Missing old friends & Reminiscences

[-Jrabbit]

So, tell me the full story of The Nine Heads of Ming, someone.




What I understand is, he had some people over, there was drinking, it was a paahhtay. Some guest -eight or nine, I think- discovered Ming's computer logged on to Poly - and posted filth as him.

Markos banned Ming for a couple weeks, or something like that...

JR was one of the heads, I just was told.

Probably best if Ming does the honors. It was a Chicago area Poly meet-up at Ming's that included out-of-towners like Zopperoni, here from the Netherlands for a (iirc) business conference. I was there; I participated.

Your understanding is not really wrong, but "posted filth" is simplistic and inaccurate. "Participated in active threads" would be closer. "Trolling as Ming" closer still. This was back when active moderation was still a thing.

If the actual threads are gone, you will have to rely on the memories of people who were all drunk and/or high. I doubt I could name more than about 5-6 participants...

[Nikolai]

-Speaking of Finns, Nikolai claims to no longer be 16, and is allegedly married to an actual woman. I've got a pic somewhere.

Norwegian, if I may. And I've somehow grown to become 35 years of age, having been 14 when I registered. Also, Astrid is the best thing that ever happened to me. And she's very real.

[Nikolai]

AH.

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-I believe that's Astrid on the left.



I did him a SMACX custom faction as a wedding present - the Believers w/ Miriam changed to him.

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Yes, in the wedding dress. The girl in the middle is my sister.

[Nikolai]

Except Nikolai was Norwegian. Well, probably close enough.

I suspect many of us Civ geeks are less geek now. Yes, including myself. But yes, Nikolai sure felt young back then.

The Finns speak funny, though. Much like Solver, but even less intelligble. I'm not sure if I am less of a geek or not, but I am certainly getting older...

[H Tower]

Probably best if Ming does the honors. It was a Chicago area Poly meet-up at Ming's that included out-of-towners like Zopperoni, here from the Netherlands for a (iirc) business conference. I was there; I participated.

Your understanding is not really wrong, but "posted filth" is simplistic and inaccurate. "Participated in active threads" would be closer. "Trolling as Ming" closer still. This was back when active moderation was still a thing.

If the actual threads are gone, you will have to rely on the memories of people who were all drunk and/or high. I doubt I could name more than about 5-6 participants...

Pretty sure this thread was the main reason Ming was stripped of mod powers for a week. I recall the ban only lasting for a day.



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Allegedly In attendance
Ming
Rah
Theben
loinburger
-JRabbit
H Tower
chegitz guevera
bunnygrrl
barry1723

Also, I really miss that Moo3 color scheme

[Provost Harrison]

Damn, I feel so old. In a few short months I'll be closer to 50 than 20 when I first started posting here. Where do the years go?

[Dr. Nick]

I was not that active in the OT but mostly playing diplomacy and the story threads, but damn. It's mind-blowing to hear of so many that have passed away. It's been almost a quarter of a century and yet a lot still feels like yesterday.

[My Wife Hates CIV]

i am still drinking... page 14 on member list... and honorable mention, nice

[Buster Crabbe's Uncle]

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[snip]
Also, I really miss that Moo3 color scheme

I totally could do a theme off that, if you're not picky - better with more screenshots from that theme, especially one of an index page...

[Buster Crabbe's Uncle]

...In progress, to the point it's mostly usable, Shall I leave it as default in this folder?

[Buster Crabbe's Uncle]

Done, I think.

Those of you fond of clicking on the logo to go to the root index; for things-broke-I-can't-get-at reasons, it's a background image up there, but the current logo is still there, just tiny - if you click on the left of Saturn, you're golden.

[Buster Crabbe's Uncle]

-I've been dicussing the theme with Solver this morning, and we agree that it would be more agreeable if it was bluer. The logo would work, if anything, better that way, and I do love the logo.

Any thoughts from whomever about faithfullness -and it's not all that faithfull to begin with- verus prettiness?

[Buster Crabbe's Uncle]

Also?

There's a Bananna theme now.

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They are dancing.

[PLATO]

Just as well post about old friends here, too -tell stories, whatever- someone else might have an email address that's good if you say who you'd like to hear from...

I miss many people who used to come here. Probably the one I miss most is PaddytheScot or Paddy. It broke my heart when he succumbed to kidney disease.

There are others that always opened my mind to different ways of thinking. Spiffor comes to mind here. I wonder where he is today and how he is doing. It is so hard to find people that can disagree with you in such a thoughtful way...

[My Wife Hates CIV]

what happened to Xin. i think that was his name. a very good CIV ii player.