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"The complete history of UKchatforums.com"

I often think about the history of these forums, and how things used to be. That's not to say they've declined in quality over the years, but as with most things, you keep them going long enough and you'll find people complaining that things ain't what they used to be.

Anyway, I got to remembering some of the good times while bored at work today (a regular occurence) and yeah, it might be a bit sad, but some of the memories really did make me smile. UKchatforums.com must be my most visited website ever (still my homepage) and despite it just being a collection of poorly-designed .gif images and text-speak, sometimes it genuinely manages to make me laugh out loud (LOL).

So... in the spirit of one of my Shiznit lists, I want your top UKchatforums.com moments of all time, from throughout history - it can be favourite users, brilliant moments of realisation or just your favourite threads. I'll get us kicked off with a few memories that brightened up my day.

THE BELLDANDY SAGA - I've never had so much fun berating someone over the internet as I did with Belldandy. Probably still floating around somewhere under a newly mysterious (very probably Manga-related) username, Belldandy was NEVER WRONG. Even if he was, he wasn't. And if he really was, then he'd run away and not come out to play, until the next time he was wrong. It came close to bullying at a few points (I used to get his emails) but it was coming from both sides: Goaty, Light, Pandy, myself and others (all anti-war and common sense) versus the one man righteous army of Belldandy.

The Belldandy saga reached a hilarious conclusion, when on one of his many mysterious reappearances under another nick (HALO Fan), he was sussed by the lot of us and nevertheless proceeded to dispute it for several months, despite have all the curt mannerisms and blind flag-wankery that good old Bell had. It stopped being fun when we finally saw a picture of him on Special Observe, then realised our physical name calling was disturbingly prophetic.

There have been others, but none as more fun to bait as Belldandy.

tnc wrote:
> Did you mean that without the last 0?

Nope. But that's the wrong offset, that's for a lot of the Asian Prince threads :-). The Train Sim threads are around 20000:

[URL]http://ukchatforums.reserve.co.uk/archive/display_messages.php?threadid=17900&forumid=416[/URL] Goaty lambasts Grix for picking TS

[URL]http://ukchatforums.reserve.co.uk/archive/display_messages.php?threadid=17994&forumid=416[/URL] Goaty realises he's been stitched up

[URL]http://ukchatforums.reserve.co.uk/archive/display_messages.php?threadid=18038&forumid=416[/URL] Goaty reviews Train Sim

He also posted a proper review later on too. :-D
There was also another thread around there somewhere when Goaty first heard about TS and started poking fun at the very idea of playing it :-)

EDIT: Goatboy wrote:
> Train Sim...god help you and your thermos of weak lemon drink.

Mr.Snuggly wrote:
> *Smiles knowingly*

Your Honour wrote:
I reckon Grix has claimed it, but asked
> for it to be sent to someone else.....
>Goatboy maybe?

Goatboy wrote:
> Sure, that's it...
>Grix is intelligent (despite his claim of this pony express), why waste a gameaday on that.

Hehe :-)

RastaBillySkank wrote:

> I found all the threads relating to it last night. The offset's
> around the 16400 mark.

Did you mean that without the last 0?

gerrid wrote:
> Kore wrote:
> This is sad. Grix was so much better than how a lot of you are
> preceiving him. I think it's slander. Why don't we just vote him
> out of being a Notable while we're at it.

Everyone here is saying good things about him, y'dumb blinkered dough faced harridan.
>
> He would never have left if you hadn't come along! ;} Anyway, I think
> those constant arguments with Light, trying to defend his other half
> against the relentless abuse (justified or otherewise) definitely
> pushed him over the edge as far as the forums are concerned. It's a
> shame because without all that he was one of the best notables.

I only recall having the one argument with him, and that finished with me apologising. True enough; his posts were always a good read.

Anyhoo, perhaps Kore would like to comment on her "test" when she stated quite clearly that she wished I'd been killed by the 7/7 suicide bombers? Or her hissy fit about what godless people we all were?

Cos, y'know, after she'd spent so much time saying I was a nasty man, I would've thought that those comments more than any others
constituted "wailing hypocrisy".

[edit] Incidentally, nice to see you can't keep away. So much for your "I'm leaving and never coming back" post. You...you're not the female Belldandy, are you?

tnc wrote:
> Why did he waste a GAD sending a game as a prank?

He won the GAD for a post about losing his interest in games :-) Anyway, back in those days he could win it for fun.

> Sounds amusing though, any idea of when it happened?

I found all the threads relating to it last night. The offset's around the 16400 mark.

Why did he waste a GAD sending a game as a prank?

Sounds amusing though, any idea of when it happened?

RastaBillySkank wrote:
> EDIT: Ah! Just remembered the "Train Simulator" affair.
> When Goaty had been slating MS Train Sim for a few weeks before it
> was released, only to start poking fun at Grix for picking it as a
> GAD. It was unbeknownst to him though that Grix had actually colluded
> with Snuggly to send it to him. Heheh. Excellent prank that one.
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Christ I'd forgotten all about that one as well.
Yup, well and truly stitched up

I never catch them, though.

He told me you liked to chase the ladies.

RastaBillySkank wrote:
> > Oh, and to prove that Gaz has been covertly coercing people to vote
> for him before the Carson was even born:
> [URL]http://ukchatforums.reserve.co.uk/archive/display_messages.php?threadid=31849&forumid=416[/URL]
> :-)

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I went looking for one of those when I got bored the other day, but couldn't find one. Cheers :)

I miss Mr Happy too.

Grix is fine, I saw him a few weeks ago. He's got a beard, though. A big dirty beard.

Yeah, we love Grix, sing sing siiiiiing.

He is good, though. Excellent.