FMD memories/nostalgia

[grinner]

Do you realize that in 2 months the forum will have been around for 3 years... 3 years. What an amazing trip this has been. Anyway, it got me thinking about some of the things that used to be posted here... and some of the members that used to post here that are no longer around. A case of nostalgia, if you will.

So I was thinking that the things that I miss was the frenetic energy that was infused in the forum. There were some wonderful discussions that occured before some members (I include myself in this) got too enthused about some of the topics and got them banned... topics and members. The search for weirder and weirder news articles... the frantic gamesmenship. The totally frank and intense discussions... the shameless flirting... the double and sometimes triple entendre's. Things like that.

Anyway, what do you feel nostalgic about... from the early days of FMD or Kansas... of even Skiffy's old board.

[grinner]

like the discussions that brought about the Calenders... or that created the first Valentine's candy exchange. I guess you need to be online more than I have been recently (within the last 5 months) to get involved in some of these discussions, but... still and all... we had good times... didn't we?

[who45]

yep....I miss a lot of that as well.We had very good times and while somethings remain fun here...can it ever be the same? I don't know. I know I for one miss a lot that used to go on around here...ahhh memories. See you need to post more often grinner. :P

[scrape_medic]

Japanese night in Tables.....yes, no, ware kajiro. *sigh* those were the days.

[grinner]

yeah, I have been stuck on 21k forever. what happened to the halcyon days of 1k posts a month... :g2f:

[BrowderChick]

Seems like only yesterday that the boyz were jello wrestling. :lol

[TheBladeRoden]

I miss flirting with Kechara and AgentSun :(

[who45]

]... the shameless flirting... the double and sometimes triple entendre's. Things like that.

What? there was shameless flirting going on around here. I'm shocked. Well that could revive itself very easily. :innocent: :P

[kechara420]

I declare my utter and complete :innocent: ... I deny all knowledge of and complicity in any and all aforementioned behavior and/or misbehavior ...

[BrowderChick]

:lol You are not the :innocent: one. I am. :lol

[grinner]

there are no innocents on this forum... only devients... or something. :evil:

[Nicola]

The nude calendar idea... that was hilarious. :D

[kechara420]

:rolleyes: Yeah ... right .....

[AgentSun]

I miss flirting with Kechara and AgentSun :(

Roden, you still do that.

I think the board's a little less spontaneous...this time, it's like we come to see the regulars but there isn't a huge amount of 'new' here. New members are always around but it's not as if we've got new ideas or anything.

I think a reason is because the games got their own forum.

[grinner]

I think a reason is because the games got their own forum.
I still think that was a bad idea.

[AgentSun]

when games were around, there was a lot more activity on the board consistently. i could post for a few hours non stop because of the games and it was really fun. now that they're in another forum, i tend to forget they're even there.

[who45]

yep...I know one game I really hated to see go to the other forum. :(

[AgentSun]

except somehow, the 'one above' thread is still in the OT forum.

[grinner]

I know which one... exactly. Out of sight... out of mind.

[who45]

yep

[BrowderChick]

Have it moved back.

[Lord Loser]

I declare my utter and complete :innocent: ... I deny all knowledge of and complicity in any and all aforementioned behavior and/or misbehavior ...:rolleyes:

my only response?
Yeah ... right .....

[who45]

Now see grinner you keep posting like this and you will break 22,000 by end of July. :P

[AgentSun]

we should be more nostalgic more often then?

[who45]

Have it moved back. It wont be since it's a game...too bad though. :(

[LiLOrion]

like the discussions that brought about the Calenders...[/i]

:lol

All I remember was somehow we went from g_s in only a sock, to calenders.

:lol

[kechara420]

Joe ... I Like Megan ... g_s hasn't posted NEARLY enough new stuff lately ...

[AgentSun]

no he hasn't. i miss the adventures of joe. and we never did figure out what happened to the guy who liked megan.

[who45]

Oh and the Voice recognition thread which reapeared recently. I still find that thread hilarious. I think some of us stayed up in the wee hours of the morning posting in that one. :D

[BrowderChick]

That was a good one. :lol

[grinner]

Oh and the Voice recognition thread which reapeared recently. I still find that thread hilarious. I think some of us stayed up in the wee hours of the morning posting in that one. :D
and tables didn't have the same... thing. Or any countless other threads.

[who45]

I know...good times though. :)

[AgentSun]

i still remember stellar' frog story....the chronicle of the frog tormentor. we have less of those now, less continous threads. i miss the Pees in Shower thread too. and the countless discussions about undergarments.

[grinner]

ah, yes... the infamous Pees in Shower thread. I still can't believe that I had the most posts in that thread at one time... *shudder*

edit... hey, when did size=1 become bigger than normal??? do we have to use size=.5 now?

[BrowderChick]

It was like a train wreck :lol

[Owlman]

Gotta say "Let's Revel..." thread. Might need to bump up the beauty thread again.

I miss the huge amounts of confessions we used to get.

The FMD "Loveline" we had recently was pretty damn good too.

Some kick ass people did get booted from here, and it sucks. They should get parole or something.

[grinner]

or hearing about... exercising your prostate... or something...

that was a cool article. I have so many that I would love to post... but I did get tired of some of the grief I used to get...

[AgentSun]

i loved the weird articles...you know you've hit on something when droves of people came to a board not about news to check out the news. it's like FMD was a CNN for odd-ball news.

[who45]

well I think BC passed you by the the Pees in the shower thread :lol

[eta_carinae]

exercising your prostate... or something...

Hu? :rolleyes:

In terms of the board as a whole, I miss the campaigning spirit. It seems like now that we got the miniseries and we know the show isn't coming back (at least not as a tv show), there just isn't the drive anymore. I admit I don't spend much time in the campaign thread, and it used to be the only one I went into. Until I got sidetracked into here.... now it's more like I come to see people I know and other silliness more than anything :dunno:

[BrowderChick]

well I think BC passed you by the the Pees in the shower thread :lol
Yeah but I lost that title in there. Darn.. :lol

[Aeryn_Sun99]

I loved the wierd articles too....and I dearly miss the badger phobia we all had a one time, and being part of the FMD regulators...badger division (however that's still in my sig). Oh, yeah, and I missed the Nutbar for the longest time til it came back...HORRAY FOR THE NUTBAR!!!!!

[grinner]

Hu? :rolleyes:


I once posted an article that was basically stating that men should 'play' once a day to 'exercise' their prostates. It appears that 'playing' reduces the chances of Prostate Cancer by an amazing amount... like over 60%.

[eta_carinae]

yeah, well, I can see why that might be a popular topic ;) not nearly enough silly articles anymore.

[grinner]

Yeah but I lost that title in there. Darn.. :lol
who holds that record now?

[grinner]

yeah, well, I can see why that might be a popular topic ;) not nearly enough silly articles anymore.
yeah, it was great fun.

I may start reposting silly articles... but I really don't have the time that I used to... darn responsibilities... making me all... responsible or something.

[grinner]

I loved the wierd articles too....and I dearly miss the badger phobia we all had a one time, and being part of the FMD regulators...badger division (however that's still in my sig). Oh, yeah, and I missed the Nutbar for the longest time til it came back...HORRAY FOR THE NUTBAR!!!!!
whatever happened to Jeff? Did anyone ever find out?

[BrowderChick]

I think shadowshiv

[BrowderChick]

whatever happened to Jeff? Did anyone ever find out?
Last I saw him, he was at Gateworld.

[grinner]

I think shadowshiv
oh my... really?

In the words of Malcom Reynolds... 'Huh'

[who45]

yeah, it was great fun.

I may start reposting silly articles... but I really don't have the time that I used to... darn responsibilities... making me all... responsible or something. You should..they were really interesting to read.

[who45]

ok...that's it for me. Goodnight all. :bigwave:

[Owlman]

I think shadowshiv

What the hell happened to him anyways?

[BrowderChick]

What the hell happened to him anyways?
:dunno:

[Owlman]

Had a good Owlituide Follower in the making too...

[AgentSun]

whoa, resurgence of threads!

[eta_carinae]

:lol I love how all the old threads are "magically" popping up!

eta- aw crap. AS beat me to it :P

[grinner]

:lol I love how all the old threads are "magically" popping up!

eta- aw crap. AS beat me to it :P
That's what nostalgia does to you...

[BrowderChick]

Scary bad things happen. :lol

[AgentSun]

yep. let's not bring back tie dye though, okay?

[eta_carinae]

I loved all the music threads. got some good ideas out of those. they do come back from time to time though.

[BrowderChick]

Or Members only... That would scare Trubs.

[grinner]

do any of you realize, that I have posted tonight more than I posted in the last 2 months...

[eta_carinae]

well now we've got some good conversations going. I haven't felt like posting much recently myself.

[who45]

do any of you realize, that I have posted tonight more than I posted in the last 2 months... yes...just like the good old times...and remembers how it was not to get the posts crossed in the other threads :lol

[AgentSun]

i miss late night conversations when there would be some really good conversations...it's kind of surprising that all of us can be so philosophical or deep at like 3 am but i always liked getting up in the morning, checking the board (yes i do that in the morning...i'm addicted) and seeing that a group of people had a really interesting conversation at 2 am.

[grinner]

yes...just like the good old times...and remembers how it was not to get the posts crossed in the other threads :lol
you mean like having 5 or more conversations going on at once... and not mixing them up... that was a talent... wasn't it.:D

[BrowderChick]

I remember those days when all the threads didnt make sense unless you were following them all at once. :lol

[Alexxia]

Aww, all this nostalgia is making me misty. Wait...nope, I just forgot to put on my glasses. All's clear now.

[AgentSun]

good! now go post in the threads of yester-year.

[BrowderChick]

:hi: LEXX!!!!!

[grinner]

I remember those days when all the threads didnt make sense unless you were following them all at once. :lol
oh, those were brilliant... and the conversations would appear in the most unlikeliest places... in threads where the conversation totally made no sense at all... good times... good times... guh

[AgentSun]

you know what i miss the most? the rapid-fire posting thats going on now. i'd finish posting in one thread and there'd be another one with a post. i like this and i miss this a lot.

a :beer: to grinner for starting this movement!

[who45]

you mean like having 5 or more conversations going on at once... and not mixing them up... that was a talent... wasn't it.:D yes...multitasking takes practice :lol. But it can be worth it. :D

[Alexxia]

:hi: LEXX!!!!!
:hi: BC!!!!!

[AgentSun]

they've scientifically deduced that women are naturally better at multi-tasking.

[grinner]

you know what i miss the most? the rapid-fire posting thats going on now. i'd finish posting in one thread and there'd be another one with a post. i like this and i miss this a lot.

a :beer: to grinner for starting this movement!
I have just been thinking about this for quite a while... since my computers started to flake out on me and I haven't been online as much as I used to.

[who45]

Thought you were going to bed? :P

[BrowderChick]

Multitasking? On dialup.... its almost unheard of... almost. :P

[eta_carinae]

I need to go to bed too. But I'm having too much fun!

[who45]

Multitasking? On dialup.... its almost unheard of... almost. :PWell it can be done...just have to curse and whack the computer a few times :lol

[grinner]

bed... is where I should be. soon it will be morning...

[Alexxia]

That's mighty poetical of you, grinner.

[grinner]

Well it can be done...just have to curse and whack the computer a few times :lol
that is what multiple windows/tabs are for...

[grinner]

That's mighty poetical of you, grinner.
I have my moments... and then I fall down.

[who45]

bed... is where I should be. soon it will be morning...Yep....it comes too soon when you're having fun.

[AgentSun]

amen!

a few hours ago my broadband freaked out on me and i was getting 1 mbps but the signal was really low too so i couldn't do anything.

i should be sleeping too. work in the morning too. but i'm having too much fun.

[BrowderChick]

Well it can be done...just have to curse and whack the computer a few times :lol
Yeah with about 10 windows open at the same time. :lol

[who45]

that is what multiple windows/tabs are for...well yes...but on dial up sometimes it goes a little slower. But I guess you wouldn't know since you aren't on dial up. :P lucky. ;)

[Alexxia]

I am so very tired. I'm gettin' old.

[who45]

Lexx! *pounce* :hug:

[AgentSun]

go to the nutbar, drink a red bull and buck up!

[BrowderChick]

Im younger than you? ;)

[Owlman]

I still kind of thinking about the Vin Diesel topic too.

[grinner]

well yes...but on dial up sometimes it goes a little slower. But I guess you wouldn't know since you aren't on dial up. :P lucky. ;)
dial-up free since 1997 :D

[who45]

yeah yeah rub it in.:P

[AgentSun]

dial-up free since 2003.

[eta_carinae]

dial-up free since 1997 :D

I'm impressed

[grinner]

yeah yeah rub it in.:P
okay, so I have to exercise my prostate now??? oh my... guh

oh wait, you didn't say rub one off... guh

[Alexxia]

Lexx! *pounce* :hug:
*OOMPH* Hiya, Who! :D

[grinner]

I'm impressed
yep, we had the SECOND cable modem in my town. Back then, we used to see insane speeds... and then more users went online.

[eta_carinae]

the second? wow. I didn't even consider cable until 2001.

[AgentSun]

good job grinner. i haven't gotten better than 54 mbps. what do you get?

[who45]

okay, so I have to exercise my prostate now??? oh my... guh

oh wait, you didn't say rub one off... guh well you can rub :lech: erm....now which thread had the camera...erm...never mind move along. :D

[grinner]

the second? wow. I didn't even consider cable until 2001.
I was living in a house with my brother... and by 1996 we were tired of bumping into each other trying to get online. So when Grand Rapids went digital we were the second house to get high speed internet. That was late 1996, so I just call it 1997

[grinner]

good job grinner. i haven't gotten better than 54 mbps. what do you get?
on this crappy SBC set up I have, I pay for 750 kbps but only usually get 370 kbps. When we were early users of the Cable internet, we were seeing speeds over 800 kbps... but that wasn't truly usable as not many sites were able to use that speed.

[AgentSun]

i'm getting 48 mbps right now...i think my dad's been tinkering with the routers.

[grinner]

My best bud's wife needs extremely high speed connections... they have like 1.5 gps. Insanely fast. download por... er movies really fast :D

[AgentSun]

wow, 1.5 gbps...wow. the connection at work is typically 100 mbps.

[who45]

all this talk of fast downloads...*sigh* maybe one day. night all....for real this time. :D :bigwave:

[grinner]

translation work requires HUGE BANDWIDTH. I am talking ginormous files.

[trubador]

Or Members only... That would scare Trubs.
:eek2:

[grinner]

he said to her...

"I like my bandwidth like I like my cars and women... fast"

[AgentSun]

i want a fast car.

[BrowderChick]

:eek2:
I knew you would be here. :hi:

[AgentSun]

hey trubs!

[trubador]

Frell this nostalgia stuff!!! It's been almost 3 years, and I STILL come here at least once a day. As Stars would say.... "You guys are the bestest!" :D

[AgentSun]

darn tootin!

did i just say that?

[StephX]

I remember when I first logged in. Everyone was so pissed at scifi and focused. Mostly pissed off, though. lol

[AgentSun]

we're still kind of pissed. but we more or less just think they suck now and we've moved on. i'm kind of pissed i'm going to miss the season premiere of SG1 though. i'll be out of town.

[StephX]

hee Not like back in sept. 2002!

Wait..your going out of town to somewhere without a tv?! :eek: :eek3: That's almost as bad as not having a computer!

[AgentSun]

well i'm driving that day so i'll be gone for the day only but since i'm in a car, i don't have a tv. i will be bringing a computer though. i just will have to find some place with wi-fi.

[divinedaydreams]

All this looking back is making me teary eyed. Think I'll go and visit the Word Association Thread.

[divinedaydreams]

Oh and this is my 1000 subscribed thread.

[AgentSun]

i don't even subscribe to threads anymore...i just know where they are, haha.

[divinedaydreams]

I just lazy.

[scrape_medic]

1000th subscribed thread.....do you get email notification on all of them?

and Lexx..:hi: How was your birthday?

[Johnsgirl727]

like the discussions that brought about the Calenders... or that created the first Valentine's candy exchange. I guess you need to be online more than I have been recently (within the last 5 months) to get involved in some of these discussions, but... still and all... we had good times... didn't we?

I feel the same way. The board just isn't the same since even a year ago.... :( But hey, I got myself a boyfriend out of all the shameless flirting, so this board and the people here will always be very dear to me. :D

But I completely know what you're saying. There was an exciting...energy and sense of fun that made coming here everyday essential. :)

[Milaya]

except somehow, the 'one above' thread is still in the OT forum.
O-ou, what have I done...?

[AgentSun]

i think it's still essential to come here...except we're all buddies now so it's like going to the Cheers bar instead of the hot new club to see who you spot here.

[Twich]

Ah...but wait til syndication hits and we have all those newbies! It'll be energized and excited again real soon. :)

Besides that. I love you guys darnit. It IS essential to see you all at least once a day. If not more.

:)

[kechara420]

And again, going to bed at a decent hour makes me lose out on good posting :no: ...

I know what you guys mean about the energy changing. AS summed it up rather well, I think. These days, FMD is more like a neighborhood bar than anything else. We know pretty much everyone, and we chat about the old, familiar stuff.

g-man, thanks for starting this thread ... I'll be hitting the games later today, and maybe I'll peruse some of the other old threads, too ...

[Digger]

I'll never forget what it was like here the first year or so that I became involved. The insatiable need for news about Farscape, Skiffy, EMTV, Vivendi, the Henson Company, and the competition between people to find it. Cheering on Matt Roush as he mentioned Farscape in every "Ask Matt" column (as he did again today!). The plethora of ideas (some of which seemed too crazy to happen, but which actually did) that got thrown out on a daily basis in the campaign forums. Logging on to this site when I got to work and staying logged on all day, coming in to check things out several times during the day. The way that, even as pissed as we all were, we found ways to make each other laugh with all those wierd and wonderful stories, confessions, games, and haiku. Watching the member numbers climb and climb. Having serious discusssions about the ratings system, and getting smacked down by MediaSavant when we made an error. The palpable feeling of anticipation when a major convention was going on, because we knew we'd get some kind of news from Rockne, DK, Ben, Brian, etc. Reading all of Bonnie Hammer's interviews, and laughing at some of the stupid things she'd say as she defended the decision to cancel the show. Talking about those last few eps, and Farscape Fridays. Waiting for the next cool post card from Ratscape and PK Paul.

I miss those days. I really hope that the show does well in syndication and it spurs us on to campaign again for a movie or a new miniseries.

[divinedaydreams]

1000th subscribed thread.....do you get email notification on all of them?

and Lexx..:hi: How was your birthday?

Only the active ones. Saddly that's only about 30 or so. Maybe we can make a new game of finding interesting old threads and reviving them.

[who45]

1000th subscribed threads :eek: I have some of mine unsubscribed so I don't get flooded with emails.

[divinedaydreams]

What can I say I like collecting threads.

[who45]

:lol

[divinedaydreams]

1004

[who45]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v441/Who45/shakesheadsmilie.gif

[divinedaydreams]

:yes: :mischief: :crazydanc :banana: :rollin: :lech: :roflmao: :thud:

Oh did I mention I miss all the smilies that you would see everywhere.

[who45]

yes, well considering back in the day I made a lot of contributions to those smilies being posted all over the board...well it wasn't just me *snicker*....but yeah that was fun.

[divinedaydreams]

:beer: to the smilies!

[kechara420]

Dancing bananas :yes: We haven't had nearly enough dancing bananas lately ...

[eta_carinae]

oh boy. the bananas... :banana:

[divinedaydreams]

:wall:

Beware the dancing bananas!

[StephX]

I remember being shocked and a bit teary eyed at the end of Bad Timing when it first aired.

...and then mad all over again for the show being cancelled!

[divinedaydreams]

Off to clean out my Yahoo mailbox.

[harveywhispers]

I miss the snap-bang intensity of new ideas constantly being proposed in the campaign strategizing. It stems from a lot of things, the greatest being those who want to campaign just not knowing which way to go. It'll get easier again, just a matter of when and making sure that enough campaigners are still around.

I miss lacking the time to be as involved as I used to be.

I miss people that we have lost along the way (like Tiriel & DoA).

I look fondly back upon our incidents with the ever "lovable" pisher...

I was, until this thread, missing some of the silly crap that we can all get going.

[Twich]

I remember when FMD crashed after Bad Timing. And I remember secret posters...and I remember bras in the mail.

Now THOSE were the good old days. Heh.

[Jim Reaper]

and I remember bras in the mail.
:eek:

[BrowderChick]

I thought that was alot of fun. Wonder where they all went though? I mean the used ones. :lol

[Jim Reaper]

:eek:

[trubador]

Ah, yes..... bras in the mail... and a crashed site after "Bad Timing". *sniff* those were the good ole daze. :snicker:

[AgentSun]

awww. wasn't the end of 'bad timing' still the record for the number of scapers on the site?

[scrape_medic]

awww. wasn't the end of 'bad timing' still the record for the number of scapers on the site?No it was when the PKW was shown

[scrape_medic]

:eek:Jim....I think your right eye just rolled off under the table.


btw...love the fox and sheep pic..:lol

[who45]

No it was when the PKW was shownAnother good night ;)

[AgentSun]

very good night. i remember having play by play coverage with commentary cause i couldn't actually watch the miniseries so i had to catch what everyone else was saying about it.

[vikingscaper]

My favorite FMD memories:

When I was a mad thread-hijacker. I've abandoned that habit and have settled back into my old lurking ways again.

Getting suckered into taking part in the calendar.

When FMD crashed after Bad Timing aired.

Insisting that I am vs and not VS.

[grinner]

yes, well considering back in the day I made a lot of contributions to those smilies being posted all over the board...well it wasn't just me *snicker*....but yeah that was fun.
...hmm... :innocent:... or something. :D

[grinner]

Dancing bananas :yes: We haven't had nearly enough dancing bananas lately ...
the forum won't let you post that many anymore. I do remember almost slowing down the entire forum with a competition between Stellar and I. Good times... :D

[who45]

...hmm... :innocent:... or something. :D:innocent: riiiight...as :innocent: as me huh. :P :P

[grinner]

I miss getting emails about speculative fiction television shows whilst making that huge list... emails from people who weren't even members of this forum... who did eventually join up. I miss Egg's nuttiness and some other members... :sigh:

[who45]

Tell me about it.Egg has been around a few times...even showed up in the Doctor trivia and I have PMed him a few times. He kind of breezes in and out. If you see him come on, he always checks the trivia thread first,lol.Fun times.

[grinner]

One thing that continues to amaze me... is how little sleep I got when the show was first announced as cancelled. I think I was going on about 2 to 3 hours a night... always checking the forums (and there were many that I checked hourly almost) to see if there had been any news...

[who45]

Did any of us get sleep back then :lol

[AgentSun]

maybe...we're getting old. complacent. we're not spontaneous anymore. this can't be, i'm only 21! i've got years in my scifi career ahead of me!

[BrowderChick]

Did any of us get sleep back then :lol
No we didnt. :lol I think we were just going and going. :D

[AgentSun]

sleeeep? what is this sleep?

[Clarsax]

I do miss some of that rush, of pounding out letter after letter after letter, breaking the fax machines, and stuffing SciFi's email, especially all the organized group efforts like the weekly to-do lists. Those were the good old days. Aside from that, I do miss some of the people who've disappeared over the years, and some of the discussions we had back then (minus the fights, obviously)

[harveywhispers]

One thing that continues to amaze me... is how little sleep I got when the show was first announced as cancelled. I think I was going on about 2 to 3 hours a night... always checking the forums (and there were many that I checked hourly almost) to see if there had been any news...

:yes:

Aah...the good 'ol days...

[AgentSun]

were those the glory days? :shrug: i like our times now too.

[harveywhispers]

Ooh...forgot...

I sure liked the Clarvey stuff...that was cool... :)

[trubador]

Pisher?

[AgentSun]

i remember pisher. that was a pretty hilarious time.

[Aeryn_Sun99]

holy frell, i stay away from the puter for a day and this thread grows by almost 10 pages.....

[Bandana Girl]

Hopefully when syndication comes out things will be hopping. I have some evil plans I want to try out next year. Also, think there are new people. We just have show them how it's done. I remember when Ms.Spocks and Firecracker showed up on the SPACE board to complain about Angel being cancelled :elol: Look at those 2 now. They rock my socks every day!!!
I think we will get more newbies like them. :) Also, I am helping some browncoats out so it will do well and we get some more FS. I do think most people think it's over but I am good at changing other peoples minds. ;) Do you know I am nicknamed the Farscape Maven on 2 other boards? One Board even added the BBC cult index of scaper swear words, to help newbies understand what I meant by Frell. :ewink: I know of at least one person who got into Farscape by seeing Ben on Stargate and made sure her library had the whole series on DVD. :) Our evil plans are working. We just have to stick to them that's all. :) I think I will keep slogging through the I have a Plan forum until I finaly figure out a way to get a Bondi Yeti T-shirt (yes I still want one).
:ewink:

[Kathleen]

BG.... You have always been such an inspiration to me!!! Not to mention a really great person and a wonderful friend. Thank you for reminding me why this fandom has been so successful!! This fandom hasn't gone anywhere; we're all still right here!!!!!!!

:hug: BG

[kechara420]

The campaign energy was amazing. Anytime there was any little mention of Farscape, anywhere in the media, we were all over it--and it just added fuel to our fire. We raised amazing amounts of money practically overnight for stuff like newspaper ads, special projects and even OT things like ddd's foal project.

We're still a community, but there isn't that same sense of fierce togetherness. We had a common goal, one very dear to all our hearts, and that allowed us to put other things aside and become a single, focused unit. I think once the mini was announced, we all sort of relaxed a bit, and that urgency faded. We became more ourselves instead of "Scaper soldiers," and that's when the infighting and problems really started.

Hopefully we'll get some good news on the Emmy front this week (the nominations will be announced on Thursday, July 14, beginning at 5:30 a.m. PDT (that's 8:30am EST)--less than 48 hours from now!!. It's apparently going to be webcast live on the Official Emmy site (http://www.emmys.org/), but I can't tell if just members can watch or if the general public can, too.

[AnnK]

I remember the year of postcards to Showtime! My family thought I was certifiably insane. I would spend many a day writing out reasons to help Save Farscape - and spending waaaaay too much time here. I still check in pretty regularly, um, everyday, on a multiple basis, lurking to see what's happening. I remember our live chats, too - they were also a riot!

[Kathleen]

((((((((( Ann ))))))))))))) God, I haven't seen you in FOREVER!!!! Sadly, that is the case with alot of our members... :(

I hope it will change as the syndication starts up. :yes:

[AnnK]

Hey, girl, You Ain't Right!

I'm around, just never have been a huge poster - mainly a lurker...

I wonder about RescueFarscape, too. Ah, those were the days...

[Bandana Girl]

I still check here everyday. like I said I am nicknamed the farscape Maven on those other boards for a reason :ewink: When I don;'t feel fierce I justtake a little break and pimp it online. Right now, I am putting together the cards HawkZon, Jagwriter and LilOrion sent me and I was reading behind the scenes cards for season 4 and they were talking about whatthey would do if they had a season 5 :cry2: You know what? It got me all riled up again!!

Also, it made me realize how much I want to complete the quotable and behind the scenes sets (cheap and pretty is the way for me when it comes to trading cards). There is still plenty of appetite in me I think for Farscape.

Thank You Kathleen. I did not know I was an inspiration to anybody. Me wuvs this place. :love: Also, I wanted to say I think this year I had the most stuff there has ever been for a TTrek table for Farscape, 100% due to scapers here. I truly solely honestly mean that. So I do not think the fandom is waning. If it was I would hardly have anything. Now, I have to transport the stuff by car. :elol: I had a hard time this year (with my sisters illness) and all you scapers helped make it bearable. Doing all this FS stuff really helped distract from the grimness of everyday for quite a while and gave my sis stuff to do when she was bored. So I think there will always be a part of me that will be pushing scape since it had such a positive influence on my life. I truly mean that. (My sis has improved too :) )

Did I also, mention, I pimp the vids on FS fantasy too? I put a grown man and a bunch of Faramir swooners in tears. ;) (I just link to the page though ;) ) :elol: :elol:

[kechara420]

I remember the year of postcards to Showtime! My family thought I was certifiably insane. I would spend many a day writing out reasons to help Save Farscape - and spending waaaaay too much time here. I still check in pretty regularly, um, everyday, on a multiple basis, lurking to see what's happening. I remember our live chats, too - they were also a riot!And I was sending to NBC! Man, I REALLY have to go dig up that old thread and copy that list again. I've had to change computers a couple of times since then, and that list was one of the things that got lost along the way. There were SO MANY good reasons to save Farscape in that thread!!!

[scrape_medic]

I miss the rapid fire posting in the games threads, LB, abb, and the danicing banana man himself Jellyfish, Boron, fautus, geez I am going to have to stop there or I am going to name everyone on the site!....Some days it was so fast you have to edit almost every one of your posts!

[Aeryn_Sun99]

yeah, i miss that too...problem is, hardly anyone is on when i am on....just cause our schedules are different (and not to mention our time zones)

[stellar]

Ah... the good ole times.

grinner, you realize that you're going to start a huge :bump:fest, don't you?

[kechara420]

:rolleyes: stellar, that was his evil plan all along!! Didn't you figure that out?!?

[Aeryn_Sun99]

yeah, he always has some sort of evil plan in the works

[scrape_medic]

(and not to mention our time zones)

We have different time zones? I thought it was just FMD time.

[harveywhispers]

We're still a community, but there isn't that same sense of fierce togetherness. We had a common goal, one very dear to all our hearts, and that allowed us to put other things aside and become a single, focused unit. I think once the mini was announced, we all sort of relaxed a bit, and that urgency faded. We became more ourselves instead of "Scaper soldiers," and that's when the infighting and problems really started.


TOTALLY AGREE.

[Aeryn_Sun99]

We have different time zones? I thought it was just FMD time.

yeah, unfortunately when you have to live in the real world, and have to be at work at a certain time you can't follow FMD time.

*wishes she didn't have to work, but knows that's not an option*

[kechara420]

Sure it's an option ... if you want to live in a box by the side of the road, and panhandle for enough money to visit the local cyber-cafe once a week.

[divinedaydreams]

FMD visits only once a week! Never, never, never, never....

[grinner]

Ah... the good ole times.

grinner, you realize that you're going to start a huge :bump:fest, don't you?
that was my intent... to bring up some old conversations... :elol:

[kechara420]

SEE!!!! He even ADMITS to his evil plot ...

[who45]

And you are surprised by that? :P :P

[JadedLegend3]

I'm sure that's been mentioned already, but man I miss hijacking threads. :lol

vs, grinner, Kurt, trubs, LL...my men...we've had some good days, yes? :ewink:

[Sunderflame]

Grinner you really stir up some memories.......I miss alot of the others who have moved on.....or simply were banned...

We all believed in Farscape and it's future.....
We did win...even compromised in the end....but we did get the lose ends mended...I still won't believe Dargo is dead..surely Grunslick will pull him out and find another Diagnosen to fix him...freeze his bod until he can fix him...perhaps Rockne is reading our posts...to this day...Like the phenoix rising out of the fire....Farscape will be again.....

I do really miss some of the people that don't post here anymore...It's definetly a yonger crowd.
Which is a good thing....and they all love chochatate....lots of it...

I really miss not having a Scapercon....that was the ultimate....Remember....? Rock on my friend....

[NYPinTA]

Wow... now I'm all verklempt. :lol

I miss being such a thorn in Bonnie Hammer's side.... That was fun. I'm not ashamed to admit my best ideas spring from wishing to be a nuisance to someone else. :ewink: We can't really do that anymore.... can we? :innocent:

[Digger]

Wow... now I'm all verklempt. :lol

I miss being such a thorn in Bonnie Hammer's side.... That was fun. I'm not ashamed to admit my best ideas spring from wishing to be a nuisance to someone else. :ewink: We can't really do that anymore.... can we? :innocent:Never be ashamed of that! And who says we can't be a nuisance any more! Hopefully FS will do really well in syndication, and then someone will ask Bonnie if there has been any talk of bringing it back (or spinning off a new story, which is now my greatest desire - another weekly show from the Henson folks, written by Rockne and DK and staring some people we know). Just imagine the possibilities for more :bonnie: I mean, who else got a smiley named after them!

[AgentSun]

we're all a nusiance in someone's side. and collectively, we can be a nusiance in everyone's side.

[divinedaydreams]

Case in point them poor Emmy people when Farscape get's nominated.

:horror:

[NYPinTA]

Yeah, but then we are going to be ... um, nice. Right? ;)

[kechara420]

Well, it depends in whether they're smart enough to give PKW the recognition it deserves :eh: ...

[divinedaydreams]

Well that would depend on their level of cooperation, now wouldn't it.

They must accept the power of the Scaper side or, well you fill in the blanks.

[Sunderflame]

The Day of The Bras....Came....That would be worth a million..

We should figure out someththing all warm and fuzzy to send her....perhaps....cat toys with lots of catnip....for such a sourpuss of a woman...did ya catch her on the SCi Fi Friday bit...?shes'there...I still don't like her...that's those were the days...http://www.emotipad.com/newemoticons/OnTheCan.gif

[kechara420]

Sunder, you just wanted an excuse to use the potty smilie! :P

[Sunderflame]

So I have Sh$# for brains......and it was a good excuse to go braless...brainless at least it wasn't the fat man...
http://www.emotipad.com/newemoticons/LaLaLa.gif

http://www.emotipad.com/newemoticons/SmackBottom.gif

[kechara420]

:roflmao:

[divinedaydreams]

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[who45]

:lol :aok:

[grinner]

scapercon in Chicago was frelling awesome. I miss those wonderful times... :sigh:

[RustySlinky]

. . . The totally frank and intense discussions. . .
Grinner and Buddha ---> Xavier and Magneto ---> Tom and Jerry :jedi:

[trubador]

Spy vs Spy
:rollin:

[LittleBodog]

I miss (missed) not being here way back then.

[harveywhispers]

I miss (missed) not being here way back then.

But you are part of the family now! :D

[witchdoctor]

I miss the intense discussions about the latest episode of Farscape, the debates about the implications of every nuance of what happened. I miss the scientific tangents that a simple question like 'what galaxy is Crichton in?' would draw people into, and the widely different viewpoints everyone brought to those discussions.

I also miss the lunacy that some of the hijacked threads would devolve into, the totally off the wall and unexpectedly funny comments that would make me spew and laugh too loud and long at work.

[I-am-so-Johns-girl]

I miss the intense discussions about the latest episode of Farscape, the debates about the implications of every nuance of what happened. I miss the scientific tangents that a simple question like 'what galaxy is Crichton in?' would draw people into, and the widely different viewpoints everyone brought to those discussions.

I also miss the lunacy that some of the hijacked threads would devolve into, the totally off the wall and unexpectedly funny comments that would make me spew and laugh too loud and long at work.
Couldn't have said it better myself doc! :yes:

[blue]

Hey, this is a great thread!! I also miss the old conversations about what Farscape meant to people, why it was so important--why just a TV show, just an entertainment, became so passionately important to so many diverse people who were not fan types, and who had, like me, never joined a board before, or a fandom. There were some deep and wonderful discussions.

[Owlman]

Well, now we have one diverse board, filled with topics going from Wrasslin' to drinkin' to peein' in the shower.

[Aeryn_Sun99]

And don't forget ignoring....i could never forget to ignore...

[RustySlinky]

I miss (missed) not being here way back then.The people not here anymore are somewhere else being a part of something nice.

People not around before are being special here now.

A big game of musical chairs this world is for all of us together.

[Aeryn_Sun99]

The people not here anymore are somewhere else being a part of something nice.

People not around before are being special here now.

A big game of musical chairs this world is for all of us together.

that's a good way to look at it...I'm one of the ones that wasnt around here way back when....

[Selena]

:snicker: And could anyone deny that the incomparable Cat Vomit thread was one of the most outrageous discussions ever, covering almost every topic under the sun as well as cat vomit?:shrug:

Then there were the Luxan News Reporting Live :news: articles and the mayhem that ensued when it was reported that sock puppets were going to take the place of the Farscape cast in the upcoming production. :rolleyes:

And what about the wonderful Fitzsimmens Files? So sorry that we never did find out what happened to Marty Schmidt and Holly Davis and poor little Mitzi who got knocked up and Drake McKenzie and all the others in the Mystery Radio Theater. :D

Now don't tell me you missed all that??? :innocent:

[Selena]

What we all need is to have a commemorative Farscape weekend - like we did in the old days ... start at the beginning and have a season 1 marathon and then get on-line and discuss it! :aok:

If someone brings the pizza, I'll bring the margaritas! :D



I miss Tiriel and Twich and Susana, Kithlyara and Alexxia as well as MysteriousStranger and Talyn3 whose poetical talents kept me laughing. Did you ever read the Farscape episode that was written in prose? Check out the Bad Timing Rhyming thread - it starts on page 7. :lol

And finally there was that commendable prank we called BraScape where we had over 20,000 hits to the thread in just one week :eek: and Bonnie Hammer was the annoyed recipient of hundreds of bras showing our support of Farscape and Breast cancer awareness and homeless shelters in NY.... yes we done good and we had fun and we made a point. I know my post office staff knew all about Farscape. :D

[witchdoctor]

Well, now we have one diverse board, filled with topics going from Wrasslin' to drinkin' to peein' in the shower.

That's all fine, just as long as you don't drink pee in the shower. :eek:

[generic_screenname]

Don't wrassle in the shower, either. It makes the angels cry.

[I-am-so-Johns-girl]

Aaaaah....the good ole cat vomit dayz.......makes me feel all warm and fuzzy. :eek: :P

[AgentSun]

oooh i forgot about cat vomit. that was such a priceless thread. cats hocking up everywhere...those were the days.

[RustySlinky]

. . . So I was thinking that the things that I miss was the frenetic energy that was infused in the forum. There were some wonderful discussions that occured before some members (I include myself in this) got too enthused about some of the topics and got them banned... topics and members. The search for weirder and weirder news articles... the frantic gamesmenship. The totally frank and intense discussions... the shameless flirting... the double and sometimes triple entendre's. Things like that. . .Like Ms. Hammer said, "Never say "Never"."? It's been chilling out all over the country for some time now, and there's always a chance that in the future some of the restrictions might be eased.

The Civil War, WWII, and Vietnam were some of the times when Americans got passionate. 9/11 was another of those things that got tempers flaring; For many, policies that would ensure the safety of themselves and their families felt like life-and-death matters.

With three years of hindsight now, Americans are more reflective and more calmer in general. Firebrands like Michael Moore, Rush Limbaugh, Howard Dean, and Ann Coulter are mostly ignored now. The once popular political-attack show "Crossfire" is now no more. Most Americans can now see (with hindsight) that there were valid concerns raised by all sides, and flame-throwing is not constructive.

In one form or another, things have slowly been mellowing-out at many of the other discussion forums: People are being more able to discuss without yelling at each other. Maybe not right now but perhaps one day the 'Scapers will be able to too. :)

[AgentSun]

Personally, I think the ONLY way we can finally achieve peace with each other despite differing political views is to get together, stand on the steps of Skiffy's headquarters and re-enact every single episode of Farscape with a special orchestral section of us supplying sound effects and music.

Some of us have children and some of us have pets. They're welcome too -- they can be guest stars and DRDs. Some pets out there look like space aliens anyway and the things they cough up can qualify as unidentifiable.

Whaddya say?

[divinedaydreams]

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[who45]

:rollin: and still counting right.

[divinedaydreams]

Of course!