The big nuke

Hyper · 17 Oct 2007 at 22:24

And I thought I had been a member for a long time :eek:

Were they just as popular before the big nuke happend?

JodieO · 17 Oct 2007 at 22:25

Yewen said:
Im just pre-nuke as a lurker under a username long since forgotten in my forum username brain.

This place has grown hugely since the nuke which can only be a good thing.

I started off with a different username as well, I remember mine though

2blue4u · 17 Oct 2007 at 22:37

I remember the BigNuke. Just as though it were..... five years ago.

No sleep for about 36 hours

All Admins, Mods and dishwashers had their accounts pre-registered for them so no evil goits could snatch their usernames.

nutcase · 17 Oct 2007 at 23:02

Ok, I feel old now

Begbie · 17 Oct 2007 at 23:46

I feel left out, can we have another big nuke? So i can remeber the good old times!

Hyper · 17 Oct 2007 at 23:49

Begbie said:
I feel left out, can we have another big nuke? So i can remeber the good old times!

Noooo!!, I have just reached 1K worth of quality posts

Clarkey · 18 Oct 2007 at 00:52

I remember it well, I was banned from the pre-nuke vB, I have behaved since the nuke though

FWIW, I also remember the UBB fondly

Jonny ///M · 18 Oct 2007 at 01:17

Cant say i remember this at all. First pc was a packard bell back in 2001....came here when i wanted a decent pc a year or so later! Didn't notice it had a forum for a while,registered then went to EOCF but got banned for arguing with a don over a sweary! I then came back here and posted a lot

Trixxy · 18 Oct 2007 at 03:41

Happy Nuke Day!!

Been a reader since 2001, tried to register around summer 2002 but registrations were closed IIRC (can't remember the reason), was only able to register right after the nuke.

bledd · 18 Oct 2007 at 04:05

i remember that, me and Malt_Vinegar were in uni together, we signed up again on the same night using our uni accounts, i never used that email address ever again!

-previous name 'cky2k' -got mixed up with cykey a lot of the time (especially in MM, so requested a change about 2 years ago)

Spie · 18 Oct 2007 at 06:14

2blue4u said:
I remember the BigNuke. Just as though it were..... five years ago.

No sleep for about 36 hours

All Admins, Mods and dishwashers had their accounts pre-registered for them so no evil goits could snatch their usernames.

Indeed, which is why, in case others hadn't noticed 2blue4u is member number 2.

One of the more memorable threads just before pre-nuke was called "What do you really think of me?". Nearly everyone asked that question and there were some pretty honest answers.

Lostkat · 18 Oct 2007 at 06:19

2blue4u said:
I remember the BigNuke. Just as though it were..... five years ago.

No sleep for about 36 hours

All Admins, Mods and dishwashers had their accounts pre-registered for them so no evil goits could snatch their usernames.

I still haven't recovered from the pain and anguish caused by getting a capital L when I wanted a little l

Something quite cool about being a low user number (21) on a forum with so many members though

Was a UB at the time.

I also remember people getting het up and threatening to leave because the forums were slightly the wrong shade of blue or a button had moved place or somthing.... although I think that still happens from time to time

dbmzk1 · 18 Oct 2007 at 06:37

Can't believe it has been 5 years. I didn't post at all back then, well once in a blue moon anyway, but I certainly remember it. I remember some of the threads just before the nuke being brilliant, but I can't remember any specifically now

lordrobs · 18 Oct 2007 at 09:39

Spie said:
Indeed, which is why, in case others hadn't noticed 2blue4u is member number 2.

One of the more memorable threads just before pre-nuke was called "What do you really think of me?". Nearly everyone asked that question and there were some pretty honest answers.

Sounds like fun, can we do it again?

cookoid_0 · 18 Oct 2007 at 09:53

Blimey. 5 years? Doesn't time fly. Seems like only yesterday. Mind you so do the other things that happened about then, like the Bali bombings.

bandit · 18 Oct 2007 at 10:06

cookoid_0 said:
Blimey. 5 years? Doesn't time fly.

Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 158
(0.09 posts per day)

Sp00n · 18 Oct 2007 at 10:11

Pre-nuke was awesome, back in the days of OcUK CS team, good times.

LOL :-)

Freefaller · 18 Oct 2007 at 10:15

I was but a mere lurker back then. I had joined in 2000/2001 under some stupid name that I can't remember - but then forgot about the place and in 2003 decided to give it another go! Been up to Don seen it all and loved every moment of it. I'm back to more lurking now than anything else really. The good old days eh?

singist · 18 Oct 2007 at 10:16

And just over there ........ it was all fields ... Uncle Spie was busy on his market stall selling them new computery things ...... anyone fancy a Werthers Original or a Glacier Mint?

gjrc · 18 Oct 2007 at 10:20

Panzerbjorn said:
I remember the big nuke because I had been here for a year or 18 months and I had just reached 1000 Posts. It's taken me 5 years to get to 3k I guess I don't spam as much as the rest of you. I do read more than I post...

Panzer

sounds about the same as me...

The big nuke

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