So it looks like I'm going to be undertaking another grand undertaking. None of you know the last one, just know that I stopped working on it because I seem to do that alot. The fact that I somewhat manage the library, if at all is astounding.
Aaaaanyway, I need ya'll's help. I have a good source of information for 2005-2007, [url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=11663745]xTRIGGER092x's History of The Flood Forum.[/url] It's missing information on Twitch, and there is some information that wasn't included that I will hopefully be able to fill in.
However, the problem is that I haven't been the most... um... active member over the past year. I don't remember most of what has happened over the past 2.5 years, and that's where I need your help. If you have any memories post 7/9/2007 post them here. I'll be saving the thread, and possibly bumping it if necessary, and then using the information, and xTRIGGER092x's to make a second Flood Forum History. New, Improved, and maybe with some glitter if I find the glue.
Links to specific threads are appreciated, so I can look over the events myself.
So.... on you mark, get set, go find history! [u]I need dates guys[/u]
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Alright, I'm pretty decided on what I'm going to do for this edition history. I'm still accepting more submissions, but right now I need descriptions of these events. [b]The bolded ones anyway.[/b] I'll post if I need anything other than a description(which would include dates). I'll also post [i]In italics[/i] why it is being included. I'll put information I need in [b]bold.[/b]
[b]Jetfalcon 200?[/b]
[i]Drew the ire of the entire forum. Ended up making a thread that lead to the banning of many, many regular members.[/i]
[b]Hancock's death[/b] 200?
[i]First time a member openly declared he was dying, the controversy that surrounded all of that[/i]
[b]Gamerz Property Pics[/b] 200?
[i]This showed the worst of The Flood, the absolute worst. It was a very polarizing moment, and everyone seemed to have an opinion on it, and some of them were pretty ugly[/i]
Shiska is a Pegboy 2005
[i]Because he is one[/i]
Twitch 2005
[i]Twitch for pres, etc. etc.[/i]
Hotpinks Marriage 2006
[i]First time Flood members formed a relationship that led to marriage[/i]
2006-2008 being the glory days of forum fiction writers
[i]Because it's a moment that was very important to me, and was pretty important to the forum Halifax's story might be a time marker[/i]
The Pie Thread 2007-2008
[i]Seriously, huge thread, controversy over whether or not it should be locked.[/i]
The New Flood 2007
The Flood v2 2008
Play Nice Rules 2008
[i]One of those huge demographic shifts that should always be recorded in history. This will be one huge section, and I've got it covered. I was actually active then[/i]
kitchen 8 2007
[i]Included in xTRIGGER092x's history, so I have the information I need.[/i]
Attacking the PETA boards 2008
[i]The Flood attacks a forum that wasn't connected to Bungie.net in anyway. Admins weren't pelased[/i]
Drawball 2009
[i]An attempt of The Flood to do something as a group. Left a mark on something. Maybe something about /b/, though I would hate to do so.[/i]
Harlow being "emperor," 2009
Harlow, Rhea, Naked N00b popularity wars 2009
[i]It's interesting, was a large moment in the forum. Groups were created, etc.[/i]
Porch Day 2009
[i]Um... People treat it like they can't even talk about it[/i]
Element War 2009
[i]It reminds me a lazer wars, and the fact that alts were created to participate in it makes it significant. That large of a forum game is also important[/i]
[Edited on 02.13.2010 4:49 PM PST]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Gamerz_Property [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] MarshaII Mathers but you still need to remove Gamerz.[/quote]I agree with this. I find it highly disrespectful that I requested that I not be in this, and you deny that. I don't care HOW important it was to you, or whatever regarding the 'history' of The Flood, but you should at least have a little dignity and Text Formatting Legend: not have me a part of it, and keep it to yourself. [/quote]I never claimed that you did or didn't want to be in it(If I did, and I forget, I either sent the wrong message, or I now apologize). I asked you if you would want to talk about it, so that I could present an accurate picture of the events. Hell, you talking about it could have skewed them in your favor. The fact that this was all said in a private message, and that you then decided that wasn't enough, and wanted to paint me in a bad light in the public forums is disappointing. Thanks for the links harlow, I'll save the threads and then move them into the bibliography. [Edited on 02.14.2010 2:01 PM PST]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] MarshaII Mathers but you still need to remove Gamerz.[/quote]I agree with this. I find it highly disrespectful that I requested that I not be in this, and you deny that. I don't care HOW important it was to you, or whatever regarding the 'history' of The Flood, but you should at least have a little dignity and not have me a part of it, and keep it to yourself.
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Yo, Squirrel Dude, I got the threads I promised you about the N00B/Rhea/Harlow popularity war right here. [url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=37974310&postRepeater1-p=1]This is the first one.[/url] [url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=37975850&postRepeater1-p=1#37975902]And this was the poll. Looks like the OP is perma'd...[/url]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Teh Yashie [url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=31300572&postRepeater1-p=1]Here's the thread in regard of Hancock[/url] What a bro he was. [/quote]Damnit, that's not the first one about him dying. The first one was titled well I'm dying or something like that. Also, I forgot about all wings reporting in. I'll add it. Danke.
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[url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=31300572&postRepeater1-p=1]Here's the thread in regard of Hancock[/url] What a bro he was.
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How about the first days when Sir Fragula came here. He and his ban happy ways.
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[url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=36490755]All Wings Reporting In[/url] August 31st, 2009 - September 1st, 2009. 14 pages of [i]"role play"[/i] per say, of countless Floodians taking on the role of some military grade pilot in a battle against...[i]something?[/i]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b]squirrel dude [url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=11205953&postRepeater1-p=1]Lookee what I found.[/url][/quote]Thanks, me, I'm so glad your staying focused on the goal.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] squirrel dude [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] dmbfan09 As Shishka put it, he called this guy a pegboy through a PM. Watermelon King must have looked up what a pegboy was and decided he didn't care for it, so chaos ensued.[/quote]Why didn't you say this the first time? I can totally use speculation.[/quote][url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=7725089&postRepeater1-p=5]Here[/url] was Shishka's explanation of what happened. Edit: And I had seen some threads about when The Flood reached 10,000 or 7,777; [url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=4728346]here[/url] is when it was truly 1337. [Edited on 02.14.2010 12:09 PM PST]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] slayerspiddey [url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=26453102&postRepeater1-p=1]It may lack the historical/cultual significance of something like porch day, but this thread was fairly important. Worth mentioning.[/url] Due to the thread, many b.net members made accounts on the PETA forums and proceded to troll and spam the -blam!- out of the place. Before too long, Duardo had made a sticky thread telling people to stop trolling their forums. Interestingly enough, about a month later the PETA forums closed for good.[/quote][url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=29199555&postRepeater1-p=1]Original Thread[/url]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] slayerspiddey [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] muffin man one [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] tbl2020 v2 8/14[/quote]Never forget... Not really history but this thread was pretty funny. [url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=19853166]How do you overclock RAM?[/url] [/quote]Wasn't that the thread that started the "learn englihs retard" meme? If so it's pretty important. Funny stuff.[/quote] Yeah, that was it. Proud to say I took part in that thread.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] dmbfan09 8/16/2005: A spammer named Watermelon King created at [i]least[/i] 15 pages of nothing but "Shishka is a Pegboy" as the title and body of each thread. At this point in Bungie.net's history, there was not post limit or cooldown; so he was able to create that many threads fairly quickly.[/quote] It was more than 15, it had to be at least 20.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] dmbfan09 As Shishka put it, he called this guy a pegboy through a PM. Watermelon King must have looked up what a pegboy was and decided he didn't care for it, so chaos ensued.[/quote]Why didn't you say this the first time? I can totally use speculation. On the Hancock thing, can anyone find the first thread he actually posted that he was dying in. That's where I would like to set up the starting date as, not just speculation.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] slayerspiddey [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] dmbfan09 8/16/2005: A spammer named Watermelon King created at [i]least[/i] 15 pages of nothing but "Shishka is a Pegboy" as the title and body of each thread. At this point in Bungie.net's history, there was no post limit or cooldown; so he was able to create that many threads fairly quickly.[/quote]You weren't by any chance the mod that ended up locking those threads, were you?[/quote]That was a week or two before I became a moderator (and may be one of the reason for becoming a moderator). I'm pretty sure it was Reiginko who had to go through and lock them all (then Shishka deleted a bunch of them). As Shishka put it, he called this guy a pegboy through a PM. Watermelon King must have looked up what a pegboy was and decided he didn't care for it, so chaos ensued.
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This threads just full of win.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] squirrel dude [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Chalupa King117 Error. The first Porch Day was in 2006. The second unccessful one, accidently started by[url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=40214946]this chap and thread[/url], failed big time. ....I WAS JUST ASKING@!!!![/quote][url=http://i414.photobucket.com/albums/pp225/MonkeyMan007/superepic2009-05-24_16-26-44.jpg?t=1247111214]Is this the one you're talking about?[/url] That's the only one I know about, and the photodates it in 2009.[/quote]You're correct, ignore Chalupa, he has linked that thread (his own) seriously over 50 times trying to get recognized for something. Gj with the thread, but you still need to remove Gamerz.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] squirrel dude [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] CorvetteHalo3 I've always refered to July 8th, 2007 as Day After Bungie Day. When did people start changing the name?[/quote]It wasn't initially Day after Bungie Day, it was "an incident." Similar to how Watergate wasn't initially called Watergate, but an incident with Whitehouse employees.[/quote] No I looked it up and some coined the term DABD the day it [url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=11664321&postRepeater1-]happened.[/url] We still had different names but that name was mentioned the day it happened. [Edited on 02.14.2010 7:21 AM PST]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] squirrel dude [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Chalupa King117 Error. The first Porch Day was in 2006. The second unccessful one, accidently started by[url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=40214946]this chap and thread[/url], failed big time. ....I WAS JUST ASKING@!!!![/quote][url=http://i414.photobucket.com/albums/pp225/MonkeyMan007/superepic2009-05-24_16-26-44.jpg?t=1247111214]Is this the one you're talking about?[/url] That's the only one I know about, and the photodates it in 2009.[/quote] There is about 4 pages worth of screenshos missing from that.
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The Duel thread ended up bringing a lot of people together.
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Omg I forgot about the 14 inch butt hair thing. Thats funny. I found my post to its the first one on page 5 lol.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] TheUSGovernment No one remembers my [url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=31759848]Drawball Invasion Part Deux[/url]? You guys make me sad. Very, very, very sad.[/quote]Ah, I only found the first drawball thread, by looking for Hancock stuff. Thanks for the link. [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Venator360 [quote]Attacking the PETA boards 2008 The Flood attacks a forum that wasn't connected to Bungie.net in anyway. Admins weren't pelased[/quote] I remember that.i posted in that thread. [url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=29199555]This might be it[/url][/quote]I don't know, maybe I'm crazy but I couldn't find anything that directly claimed they were attacking the PETA site from pages 9 to 12. [Edited on 02.14.2010 12:01 AM PST]
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No one remembers my [url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=31759848]Drawball Invasion Part Deux[/url]? You guys make me sad. Very, very, very sad.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] muffin man one [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] tbl2020 v2 8/14[/quote]Never forget... Not really history but this thread was pretty funny. [url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=19853166]How do you overclock RAM?[/url] [/quote]Wasn't that the thread that started the "learn englihs retard" meme? If so it's pretty important. Funny stuff.
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Ahh. Porch Day. I remember making the original porch thread. The dog died exactly a week after it showed up on my porch. Her name was Lacey. I still miss her. [Edited on 02.13.2010 7:02 PM PST]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] tbl2020 v2 8/14[/quote]Never forget... Not really history but this thread was pretty funny. [url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=19853166]How do you overclock RAM?[/url]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] X 10000 Fists X [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Venator360 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] slayerspiddey [url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=31434997&postRepeater1-p=1]This should help with the pie thread.[/url] It was more or less the thread that led to the deletion of the pie thread in '09.[/quote] Damn community forum.Always killing the other forums fun. The Pie thread was iconic,and from a Bungie employee.[/quote] It was the pinnacle of hypocrisy from Bungie.net. It [i]needed[/i] to go in order to uphold the rules set down by the very people who broke them. Someone who works for bungie represents the company when dealing with the public in such a manner, as he is obviously labeled "Bungie Employee." The moderators had a list of rules, many of which the Bungie employee broke. Since both the Moderators and Employees, in my opinion on this situation, represent the company as a whole allowing that thread any life for any period of time was a horrible move.[/quote]Perhaps it's my cynical nature, but I believe that was the intention of the thread. If I remember correctly, there was a string of pie related threads created during the weeks leading up to the one in question. On top of that, there was the ever present menagerie of all caps threads, spam, so on and so forth, that has become such a staple here. I took it as him mocking the flood, which is why I found it so hilarious that everyone lined up like good little sheep and participated in it to it's fullest. I dunno, perhaps I'm over thinking it.