So IRC is still rocking, eh? Wonderful news.


And that's a mighty fuckin' quote. I remember you guys having a bit of a postmodern joke running around here. I swear, you guys are the only site ever to drop that term on an average basis.


Didn't Steel constantly consider himself labeled "postmodern". I'm not sure if he was for/against it, but he kept bringing it up when it became a "thing". That was nearing the time when I left, during the last wrap of my GW adventures.


It was all during the Whahay backup name era...when did you guys adopt "Salt" and why?

Or maybe that there's no reason for it NOT to exist?

Amen.

Agreed. Don't put a dog down just because it's old. This place doesn't have rabies yet...just wait til the pornbots 2.0 invade before you drag Salty behind the shed.


I'm sure someone somewhere adores this site to bits and pieces regardless of what it's like. Really, just not seeing the old GW theme tugs at my heart; if the WHOLE community disappeared, it wouldn't feel right at all. Just seeing you older folks warms my cockles, and the people I've met since I re-joined are fantastic. In fact, this forum is MUCH friendlier, but that's probably because it's nowhere near as busy.


For those who weren't here during the zenith, IT WAS FUCKING RIDICULOUS. In every way. This was a second home to a fucking colony of nerds and it was fabulous, though we had assholes growing off the fuckin' trees. But we also had everything else.


To this day, I have a mild suspicion that GW paved the way for SOME nerdy communities. I know SA was the shit and a half back then, but it never, ever interested me. Yet I had trouble staying off GW the same way people have trouble staying off Reddit these days.


I visited Art and Lit for inspiration and tips from other artists.


I visited Roleplaying to flex my brain a little.

I visited General for updates on wtf is 'gwan on. I was like the first guy in my town to know about that armored bulldozer war-machine that rampaged a few years back, and it was all because of GW. I was like the information station, yo.


And of course...THE CRAP SHACK. Nothing better than the Crap Shack. Nothing.








NOTHING.

youve mentioned reddit a couple times now and i wonder how many people here use it. im on reddit every day, it's awesome, and the community is pretty great. i wish more people here would go to reddit, we could make our own subreddit and stuff.

Hahaha, there's that clueless, bespectacled face I missed so dearly.


And Reddit is cool, but the community is pointless. People love it, I think it's a clusterfuck. It's one thing to rock 200 members, that's a fucking giant crowd, but Reddit is just a million-member mess.


But some people revel in it and who am I to judge? I'll go there to scoop up news or funny pics, maybe some titties, and I'm on my merry way. I don't talk or make eye contact, and topics I've posted aren't generally responded to. Not downvoted, not upvoted. Just there.


But I was never down with upvotes, really, I hate "ratings" and stuff that inevitably turn a community competitive, and Redditors essentially live and breathe orange arrows. I posted a few topics and realize you're just standing there hoping your shit will be seen by the right people and upvoted into internet fame. And that kinda turned me off. I hate the 1-10 concept, pluses and minuses, yes and no, hot or not. Fuck that. I don't see what it accomplishes other than dragging it to the front page, and most of those posts are cats or stale meme comics. Cats are not funny to me, and the rest is incredibly hit-and-miss. So "upboating" doesn't really strike me as a useful feature, especially in a community so diverse.


Reddit is fantastic, but being a Redditor is not my cup of tea. Maybe I'm just bitter, or not cut out for big crowds. All I know is I can do without.


I don't think we need a GW subreddit...we have GW. It'd be a community within a comunity, so it's a little redundant. If people don't wanna come here, they won't wanna go there. And if they do, chances are they won't stay unless they know about us. And if they do know about us, then chances are they're already signed up here.
But...it'd be interesting to try! Just careful Reddit doesn't seduce away the rest of your members and GW slowly dissolves among all the other subreddits.

belross is still alive wow