[achtung]

This place seems sorta like a small town, everyone seems to have there little quirks about each other but otherwise flamewars are rare and civilized debate is common.

[Scuddie]

Um...  Swantz, that is not exactly how it is here.  The reason you see civil debate and very few flamewars is because most of the people took some of the real debates personally.  They either left the community, or they decided not to participate anymore.   of good people left because of it, and now people are afraid to go into touchy subjects for that very reason.  But I suppose that's another story...  or thread .

[Deepblue]

It's strange I don't feel like I've been around here as long as I have... 4 years is a very long time...

[Sandwich]

Originally posted by Raa
And some beyond that.

We're gonna have to start adding in commas every 3 digits because of people like you and Steaky.

[TopAce]

And soon like Cobra

[karajorma]

Points at Sandwich's post count.

Not like you're not up to 5 figures yourself Sandy!

[Sandwich]

I know, but 5 figures isn't deserving of commas as much as when Steak and Raa pass 6 figures, in another 5 years or so.

[Taristin]

You think it'll take that long?

[Charismatic]

Originally posted by WeatherOp
And also found from Karajorma's FS faqs, not to mention the letters F, S and the #3.

I on the other hand did not find that in time. My beginning experiance was a wrather extremely rough one.
FS2 Mulit was dying and i was lead to HLP right before PXO died. That forced me to actually 'go to the site' i kept getting links in the lobby and games about.

My first post, yet topic, was about us getting off our butts and saveing fs and makeing fs&3. My speach was so inspirational it got the attention of every flame in the land of HLP. Sad to say iv paid for that mistake dearly. I now see what all is being done to perserve our precious game of Freespace.

Now'a'days, i beleive iv been accepted and that im no longer 'hated' or 'disliked' by any, or many members.
(anyone disagree? hehe)

HLP is a very good and close community, and it treats 'most' noobs well. Very well indeed. And i point to someones post about 'its not about the time but about the knoloage and wisdom you gain through this experiance here'.

One last thing. Because Cobra is my friend, i do ask you all to stop, lets say, 'picking on' him. Of the persentage of members negativly mentioned Cobra has been named about 90% of the time. Please show some restraint.

And a final note. Please excuse my horrible spelling and grammer.

[Nuclear1]

Originally posted by Charismatic
One last thing. Because Cobra is my friend, i do ask you all to stop, lets say, 'picking on' him. Of the persentage of members negativly mentioned Cobra has been named about 90% of the time. Please show some restraint.

I don't want to turn this into a "bash Cobra" thread, but I feel the need to explain this here.

We're not always just 'picking' on him. We're trying to correct him and fix him up. Compare the postcounts of, say, mine and Cobra's. I joined in 2002, and I just passed 2000 posts this month. Cobra joined in late 2004, and already has more than I do.

Why? Cobra spams and often posts just for the sake of posting. Honestly, a lot of the questions he asks are easily solvable by simply pressing "Search" and entering in the words he needs, but it seems like everyday there's a new thread or post with a question/comment that has been asked/said a hundred times before.

Factor this in with Cobra's natural tendency to take things too personally, and you'll understand.

Now, back to the thread... not Cobra bashing.

[CP5670]

Who is this Cobra guy anyway? I was absent for quite some time recently and must have missed all the fun. I remember vadar_1 and an0n quite well, although I rather liked many of an0n's postings. Did he just leave or get banned again? (what was it, fourth time I think? )

[Scuddie]

He got permabanned this time.  I think the admins were just finally tired of him.

[KappaWing]

Especially after the... um... incident... When he found out that HLP Admins linked to his site during The Great April Fools Day Prank (tm), and changed his homepage to reflect how he felt about the community.

[Nuclear1]

Originally posted by CP5670
Who is this Cobra guy anyway?

Read my previous post, then do a search for his name.

[Corsair]

Have I really been here since 2002? Damn...

I've always thought this community was really pretty close-knit. A lot of the people here have been around for a long time and there's a definite cast of characters... for the most part, everybody is decently good-natured most of the time. When I registered, people were pretty nice in directing me towards things and answering questions. The community's grown since then but things are more or less the same... just a little less colorful without an0n and Stryke.

[Kosh]

Who is Stryke?


But yeah, things are a lot less colorful without an0n around.

[Kamikaze]

Originally posted by CP5670
an0n quite well, although I rather liked many of an0n's postings. Did he just leave or get banned again? (what was it, fourth time I think? )

Yeah, he got banned again. See this for details: http://nodewar.penguinbomb.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2500

[achtung]

Tickle Fight?


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[CP5670]

Not much information in that thread, although it's been a while since I saw some of those guys and heard the name "Thunder" around here.

Read my previous post, then do a search for his name.

The search comes up with all kinds of irrelevant junk; don't have time to sift through all that. I'll assume he is just another of the infamous characters we have had around here over the last few years.

[Kamikaze]

IIRC an0n started insulting a few admins (I believe Setekh was a target) and in retaliation saved and uploaded many staff forum threads. So he's now indefinitely banned.