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1 year ago ::
Dec 30, 2011 - 1:11PM
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Date Joined:
Dec 29, 2011
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Two years is a long while isn't it? I noticed the icons on the home page are all thats left of the graphics I did so long ago for the boards, but seeing them again made me tear up a little. Who else is still around?
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1 year ago ::
Dec 31, 2011 - 5:17PM
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- Favourite Non-Member Member
Date Joined:
Mar 31, 2002
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Very few people in the Rec Room. Other areas are a bit more active, but since I don't frequent those areas I couldn't say how many vets remain.
At least I have my proper avatar now, I guess. But man is this cloud dark.
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1 year ago ::
Jan 02, 2012 - 11:43AM
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- Beware of Falling Body Parts
Date Joined:
Jul 11, 2003
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The Off Topic Tavern is the 'new' Rec Room I think.
I dream of Beer Head Armies. Autocard is our friend. [c]Urborg Mindsucker[/c] → Urborg Mindsucker 
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1 year ago ::
Jan 04, 2012 - 1:32PM
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- 1 Mystical Gold Star™
- Perkily Plural
Date Joined:
Apr 14, 2004
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I occasionally wander around Magic RQ&A and YMtC, and every once in a while I stop by to see if anything's changed here here in the Rec Room. It hasn't.
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1 year ago ::
Jan 10, 2012 - 7:11PM
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Date Joined:
May 24, 2006
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Browsing this forum is like going back to where you used to hang out in your childhood, and seeing that it's just an empty, paved parking lot. This message board was where I learned my Internet 101, and to be honest, I really couldn't have hoped for a better place to do so - in fact, the only people online I constantly keep in touch with are from around here. Heck, I've been friends with some people here for longer than I've been with a lot of my real life friends.
I didn't frequent the Rec Room nearly as much as others did (MtG's YMtC was basically my Internet home), but considering how it acted as the crossroad of the worlds in bringing all members together, it saddens me the most to see this area inactive.
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1 year ago ::
Feb 20, 2012 - 10:23PM
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Date Joined:
Mar 11, 2006
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Man, what happened?
People really think WotC is reprinting Lightning Bolt? Really? Are people that gullible?
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1 year ago ::
Apr 09, 2012 - 8:48AM
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- Veers has got nothing on me
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I occasionally wander around Magic RQ&A and YMtC, and every once in a while I stop by to see if anything's changed here here in the Rec Room. It hasn't.
Its sad when people move on due to forces you can't control.
Man, what happened?
Wizards tried to turn the forums into Facebook. It blew up in their faces. Now a large part of the forums that aren't part of WotC's major properties are a dead husk.
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1 year ago ::
Apr 12, 2012 - 5:42PM
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Date Joined:
Sep 25, 2005
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I occasionally wander around Magic RQ&A and YMtC, and every once in a while I stop by to see if anything's changed here here in the Rec Room. It hasn't.
Its sad when people move on due to forces you can't control.
I was thinking that it's sad that I remember every single person who posted in this, if G_F is who I think he is.
Man, what happened?
Wizards tried to turn the forums into Facebook. It blew up in their faces. Now a large part of the forums that aren't part of WotC's major properties are a dead husk.
It was more than just the Gleemax Project. It was a perfect storm of crappy timing on WotC's part. Not only was there Gleemax, there was Gamer_Zer0 and the release of D&D 4E. Adding in to that was when they fired Myst, Althalus, and others as WizOs. Sometimes they were canned for "good" reasons (I remember one WizO got fired for trying to give us information but apparently gave too much), and some for horrible reasons, like not living in the US.
"Today's headlines and history's judgment are rarely the same. If you are too attentive to the former, you will most certainly not do the hard work of securing the latter." -Condoleezza Rice
"My fellow Americans... I've just signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. Bombing begins in five minutes." - Ronald Reagan
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Buttler of the House of Trolls
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1 year ago ::
Apr 13, 2012 - 7:21AM
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Date Joined:
Dec 24, 2007
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And once the White DoomTM hit, a lot of people said sixth letter of the alphabet it and bailed.
Resident Prophet of the OTTer.Section Six Soldier Front Door of the House of Trolls If you're terribly afraid of your character dying, it may be best if you roleplayed something other than an adventurer.
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1 year ago ::
May 01, 2012 - 6:21PM
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Yup, Gleemax happened.
And then 4e and the board redesign happened.
Basically, WotC put idiots in charge of the boards who apparently thought that because they were popular they would stay popular no matter what they did. They did stupid things, they drove people away, and offered nothing to get new people to come in.
Hence, dead boards.
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