Been thinking about the past here on ProBoards.

[Former Member]

Jul 25, 2023 3:56:33 GMT -8 Craig said:

Jul 20, 2023 15:07:20 GMT -8 Darkmage4 said:

I’ve really been thinking about the past. From 2013+ here on proboards, and we’ve all grown up here essentially. The lot of us have a family now. Dream jobs. Maybe some of us didn’t do so well, and RIP to those who are no longer here with us.

I really think ProBoards was a huge part of my life, as I’m sure it has been for a lot of us. v2 to V3 was when I became a member. Even though, it wasn’t only just a few versions back. But several several years ago. lol. I’m 33 now, and it’s been 20 years. (Technically longer, but we will skip that part for now. lol. 23.) but, all the drama, the neck clicker spam bot/person. Whomever it was, got very creative. lol.


What was your favorite part of PBS GT in the past 20+ years? Did you make any close friends? Falling out? Anything you could have done differently on here?

Hey Nick.  Don't skip over those parts

I loved seeing the community grow, and how buzzing the community got in the late noughties which saw a number of meet ups between the members.  Those were great times.  I still remember the comic book strip that renegade made of the trip we made to Warwick Castle.  Couldn't stop laughing.  It was great meeting people like Sossity, Shady, ASE, charlie (chazstar), @higgerz , iGeorge etc at the various meetups we had   .

My biggest regret is not being great at talking to people.  I am terrible at conversations, and shied away from talking to people because I get anxious about what I say, and makes friendships hard for me to maintain.

great to meet you too Craig. Good old days. We still need that catch up at Plainmoor or Portman road if we ever meet in a cup game 🤣

[Darkmage4]

Aug 4, 2023 20:00:48 GMT -8 Minime said:

I really hate to be -that- person who only comes back to post in reminiscing threads, but when you asked about the "20+" years, I realised that the year I first joined ProBoards was exactly 20 years ago (when my "first" account was made in 2003, and then in a fit of emotional teenage angst, deleted that one, and then made this current one). That is insaneeeee.

I consider PBS GT as one of my core memories from my teenage years - a lot of people saw me grow up, from moaning about my high school exams, to entering university, and so on. I have a really lot of good memories, mostly from the friendships I formed in the AIM chat - but a lot of that also carried on over in GT, where we'd banter back and forth even in threads. I can't think of anything specific right now, but I remember anytime woop (Matej on here now, I believe??) would post about where he was from, we'd all reply back saying that Slovenia was definitely not a real country. There was also the "no peanut butter" rule. Everything was Shady's fault. Renegade's comics. A couple in-person meets up, one in Birmingham and one in....somewhere - we bowled, I can't remember, haha. It's cheesy to say, but the times I spent talking to members here and getting to know them - that was what made me stay.

The best things to come out of my experience here are definitely my friendships with two people, who even after 20 years, I still consider to be some of my best friends, Cheat and Del. I've met Del a couple times now, but Cheat is a turdmeister of the biggest turd to ever exist, and still hasn't made it to Boston yet, so an open slot for best friend might open up soon, please apply ASAP.

I wouldn't do anything differently. I was a teenager, about 16/17 when I started posting, and whatever dumb thing I said or did here - I'm hopeful I'm not like that anymore. I had fun - it was great. I have nothing but good memories.

EDIT: ALSO, the emu! How could I forget the EMU???

Yeah, It definitely is one of my core memories too! Creating my forums, getting people on it, few months everyone gets more (including me) we all stop replying, I create a new forum, some people come over. It's crazy. lol. I could never finish things (Kind of how I am today.... sometimes) 

The Emu! Squirrel Army! So much more too!