thread. I turned 40 today. Yikes.
Happy birthday, young'un.
It is crazy! Might I add, if there was ever a Star Trek knowledge contest between me and you - you would be toast
Shit, I need to do something extra this year I guess...maybe confess to ALL my duals (even STARTREKSUCKSLOL69!?)
I was never on the bleeding edge with @CaptainWacky and therefore never deserving of a multi-decade thread.
So, rather than start my own, I'll just hijack his.
<cough>
It was the turn of the Millenium; I was 18 (is Lance Hendricksen still with us?). I had been kicked off the StarTrek.com chatrooms and scoured the Internet for an alternative shit-stirring outlet related to Trek. I found this place - January 28th, 2000. Exactly 25 years ago.
My first post was a thread in this forum, titled "Will I be the first rear admiril (sic)". I proceeded to spam the bejesus out of my thread before a moderator by the name of DEAverification (RIP) kindly told me to shut the fuck up.
I learned more from this BBS than anything at school. Specifically, what happened when you flap your mouth and find yourself completely outclassed? I'd wander into conversations and get my arse handed to me. Thresaurus.com was constantly open.
To everyone that has been around with me before social media and smartphones invaded our space, thank you. Beyond my parents, this place has been the biggest influence on my life. All of you are amazing.
...
Not long after, a diabolical Scotsman of names beyond count emerged. His was a tale of madness and perversion. We found ourselves on opposite sides of the tumultuous BBS wars. I looked at him and thought "nay, thought I am a moderator, my heart is troll!".
So back to me and Wacky, 25 years ago, we lay our plans. We would play the long game; infiltrate every level of the TrekBBS infrastructure. Quietly. Oh ... how we have waited in the dark, to exact vengeance against those that wronged us.
Anyway Wacky, I think we should touch base on objectives?
So, rather than start my own, I'll just hijack his.
<cough>
It was the turn of the Millenium; I was 18 (is Lance Hendricksen still with us?). I had been kicked off the StarTrek.com chatrooms and scoured the Internet for an alternative shit-stirring outlet related to Trek. I found this place - January 28th, 2000. Exactly 25 years ago.
My first post was a thread in this forum, titled "Will I be the first rear admiril (sic)". I proceeded to spam the bejesus out of my thread before a moderator by the name of DEAverification (RIP) kindly told me to shut the fuck up.
I learned more from this BBS than anything at school. Specifically, what happened when you flap your mouth and find yourself completely outclassed? I'd wander into conversations and get my arse handed to me. Thresaurus.com was constantly open.
To everyone that has been around with me before social media and smartphones invaded our space, thank you. Beyond my parents, this place has been the biggest influence on my life. All of you are amazing.
...
Not long after, a diabolical Scotsman of names beyond count emerged. His was a tale of madness and perversion. We found ourselves on opposite sides of the tumultuous BBS wars. I looked at him and thought "nay, thought I am a moderator, my heart is troll!".
So back to me and Wacky, 25 years ago, we lay our plans. We would play the long game; infiltrate every level of the TrekBBS infrastructure. Quietly. Oh ... how we have waited in the dark, to exact vengeance against those that wronged us.
Anyway Wacky, I think we should touch base on objectives?
