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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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I came in November last year...
..although my first post was in a Golden Rhino quiz topic... I answered more questions then anyone...
I proved myself in five posts.... its taken some people 100 days...
lol :-D
Decemeber last year was great.
..although my first post was in a Golden Rhino quiz topic... I answered more questions then anyone...
I proved myself in five posts.... its taken some people 100 days...
lol :-D
Decemeber last year was great.
SHIGSY PIC, SHIGGSY PIC!!!
:-D
I arrived in November of laste year... Albeit under a different name.
:-D
I arrived in November of laste year... Albeit under a different name.
"Sonynet system was introduced to a puzzled audience"
HURRAH!
http://www.geocities.com/englishpoke/demo.jpg
HURRAH!
http://www.geocities.com/englishpoke/demo.jpg
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!
Page: