Blast from the past

Erdawn Il Deus · 04-18-2008, 04:13 AM

Get Your Bard On: Free Challenge

Just for ****s and giggle. We remember the good old days. Terrible writing aside, the fact that a single topic went on for 18 pages is almost amazing. I am suddenly mourning the past. This battle, if I remember, ended up on Tatooine, under a hailstorm of turbolasers from orbiting space-craft as me and Jedi-Master Phantom battled. By that time I had actually forgotten the character I was using and unnoticingly switched to another one. I remember characters actually dying.

Rabble rabble rabble!

You know what, 'm turning this into a discuss past battles topic - name some great battles you remember being in, and noteworthy events in them.

Joker · 04-18-2008, 08:40 AM

ICE ARCHANGEL !!!!

SHINIGAMI !!

SELENE !!

MR. CHIMPO !!

Damn those were fun times, I remmeber going to Superbard when VGF was getting slow !!

I really hated Arkon !!

Erdawn Il Deus · 04-18-2008, 02:14 PM

So did the rest of us

Him and ****ing Darigaaz.

Joker · 04-18-2008, 03:36 PM

The Willful Wanderer · 04-18-2008, 05:09 PM

Whoa. Yeah, that was a fun one. I wish more of SuperBard was archived, there are a bunch of old topics I'd really like to be able to go back and peruse.

Forgot that I'd been the one to start that one too. I'm also surprised to note my having used present tense- I generally don't do that in BBS anything. Nevermind, of course, the surprising difference in posting style between me then and me now. I can never recall myself having actually improved much, but this shows a few major improvements.

Particularly, I'd love to have a look at whatever battle it was where I wound up out-insanity-ing Chimpo.

Thanks a lot for posting this, tho', Erd. Gawdz, the memories....

Quote:

Originally Posted by Erdawn Il Deus

I've hopped across battlefields of asteroids in space, fought one battle that started on a mountainous tundra-and-crystal-tower and ended with half the participants murdered and the ensuing combat on freaking Tatooine...

Quoted for, if I recall correctly, direct relevance. Whoo, I *so* wish I could get ahold of an archived complete version of those old fights like this one.

Erdawn, any ideas how that might be done, since I can't ever seem to get a line out to Erico anymore?

Erdawn Il Deus · 04-19-2008, 06:02 PM

Can't be, there's jack. Old archivers topic on the BF found a page-worth of 2001 Gunjin topics but nothing of real interest. Also I wouldn't know, the only knowledge I have of Erico outside Superbard is his mockeable fairy livejournal.

Dhampir · 04-19-2008, 06:14 PM

Where are the other pages? ****.

Some old 2000 NLBF topics, that... how do I find some of those?

Erdawn Il Deus · 04-19-2008, 06:43 PM

No real way that I know of, just that one page and I can't see you being interested in it's contents, my word on that.

The Willful Wanderer · 04-21-2008, 02:56 PM

http://www.vgf.com/forums/518180-post44.html this is a post that Shinigami had me review for him before he posted it, way WAAAAAAY back. I don't recall what I said about it, but I *do* remember startling him with how quickly I read it. Hehe.

Funtimes.

Wyborn · 04-21-2008, 03:06 PM

...That was horrible.

The Willful Wanderer · 04-21-2008, 04:57 PM

Interesting, how much the standards have changed since then, around here, hasn't it? It's become more about readibility and less about who can write a poem in every muscle-twitch.

Wyborn · 04-21-2008, 05:35 PM

Even taken as ultra-dense prose it was awful. I've never seen so many adverbs and needless paragraphs in my life.

Whole paragraphs that were not necessary! My God!

Erdawn Il Deus · 04-21-2008, 07:19 PM

No, Sel, it's become about writing well and not writing lots, which for a while was admired through some kind of pubescent dumbassery.

Phenom · 04-21-2008, 11:14 PM

That link won't open for me, but I can only assume it was the NLBFT final between Shin and I. Should you print that battle out, it would mean the meaningless slaughter of an entire forest.

Dhampir · 04-21-2008, 11:35 PM

That post was like reading an episode of Dragon Ball Z. Not just a script, the video and dialogue. And not just an episode, a saga.

Erdawn Il Deus · 04-22-2008, 12:00 AM

Yup. Pretty brutal. It's like going back and reading some of the stuff in-between Superbard and VGF, which probably isn't even there to be found anymore. My stuff, I mean.

*EDIT - Also as a guess I'd rather this battle be between Shinigami and Wyborn.

*Meant to say I think they're talking about the one between Shinigami and Wyborn =p Weird.

Repster · 04-22-2008, 10:38 AM

http://www.vgf.com/forums/518180-post44.html

What with the whole thing with "Phenom" popping up over and over in that thing, I'm pretty sure it was against him.

Joker · 04-22-2008, 12:57 PM

^

After reading that my brain farted...

The Willful Wanderer · 04-23-2008, 11:48 PM

In other news, I have just discovered that not only is Shmeckie still out there, he still hates me for reasons he has never adequately explained. He also, apparently, hates the fanfiction I wrote five years ago, never got around to finishing OR revising, and have long since abandoned- enough to want it stomped on.

I swear, I never understood that guy in the least.

Lycrios · 04-24-2008, 12:01 AM

I remember an old battle between Joker and some poor soul (no idea who it was).I don't really know if it would be in the archives, because I think the site went down between then and when the site had a whole facelift. The one thing I remember was when Joker used his intestines like snakes of sorts. I remember that fight being one of the most brutal I'd read back in the day.

04-18-2008, 04:13 AM	#1
Erdawn Il Deus Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Threading the jeweled thrones of earth under my sandalled feet Gender: Posts: 3,056 Thanks: 4 Thanked 47 Times in 41 Posts	Blast from the past Get Your Bard On: Free Challenge Just for ****s and giggle. We remember the good old days. Terrible writing aside, the fact that a single topic went on for 18 pages is almost amazing. I am suddenly mourning the past. This battle, if I remember, ended up on Tatooine, under a hailstorm of turbolasers from orbiting space-craft as me and Jedi-Master Phantom battled. By that time I had actually forgotten the character I was using and unnoticingly switched to another one. I remember characters actually dying. Rabble rabble rabble! You know what, 'm turning this into a discuss past battles topic - name some great battles you remember being in, and noteworthy events in them.

04-21-2008, 02:56 PM	#9
The Willful Wanderer Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Aisle 12, between the kumquats and the radicchio. Gender: Posts: 2,325 Thanks: 168 Thanked 137 Times in 90 Posts	Sarai Sez: http://www.vgf.com/forums/518180-post44.html this is a post that Shinigami had me review for him before he posted it, way WAAAAAAY back. I don't recall what I said about it, but I do remember startling him with how quickly I read it. Hehe. Funtimes.

04-21-2008, 04:57 PM	#11
The Willful Wanderer Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Aisle 12, between the kumquats and the radicchio. Gender: Posts: 2,325 Thanks: 168 Thanked 137 Times in 90 Posts	Sarai Sez: Interesting, how much the standards have changed since then, around here, hasn't it? It's become more about readibility and less about who can write a poem in every muscle-twitch.

04-22-2008, 12:00 AM	#16
Erdawn Il Deus Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Threading the jeweled thrones of earth under my sandalled feet Gender: Posts: 3,056 Thanks: 4 Thanked 47 Times in 41 Posts	Yup. Pretty brutal. It's like going back and reading some of the stuff in-between Superbard and VGF, which probably isn't even there to be found anymore. My stuff, I mean. EDIT - Also as a guess I'd rather this battle be between Shinigami and Wyborn. Meant to say I think they're talking about the one between Shinigami and Wyborn =p Weird. Last edited by Erdawn Il Deus; 04-22-2008 at 11:17 AM. Reason: Your mom.

04-23-2008, 11:48 PM	#19
The Willful Wanderer Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Aisle 12, between the kumquats and the radicchio. Gender: Posts: 2,325 Thanks: 168 Thanked 137 Times in 90 Posts	Sarai Sez: In other news, I have just discovered that not only is Shmeckie still out there, he still hates me for reasons he has never adequately explained. He also, apparently, hates the fanfiction I wrote five years ago, never got around to finishing OR revising, and have long since abandoned- enough to want it stomped on. I swear, I never understood that guy in the least.

04-18-2008, 08:40 AM	#2
Joker Lord of Vampires / God of Vengeance Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: The Planet of Eternal Darkness Gender: Posts: 11,117 Thanks: 3,273 Thanked 580 Times in 364 Posts Blog Entries: 6	ICE ARCHANGEL !!!! SHINIGAMI !! SELENE !! MR. CHIMPO !! Damn those were fun times, I remmeber going to Superbard when VGF was getting slow !! I really hated Arkon !!

04-18-2008, 02:14 PM	#3
Erdawn Il Deus Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Threading the jeweled thrones of earth under my sandalled feet Gender: Posts: 3,056 Thanks: 4 Thanked 47 Times in 41 Posts	So did the rest of us Him and ****ing Darigaaz.

04-18-2008, 03:36 PM	#4
Joker Lord of Vampires / God of Vengeance Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: The Planet of Eternal Darkness Gender: Posts: 11,117 Thanks: 3,273 Thanked 580 Times in 364 Posts Blog Entries: 6

04-19-2008, 06:02 PM	#6
Erdawn Il Deus Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Threading the jeweled thrones of earth under my sandalled feet Gender: Posts: 3,056 Thanks: 4 Thanked 47 Times in 41 Posts	Can't be, there's jack. Old archivers topic on the BF found a page-worth of 2001 Gunjin topics but nothing of real interest. Also I wouldn't know, the only knowledge I have of Erico outside Superbard is his mockeable fairy livejournal.

04-19-2008, 06:14 PM	#7
Dhampir Junior Member Join Date: May 2007 Gender: Posts: 83 Thanks: 3 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	Where are the other pages? ****. Some old 2000 NLBF topics, that... how do I find some of those?

04-19-2008, 06:43 PM	#8
Erdawn Il Deus Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Threading the jeweled thrones of earth under my sandalled feet Gender: Posts: 3,056 Thanks: 4 Thanked 47 Times in 41 Posts	No real way that I know of, just that one page and I can't see you being interested in it's contents, my word on that.

04-21-2008, 03:06 PM	#10
Wyborn Zelda Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: All over the place Gender: Posts: 12,388 Thanks: 87 Thanked 469 Times in 281 Posts	...That was horrible.

04-21-2008, 05:35 PM	#12
Wyborn Zelda Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: All over the place Gender: Posts: 12,388 Thanks: 87 Thanked 469 Times in 281 Posts	Even taken as ultra-dense prose it was awful. I've never seen so many adverbs and needless paragraphs in my life. Whole paragraphs that were not necessary! My God!

04-21-2008, 07:19 PM	#13
Erdawn Il Deus Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Threading the jeweled thrones of earth under my sandalled feet Gender: Posts: 3,056 Thanks: 4 Thanked 47 Times in 41 Posts	No, Sel, it's become about writing well and not writing lots, which for a while was admired through some kind of pubescent dumbassery.

04-21-2008, 11:14 PM	#14
Phenom Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Canada Gender: Posts: 7,914 Thanks: 0 Thanked 8 Times in 8 Posts	That link won't open for me, but I can only assume it was the NLBFT final between Shin and I. Should you print that battle out, it would mean the meaningless slaughter of an entire forest.

04-21-2008, 11:35 PM	#15
Dhampir Junior Member Join Date: May 2007 Gender: Posts: 83 Thanks: 3 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	That post was like reading an episode of Dragon Ball Z. Not just a script, the video and dialogue. And not just an episode, a saga.

04-22-2008, 10:38 AM	#17
Repster Gunjin Mod Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: J'tun ostie d'Acadien. Gender: Posts: 6,130 Thanks: 2 Thanked 37 Times in 25 Posts	http://www.vgf.com/forums/518180-post44.html What with the whole thing with "Phenom" popping up over and over in that thing, I'm pretty sure it was against him.

04-22-2008, 12:57 PM	#18
Joker Lord of Vampires / God of Vengeance Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: The Planet of Eternal Darkness Gender: Posts: 11,117 Thanks: 3,273 Thanked 580 Times in 364 Posts Blog Entries: 6	^ After reading that my brain farted...

04-24-2008, 12:01 AM	#20
Lycrios Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: A distant futur Gender: Posts: 439 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	I remember an old battle between Joker and some poor soul (no idea who it was).I don't really know if it would be in the archives, because I think the site went down between then and when the site had a whole facelift. The one thing I remember was when Joker used his intestines like snakes of sorts. I remember that fight being one of the most brutal I'd read back in the day.