Our old posts...what memories.

[Alice]

Remember back in the day, when you first signed up, and you were the typical newbie wondering what the hell to do, and your posts were of low quality and you acted quite differently? Or those days when you sign up interested in the place, and then go "Eh looks like crap", leave, and then come crawling back a month later?

This topic is just for you so you can go check out your old posts, post them again and comment on your opinion of what it seems like to you now.

Hi

I've been looking for a Final Fantasy Forum I could join, I thought I'd start with this one!

As my username says, I like Sonic, but right now my interest is FFVII.

This was back when I could finally play FF7 by emulation due to the fact that my Disk 1 was...uhh...not in a good condition. I used Disk 2 saves from GameFAQs and it was a blast.

This was also when my grammar wasn't really that good which I personally don't really care about at all, but it is something to notice. No, it was not in THAT post.

I think I seemed more cheery than I do right now actually...

Well, how about YOUR TFF past? Be the grandpa/grandma and get the kids to sit around you as you tell the story.

[Treize]

I liked Ultima, Slash All or whatever it was when there was a lot of enimies, and Contain because of the damage and the status effects

Apparently this was my first post. I'm still not sure why I never made a thread introducing myself. Some things that I noticed about my first posts were that I used a lot of exclamation points and I would normally end my posts with "". I'm not sure why, but that is what I did. Surprisingly my grammar wasn't that bad.

Another thing I noticed is that almost all of my posts were only one line, maybe two at the most. I suppose TFF was more lenient back then. I can't really think of much more to say about my posts. I guess many of them were in various trivia threads, but most of my posts still are.

Also I had an account or two before this one, but they disappeared. That is why I created this one. I've looked, but I can't find any of those posts.

[Phantom]

Cool Idea Bean

Now, if you probarly know our don't know, I had an orginal account called "Ultima", but due to me being a dumby I lost the password to that old account and then I changed my email address back then. I'm looking through all my old accounts threads, but I can't seem to find my First welcome thread, (throught it would be in Cleft of Dimension, but I can't find it ) but I do have the very first thread I posted in back when I was a newbie:

Originally posted on 07-04-2005, 10:40 AM


Forum: Cleft of Dimension 07-04-2005, 10:40 AM
Replies: 88 Which ff9 Character are you?
Views: 2,746 Posted By Ultima
Which ff9 Character are you?

I Personally think I am a Zidane, because I am Brave, Quick, Strong, hold a lot of virtues, always get the girl, and carry a big sword! ( They dig the sword)

THIS was the very first thread I posted in when I was still Ultima as a newb.


And this is a thread I made (as Ultima) back in '06. I made this in the old welcoming section,I was gone somewhere for about a month and made this:

Originally posted on 07-13-2006, 09:03 PM


Hi guys! I am Back!

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Hey guys how's everyone doing nowadays? It's been a month and a half since i've been on my favorite forum.For those who don't know me, my name is Ultima but my real life name is Mike, very nice to meet u new people . I've been soo hooked on FFXI for the last 2 months that i felt that my life was slipping by me lol. Well to make a long story short it's great to be back and i hope to make even more new friends!
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Feels like forever doesn't it? I felt a bit nostaglic looking this old stuff up. And now guys, this is the first ever post I made as Phantom (I was UltimaMKII back when I came back last year before I ask Cain to change my name to Phantom.):

Originally posted on: 04-22-2007, 11:35 PM


A Brand New Ultima ( New Name, Old Member ^-^)

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Hey guys You may not remember me well you probarly do but I was once Ultima but I forgot my password and changed my email adress So I am back but now as a new name UltimaMKII So its great to be back on my favorite forum


Well that's it, if I ever find my first ever welcome post as "Ultima" I'll be sure to edit this. But yeah this is a bit of my newb >>> to>>>> Awesome seasoned member history. Hope you liked it ^_-.

[Musashiden]

I've been here so goddamn long the site doesn't even have a single post I made between 2001 and 2005 XD.

I remember when I first got here I was the epitome of n00b. I had a fairly difficult time getting noticed, but then I joined Clan Wars and managed to establish a pretty good standing here. I was even an S-Mod for about 2 years, until S had his supermassive staff wiping period. Now look at me, I'm a legend, bitch. Not really, but it's nice to know that I've got a home away from home for life here.

[Pete]

*rocks back n forth in rocking chair*

Well kids, it's story time. I'm gonna tell you how things were back when grandpa Pete was a newbie.

Not really.

Musa hit a lot of it on the head. Me and him were noobs together, rising up in the Emerald Knights. Now, the Emerald Knights were a part of Clan Wars, a convoluted game that would more or less revolutionize role playing. It took elements of DnD (or so I was told) and would apply characteristics to specific "clans," which were their own individual job classes/ races. It was also supposed to entail 3d character models and maps. Yet, nobody could agree on anything, and it was a giant process of one step forward, 15 back. Plus the kid who said he'd create the models was a liar, and couldn't do shit.

Eventually this system died out and was completely forgotten about.

I also became a mod around this time. It was the humor forum, nothing too fancy, but I ruled out spam with an iron fist, and essentially was the template for the hardass mod. At this time I also wound up getting my hand in the Emerald Knights, when two favorite members, Rinny and Simara both went absolutely batshit crazy and started spamming and telling everyone off. It was pretty funny, but nobodys heard from them since.

Eventually I got to mod gen chat, which was when there was a huge debate over the ethics of SOLDIER. It was a forum for the older members. You needed certain requirements to get in, and a lot of people found fault in that and bitched. You can consider that the origins of the debates you see today, between the "haves" and the "have nots" so to speak, in terms of "power."

Eventually I made it to super mod, and shit got even more crazy. One of the admins, StarSoldier, went batshit crazy too, and decided she wanted this place completely out of her life... so she faked her death... on the internet. One member was to report that he heard about her getting drugged and killed outside of some teen club in her area. Instead of just asking to be removed, this caused a huge issue for some reason or another, but was mostly hilarious.

I wanna say Cesar came into the picture a bit after this time, just a wee sapling in the world of TFF.

Shortly after this, some guy named Evil Dark Odin came along and shut the forums down. I have no idea why, but somehow he earned Fuzz's trust into getting passwords to do some work. He would up just putting up a message like 'please sit back and relax while the forums are getting hacked.' He was caught pretty shortly after.

There was also the time we switched over to .org, which was a pain in the ass. It wasn't quite the same.

During this time, the IFS was formed, to go and spam the shit out of other smaller boards and other FF sites that would spam us. It was me, James (syd), Brett (kilo), Nick (cloud711), and a dude named Agent Wesker. We were the main people who did this, but sometimes others would hop in on the fun. It was immature as hell, but we were bored and it was a good laugh. Other people didn't agree.

In 2003, I was made an admin for about 3 days around this time of year. I quickly discovered that the work sucked and was thankless, so I decided to give myself and all of the people in a tff aim chat, about 10,000 gil apiece. Merlin crapped his pants and I decided to de admin myself because I was done with all of the bureaucracy of an internet website. The funny thing was that Andromeda would post so much and so often back then, that he got accused of being in cahoots with me, cause he earned his 10k gil the real way.

After that, I took a hiatus, and lurked. Now I'm back, for the most part.

[Sean]

Hmm...

I was about for Clan Wars, and the later version of it. I wasn't in the original Evil Bad Guys, but I joined The Fate w/ Mydako, Quistis, and Dragonheart for part 2 of it.

I remember epic GC threads made by Quistis, I remember turning 15 and being all emo about it because it was the first time a birthday ever meant jack to me. I remember getting yelled at for spamming a lot in a thread in the noob fourm entitled "the newbie ball" which turned into a "party RP' which was quickly shot down and locked by LoneMoon.

I remember many a RPB that I sucked in, and a few I did well in, and even more I sucked in.

I remember the Adopt-A-Noob foundation was made just around the time I originally signed up, and Mydako adopted me and taught me how to RPB. I originally signed up as DragonBlade, then made a 2nd account after 2 posts, Zell_Cloud (Hah, such a noob) and changed that to DragonBlade thanks to TrueOmega.

I also remember getting banned twice, and I think in '05 won TFF's Biggest Asshole award. I'm a shoe in for '08, if I actually posted more. I think I won a Grammar Nazi award somewhere too.

I also modded Gen Gaming for a long time, and later on Gen Chat on top of it, until S got emo and demoted every mod and reconstructed, then got myself banned because I didn't like Bunny.

Edit: I also remember a long time ago being Melanie's Shopping Buddy-Bitch. That was in my sig for-****ing-ever.

[RagnaToad]

My first thread I think:

1001 ways you know you played too much FFIX

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Its been a while since ive seen this kind of topic (it hasnt been forbidden has it?) so its time for a new one
And believe me we WILL reach 1001

You know you played too much FFIX when...

1)you touch a princess' but while shes getting on a cargo ship

2)you draw a sword to anyone wearing a steepled hat

3)youre scared of any sort of mist

4)your paranoid of the big tree in your garden

EDIT: sry I forgot the numbers EVERYONE PUT THE NUMBER IN FRONT OF Y LINE, thx


And here's my first post, Favourite Eidolon thread in FF IX forum:

Mines definitely Madeen. Come on, (spoiler) a moogle who's mad about her sister and gets in trance then to destroy everything that gets in HER (yep!) way. How cool is that. I think the movie is pretty cool too when she shows up. Awesome how she shows her anger

I was one young boy ^_^

[Rocky]

I'm certain all of my old posts have been deleted, plus I havent made an offical comeback since april of 2008 but I've been around for a few historical events, like the whole Soldier debacle along with a couple revivals with the BoD, the Evil Bad Guys, and maybe the Tantalus too? It's been awhile. I was there when Pete got cracked down with the whole gil thing and lost his store priviledges along with all the others that were involved. I remember the epic 1v1 RPB matches with Quistis versus Keisuke Takahashi, that was some good stuff.

[Walter Sobchak]

I posted a lot in the Final Fantasy forums when I started.

I posted like crazy when I first signed up, and made a lot friends. Back then, everyone went to the TFF Chat, so it wasn't hard. The only person who didn't like me was Sean, ha.

I RP'ed a bit, because everyone did. I eventually joined the Emerald Knights and someone else; I forget which one was Clan Wars and which one was Forum Wars. I joined a lot of clubs, and became one of the more active members around.

Eventually I became the moderator of the FFIV board, after the epic struggle of getting the newly made supermod, Dawezy, to give it up. I did that for a while, and made some enemies for my pruning.

I moved on to add music and General Chat to my modding portfolio. That happened for a while until S decided to restructure the entire mod setup, and demod anyone he wasn't BFF with. Then I left for a year or two. Now I am back.

That isn't nearly as detailed as Pete's, but I think you get the idea.

[Halie]

It doesn't depend on how much u pay him! Seriously! Believ me! I had 400,000 gil before and I payed it all 2 him in the battle against Sin and he didn't do it! I tried loads of times and he didn't do it! But then my friend came over, tried 1nce and he used Zamnato! Sick isn't it! I guess it all depends on ur luck.

- By me, sometime in '06.

OH MY GOD. WHAT A NOOB. =O

That is just cringe-worthy. Oh God. I'm ashamed.

[Dan558]

I forget it was either Super Mario Bros/Duck Hunt or Excitebike

^This was one of my first posts a couple of months ago^. it was in the thread:

The first video game

You have ever played.. mine was Tenchu Stealth Assasains.... I thought it was pretty good but it got boring way to easy...

^That was also the original post.^ Here I thought I could simply answer the question like everyone else was but noo. I was picked out of the many other simularily short posts to be ripped on for "Spamming".

I simply answered the question! I tried nicely at first to get it repealed, I said I was sorry and gave the excuse that I was new. Anyways apparently I was way outta line to do so and I was apearently stupid or something to try. Needless to say I was so paranoid that I added a bunch of extra filler lines in several of my next posts about basically nothing just because I couldn't write a short story about "It was a wonderful autumn day on Oct. 1st 1993, three white doves flew by the window as I picked up my first Video game..."etc., etc.

Obviously I have gotten much better at filling out posts but It still bugs me...

[Quistis]

lol, Sean still remembers some of the threads that I made? Anyhow, this is the oldest post that I found in Cleft of Dimension. It was a good thread but if I read my posts again I would probably edit a ton of them =P:
http://thefinalfantasy.net/forums/to...rue-omega.html

Most of my posts were from RP/RPB. Although not official, Me and Keisuke Takahashi probably got one of the longest RPB threads at some point. It went to over 250 posts. The one in Cleft Dimension is , I think our 3rd RPB.

Also was once a Club Forums and Web Forums mod. I also participated in Clan Wars by being in Evil Bad Guys (fun stuff). I was also a member of TFF Femme Fatales and the founder of Outer Heaven - MGS Club. (on a sidenote, I just finished MGS4. Awesome game )

As much as I'd like to babble some more, I need to sleep now cos I got work tom. Unfortunately, I still haven't gotten out of I.T. ..really boring job , and it's been like this since I joined TFF . Some things just don't change =P

PS- I also was once the TFF Matchmaker. I have no idea how that happened O_O

[Lazer]

I have no clue what my first post could have been. But I do remember stuff from back in the day. Mostly I posted in the ff6 section and other than that me ecks jew and some other people causing scenes, getting banned, getting unbanned, yelling at corrupt mods that kinda stuff. And of coarse posting lots of random shit on random topics in gc and music and all that. Good times. Should stop by here more ofter I suppose.

[celebrity.skin]

I don't even want to read my old posts they're so embarrassing... :/

The ramblings of a hyperactive kid, I suppose.

[LocoColt04]

None of my old posts are around any more, as the search function only goes back through the latest 500 posts. When you're creeping up on 11,000, it isn't very helpful. Now, when doing a search for all of the threads that I've started, at least we can get something a little closer to my days of noob.

I did a search and the oldest things I could find that still exists on our server are some old threads from the Emerald Knights and Al Na'ir Faction forums, as well as a handful of topics from The Highbridge. You can see some of my early (and honestly, I think better) RP/B work hanging out in the Cleft of Dimension.

I don't really have any "oh, I typed like such a noob back then" stories to tell, but I've got a lot of history. Pete pretty much nailed it though, and there isn't much to say.

I do remember one of my first actions as the moderator of the FFVI section though... there were a LOT of double/triple/etc threads up, and so to clean the place up, I nuked the forum. When you prune threads, you don't lose posts from your post count. I didn't know you could do that. Soooo... I did a mass deletion. Some people lost hundreds of posts. Nick (cloud711, admin at the time) was REALLY pissed off about it, as was Dawezy and a handful of other people.

I think they were less pissed about the post count and more pissed about the loss of content, but... eh. Rookie mistake, I suppose.

[OceanEyes28]

Cesar Cesar Mass Deleter


My story is similar to a lot of the older members. My oldest posts are nowhere to be found, but since my post count is a lot lower, it's easier to get further back. My oldest post still here on the forum belongs to my first journal post back in 2003. That's really when I started to get active anyway.

I don't remember ever typing like a n00bile (hehehe), but I used "lol" more than I do now. I was less formal in IM conversations than I ever was here. But I think the biggest difference is that I took myself way too seriously. I still tried to be funny, but oh my god. I also really liked positive attention, no matter where it came from. Ah well, 15 year olds, right?

[Dimi]

Originally posted by Me
Just thought I would introduce myself to everybody and say hi.Well, how are you guys?

This was my first post/thread I made as soon as I had registered as a member. I didn't have shitty grammar. A lot of my newbie posts seem easy to read apart from a few typos I made here and there.

But of course, I did get a warning for spamming two years ago. My first and most recent warning....for now.

When first joining, I was a bit intimidated by the mods and the admins. I think the first mod I befriended was Chez. She was nice to me as a new member and gave me some advice on the forums. From there, I started to get out of my shell and started talking to people on that TFF chat. My first friend on here was Xeim if I recall. And the odd thing was we registered on the same damn day!

We're TFF twins!!!!!

But when looking back, I'm talkative now. Really talkative. My posts have more quality then what they used to have and even though two years may not seem long, it feels like forever.

[ChloChloAriadne]

Most of my old posts is goners.

I don't know why. It's a little strange. I looked through my posts, and the earliest I could find there are still 2008 o_0.

I was more n00by in attitude than grammer, but nonetheless not really that much different than who I am now, I think. But, I mean.. It's been a while. Everybody changes.

[Sarah]

Oh my science, I don't know where to start.

Well, the majority of my posts are indeed gone, so there's no way I can find even close to my first post. That's what happens when you're a lurker, I guess.

Hmmm.... I want to say my post style has always been around the same. I believe my first post was in FFVI, and the only noob things I remember doing with it were being hyper and maybe mentioning sex. I had a lot to say, and for a long time, I had a tendency to bring up topics relating to sex.

For a little while, I did avoid GC and stuck to IntDis and random FF froums. I remember getting into a lot of debates, and making friends with people like Kazanthikus and Secret Azn Man. Eventually, I made my way into GC and got involved.

Thinking back to my early TFF days makes me remember a lot of things:

*Boobie Buddies - I started it with... I wanna say Deep Eyes, and I think Heero may have been involved. That caused all kinds of fun and trouble.
*The Council of Seven- That was a failure.
*Being overly dramatic about life events- Yes, I am guilty of being a drama queen.
*Being very close to SAM. He was my bro and still is as far as I'm concerned.
*TFF chats- Complete with weddings, frog flingings, and moving the sun.
*The EBG videos- I managed to get myself into episode 4 before I got involved with Korova.
*Pie
* ... of Doom!!!
*Being close to TO and having him visit.
*The whole Korova relationship. That was a big thing. I still talk to him every now and then.
*Adopting S, Nightshade, Spekkio, and just about everyone as my children via TFF families.
*Making long posts- Some things never change.


It was a lot of fun. Now, I'm so out of touch that I'm not really sure who or where anyone is.

Science H. Logic! My posts turn to shit when I reminisce. I do apologize.

[Clint]

Ah, how I remember the old days. Back in... July. It seems so not long ago. It almost seems like it was about, and I'm just taking a wild guess here, one and a half months. I don't know how I came up with that figure. It could just be that I am a genius. I'm pretty sure that that's it.

Anyway, on to business:

Well, at the end of Crisis Core, it did say "To be continued in Final Fantasy VII." That usually means that there is something following. Considering that Final Fantasy VII is in the past, it would only make sense if they remade the game.

You know, I don't really see a change in my writing style. It's very similar, if not exact, to my writing style now. It's so odd how things can not change in a month and a half. I mean, in the past month and a half I've bathed a few times, I had a few birthdays, I brushed my teeth last week, so I wonder, why hasn't my writing style changed? I guess it's a question that I'll never know the answer to.

[Korova]

I'm just surprised some people are still around. I am not one of them. LOL

[Unknown Entity]

whatya mean theres gonna be no FF14? Nooooooooooooooooooo!!!

maybe one of the characters could be a person like VIncent - tall, dark and quiet... but packs mean attacks - maybe a cross between Sephiroth and Vincent... i think that would be cool,

Unsure if this is my first post, but it was written back in Feb when I first joined. But yeah, I think I have improved a tad!

I mean, whats with the "whatya"?

I know I've not come a long way from being the noobie on the block, but... wow, I really was a noob... O_O

[Taco-Calamitous]

I'm just surprised some people are still around. I am not one of them. LOL

Clearly a liar

Here's a paragraph from the oldest post I could find of mine by looking up all the threads I've started (back in March of 2005):

Been working on all the shit that's due at the end of this Term. This one thing that I should've started at the beginning of the Term, but I just did it over this weekend. It's done, now. Which is good, because it's due tomorrow. Now, I gotta think of a company to study, and say that I want to apply at... anyone have any Ideas for me? I gotta give a speech on it on Wednesday, so... oh yeah. I'm also supposed to friggen' write my Resume. Gonna write it as a... the one that isn't a chronological essay, and not a hybrid essay, either. Shit. I need to remember what it is for the final, too...

That was in EBG Land. I droned on for another several paragraphs, and then posted the lyrics to a Smashing Pumpkins song, for some reason. This post is awesome. I miss my use of ellipses... all the time... I should bring that back...

And that was nearly four years into the game, kids. I've been around since 2001. I don't feel like going into my earliest days, though; I've done that a million times. Anyhoo...

Wuv, Yer Mom

[Kaiser Dragoon]

Back in August 2006, I found this place looking for another place, lmao, and became a lurker for a little while, mainly looking at OSCoK, because, being an old skool gamer and all, you kinda find a draw to others. Anywho, when I finally joined in October, I did this:

Hello people of The Final Fantasy Forums, figured id make my first post since that little voice in the back of my head/the annoying little message at the top of the screen told me to . Anyways, heya *now i need to make a avatar and siggy*

*edit* spelling errors "ZOMGZOR! He knows how to use the edit button!!"

Yes, I was trying to be funny, yes, it more than likely than not, didn't work, but hey, you have to introduce yourself somehow, right? Anywho, I have been going in and out of lurker mode ever since, mainly because being an adult kinda sucks. Well, hopefully I will update my stuff on here, maybe...

~Kaiser Dragoon

[Usagy]

My first post was asking for FFVII midi files..the good old times when midi's were still hot.

Peace out

[Maridia]

Yeah I can't go back to see them exactly but I do remember them! Alot of no capitalizing just about any letter. Lots of haha's, maybe even a few lol's...it was terrible. I suppose if I look at my old journal in the first few pages that was like 2 or 3 months after I got here. Man talk about run on sentences, paragraphs, and meaningless banter.

I don't know if I'm better but I at least capitalize the I in I, hurray.

[Almasys]

Oh god...reading my old posts makes me feel all...*shiver* >.>

Well obviously I'm new [so why point it out right?]

Umm...well I'm not that great at posting hello-welcome me with open arms-i'm new topics sadly...

I guess what I'm saying is well...Hi ^^ [I feel like I'm rambling or something...] I'm just glad to find a FF forum..well another one.

Umm..I guess I'll see you guys around or something...

I don't think I've changed since then...=/ I'm still a little...quiet I guess would be the word and a little distant ^^;
Also back then I posted a lot more in the FF section *is actually looking at old posts*

[Crazy Chocobo]

I couldn't tell you what my first post was, it's probably been deleted for ages but I more than likely was a total n00b. I do believe I used proper punctuation, I always have really anyway. I wasn't the most intelligent member, I still am not but I would like to think I am a lot better than almost three years ago. I try not to read my old posts much anyway, it's rather embarrassing as other people have stated. I don't think I would like to see the first post I made here.

[Taco-Calamitous]

Setzer and Crazy Chocobo: You were both awesome newbies. You were not annoying to hear from at all. In fact, I don't think Setzer was here for very long before he became a moderator (at least not compared to how long it took me ) And in all honesty, I don't think Crazy Chocobo has changed much at all. You both have always been good members, so there. Everybody else sucked (no, just kidding.) Anyhoo...

Wuv, Yer Mom