Cracked my ball

From: william23 Mar 2009 01:52
To: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD) 2373 of 2579
I had hoped that would never get out!

But, but, yes - it was PC Pro. Was it post or pre=Delphi?
From: THERE IS NO GOD BUT (RENDLE)23 Mar 2009 09:23
To: Mr (M00RL0CK) 2374 of 2579
That's not strictly true.
From: Manthorp23 Mar 2009 10:42
To: THERE IS NO GOD BUT (RENDLE) 2375 of 2579
Greg never witnesses it as the action almost always takes place behind him.
From: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)24 Mar 2009 19:04
To: william 2376 of 2579

Neither, it was during-Delphi IIRC.

 

Ahhhh, I remember Biggus and his profile image!

EDITED: 24 Mar 2009 19:04 by MR_BASTARD
From: william24 Mar 2009 20:19
To: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD) 2377 of 2579
God - there's a memory.

Have you been back lately? It's swung sharply towards the US of A with its membership. I still see a few names I remember - though not that many.

Having said that I just nipped over and found a thread with JoeJoe, Clive and Menace going strong.
From: dyl24 Mar 2009 21:25
To: william 2378 of 2579

As in the guy with the Dennis the Menace sig?

 

I don't remember you from there, only from here. You've really been here for 6 years? Wow.

From: Linn (INDYLS)24 Mar 2009 22:44
To: dyl 2379 of 2579
We've been here for 6 years? Wow.
From: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)24 Mar 2009 23:09
To: william 2380 of 2579

I haven't been back for years, since not long after they split from Delphi. Clive's still going strong is he? Fantastic. I only ever understood about 30% of what he wrote. I wonder if he's like he writes in real life.

 

I don't even know where they are now! :(

From: william (WILLIAMA)24 Mar 2009 23:28
To: dyl 2381 of 2579
That's the one.

And yes, more than six years in fact. That was just back to a point in this thread.

First post of mine I can find is Jan 2003 but I know I posted earlier than that - it was some comment about lurking.
From: william24 Mar 2009 23:45
To: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD) 2382 of 2579
They're still with Delphi.

The split never really got going - there's a rather sad Beehive forum somewhere (apart from this one) with six months between visits.

Clive's still going strong.

I wondered what happened to Hawk ( do you remember him?). He was one of the earliest non-UK-magazine-buyers to join the forum. He was in his late 60s and lived alone somewhere in a desert in Texas. Had trouble getting his "meds."

If you're keen they're mainly here
From: william24 Mar 2009 23:47
To: william 2383 of 2579
Yve still goes there. She knows the history a lot better than me.
From: koswix25 Mar 2009 12:28
To: ALL2384 of 2579
When did Teh first launch? Is the database here complete (i.e. message 1.1 the first ever message on Teh Forum), or did we lose/move at some point?
From: ANT_THOMAS25 Mar 2009 12:50
To: koswix 2385 of 2579
pretty sure we've had a database loss at some point.
From: Manthorp25 Mar 2009 14:52
To: koswix 2386 of 2579
quote:
i.e. message 1.1 the first ever message on Teh Forum


What's the betting it'll have been that bloody Matt? You'd have thought he made the place, the way he yacks on.
From: Matt25 Mar 2009 16:36
To: koswix 2387 of 2579
We've lost the database once, maybe twice.

It's twice if we went from Izzy to LP's mate Nick to Dan Mohammed to EuroVPS, but I can't remember if it was that or Izzy > Dan Mohammed > LP's mate > EuroVPS or even if there was another host between LP's mate and EuroVPS, which I think there was but I can't remember who.

Anyway, the one time I remember us loosing the database was after Izzy changed his job and his previous employer decided they didn't want us free-loading of their hosting any more, but due to having no contact with them we weren't able to get a copy of it and were forced to start afresh.

And Teh has been around since Beehive 0.1 pretty much, although ran in parallel to the old NPCFF. Before it was tehforum.co.uk, it was bigbeigebox.net if I remember correctly.

Someone should have written all this down :(
From: koswix25 Mar 2009 17:41
To: Matt 2388 of 2579
Looks like May/June 2002, judging by the posts on NPCFF. Can't find the 'launch' thread, though.

That's amazing. 7 years in the wild and still going strong. Bet Mikee feels stupid now :D
From: Mouse25 Mar 2009 17:57
To: koswix 2389 of 2579

Reckon this was the start?

 

http://forums.delphiforums.com/notpcformat/messages?msg=11983.1

 

I vaguely vaguely remember bigbeigebox.

From: koswix25 Mar 2009 18:04
To: Mouse 2390 of 2579

That looks like it!

 

How did you get back to that thread? I couldn't work out how to get older threads to display :$

 

Anyway, looks like Teh's 10th Birthday is 1st of June 2012. Meat?

From: Mouse25 Mar 2009 18:05
To: koswix 2391 of 2579

Dunno, just kept muttering and clicking randomly.

 

I also discovered it's still possible to order Xen's Pockets merchandise.

 

http://www.cafepress.com/pockets

 

:o

From: JonCooper25 Mar 2009 19:38
To: ALL2392 of 2579
heh heh - I found a thread where milko says no-one can ever be trusted to be a moderator