this place is dead

[ourmodernred]

where are all the oldies at?! come on....Shit I just realized Brams been gone for a while too and I guess when he's gone everyone else is gone too.

[Braveheart]

I cant really say that im an old timer, but im still old and i agree that this place is dead.

I miss back in the old days. there were some great people back then...

[Dion]

*crickets chirp*

[UK-2010]

where are all the oldies at?!

I'm 24, but that doesn't really count since I've only been here since 2003 :P

[ourmodernred]

If that was THE Dion, then im happy to see you stopping by.

[EvO]

things change

and once people get bored of the site/busy with other things in their life.....they'll just dissapear

[Christian]

I'm still around. :)

[saabdriver]

As am I.

[joefis]

I poke around every so often, mostly in the Roxbury....since....yeah.

[pretender]

me too..

[Sprachbund]

Add me in as well.

[Slut Bunwalla]

lynton, you're setting a bad precedent for how long i can linger here...you old fart :P

[pretender]

fuck you davo :P

i know i should get lost.. but for some reason i keep coming back.

[telly]

Back for a while, gone again.

[Slut Bunwalla]

stay around lynt...we love you :P

you'll just have me hanging around here forever too :P

i guess so long as i'm not the only one ;)

[)...(]

dam this place really is dead..... :(

[SingerChick]

i think most of us kinda quit a while ago... and just stop by every once in a w hile to say hi and see who's still around (which, incidentally, is exactly what i'm doing now). :D as an original member of VK, i have to say this site just isn't waht it used to be...

[Tim]

Is that good or bad? :P

[THE_CANADIAN]

im not really considered an old timer.. aldo i have been here a while.

But i would agree that this place is dead.

[SingerChick]

Is that good or bad? :P

welllllllllll... that's up to you. but I'd say it's great that so many people are now on GT, but it sucks that the original VK-ers have pretty much all gone. I kinda miss the days when I knew pretty much everyone who posted in the countdown forum and stuff like that. :D there's your answer.:D

[Silver]

im not really considered an old timer.. aldo i have been here a while.

But i would agree that this place is dead.


i've been here almost 4 years, and im still not an old timer

[Braveheart]

ive been here OVER 4 years and im not an old timer :P

[SingerChick]

i think it depends on who you know, sorta. i mean, how many people on this site actually knew antony? or spoke to sam and carol? also, people who were here during the VK days are pretty much the rule for old timers... i joined during the early days of VK, so I'm like... ancient =p

[Y2Kayfabe]

SingerChick is the real deal oldtimer. http://www.geocities.com/noelle_sassy/


Anyway, I'm still lingering around after four years. I don't post all that much, despite the fact that I'm a Mod. :P

[Christian]

SingerChick is the real deal oldtimer. http://www.geocities.com/noelle_sassy/

WOW!!! Seinster doesn't look ANYTHING like the way I'd pictured him! :Eeekers:

[SingerChick]

SingerChick is the real deal oldtimer. http://www.geocities.com/noelle_sassy/


Anyway, I'm still lingering around after four years. I don't post all that much, despite the fact that I'm a Mod. :P

holy crap, i haven't seen that picture since... probably when it was taken :-P i most definitely do not look like that anymore *whips out camera for a picture*

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v53/picturedinadream/P1010190.jpg

here's now.

[Nicey]

*whistles* lol

Jen's gonna visit me in Bostoonnnnnnnnnn!! :D

[Braveheart]

http://www.geocities.com/noelle_sassy/

haha check the pic of lynt :P

[Mikey!]

haha check the pic of lynt :P

Is it just me, or does it look like he could be a butler in that picture?

[SingerChick]

most definitely.

[The Amazing G]

yeah Gov is a little slow, will it get busy again?

[Braveheart]

yea it will. It's activity levels fluctuate all through the year, every year.

[Cinnamon]

Gov is not dying.

^^ Take her word for it. I've been making up all this random stuff about trying to get GovTeen back the way it was and I've only just found out there's nothing wrong with it.

I joined February this year so maybe I missed out on some of the good stuff that happened. But GovTeen is OK now, despite the fact it seems a little on the... strange side. What with all these random new people and all.

[James]

This forum is for Old Timers.

[Braveheart]

can I still post here? considering im ALMOST an old timer

[James]

can I still post here? considering im ALMOST an old timer

Yes, you joined in 2002.

[Braveheart]

wooo! thanks lol. anyway, back on topic...

[pointblank007]

u guys make me feel old .. haha ;)

[Slut Bunwalla]

that's all it takes to be an oldtimer these days? 2002? :P

kidding :P...i know there have been wars waged over who qualifies.

[Rebel]

Is there really a Qualification as to being an oldtimer ? lol

[Mikey!]

that's all it takes to be an oldtimer these days? 2002? :P

kidding :P...i know there have been wars waged over who qualifies.

The cut off should be a join date of April 14th for those of us who checked every day hoping it was back :P

Actually, if I remember correctly, I just happen to check on the day that it restarted.

[Slut Bunwalla]

april 15th is close enough :P

i was probably busy and just didn't check my email that day :ninja:

i mean...i'm member 111 afterall....and i think you're the only member with a lower number who is still here regularly.

i wish dee would pop in again for a bit. good times.

[Rebel]

I don't think that the only oldtimers are the ones from 02. You guys are like the Oldschool Oldtimers. But there are some of us who have been here for a very long time as well. I registered in 04 but ive been around GoV for over 3 1/2 years now. That should account for something.

Oh and Davo :( I miss Dee too. We used to talk ALL the time but we both kinda drifted away from here for a while. She lives a few hours from me....too bad shes never on anymore

[Y2Kayfabe]

I'll tell you who I miss, Dave (Catharsis, or Jazz to you olllldddddd folks :P).

[Braveheart]

whatever happened to catharsis?

[joefis]

He visited chat a while back.

[Mikey!]

april 15th is close enough :P

i was probably busy and just didn't check my email that day :ninja:

i mean...i'm member 111 afterall....and i think you're the only member with a lower number who is still here regularly.

i wish dee would pop in again for a bit. good times.

Well, of the one digited members, Sassy and I still come here, but that is about it. Leo was #10.

Catharsis had issues with the newsletter, if I remember correctly, lol. I didn't mind him too much though.

[UK-2010]

whatever happened to catharsis?

I remember him. He kept making sarcastic replies to threads in P101 ...... I think they actually banned him from posting in there at one point.

[Y2Kayfabe]

He's banned, I believe. Shame.

[Braveheart]

ah well, why do all the good ones have to go lol

[UK-2010]

He doesn't seem to be banned. He just left the forums in 2004
http://forums.govteen.com/member.php?u=145

[UK-2010]

He was quite rude about Christian though, from reading one his older threads ......


Christian is completely ignorant when it comes to issues on female anatomy. Christian has never had any experience with a woman, let alone a woman's anatomy. Christian reaffirms his beliefs by looking for evidence which pertains to only his point of view. Christian is, in fact, a good christian in all these respects. Unfortunately, none of these attributes lead him to being any more of an authority, or any more correct on his completely incorrect points of view.

Christian does know a fair amount about male anatomy and physiology. Christian should use his knowledge where it applies. Male anatomy and physiology is not female physiology.

[Rebel]

He may have come across as being rude but if you think about it and even start to look into some of the evidence supporting his claim you will notice that he isn't very far off base.

[the little agitator]

Well, I doubt many of you would remember me, but something happened in 2003, lots of the old crowd started leaving and the debates forums got stale. Now they are pretty frightening in their lack of detail or argument; some of the information is just dead wrong. I remember the good old days where there would be epic debates over substantial points, with debates dying not because people got bored over small details but because all the substantive points had been exhausted. Whenever I pop in, people don't seem as keen today to want to engage in argument at that level of sophistication. Though I have seen one or two threats that reminded me of the bad old days.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>

[Rebel]

Perhaps we should try to revive this in some way. If your up to making a debate over something and really exhausting the outlooks and facts on it i would be interested.

[the little agitator]

Well Rebel, we would have to be very careful about the topic picked, something about abortion, drugs, homosexuals or "Bush is bad" is probably a bad idea. Perhaps it would also be a good idea to provide a lot of up front information and provide links for further interest. What would you be keen to debate? I don't know, i'm not sure how the dynamics of the debates forum works, and I think i've already killed on thread in historical discussion by getting too heavy on the info.....or they haven't posted in a number of days.....<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>

[Rebel]

Hmm, im not sure. How about we just think of a few things to debate about and do it via PM

[catspajamas97]

This isn't a social site damn its a place for kids to ask other teens about puberty. U guys must be losers if u have like 10000 or whatever posts complaining about the site you spend 24 hours a day on. God damn.

[Braveheart]

go away...

[marchingbandnut]

yea it's a little slow... lol

work takes up alot of my time these days ;)

[dub0123]

g

[Shangri-la]

There are some debates where at least some of the people showed intelligence. Standardstate is actually one person who upholds a good debating style in those threads. I hope to take after him in the debates threads. History there are some decent threads but really its kindof dead looking.

[Cinnamon]

^^ November 2nd, 2006, October 9th, 2006... they can post here and I'm not considered an old timer? Explain the qualifications please, I joined Feb. 14th 2006 and am at 500+ posts which isn't too bad, right?



and once people get bored of the site/busy with other things in their life.....they'll just dissapear


^^ That's probably it, s' what happened to Gee and ParadiseFound/Calcio. And me at one point. Gov is just changing so quickly, and my "generation" so-to speak has come and gone. I got quite busy at one point around August and GovTeen just faded out of my life for a while. When I came back it was all so different, I didn't think I could adapt to this new generationm but I think it's working now.

But that's just me. Well, no one really knows me, I'm one who is not noticed that easily (I managed to keep my signature like 15 lines long for a few weeks after the 10-line limit was put in just by not editing it) and I guess different things are happening to everyone and they all have their own reasons. I miss some of the people though :(

EDIT: PS. Does anyone know what happened to C&#170;tch&#178;&#178;? (Mod in Club Sandwich, stopped posting in September)

[Braveheart]

I think the official 'Old Timer Qualification' is if you join before April 14th 2002 which was in the old version of gov. In that case, even im not classed as an old timer but i joined in 2002, and there arent many of us still around from 2002.

that answer your question, Kez? :)

[Cinnamon]

April 14 2002? Well I was off by about 4 years so I'd best stop posting after this. But I was on the forums for like a year before Feb 2006, I just wasn't old enough to join :blush:

[Indigo]

Don't get me started on when I joined. The join date in my profile is wrong. Much too late.

[ROFLCopter]

Lifes hard I need a life jacket :(