What were you like when you first joined NationStates?

[Zeppy]

A complete and total douchebag.

This^

Your first WA Resolutions were horrible.

[Qwcasd]

Younger.

Hunh... And here I thought you aged in reverse...

Only half the time- I'm on regular time now, until I reach 35, then I'll reverse age back to 15.

Excellent

[Natapoc]

I know allot of people say it was hell but I did not really think so. Sure it had allot of latency issues but I was not very happy about the move to jolt.

Meh, where was the old pre-Jolt forum located and are their still threads archived from that forum?

You may be able to find them with the way back machine http://www.archive.org/web/web.php I'm not really sure where they are and if they still exist.

yay! wayback machine has it( a little bit of it anyway)

Here are the "latest threads" list from the front page I'm looking at back in 2003:

"
* The Liberal Conspiracy (70 posts)
* New bullets. (11 posts)
* Vive la entente entre ... (14 posts)
* Tanks for Sale! Come g... (1 post)
* FYI: What Godmoding Is (269 posts)
"

Does not look like it has changed much still going on about the Liberal Conspiracy.

[Miyager]

I was more retarded and psycho then I am now...

Now I am the World Police RP'er...

[Zeppy]

yay! wayback machine has it( a little bit of it anyway)

Here are the "latest threads" list from the front page I'm looking at back in 2003:

"
* The Liberal Conspiracy (70 posts)
* New bullets. (11 posts)
* Vive la entente entre ... (14 posts)
* Tanks for Sale! Come g... (1 post)
* FYI: What Godmoding Is (269 posts)
"

Does not look like it has changed much still going on about the Liberal Conspiracy.

I wanted to see the layout of the Original Forum, but its okay.

[Qwcasd]

I was a bit more conservative, thats about it really...When the facts and effects of many an issue comes to light, it tends to change that...

Maurepas, right at one point. Say it ain't so!

[Katganistan]

I first started NS back when the old forums were still up (not the jolt forums, the ones before the jolt forums)

OK, I am too curious now, what is this Old forums, and what is jolt forums?

HHHEEELLL!!!!!!!!
Jolt
I have no knowledge on the pre-Jolt forums.

http://web.archive.org/web/200212081054 ... /index.cgi
http://web.archive.org/web/200212010858 ... /index.php

[Zeppy]

http://web.archive.org/web/200212081054 ... /index.cgi
http://web.archive.org/web/200212010858 ... /index.php

Classics, thanks.

[Agaralia]

http://web.archive.org/web/200212081054 ... /index.cgi
http://web.archive.org/web/200212010858 ... /index.php

Classics, thanks.

Just the style of this one looks better, do we (nationstates) still have contracts with jolt

[Dyakovo]

I first started NS back when the old forums were still up (not the jolt forums, the ones before the jolt forums)

OK, I am too curious now, what is this Old forums, and what is jolt forums?

The NS forums used to be hosted by jolt, before that there was different forums.

[Maurepas]

Although now having seen all versions, I think this one is the best one,

[Katganistan]

http://web.archive.org/web/200212081054 ... /index.cgi
http://web.archive.org/web/200212010858 ... /index.php

Classics, thanks.

It used to be so.... blue.

And oh God, there was a one hour window in which I could post -- then the bastard would grind. Ah, the sextuple posts....

Boy do I miss that.

[Denecaep]

I am pinching and slapping myself silly right now. I just read my very first thread.
Seriously, I was such a idiotic jerk, it is funny now though.

Just read this n00b's thread... I am dead serious, read the whole thing, you will be laughing at me.
http://forums.joltonline.com/showthread.php?574562-The-Holy-Papal-Empire-is-abusing-its-citizens!!!


I am so freaking ashamed. To anyone that had to deal with me before I read the stickies, I AM SO SORRY.

But that was 2 years ago. I have changed a lot now.

Compare my first thread to one of my more recent threads...
http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=40954

It seems to me that I have improved a lot.

[Willenburg]

A fifteen year old commie emo WHO WAS VERY VERY ANGRY all the time.

I went through two nations before I ever made a joke on the forums.

You used to be emo? Ewwwww. You're lucky you're awesome now, or I'd have to stuff you into a Tauntaun.

One of my old nations made a series of posts whining against persecution of emo kids.

I'm so so ashamed

O_O the replies must've been BRUTAL.

[Qwcasd]

Pretty much the same...

[Lunatic Goofballs]

Why? What is it you have a grip on now?
Yup, the internet will do that to you.

I have a thin grasp on reality now. I'm trying to escape, but I can't let go for some reason!

Wow, this poses a dilemma ... you're trying to escape ... NS? Reality?
This is like a Twilight Zone episode with the soundtrack to Sex And The City.

Sorry, i may have had it wrong. It could be Sex And The City with the Twilight Zone soundtrack ... and characters, like WIlliam Shatner, Claude Akins, Art Carney, Buddy Ebsen, Bill Bixby and Burgess Meredith (obviously a few of them as recurrent characters of course)
Love interest? Agnes Moorehead.

You are an awful person.

[Denecaep]

So did anyone actually click the cursed link and look at my first thread?

[The blessed Chris]

Best not said.

[Unitopolis]

So did anyone actually click the cursed link and look at my first thread?

i did did you ever stop that dastardly government forcing their people to be happy

[Straughn]

You are an awful person.

I get that a lot in these dreams.
Should the love interest instead have been Burgess Meredith, Mickey Rooney, George Takei or Buster Keaton?

... well, depending on the time and season, could be all of 'em.

[Denecaep]

So did anyone actually click the cursed link and look at my first thread?

i did did you ever stop that dastardly government forcing their people to be happy

No... well, at least I didn't do it in a non-godmod way.

Did you read the rest of the thread?

Did you see this part:

I AM SENDING THIS THREAD TO THE ELECTRIC CHAIR!!!

[Zyonn]

I am very different than I was when I first joined, but that was six years ago, when I was 21. I was angry, rebellious, spiritually confused, and starting to develop a bad drug habit. Despite this I was still optimistic. I was constantly moving around from province to province, trying to find a home. I had my cat Zorak with me, whatever strange new city I ended up in.

I had a rough go finding a good place for my nation. The first region I moved to was Cannabis Islands, but it was invaded by its creators (since founders didn't exist then) and everyone ejected. I moved back to my original home, The Pacific, but that too was soon taken over, and I found myself again in The Rejected Realms. I decided to stick around in the RR after that, and joined the RRA as a defender. I'm pretty much retired now, but I still lurk around the RR, and sometimes the Forums.

[The Imperial Navy]

I was a naive teen who'd never even seen a pair of tits.

[Straughn]

I was a naive teen who'd never even seen a pair of tits.

WTF?
Didn't anyone give you teh intrawbz primer?
I *could* be flashing them at you right now, but if you don't click, you'll never know.

Too late, to be sure.

[The Imperial Navy]

I was a naive teen who'd never even seen a pair of tits.

WTF?
Didn't anyone give you teh intrawbz primer?
I *could* be flashing them at you right now, but if you don't click, you'll never know.

Too late, to be sure.

I was one hell of a nerd, ok?