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Post by: Carl on February 21, 2003, 08:42:21 pm
http://web.archive.org/web/20010415031451/vbb.volition-inc.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/001723.html

:shaking: :shaking: :shaking: :shaking:
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Post by: WMCoolmon on February 21, 2003, 08:46:43 pm
:nervous: 67 pages?
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Post by: J.F.K. on February 21, 2003, 09:02:09 pm
From what I can see, that's just an enormous thread... am I missing anything?
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Post by: SKYNET-012 on February 21, 2003, 09:04:35 pm
Yep. SPAM. :yes:
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Post by: Stryke 9 on February 21, 2003, 09:04:42 pm
Wow. 67 pages, and lame by the third post.

I think the Internet's making me cynical about human intelligence, you know?
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Post by: phreak on February 21, 2003, 09:26:47 pm
you gots to go way back to appreciate the horrors TaS created
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Post by: Turnsky on February 21, 2003, 09:30:15 pm
see what spam can do if left unchecked?
*shudders*
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Post by: Stryke 9 on February 21, 2003, 10:01:38 pm
I remember TaS, but I think it was on its third or fourth iteration by the time I showed up, and wasn't quite so bad...
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Post by: CP5670 on February 21, 2003, 10:05:39 pm
When I registered it was at some 150 posts with a couple of pages, but it gained momentum quite fast after that until the day the VBB died. Also, I think the forum scripts completely messed up on that thread, since the last few pages were not accessible at all (on the original VBB copy) and thus the most recent posts could not be viewed. :p
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Post by: diamondgeezer on February 21, 2003, 10:19:59 pm
IPAndrew's TWNBAFS3 thread reached well over sixty pages, IIRC. Loved that thred :)
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Post by: Bobboau on February 21, 2003, 10:32:03 pm
a disturbing little thing I just noted, the last post on TAS was on 09-10-2001
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Post by: CP5670 on February 21, 2003, 10:38:19 pm
well, the VBB was probably swamped with 9/11 threads the next day, so it must have gotten buried once again. :D
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Post by: Bobboau on February 21, 2003, 10:39:04 pm
still some what disturbing IMO
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Post by: phreak on February 21, 2003, 10:51:56 pm
in retrospect, maybe keeping tas bumped would have been a good idea
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Post by: Carl on February 21, 2003, 11:24:32 pm
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Originally posted by diamondgeezer
IPAndrew's TWNBAFS3 thread reached well over sixty pages, IIRC. Loved that thred :)


The significance of TaS isn't the length of it, but what it is composed of. reading it will make you go insane. The entire thing is not just repeatitive spam, but an epic prose. It has one continuous story as well as many sup-stories, completely unrelated short stories (some of which are more than 1000 words long.) and symbolic poetic literature. It is the origin and record of most if not all of the community's legends and folklore, and creator of all the characters and items you will see on the HLPBB. From TaS came spacecrack, bosch beer, and, yes, even yours truly. Ph33r Tell a Story, for it is the greatest power in the FS universe.
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Post by: Stunaep on February 22, 2003, 02:13:36 am
also it has the last 40 pages of one single sentence, if I remember correctly.
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Post by: Gortef on February 22, 2003, 03:22:47 am
Oh dear god... this allmost brings tears into my eyes... really, no kidding :)

In TAS were so many different characters and things invented... and if I remember right it's the birthplace of Carl the Shivan ;)

I really loved that topic... at least a little :p

Edit: Oh my... I found one of my posts when browsing randomly
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Post by: Shrike on February 22, 2003, 04:39:46 am
Excuse me if I don't care....
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Post by: Turnsky on February 22, 2003, 04:41:13 am
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz... .......
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Post by: Unknown Target on February 22, 2003, 08:24:02 am
That's pathetic, take a look at THIS! (http://forums.ubi.com/messages/message_view-topic.asp?name=plounge&id=zzzoh)
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Post by: Blue Lion on February 22, 2003, 01:25:23 pm
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Originally posted by diamondgeezer
IPAndrew's TWNBAFS3 thread reached well over sixty pages, IIRC. Loved that thred :)



haha, we had fun with that
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Post by: Anaz on February 22, 2003, 02:05:41 pm
lol...the TWNBAFS3 thread was where I first heard/watched "all your base"...

anyone remember the bumpolosus?
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Post by: Stryke 9 on February 22, 2003, 06:21:13 pm
(http://monsite.wanadoo.fr/Ponchandpals/images/4-picture1.gif)
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Post by: Turnsky on February 22, 2003, 07:05:32 pm
:lol: nice one
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Post by: Anaz on February 22, 2003, 07:20:03 pm
..? :wtf:
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Post by: Unknown Target on February 22, 2003, 07:20:54 pm
...squad name from that link I posted. It's the anything forum for the IL-2 forums.
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Post by: CP5670 on February 23, 2003, 03:32:26 am
http://web.archive.org/web/20010926043514/vbb.volition-inc.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/001723-65.html

This page of the thread is classic TAS spam... :p :D
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Post by: Gortef on February 23, 2003, 05:01:01 am
Haha, yep... accidental doubleposts are nothing compared to that :lol:
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Post by: kode on February 23, 2003, 06:17:48 am
speaking of... noone's got it available for download as a zip file or something?

hmm... I took down all of the pages that were there, so I'm gonna need page2 to make it "complete".
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Post by: Styxx on February 24, 2003, 06:42:44 am
Hmm, right...
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Post by: icespeed on February 25, 2003, 07:02:40 am
my goodness.
aren't we glad hlp no longer supports spam threads like that...;)