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This year has gone by pretty fast, and a lot has happened in the Fog Family since the beginning of the greatest chatforum in the world, so I thought I’d just let the memories come flooding back from the early days of FOG. Feel free to add to the rose tinted memories of chats gone by.
Part 1 – FOG 2000
In the early days of last year, back last May, people were just as concerned about the upcoming consoles abilities. Fogmaster thought it might be nice if the new Nintendo had the power for “letting the gamers create his/her own level for their favorite game” and Bob wanted the ability to “be allowed to take your N64 or psx memory cards in to the arcades put them into a slot in the game in the arcade and start from where you left off on your game console” Sega tried this, of course, and we still never got to see the results here in the UK.
In June, there were crys of joy and of pain as the new Dreamcast Online system was launched. Dan waxed Lyrically (albiet without paragraphs, spaces or much punctuation) “Dreamcast is the ONLY console to boast online play, and at last CHUCHU rocket enables users to play online against the Spanish, German and French aswell as the British. Oh, and by the way ChuCHu ROCKET is is available for FREE..” James007 wasn’t so impressed and mentioned the problem with playing an enemy you couldn’t see “surely the best thing about multiplayer games is that you can always throw something and/or hurl abuse at the person whoís just beaten you” The Dreamcast still cost £149.99 though and many people were holding out for the PS2, which stood on the horizon like a big black monolith and great things were expected, but at a price, “If Sony releases itís new hardware for a price of £250 or £300 then it doesnít matter how many people want a PS2, they simply wonít have evough money to buy one” said a worried James007. How wrong he was.
It was around this time that The Game shocked the world with his love of capital letters (a habit he thankfully broke with quickly!) and a certain quirky entertainment value, he helped bring the Fog’s infamous humour to the forums. Ant proclaimed his love for the PS2, even before he got one, echoing Game’s style with “MGS2, WHICH WILL BE THE BEST GAME EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER ETC” We still wait for it to arrive, even now!
A typo from a Nintendo press release gave rise to the cry “Starcube?” with many saying that a console with that name would never sell. Thank goodness that it was only a type then, eh folks? Grix mused on this at the time and was not convinced of it’s authenticity, believing the Dolphin monikor to be superior. BigBadWolf was one of the first to tell of the news, “Not N2000, not Dolphin, not StarCube. The name of Nintendo next gen machine is going to be "Nintendo Game Cube". Nick mentioned the price of console games, and hoped they would fall (some chance!) while Gronti simply asked ‘Where are all the Cows?’ (in Diablo 2) The forums were starting to get surreal!
At the end of august last year we had a precursor to the Fog Stories, with Snoochy-boos-fatty and his ‘ahem’ poetry, to which bjlangly’s reply was “Please stop. No more bad poerty please! SR aren't helping by giving you fools games for it!” hm, he obviously hadn’t counted on Meka Dragon then. BJ soon replied with his own lyrical ramblings in the Nintendo Prayer!
By the middle of September, everyone seemed to be promoting a new money making site. This soon became a bit much for the hard working SR staff, who mentioned that perhaps people might like to spend more time on UKGAMES and less time advertising other sites. Console wars came in all forms, from Ant, Bluebeetle and Swiss Tony. FantasyMeister just missed VR cabinets. The worst game of the year was thought to be either Superman on N64 or Army Men 3D. A discussion ensued by the end of the month on the fate of the DC, already on it’s way out “but with so much choice in the next year, DC owners are the worst culprits because the console will probably be dead and buried when the other three get released” thought Damo.
October was a cold month, but didn’t deter people from going out, “Where the hell is everyone?” asked a certain elitesnipe_beta…some things just don’t change, do they? The first female of the forums arrived, in the form of GG, and asked why there was such a stigma attached to gamesplayers and we were entertained by Mr Sven’s story of a coffee machine that had a mind of its own, which soon spiralled into a strange sort of topic about a love story with calculators (don’t ask, it was Grix’s idea) the Sonynet system was introduced to a puzzled audience (remember that?) and by the end of the month Ali had decided that Gameaday would be chosen the day afterwards, rather than on the same day at 6pm (meaning half the posts didn’t get included) Sheepy reared his head and extolled the virtues of Sudden Strike.
The highlights of November were mostly the struggle between PS2 lovers and haters, with the DVD player being of most interest to both parties in the argument. The recently promoted Notables were in court over the Lepracorn (sic) pot of gold while DarkAnt showed just how far some made up reporters could go for a story on Sega’s poor health…
December, 2001 and much more to come!
Part 1 – FOG 2000
In the early days of last year, back last May, people were just as concerned about the upcoming consoles abilities. Fogmaster thought it might be nice if the new Nintendo had the power for “letting the gamers create his/her own level for their favorite game” and Bob wanted the ability to “be allowed to take your N64 or psx memory cards in to the arcades put them into a slot in the game in the arcade and start from where you left off on your game console” Sega tried this, of course, and we still never got to see the results here in the UK.
In June, there were crys of joy and of pain as the new Dreamcast Online system was launched. Dan waxed Lyrically (albiet without paragraphs, spaces or much punctuation) “Dreamcast is the ONLY console to boast online play, and at last CHUCHU rocket enables users to play online against the Spanish, German and French aswell as the British. Oh, and by the way ChuCHu ROCKET is is available for FREE..” James007 wasn’t so impressed and mentioned the problem with playing an enemy you couldn’t see “surely the best thing about multiplayer games is that you can always throw something and/or hurl abuse at the person whoís just beaten you” The Dreamcast still cost £149.99 though and many people were holding out for the PS2, which stood on the horizon like a big black monolith and great things were expected, but at a price, “If Sony releases itís new hardware for a price of £250 or £300 then it doesnít matter how many people want a PS2, they simply wonít have evough money to buy one” said a worried James007. How wrong he was.
It was around this time that The Game shocked the world with his love of capital letters (a habit he thankfully broke with quickly!) and a certain quirky entertainment value, he helped bring the Fog’s infamous humour to the forums. Ant proclaimed his love for the PS2, even before he got one, echoing Game’s style with “MGS2, WHICH WILL BE THE BEST GAME EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER ETC” We still wait for it to arrive, even now!
A typo from a Nintendo press release gave rise to the cry “Starcube?” with many saying that a console with that name would never sell. Thank goodness that it was only a type then, eh folks? Grix mused on this at the time and was not convinced of it’s authenticity, believing the Dolphin monikor to be superior. BigBadWolf was one of the first to tell of the news, “Not N2000, not Dolphin, not StarCube. The name of Nintendo next gen machine is going to be "Nintendo Game Cube". Nick mentioned the price of console games, and hoped they would fall (some chance!) while Gronti simply asked ‘Where are all the Cows?’ (in Diablo 2) The forums were starting to get surreal!
At the end of august last year we had a precursor to the Fog Stories, with Snoochy-boos-fatty and his ‘ahem’ poetry, to which bjlangly’s reply was “Please stop. No more bad poerty please! SR aren't helping by giving you fools games for it!” hm, he obviously hadn’t counted on Meka Dragon then. BJ soon replied with his own lyrical ramblings in the Nintendo Prayer!
By the middle of September, everyone seemed to be promoting a new money making site. This soon became a bit much for the hard working SR staff, who mentioned that perhaps people might like to spend more time on UKGAMES and less time advertising other sites. Console wars came in all forms, from Ant, Bluebeetle and Swiss Tony. FantasyMeister just missed VR cabinets. The worst game of the year was thought to be either Superman on N64 or Army Men 3D. A discussion ensued by the end of the month on the fate of the DC, already on it’s way out “but with so much choice in the next year, DC owners are the worst culprits because the console will probably be dead and buried when the other three get released” thought Damo.
October was a cold month, but didn’t deter people from going out, “Where the hell is everyone?” asked a certain elitesnipe_beta…some things just don’t change, do they? The first female of the forums arrived, in the form of GG, and asked why there was such a stigma attached to gamesplayers and we were entertained by Mr Sven’s story of a coffee machine that had a mind of its own, which soon spiralled into a strange sort of topic about a love story with calculators (don’t ask, it was Grix’s idea) the Sonynet system was introduced to a puzzled audience (remember that?) and by the end of the month Ali had decided that Gameaday would be chosen the day afterwards, rather than on the same day at 6pm (meaning half the posts didn’t get included) Sheepy reared his head and extolled the virtues of Sudden Strike.
The highlights of November were mostly the struggle between PS2 lovers and haters, with the DVD player being of most interest to both parties in the argument. The recently promoted Notables were in court over the Lepracorn (sic) pot of gold while DarkAnt showed just how far some made up reporters could go for a story on Sega’s poor health…
December, 2001 and much more to come!
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...twice in a row because I couldn't think of anything better...
Which reminds me. Story time.
Which reminds me. Story time.
The first FoG Story started in Late November/Early December.
It started when you decided for an original way of giving news, about a Starwars online RPG.
Grix, Sheepy, Ant and Sniper, the four horsemen would talk about it, Sniper cynically ask what the big deal was, and ended up using his L3 Blaster on Sheepy who retaliated with the 15+ damage Lightsabre... something like that anyway.
Ant answered in a similar style, asking how much it would cost.
In Grix's reply, he would pale and collapse after seeing the 10 pound a month price.
Fantasy Meister landed his ship nearby and they all went off on a quest for cheap games, much to the disapproval of Emperor Tony of the Special Reserve empire.
I was absorbed in Zelda Majora's Mask and returned to the forums once the story was part way through.
I decided to write myself in.
Seeing as Zelda had kept me away from SR, I put it in story terms - the N-chip installed in my brain had knocked my physical body unconsious while my mind played through one of Emperor Tony's games (sent to the chip by the force... postal delivery in real life ;-D)
And so the N-chip Saga began, which led to the Overlord Bill gates being comming the official Fog story villain and Grix getting trapped inside a mega Drive cartrige...
It started when you decided for an original way of giving news, about a Starwars online RPG.
Grix, Sheepy, Ant and Sniper, the four horsemen would talk about it, Sniper cynically ask what the big deal was, and ended up using his L3 Blaster on Sheepy who retaliated with the 15+ damage Lightsabre... something like that anyway.
Ant answered in a similar style, asking how much it would cost.
In Grix's reply, he would pale and collapse after seeing the 10 pound a month price.
Fantasy Meister landed his ship nearby and they all went off on a quest for cheap games, much to the disapproval of Emperor Tony of the Special Reserve empire.
I was absorbed in Zelda Majora's Mask and returned to the forums once the story was part way through.
I decided to write myself in.
Seeing as Zelda had kept me away from SR, I put it in story terms - the N-chip installed in my brain had knocked my physical body unconsious while my mind played through one of Emperor Tony's games (sent to the chip by the force... postal delivery in real life ;-D)
And so the N-chip Saga began, which led to the Overlord Bill gates being comming the official Fog story villain and Grix getting trapped inside a mega Drive cartrige...
pb wrote:
Er-no
> takes over the world with his amazing Claw and raptor impressions...hang on,
> that hasn't happened yet...
They really are too damn good....
...heh. pb. I did the raptor in college today as loud as I could. The whole canteen stopped. It was great.
Er-no
> takes over the world with his amazing Claw and raptor impressions...hang on,
> that hasn't happened yet...
They really are too damn good....
...heh. pb. I did the raptor in college today as loud as I could. The whole canteen stopped. It was great.
pb wrote:
Quiz? Sure.
It's below, in the second part of the topic, Tom...
(Mr Nice Guy looks down the topic and sees the quiz....d'oh) ;-)
OH deary me........
I need to go to bed earlier.
Quiz? Sure.
It's below, in the second part of the topic, Tom...
(Mr Nice Guy looks down the topic and sees the quiz....d'oh) ;-)
OH deary me........
I need to go to bed earlier.
1. Who Chooses the Gameaday prizes on the excellent Special Reserve website?
a) Ali
2. What is the animal associated with tasty chocolate biscuits?
c) Penguin
3. What is the name of the forum's character who is madly addicted to sugar?
d) Ant
4. What three letters, when used together to form an item found in a lot of Playstation and PC games, does Grix Thraves hate the most?
V F M
5. Name three 'people' on this site with the name of an animal (or are indeed animals, allegedly)
At the time?
Golden Rhino, Ant, Sheepy. Or Bluebeetle.
6. What is the name of the new competition set up to run side by side with Gameaday?
Filmaday.
7. What is the old name for the Gamecube that Nintendo gave up on and some people on these forums still insist on using?
:0) Starcube/Dolphin.
8. Name the famous Sega character who is the same as question 7 above.
Ecco the Starcube.
9. Name the games:
a) Fly around that tarmac and hang on to cars in Tokyo-to, and watch out for that mad police man!
Jet Set Radio?
b) He smokes and he sneaks, he's certainly not a liquid serpent!
Metal Gear Solid.
c) You may have crash landed, but with the help of sheep, elephants and other animals you can chip your way back.
Damn it, what was that game called... on the N64... Space Station or something...
d) What a party! Pity that your wife wants you to clean up the house. Good job you've got a fast appendage (joke)!
...!
10. Name Ant's character in Grix's Star Wars 'skit' (ahem!)
Ant? :0)
11. Name Bluebeetle's favourite vegetable.
DAMN! DAMN DAMN DAMN...
12. Name the Game character:
I'm a strange colour for my race, but I make up for that by being really good at one thing. I do love curling up, but not with a good book. I have lots of friends and one main enemy that goes by two different names depending on what country you are in.
Sonic ze hedgehog.
a) Ali
2. What is the animal associated with tasty chocolate biscuits?
c) Penguin
3. What is the name of the forum's character who is madly addicted to sugar?
d) Ant
4. What three letters, when used together to form an item found in a lot of Playstation and PC games, does Grix Thraves hate the most?
V F M
5. Name three 'people' on this site with the name of an animal (or are indeed animals, allegedly)
At the time?
Golden Rhino, Ant, Sheepy. Or Bluebeetle.
6. What is the name of the new competition set up to run side by side with Gameaday?
Filmaday.
7. What is the old name for the Gamecube that Nintendo gave up on and some people on these forums still insist on using?
:0) Starcube/Dolphin.
8. Name the famous Sega character who is the same as question 7 above.
Ecco the Starcube.
9. Name the games:
a) Fly around that tarmac and hang on to cars in Tokyo-to, and watch out for that mad police man!
Jet Set Radio?
b) He smokes and he sneaks, he's certainly not a liquid serpent!
Metal Gear Solid.
c) You may have crash landed, but with the help of sheep, elephants and other animals you can chip your way back.
Damn it, what was that game called... on the N64... Space Station or something...
d) What a party! Pity that your wife wants you to clean up the house. Good job you've got a fast appendage (joke)!
...!
10. Name Ant's character in Grix's Star Wars 'skit' (ahem!)
Ant? :0)
11. Name Bluebeetle's favourite vegetable.
DAMN! DAMN DAMN DAMN...
12. Name the Game character:
I'm a strange colour for my race, but I make up for that by being really good at one thing. I do love curling up, but not with a good book. I have lots of friends and one main enemy that goes by two different names depending on what country you are in.
Sonic ze hedgehog.
Mr. Nice Guy wrote:
> pb wrote:
anyone want another go at my 'quiz' then?
Quiz? Sure.
It's below, in the second part of the topic, Tom...
(Mr Nice Guy looks down the topic and sees the quiz....d'oh) ;-)
> pb wrote:
anyone want another go at my 'quiz' then?
Quiz? Sure.
It's below, in the second part of the topic, Tom...
(Mr Nice Guy looks down the topic and sees the quiz....d'oh) ;-)
pb wrote:
anyone want another go at my 'quiz' then?
Quiz? Sure.
anyone want another go at my 'quiz' then?
Quiz? Sure.
anyone want another go at my 'quiz' then?
er-no wrote:
> Nice one pb.. love reading all this :-)
Where am I? :-D
You going to
> feature er-no's ups and downs of the FOG :-D
That would be (in compact form)...
Er-no arrives and makes lots of good posts
Er-no asks for Standees in November, Pb replies but still hasn't got around to sending any (probably easier with an address, mind you)
Er-no says the wrong thing and gets the boot
Er-no comes back, bigger and better than ever
Er-no goes away again, saying he's had enough and wants out for a while
The Lure of the forums becomes too much and after much MSN chatting with fellow Foggers and friends, he returns to the cheers of the FOG regulars.
Er-no takes over the world with his amazing Claw and raptor impressions...hang on, that hasn't happened yet...
> Nice one pb.. love reading all this :-)
Where am I? :-D
You going to
> feature er-no's ups and downs of the FOG :-D
That would be (in compact form)...
Er-no arrives and makes lots of good posts
Er-no asks for Standees in November, Pb replies but still hasn't got around to sending any (probably easier with an address, mind you)
Er-no says the wrong thing and gets the boot
Er-no comes back, bigger and better than ever
Er-no goes away again, saying he's had enough and wants out for a while
The Lure of the forums becomes too much and after much MSN chatting with fellow Foggers and friends, he returns to the cheers of the FOG regulars.
Er-no takes over the world with his amazing Claw and raptor impressions...hang on, that hasn't happened yet...
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