Old VGF. (News Forum, reviews, etc.)

Metal Man · 09-18-2010, 05:02 AM

It just feels like a million years ago, but I still miss the old VGF. Call it what you want, the old UBB had a cleaner, more compact look; but there was more to it than that.

The News Forum, with its non-automated news posts, Bolt, and the debates it had put to shame the PP&R flaming and Shanebot junk. The old Gunjin buzzed with activity, and little of it was bickering or godmodding. NC was alive with Jay's comix; Nintendoland actually had something to do with us and had monthly DeathMatches, and the Liedholms even posted here.

The Misc. Forum had the header thing, and Tunbs posting there with his amusing replies; there was sort of a happiness then that is gone now, dead and empty. The main site was a real site, with reviews and life. It had staff members who also posted on the forums, and a lot more of them than today.

Fewer forums existed and those which did were variously pruned or ensured to be in decent condition; no zombie forums were allowed back then. There were also many tens to even hundreds of more users, and they were fairly active.

There was a wide and vibrant, shining community. Much was possible, and much was done. It was sort of a Mecca for discussion.

But, alas... it is gone forever. Most of the members here joined after it died (primarily 2005 or later) and those who were there are too few in number to recapture it. UBB became untenable due to idiotic management by the people who made the software; the dot-com bust led to the firing of all the staff who didn't feel like doing it for free.

Jay went to College; the Liedholms vanished for years, then later gave away control of Nintendoland to punk children who didn't understand the old site and just paved it over with a generiblog format that basically killed everything (including that site TML slaved on, it's gone now too.) The Gunjin greats by and large left; the remnants slave away at something which has nothing to do with what the place was founded on.

The snarky ones are gone; WEAPON, Tritoch and co. are gone, and Lurch only posts occasionally. The big posters such as Golem and Kirbyking also went out to lunch. Others, like Dopefish, split off and made their own communities. The News Forum was mysteriously combined into Misc...

...Then both the old Misc and News forum were obliterated and replaced with a limp-wristed general forum.

Ah well. I guess I should stop thinking about it so much. It was silly to think it'd last at all; it was all sort of a dot-com boom thing, anyway...

*Shrugs and trudges on in the gray, dreary VGF of today, wandering by the smashed wreckage of the News Forum, covered in tabloid newspapers thrown everywhere by Shanebot*

**Valigarmander** · 09-18-2010, 07:23 AM

Then I came along. And everything died.

***CaptHayfever*** · 09-18-2010, 10:37 AM

^...Of embarrassment.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

***Ace Mercury*** · 09-18-2010, 11:17 AM

I don't miss the old VGF in an of itself, but the milieu in which it sits in. One thing that can't be reproduced is the naivete that I had (buckets more than I had now), as well as the web as it was before Web 2.0.

I miss it, but I don't yearn for it. It's something that's come and gone, and now we have this.

Bomby · 09-18-2010, 02:34 PM

I like the new VGF though. It's a nice little community. I do kind of miss Nintendoland, but I barely ever play video games anymore anyway.

Vgfian · 09-18-2010, 03:10 PM

OH NO EVRYBODY METAL MAN IS ON ANOTHER NOSTALGIA TRIP RANT
HOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLDD OOOOOOONNNNN

--
Seriously I've always been behind on tech, I didn't even know anything about computers or net til a decent few years after the web 2.0 thing, let alone VGF. So I don't really have anything important to say on this matter. In fact this entire post is pointless and should not exist. It is causing me to ramble on and on and on actually. It is rather interesting how that happens...

**Deku Trii** · 09-18-2010, 03:56 PM

Nintendoland was good stuff. Old VGF was a lot of fun, but I care about the Zelda timeline far less than I did then.

Metal Man · 09-18-2010, 05:44 PM

Ah, I remember the epic flame wars where Mike Peters took on 20 people at once over Zelda. Those were messed up times.

***Cosmonautical*** · 09-19-2010, 07:23 AM

Yeah, I remember Mike. It's good we got rid of him. There wasn't an ounce of sense in that kid.

Vgfian · 09-19-2010, 07:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Metal Man

Ah, I remember the epic flame wars where Mike Peters took on 20 people at once over Zelda. Those were messed up times.

*mentions Goku*

*violently beaten to death with pillows and marshmallows... Oh and sledgehamers.*

Bomby · 09-19-2010, 12:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Culmination of Horrible

Yeah, I remember Mike. It's good we got rid of him. There wasn't an ounce of sense in that kid.

Get a nightlife.

Rainbow Dash · 09-19-2010, 01:35 PM

remember dai grepher?

oh no one does because ai refuses to archive it

Metal Man · 09-19-2010, 02:23 PM

I remember him. He was some weird multi-forum troll who stretched onto wikipedia, met his match there, and imploded.

Robotazy · 09-19-2010, 09:19 PM

My memories of Old VGF are nowhere near as fond.

Though, that's mostly my fault.

***CaptHayfever*** · 09-19-2010, 10:40 PM

I still honestly think Grepher was Mikey.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

Glux · 09-19-2010, 10:43 PM

What was

Quote:

Originally Posted by Metal Man

the dot-com bust

?

Dizzy · 09-19-2010, 10:44 PM

I think I would've liked the old VGF.

Of course, the old VGF didn't have a MeowMan to terrorize.

Metal Man · 09-19-2010, 11:44 PM

Dot-com bubble - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This; it applied to VGf, as the downturn in online ads made VGF unable to afford its staff and implode.

Rainbow Dash · 09-20-2010, 11:29 AM

oh man I just now thought of vgf as "video game forums"

Luigiman7 · 09-20-2010, 02:12 PM

needs more shoutbox

09-18-2010, 05:02 AM	#1
Metal Man Fairy-Slaying Maniac Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: 1592 Miles Away From Here Gender: Posts: 18,062 Thanks: 148 Thanked 683 Times in 482 Posts	Old VGF. (News Forum, reviews, etc.) It just feels like a million years ago, but I still miss the old VGF. Call it what you want, the old UBB had a cleaner, more compact look; but there was more to it than that. The News Forum, with its non-automated news posts, Bolt, and the debates it had put to shame the PP&R flaming and Shanebot junk. The old Gunjin buzzed with activity, and little of it was bickering or godmodding. NC was alive with Jay's comix; Nintendoland actually had something to do with us and had monthly DeathMatches, and the Liedholms even posted here. The Misc. Forum had the header thing, and Tunbs posting there with his amusing replies; there was sort of a happiness then that is gone now, dead and empty. The main site was a real site, with reviews and life. It had staff members who also posted on the forums, and a lot more of them than today. Fewer forums existed and those which did were variously pruned or ensured to be in decent condition; no zombie forums were allowed back then. There were also many tens to even hundreds of more users, and they were fairly active. There was a wide and vibrant, shining community. Much was possible, and much was done. It was sort of a Mecca for discussion. But, alas... it is gone forever. Most of the members here joined after it died (primarily 2005 or later) and those who were there are too few in number to recapture it. UBB became untenable due to idiotic management by the people who made the software; the dot-com bust led to the firing of all the staff who didn't feel like doing it for free. Jay went to College; the Liedholms vanished for years, then later gave away control of Nintendoland to punk children who didn't understand the old site and just paved it over with a generiblog format that basically killed everything (including that site TML slaved on, it's gone now too.) The Gunjin greats by and large left; the remnants slave away at something which has nothing to do with what the place was founded on. The snarky ones are gone; WEAPON, Tritoch and co. are gone, and Lurch only posts occasionally. The big posters such as Golem and Kirbyking also went out to lunch. Others, like Dopefish, split off and made their own communities. The News Forum was mysteriously combined into Misc... ...Then both the old Misc and News forum were obliterated and replaced with a limp-wristed general forum. Ah well. I guess I should stop thinking about it so much. It was silly to think it'd last at all; it was all sort of a dot-com boom thing, anyway... Shrugs and trudges on in the gray, dreary VGF of today, wandering by the smashed wreckage of the News Forum, covered in tabloid newspapers thrown everywhere by Shanebot

09-18-2010, 11:17 AM	#4
*Ace Mercury* Marshmallow Knight ☆ Supermod Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Southern Ontario Gender: Posts: 23,275 Thanks: 568 Thanked 3,297 Times in 1,582 Posts Blog Entries: 1	I'm using a lot of French words, for some reason. I don't miss the old VGF in an of itself, but the milieu in which it sits in. One thing that can't be reproduced is the naivete that I had (buckets more than I had now), as well as the web as it was before Web 2.0. I miss it, but I don't yearn for it. It's something that's come and gone, and now we have this.

09-18-2010, 03:10 PM	#6
Vgfian Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Listening to Seeking 7 Seven and giving out free hugs. :) Gender: Posts: 6,862 Thanks: 2,433 Thanked 398 Times in 311 Posts	lol old people OH NO EVRYBODY METAL MAN IS ON ANOTHER NOSTALGIA TRIP RANT HOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLDD OOOOOOONNNNN -- Seriously I've always been behind on tech, I didn't even know anything about computers or net til a decent few years after the web 2.0 thing, let alone VGF. So I don't really have anything important to say on this matter. In fact this entire post is pointless and should not exist. It is causing me to ramble on and on and on actually. It is rather interesting how that happens...

09-20-2010, 02:12 PM	#20
Luigiman7 ヽ(◔ ◡ ◔)ノ.･ﾟ*｡･+☆ Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: ~)´◡｀(~ Gender: Posts: 17,605 Thanks: 1,134 Thanked 1,012 Times in 713 Posts Blog Entries: 8	needs more shoutbox __________________ ／人◕ ‿‿ ◕人＼ＷＯＮ’Ｔ　ＹＯＵ　ＢＥＣＯＭＥ　Ａ　ＭＡＧＩＣＡＬ　ＧＩＲＬ？

09-18-2010, 07:23 AM	#2
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,755 Thanks: 1,649 Thanked 5,701 Times in 2,581 Posts Blog Entries: 20	Then I came along. And everything died.

09-18-2010, 10:37 AM	#3
*CaptHayfever* Smash SuperMod Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: (n) - the place where I am Gender: Posts: 27,661 Thanks: 1,991 Thanked 2,486 Times in 1,513 Posts	^...Of embarrassment. And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

09-18-2010, 02:34 PM	#5
Bomby You just freaking blew Joe Biden's mind! Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: WHAT?house Gender: Posts: 19,492 Thanks: 513 Thanked 1,449 Times in 849 Posts Blog Entries: 5	I like the new VGF though. It's a nice little community. I do kind of miss Nintendoland, but I barely ever play video games anymore anyway.

09-18-2010, 03:56 PM	#7
Deku Trii PP&R Mod Current Events Mod Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Texas Gender: Posts: 9,031 Thanks: 521 Thanked 1,099 Times in 583 Posts	Nintendoland was good stuff. Old VGF was a lot of fun, but I care about the Zelda timeline far less than I did then.

09-18-2010, 05:44 PM	#8
Metal Man Fairy-Slaying Maniac Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: 1592 Miles Away From Here Gender: Posts: 18,062 Thanks: 148 Thanked 683 Times in 482 Posts	Ah, I remember the epic flame wars where Mike Peters took on 20 people at once over Zelda. Those were messed up times.

09-19-2010, 07:23 AM	#9
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,102 Thanks: 2,157 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	Yeah, I remember Mike. It's good we got rid of him. There wasn't an ounce of sense in that kid.

09-19-2010, 01:35 PM	#12
Rainbow Dash been dreamin', i've been waitin' Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: a bomb-ass cloud house bachelorette pad Gender: Posts: 24,402 Thanks: 173 Thanked 1,179 Times in 716 Posts	remember dai grepher? oh no one does because ai refuses to archive it

09-19-2010, 02:23 PM	#13
Metal Man Fairy-Slaying Maniac Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: 1592 Miles Away From Here Gender: Posts: 18,062 Thanks: 148 Thanked 683 Times in 482 Posts	I remember him. He was some weird multi-forum troll who stretched onto wikipedia, met his match there, and imploded.

09-19-2010, 09:19 PM	#14
Robotazy PRESS ANY KEY TO PANIC! Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: A Tiny Shed Gender: Posts: 16,484 Thanks: 529 Thanked 1,254 Times in 897 Posts Blog Entries: 46	My memories of Old VGF are nowhere near as fond. Though, that's mostly my fault.

09-19-2010, 10:40 PM	#15
*CaptHayfever* Smash SuperMod Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: (n) - the place where I am Gender: Posts: 27,661 Thanks: 1,991 Thanked 2,486 Times in 1,513 Posts	I still honestly think Grepher was Mikey. And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

09-19-2010, 10:44 PM	#17
Dizzy Podiaphobe Join Date: Oct 2007 Gender: Posts: 19,359 Thanks: 1,764 Thanked 1,162 Times in 805 Posts Blog Entries: 116	I think I would've liked the old VGF. Of course, the old VGF didn't have a MeowMan to terrorize.

09-19-2010, 11:44 PM	#18
Metal Man Fairy-Slaying Maniac Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: 1592 Miles Away From Here Gender: Posts: 18,062 Thanks: 148 Thanked 683 Times in 482 Posts	Dot-com bubble - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This; it applied to VGf, as the downturn in online ads made VGF unable to afford its staff and implode.

09-20-2010, 11:29 AM	#19
Rainbow Dash been dreamin', i've been waitin' Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: a bomb-ass cloud house bachelorette pad Gender: Posts: 24,402 Thanks: 173 Thanked 1,179 Times in 716 Posts	oh man I just now thought of vgf as "video game forums"