Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 3:12 am
Do I get shotgun?
Lord Veshnakar wrote:still playing dark elves!
Dyvim Tvar wrote:Here's one for you other old-timers:
How many of you have a Druchii.net T-Shirt?
I still post, but mainly when someone sends me a link about something that might interest me.Rork wrote:Yes, I've been a member of this site for six years. Which I reckon is pretty damn impressive (Granted, a few other 2002ers still post, some who joined before me).
The Chat - The Madness Years
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One evening (in early 2003, I think) I was bored. So I logged on to the chat to see what that was all about.
And lo, I was introduced to the multi-coloured swap shop of wonderment. It was (and is) the 'speak easy' of D.net. The rules were a bit looser and the topics of conversation wider.
The likes of Silas, Auric Stormcloud, calapine, ADRIAN!!! (whose username escapes me), DP and I were part of the Late Night Chat and all that entailed. Nothing, bar creepy netstalking, was off-limits. Was it hours of fun? Yesss.
Ricold did not try to stop us. Nor was the channel called #WarhammerFantasy. And it was not in fear of GW we had to change name.They had an IRC chatroom. A place of calm and simplicity, dedicated to the finer art of playing Warhammer.
Until the D.net chatters turned up en masse. You know the sort of film where a bunch of leather-clad bikers turn up and start performing doughnuts on a pristine lawn to the horror of the mild-mannered owner? It was just like that.
Poor Ricold tried to stop us a few times, but we just ignored him. Power to the people, eh? Originally the chat was called #warhammerfantasy, but fearing that GW might hunt him down, it was changed to #endanal.
One incident where Ricold got fed up with all the immature stuff and proposed a rule against it. That rule was shot down quickly, but some chatters had made up their minds. Ricold was a scumbag for all eternity anyway. He was even accused of being the evil overlord of the chatroom, even after he decided to resign from anything Warhammer community-related. People accused the operators (mods) of #Endanal for being mindless puppies to the Asur.org Loremasters, when the ops were nothing but D.net moderators and some non-race-specific guys and gals. It was a time of a lot of poo-throwing, and a lot of corruption. That was the reason I left this once glorious site.But I digress, I was privy to the stuff going on behind the scenes. The chatters were pushed too far and broke away from #endanal and after much discussion between the mods (many of whom were chatters) #dnetchat came into being with me in charge of it.
If you only ask those who once broke off from Voodoomaster, Lethalis and yours truly, do you really think they'd support going back?Schism part 2
The Chat War wasn't over. Some wanted a chat to unite all the race-specific sites on the web, and #albion was created to replace #endanal to serve that purpose.
The call to merge, even from some who had supported D.net independence, became louder. The mods and ini leaders discussed it at length with no final solution, so as a compromise I suggested a vote by the chatters in #dnetchat to decide the matter.
I was against a merger, feeling that if it didn't work before, it was only going to go wrong again...and was having a choice that bad?
24 hours of voting commenced one evening to settle it. Whatever the result was, I was prepared to abide by it.
The result? 12 voted to stay separate, 12 abstained and none wished to merge.
Nagathi wrote:Yeah, I'm an oldie...
Dyvim Tvar wrote:Here's one for you other old-timers:
How many of you have a Druchii.net T-Shirt?
Fr0 wrote:Holy crap, it's Kitrik!
Andruillius wrote:Damn younglings, the lot of you!
They had an IRC chatroom. A place of calm and simplicity, dedicated to the finer art of playing Warhammer.
Poor Ricold tried to stop us a few times, but we just ignored him.
Power to the people, eh?
Originally the chat was called #warhammerfantasy, but fearing that GW might hunt him down, it was changed to #endanal.
Do you know what innuendo is? D.net chatters do.
I was privy to the stuff going on behind the scenes. The chatters were pushed too far and broke away from #endanal and after much discussion between the mods (many of whom were chatters) #dnetchat came into being with me in charge of it.
Ignoring the factual mistake rectified (pun totally not intended) above for a moment, I still say it is a good ideaThe Chat War wasn't over. Some wanted a chat to unite all the race-specific sites on the web, and #albion was created to replace #endanal to serve that purpose.
The call to merge, even from some who had supported D.net independence, became louder. The mods and ini leaders discussed it at length with no final solution, so as a compromise I suggested a vote by the chatters in #dnetchat to decide the matter.
I was against a merger, feeling that if it didn't work before, it was only going to go wrong again...and was having a choice that bad?
24 hours of voting commenced one evening to settle it. Whatever the result was, I was prepared to abide by it.
The result? 12 voted to stay separate, 12 abstained and none wished to merge.
My opinion of Ricold's behaviour is far less charitable than this. I would go so far as to call it "insane" given how many personalities he displayed.Lethalis wrote:This I recall being very different. In essence, there was a group at the forefront (you, darkprincess, myself) who did have long and flaming discussions with the guy about responsibility versus practicality and the amount of freedom one should have the right to. And most of us hoping there’d be no spambots or anything coming in when he snapped and deopped everyone…
Given that #warhammerfun existed at the time, and still does, this seems somewhat spurious to claim.Lethalis wrote:Not quite. The asur chat was always called #Endanal, but since other sites were interested in joining the chat Nagathi chose for a more neutral name. #Warhammerfantasy came up first but upon finding out that is was actually GameSurge policy not to have trademarked names being used in such a manner
My opinion of Ricold's behaviour is far less charitable than this. I would go so far as to call it "insane" given how many personalities he displayed.
Given that #warhammerfun existed at the time, and still does, this seems somewhat spurious to claim.
Lethalis wrote:Given that #warhammerfun existed at the time, and still does, this seems somewhat spurious to claim.
Rule number four says so, and given how many sites the chat would be connected to, as well as GW's legal powerplay regarding Kitrik's T-shirt selling project, it wasn't unreasonable to think that it could be shot down.
It's not like those rules aren't being broken, and it's not like GS has a spotter in every chat to see if they keep to the rules. Nevertheless, we try to keep to these rules just to be on the safe side.
langmann wrote:I remember we used to say the same thing about you! Eventually you came around to see the light...
You mean you lost many arguments to DA, Ash, LT, Vorchild, Thanee, IT, Grog and I...
The sad thing is how long ago all this happened. Time sure flies. What is even more a disappointment is how GW had developed a great relationship with a fan site and that they could have done so much with all the other fan sites out there.
Glad to have you, Rork, you have helped this site out so much.
Lord K wrote:Anyway, anyone know what happened to Calapine, i talked to him quite a lot on MSN then he suddenly disappeared,havent heard from him since.