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chzrm3 · Posted: Mon May 24, 2010 2:20 am Post subject: The last week of fcmidi : (

Hey guys,

It's the last week of fcmidi. I know the forums have been almost inactive for about a year, but it's still pretty sad to see the boards just disappear from the internet. I think I speak for all of us when I say that our time here was pretty special. So, in this last week of fcmidi's life, I think it'd be appropriate to give a 'homily' of sorts to the friends we made and the times we had on the site.

I dunno when I started going to fcmidi, because it was in-between going to KV, but I know it's been many, many years at this point. Over time, I've become a part of almost all of your lives, in a very passive way - I watched as you guys matured, found girlfriends, wives, and careers, and slowly became the people that you are today. Not all of you are done growing, but I'm glad to say that you've all became people I'm proud to have once called my (online) friends.

There were some good times, and some bad times, but all in all this forum was always a friendly, fun place that we went to relax and enjoy the company of a bunch of like-minded people. It's sad - communities like this don't seem to exist anymore... but even if they did, it'd never be the same. Fcmidi was a part of my childhood and my growing up, and as silly as it sounds, I doubt I'll ever forget this little community.
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[quote="Someone's sig on the AoC forums"]THis game really is more geared towards the adult then, teenbeat wow. This mmo makes u think, somthing a teenager hates to do. -Skopas, eloquently discussing how grown up AoC is.

No read comprehension is not your strong point so I'll you a picture for you. -ubeenhad, just before he a picture for me[/quote]

[quote="Wormy"]I wish I could supply, as everyone else as, good news regarding my love life but sadly not as I am currently shagging a fat girl until I find someone better. [/quote]

Damian · Posted: Mon May 24, 2010 2:27 am Post subject:

Yeah man, this goes back to me being 13 years old. I was a little one. I grew up a looot over these few years, changed a lot, probably with good help from several of you. Seeing us all grow up has been really interesting. WE ALL MUST STAY IN TOUCH SOMEHOW
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Irishmaestro · Posted: Mon May 24, 2010 5:20 am Post subject:

Sammich Ultima · Posted: Mon May 24, 2010 5:32 am Post subject:

take your pick guys, like srsly.

irc.kbfail.net // #fcmidi

Ricky · is doing a barrel roll! Joined: 24 Jun 2007 Posts: 443

Remember when half the posts on the forums were that silly altamillia kid? Yeah, good times.
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Cheese Monkey · Posted: Mon May 24, 2010 8:20 am Post subject:

Can anyone else hear the music? ...no? Just me? Crying or Very Sad

All kidding aside, I remember Fruitz less for these forums and more for the random debauchery which took place offline between us and the other offline buggers, most of whom don't go here anymore. I mean, we need a roundup of all those past peeps to come here and say goodbye. Razz

And then join the stupid IRC thingy.

That said, the forums have been a place of awesomeness as well. I'll always remember the debates... but more importantly, the style of humor here is like nothing else on the intarwebz, and that's what I'm gonna miss the most. Anger Lune

Btw, I voted the third option. What ridiculous polls? There was no such thing. Kyth

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Dr Fruitcake · Posted: Mon May 24, 2010 1:50 pm Post subject:

chzrm3 · Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 1:13 am Post subject: Where the heck is Tommy?!?!?

LynkStar · Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 4:40 am Post subject:

Remember to move over to this new one.

It's been fun. Very Happy

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Izzhov · Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 7:49 am Post subject:

Guys.

I like Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

I LIKE SUPER SMASH BROS BRAWLLLLLLLLL

WAAAAAHHHH Crying or Very Sad

AND I LIKE THIS FORUM TOO
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Upsilon · Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 11:36 am Post subject:

EVERYONE WHO DIDN'T VOTE FOR THE LAST OPTION ON THE POLL IS A TREACHEROUS SCUMBAG.

That aside, this is all a bit sad, isn't it? Admittedly I haven't been posting at anything like a regular rate for quite a long time (for which I can point the blame squarely at lately having become a busy person for the first time in my life), and perhaps getting sad and nostalgic over an internet forum is as lame as a duck with a dead political career. But on the other hand, these forums have been part of my life since - God, I don't even know. 2004? Something like that, since I was a little tyke with no business at all being on the Internet. I fell in love with the community as soon as I found it, and the unquantifiable FCMidi spirit has stayed with the place through thick and thin, through members leaving (sometimes permanelty) and coming back ("YOU'LL NEVER LEAVE!", as Wormy's logo reminds me), flame wars and server crashes. It sounds schlocky, but I grew up here. God knows I'd be embarrassed to read some of my output from 5 years ago (wouldn't we all?), but I'm convinced the debate and discussion did wonders to open my mind and re-evaluate my outlook on life, and I somehow feel I'd be less of a person if not for this place. So, thanks. Smile

All that's left for us now is specific nostalgia. Remember clutch, guys? Pretty wacky!
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Eirik · is a wrong git Joined: 10 Oct 2009 Posts: 42

Clutch? I remember clutch every time I climb into my new sports sedan and gently caress all three pedals with my toes AND THEN SQUEAL MY 245/45 LOW-PROFILE, FAT, PAVEMENT-CHEWING TIRES COURTESY OF 255 HORSES SQUEEZED INTO 3489 CUBIC CENTIMETERS OF JAPANESE GOODNESS. LET ME RACE YOUUUUUUUU. My car and all parts were ACTUALLY MADE IN JAPAN! Does that not blow your mind!? http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs437.snc3/25118_378647440833_698995833_4228557_4611691_n.jpg <-- On our way back home from some suburb of Columbus, OH. Yes, it's beige at the moment. Soon as I get married and get these pesky car payments out of the way, that suckers either going LeMans sunset orange or this nice dark blue that my Maxima could have come in.

But, um, clutch was a Upsilon joke account? Oh, wait.. Upsilon, make a joke account? Hahaha! He's far too serious to do anything like that.

Let's see.. Moved to Louisville in 1999 at age 10, got broadband internet in late 2000, found VGMA while searching for Vectorman music, joined those forums in mid '02 at age 13? I don't remember what prompted me to join here. I knew of the Dr. Fruitcake guy, and liked him (who doesn't? BESIDES LOCKHEED-MARTIN, AMIRITE? LOLOL) and joined because I had been proclaimed a post whore by someone in a MechWarrior 4 community/clan I was in. I didn't know what whore meant and looked it up in the dictionary ROFL Lune

and still didn't understand it was supposed to be mildly offensive. Ah, naiveté, when will I ever grow out of you?

All I remember is FCMIDI was born in January or something of '03 and I joined in March. Calle was a moderator and Dutch. The Lunch Table Crew was alive and well and creating bangin' awesome RP threads. My brain still refuses to work a lot, but the RP thread concerning the bar was, easily, the best RP thread to ever have been concocted on any forum EVAR. I miss Mr. Ian the Commodore. Is he doing well?

My favorite memories stemmed from the innocent wackiness that prevailed in this place, as someone just mentioned about this place's unique sense of humor--an extremely lofty claim for our planet of 6.7 billion drones who are so alike it's best not to think on it too hard. But one that, amazingly, I'd agree with! I still say ROTFLMABBQ at times, a butchering of the original, but as close as my brain had stored, to weird looks all 'round. The humor shifted with the influx of younger folk to one that more closely matched 4chan, but 4chan wasn't cool anymore around that time, so it's all good.

I STILL RAMBLE, GENTLEMEN! Some things will never ever ever change.

Favorite random connection: Kyle Wilson, pimp-dog cousin of the Greens, joined the forums as, um, KyleWilson. He had a racecar avatar and now sells Subarus! Anywhos, I knew him, it turns out, from earlier in our lives as LittleSuckyKid44 (the exact number escapes me), the gifted MechWarrior 4 pilot and member of a clan that was quite friendly with mine. (Have you ever seen a Daishi bent over a Thanatos in the thralls of sex? It's scarring, dude.)

What happened to Purpurrot and Heifer? Now THERE was a pair of extremely interesting characters.

Edit @Upsilon: And I doubt I'll ever be comfortable reading things I've written from more than 12 months ago--sometimes not even that!
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What's being said, what's in your head, what's in the words that we believe?
Bop to the sound, drop what you've got -- 'cause it's a song inside of me.
I can see your face, I can feel the sea, I see that it's a part of me.
Let's break the trance, let's make 'em dance and see what we are meant to be!
Might be the end, might be the start, could be the air that lies between.
Could be this song, could be the beat, could be the words that set you free.
You say believe, I don't believe, I can't believe in what you say.
I'd rather be a part of me, a part that you? You'll never see.
What To Believe - Daiki Kasho, composed for the Gran Turismo 4 Soundtrack (2004)

Upsilon · Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 11:39 am Post subject:

Clutch was started by Lester, but I think he was about five different people by the end, as more and more people figured it out and got in on the joke.

Bob the Alien was mine though Evil or Very Mad

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Delivering very monthly quotes for over six freaking years, it's Upsi's Quote of the Month:

"Don't have premaritals - it hurts your pre-genitals!" -chzrm3

Eirik · is a wrong git Joined: 10 Oct 2009 Posts: 42

Ohhhhhhhhh... Yeah, that jogs the memory. It was "clutch," right? All low caps talking and stuff.
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Eiríksmál is a skaldic poem composed sometime in 954 in honour of slain consort Erik Bloodaxe.

What's being said, what's in your head, what's in the words that we believe?
Bop to the sound, drop what you've got -- 'cause it's a song inside of me.
I can see your face, I can feel the sea, I see that it's a part of me.
Let's break the trance, let's make 'em dance and see what we are meant to be!
Might be the end, might be the start, could be the air that lies between.
Could be this song, could be the beat, could be the words that set you free.
You say believe, I don't believe, I can't believe in what you say.
I'd rather be a part of me, a part that you? You'll never see.
What To Believe - Daiki Kasho, composed for the Gran Turismo 4 Soundtrack (2004)

Doctor Phileas Fragg · Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 11:51 am Post subject:

Everybody wear a classic(ish) avatar for extra nostalgic value. I want to see Izzhov in a Fooby the Kamikaze Watermelon when he comes back, and Eirik/Blank in a Gundam.

GOGOGO
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chzrm3 · Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 11:57 am Post subject: : (

The Midnight Thunderboy · Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 6:06 pm Post subject:

LynkStar · Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 6:36 pm Post subject:

Classic avatar applied. :]
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Eirik · is a wrong git Joined: 10 Oct 2009 Posts: 42

Lynk's linked picture is dead. His classic is the adorable tiger one. Hump the tiger Lynk! Hump it good!

Not sure where my animated Epyon is dwelling these days, so here's another one I had on Photobucket. 1337 posts on the GORGEOUS SpacePilot3K theme that no longer exists here. That was FCMIDI 2.0, I think. Right? A refresh in '04 would be the first, I think.
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Eiríksmál is a skaldic poem composed sometime in 954 in honour of slain consort Erik Bloodaxe.

What's being said, what's in your head, what's in the words that we believe?
Bop to the sound, drop what you've got -- 'cause it's a song inside of me.
I can see your face, I can feel the sea, I see that it's a part of me.
Let's break the trance, let's make 'em dance and see what we are meant to be!
Might be the end, might be the start, could be the air that lies between.
Could be this song, could be the beat, could be the words that set you free.
You say believe, I don't believe, I can't believe in what you say.
I'd rather be a part of me, a part that you? You'll never see.
What To Believe - Daiki Kasho, composed for the Gran Turismo 4 Soundtrack (2004)

chzrm3 · Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 9:47 am Post subject: : (

Guys, you're going to think this is really lame, but I actually had a dream that I went onto fcmidi and saw a post from Fruitcake saying "APRIL LULZ, FCMIDI IS HERE TO STAY!!!!!!!!!!! (with 11 exclamation points in back of it)"

So when I came onto the site just now for a few seconds I was like "yay what a relief it's not going away : D" and then I realized it was all a dream. Q_Q

Let's play sad, nostalgic video game songs!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJh3D_zX0To
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[quote="Someone's sig on the AoC forums"]THis game really is more geared towards the adult then, teenbeat wow. This mmo makes u think, somthing a teenager hates to do. -Skopas, eloquently discussing how grown up AoC is.

No read comprehension is not your strong point so I'll you a picture for you. -ubeenhad, just before he a picture for me[/quote]

[quote="Wormy"]I wish I could supply, as everyone else as, good news regarding my love life but sadly not as I am currently shagging a fat girl until I find someone better. [/quote]

Doctor Phileas Fragg · Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 2:50 pm Post subject:

This is all your fault Chiz. If you had the power to reject our reality and substitute your own, we souldn't be in this mess.

But NOOOOOOO YOU HAD TO BE NORMAL.
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[quote="Izzhov"]But you can probably drop me and tell Lester to do my panel instead, since he's already gay and frankly I really don't care about my sexual orientation. [/quote]

Ragdoll · is a stale nubcake Joined: 03 Nov 2008 Posts: 7

Welp, I don't know if I really have room to write much here, seeing as all I ever did was post a bunch of obnoxious shit then run off to deviantart. (then come back for like a week then slip off out of embarrassment again WOOPS)

But yeah you guys were a major part of my early adolescence and pretty much my introduction to the internet, so I'm really sad to see this place go. Is there anywhere to exchange emails/messengers? I'd like to get back in touch with people even when after the forum is down.

Good night, fcmidi. It was pretty great.

Doctor Phileas Fragg · Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 3:14 pm Post subject:

Well, the doomsday clock is ticking down. I feel in these final moments, I should get something off my chest. It's a dark secret that I have kept all this time.

<----THAT'S NO COMPUTER I'M BEHIND!

BOOYAH BYOOTCHES!
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[quote="Izzhov"]But you can probably drop me and tell Lester to do my panel instead, since he's already gay and frankly I really don't care about my sexual orientation. [/quote]

chzrm3 · Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 7:04 pm Post subject: XDDDD

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IF I HAD KNOWN HOW RIDICULOUS THAT PICTURE WAS, ROFL!!!!!!

Dude seriously that makes NO sense, the face doesn't match the body at all. The face is all serious and gruff, the body is like WHOO!!!!
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[quote="Someone's sig on the AoC forums"]THis game really is more geared towards the adult then, teenbeat wow. This mmo makes u think, somthing a teenager hates to do. -Skopas, eloquently discussing how grown up AoC is.

No read comprehension is not your strong point so I'll you a picture for you. -ubeenhad, just before he a picture for me[/quote]

[quote="Wormy"]I wish I could supply, as everyone else as, good news regarding my love life but sadly not as I am currently shagging a fat girl until I find someone better. [/quote]

Doctor Phileas Fragg · Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 7:14 pm Post subject:

I'm supposed to be falling. Like I'm a Super Smash Bros. character using a directional special move! But I realise now I must look like the Peculiar Purple Pieman of Pieman's Peak.
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[quote="Izzhov"]But you can probably drop me and tell Lester to do my panel instead, since he's already gay and frankly I really don't care about my sexual orientation. [/quote]