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Once more for the hell of it...

The only "save stuff you want" warning thread I remember, was back when a forum purge was coming (I think it was the first purge). It's a fuzzy memory, and I may be thinking of a non-admin/mod made thread that just warned people about an upcoming purge. Either way, I don't recall ever seeing a thread in UnMod or Gen Dis talking about how UnMod was going to be deleted. I know posters were joking about the forum being deleted (I remember someone joking about it just before it actually happened, and that poster saying he honestly wasn't privy to some insider info afterward), and I know mods talked about the forum being turned into a moderated forum. But I have no memories of an admin/mod-made thread in any forum saying "UnMod's going to be deleted. Save your shit." DS- It's been a good while since it all happened, but it's nice to hear that someone who works for the site felt the same way myself and others did about how things were handled back then.

That too. As I mentioned back in the long "What happened to UnMod?" thread, no warning before the deletion came across as disrespectful to some. Not getting a chance to save the threads of interest didn't sit well with others either. These things, on top of the retro bans that were going on, just set some people off. Is this condoning what was done in Gen Dis? No. I'm simply explaining some of the whys and hows of what happened.

I seem to remember djp saying that the forum was going to be turned into a moderated one, not simply deleted out of the blue. THAT is what set people off as I understand it.

Yeah, that pretty much rubbed salt in the wound, which only stirred up more shit. It wasn't exactly a time of well thought out actions on the part of some folks on both sides.

And spamming Gen Dis.

Okay, stop right there. Why would you buy that Dreamcast from your friend? It doesn't have everything you need to play games on it. Actually, let me correct that... IT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING YOU NEED TO PLAY GAMES ON IT! No cord, no controllers, no A/V cables, no memory cards... in other words, it's a gray, useless box right now. And to top it off, you don't even know if it works. If you're going to buy a Dreamcast, go to eBay, and find one that has all the required equipment it needs. By the time you get done searching for and buying the missing components for the one you mentioned, you'll have spent the same amount you would have on eBay... possibly more. Once that's accomplished, then start looking for games. Speaking of which... AirForce Delta (Flying) Alien Front Online (3D Action) Bangai-O (Shmup) Border Down (Shmup) * Capcom vs SNK (Fighting) Daytona USA (Racing) Dead or Alive 2 (Fighting) Draconus: Cult of the Wyrm (3D Hack 'N Slash) Fatal Fury: Mark of the Wolves (Fighting) Giga Wing (Shmup) Giga Wing 2 (Shmup) Grandia II (RPG) Gunbird 2 (Shmup) Last Blade 2 (Fighting) Last Hope (Shmup) * Mars Matrix (Shmup) Marvel vs Capcom (Fighting) Marvel vs Capcom 2 (Fighting) MDK 2 (3D Action) Metropolis Street Racer (Racing) Red Dog (3D Action) Resident Evil 2 (Survival Horror) Resident Evil 3 (Survival Horror) Resident Evil: Code Veronica (Survival Horror) Skies of Arcadia (RPG) Soul Calibur (Fighting) Street Fighter III: Double Impact (Fighting Compilation) Street Fighter III: Third Strike (Fighting) Street Fighter Alpha 3 (Fighting) Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage (3D Hack 'N Slash) Test Drive Le Mans (Racing) Test Drive: V-Rally (Racing) Under Defeat (Shmup) * Wild Metal (3D Action) Zero Gunner II (Shmup) * *= Japanese import Anyway, those are my thoughts (and recommendations) on it.

And of course, the worst offender is...

I wonder if they mean "customer education process", in the same way Ike Turner meant "educating Tina".

And with my birthday now over and done with, I just wanted to say thanks again for the nice comments from everyone who posted in here. Much love OCR. **thumps heart** Peace out yo... or however the hell that goes.

Heard of it? Yes. Heard it spoken to me? Thankfully, no.

Mad World

I already do that. I just happen to also use a double-barreled shotgun to help the process along a bit more quickly BGC- I almost expected to see exactly that when I spotted this thread Thanks guys. Here's hoping work goes quickly today. I have a birthday dinner being planned for me that I do NOT intend to miss

Oh you know it's coming...

AD either wasn't around, or he was an unknown newbie at the time. It was done some time in the first half of 2003 if I recall.

Aye, that's the one. I know I have it, I just couldn't find it on my various DVDs of OCR and Web related stuff. Thanks for saving me some time

Why try to financially rape just one city or town, when you can go after the whole damn lot of them?

I think I understand it RD, but why derail the thread any further? Now where did I put that OCR member rhyme poem...

This isn't a "Wait, was I the only one who saw that?", but rather a "Wait, was I the only one who heard that?" moment. Playing Sega Touring Car Championship on the Saturn ages ago, one of the music tracks that gets played uses a phrase that caused me to stop playing because the game had a rating of "E". I've looked it up, and in the deep, dark corners of the Web, I found a site that said the shouted lyrics were "Are you stuck in the wake out there?", followed by a big crowd cheering. However, no matter how many times I've heard it, I hear "Are you fuckin' awake out there?!", followed by the big cheering crowd (which also makes more sense aurally).

"He said the secret woid, and a mod came down to give him something other than fifty dollars."