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Post by Jambowayoh on Sept 3, 2024 16:35:36 GMT
Ahh he suffered from "Derek Smart Disease". I see.
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Post by Whizzo on Sept 3, 2024 16:37:02 GMT
Campbell the huge fan of Scottish independence while having lived in Bath since the early nineties.
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Sept 3, 2024 17:25:31 GMT
Wings Over Scotland (via Somerset)
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Post by wunty on Sept 3, 2024 17:26:15 GMT
Was he on the forum then? The man is a cockpiece.
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Post by jellyhead on Sept 3, 2024 17:29:32 GMT
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Post by addyb on Sept 3, 2024 17:34:20 GMT
Many memories, but ones that spring to mind are Goodform and his obsession with warframe and the meltdown over bonobos.
Also the racist secret santa gift.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Sept 3, 2024 17:59:33 GMT
I've forgotten his name, but who was the guy who was most likely long term unemployed, who constantly ate takeaway, would essentially post the tv guide and famously tried to trade a copy of the Mad Max game for a brand new game with someone on the forum?
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Post by uiruki on Sept 3, 2024 18:02:33 GMT
Campbell going full into TERF-land was not that much of a surprise when you think about it. He’s always been borderline (?) psychopathic when it comes to doubling down on things. He even managed to get fired off Retro Gamer which from what I’ve read, and I’ve read a lot, is an extremely easy going magazine as long as you can produce good copy.
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Post by addyb on Sept 3, 2024 18:12:10 GMT
Remember Jivehound starting a gofundme for transport for university etc.
Spent it on a PS4 and drugs.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2024 19:05:52 GMT
The guy who was obsessed with the Witcher 2 port on the 360 and how it would singularly delay or cause the failure of next gen, all the while calling it ‘the Withchter’ every time. Might be an obscure memory that.
The tardis girl.
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Post by neilka on Sept 3, 2024 19:07:06 GMT
Ha, not being a Eurogamer regular, I had no idea Stephen's Sausage Roll was made by a commentator there nor anything about the connection. RPS covered it (and liked it a lot), so that is where I knew about it and was encouraged to play it. Great little puzzle game (that I was never any good at). I was the commenter in question, I didn't make the game though, I was just a sausage admirer! |
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Post by Lizard on Sept 3, 2024 21:54:12 GMT
Burkey obsessed with Page 3, and then got really upset when we asked him if he ever had a real ladyfriend.
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Post by Bill in the rain on Sept 4, 2024 4:35:22 GMT
Even us RPS lot heard about the Darkfall thing, what with us having to send over Karen to sort it all out.
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Post by LegendaryApe on Sept 4, 2024 5:05:06 GMT
I really liked the Secret Santa shenanigans. It was something I looked forward to, reading about the finding of the colon snake.
I dunno, these memories make me sad for some reason
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Post by rockavitch on Sept 4, 2024 5:30:24 GMT
There were a lot of things that kept me laughing but one of the things I looked forward to most was Shadow Gangs. He took everything that was thrown at him and continued to engage. I still didn't believe it was a real thing all the way up to it being released.
Such a shame that there's been no promotion from him here with Shadow Gangs Zero (10 days left on Kickstarter).
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Post by Bill in the rain on Sept 4, 2024 5:34:49 GMT
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Post by rockavitch on Sept 4, 2024 5:42:07 GMT
Aye that's the one. The Freddie Mercury boss, ah that never fails to get a chuckle from me. Fair play and all that.
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Post by Bill in the rain on Sept 4, 2024 5:57:57 GMT
I wasn't here at the time, but the way you guys talked about it I always assumed it wasn't a real game.  |
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Post by X201 on Sept 4, 2024 6:02:16 GMT
It was the Yang to the Yin of every film being Enemy Mine
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Post by mothercruncher on Sept 4, 2024 7:20:36 GMT
Yes, endless respect for Mr Shadowgangs for the, er, endless ribbing and “can you make it a bit more Village People?” comments.
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Post by rockavitch on Sept 4, 2024 7:53:00 GMT
Not only Freddie Mercury, sorry, Eddy, but there was also the palette swapped Lex Luthor called Daddy. So I think the EG forum deserved a mention in the ending credits if not there already.
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Post by wunty on Sept 4, 2024 8:48:21 GMT
Remember Jivehound starting a gofundme for transport for university etc. Spent it on a PS4 and drugs. That was insane. |
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Post by zisssou on Sept 4, 2024 8:49:33 GMT
I remember people kept calling him out for ages about that.. what the hell.
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Sept 4, 2024 8:53:16 GMT
People getting outraged about the results of a whip round is my favourite EG/FG genre.
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Post by Syrette on Sept 4, 2024 8:54:16 GMT
Did he just randomly admit to that then? Or was he spotted doing a line off the disk tray on social media or something?
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Post by dangerousdave on Sept 4, 2024 8:54:19 GMT
I rarely frequented the threads outside of the gaming categories, so I missed a lot of this (besides the chair pooping incident). All this gossip I was missing out on…
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Post by wunty on Sept 4, 2024 8:56:24 GMT
Trying to remember some of the most iconic forum moments. I do miss Rod and his PI / Blimp shenanegans. The breadbin lid story was brilliant, as was the racist secret santa book. All Stefansens shit. Dale's heart cancer. There's been so much more though.
I like to remember the good times though, the nice things. The generosity of random forum members resulting in me recieving an xbox 360 controller for my son in a box filled with sweets (he was so chuffed, or the saddle I got sent for my bike. The game(s) I got gifted out the blue as recently as last year. The support this place and it's previous incarnation gives to members in need, how everyone rallies round (even if the cause wasn't always genuine *cough* aformentioned Jivehound story *cough*). All the support a bunch of miserable middle aged men give each other when it matters. How nice the EG/FG forum can actually be and what a decent bunch of fucking weirdos everyone is. There is the odd nutter and the odd antagonist but the fact they are all so vividly remembered shows how rare they were. In an age where every online social interaction space can soon turn into a cesspit. This place and it's ancestor are/were a godsend.
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Post by zisssou on Sept 4, 2024 8:58:49 GMT
I remember everyone giving MrTomFTW grief over something about wrestling and women.
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Post by Aunty Treats on Sept 4, 2024 8:58:52 GMT
That guy who twisted his balls off
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Post by wunty on Sept 4, 2024 8:58:59 GMT
Did he just randomly admit to that then? Or was he spotted doing a line off the disk tray on social media or something? Pretty sure he just admitted it. The thing is, he obviously wasn't in a good way, because that wasn't rational, and that's a shame. He no doubt had good intentions for the money but if you're in a pit of despair, then a quick endorphin hit of, well, gaming and drugs, could have been the thing he thought he needed. |
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