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darkshade
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Topic: 10 Years Of Prog Archives Posted: March 04 2013 at 14:07 |
Wasn't sure where to put this topic.
Is there anything special planned to commemorate a decade of this great site? I'm aware it was created in 2002, yes? but was it an active site/forum by 2003, or was it 2004? Maybe a banner on the home page celebrating 10 years of PA. Maybe a contest to win albums or something? or maybe a big change within the site, either in looks or in design?
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Snow Dog
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Posted: March 04 2013 at 14:10 |
I've been contributing to this forum for nearly eight years!! Unbelievable. My typing is geting wrose too.
Actually darkie I noticed you have been here nearly as long as me. How come I only really noticed you in the last few years? What was your first avatar?
Edited by Snow Dog - March 04 2013 at 14:11
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The Doctor
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Posted: March 04 2013 at 14:15 |
Been here for almost 8 years myself...errrr with a "break" there for awhile. What a ride it's been. In the time I've been here, I've been through 3 girlfriends, lived in different countries and 4 different states, had 67 jobs ( ) and yet, this place has remained a constant.
Edited by The Doctor - March 04 2013 at 14:23
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I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you?
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Kotro
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Posted: March 04 2013 at 14:36 |
Yep, I've seen some changes on PA since I joined - some for the best, others not as much. Overall I don't miss the time wasted on this website (which I grant isn't that much).
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Bigger on the inside.
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darkshade
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Posted: March 04 2013 at 15:15 |
Snow Dog wrote:
I've been contributing to this forum for nearly eight years!! Unbelievable. My typing is geting wrose too.
Actually darkie I noticed you have been here nearly as long as me. How come I only really noticed you in the last few years? What was your first avatar? |
I wasn't the most active member here between 2006 and 2008. I used the site itself more than anything, and only came on the forums to ask questions, usually. I also wasn't much into hanging out in online forums much back then. However, one time I was searching through really old threads, and was surprised at how many times I popped up in them. When I signed up here, I was a relative newbie, and I completely abandoned prog music for the most part in 2007 and 2008, but in summer 2008, I became more active, partially because I started to really get into more prog stuff, and been like that since. I've had many avatars over the years.
Edited by darkshade - March 04 2013 at 15:16
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Blacksword
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Posted: March 04 2013 at 15:28 |
I can't believe I've been here over 8 years!
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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someone_else
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Posted: March 04 2013 at 15:51 |
This forum exists in its current form since 29 January 2004 (at least this was the day when M@X signed up). I have been lurking around for almost five years now (the 3.5 years before I signed up not included). Tempus fugit...
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darkshade
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Posted: March 04 2013 at 15:56 |
^ I also waited a while before I signed up for the forums, though I did sign up for the site sometime in early summer 2005 when I discovered the site, because I have reviews from months before my "official" join date under my avatar.
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The Doctor
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Posted: March 04 2013 at 16:00 |
I signed up immediately and caused a huge ruckus.
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I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you?
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darkshade
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Posted: March 04 2013 at 16:09 |
PA forums as I remember it in 2005
Dream Theater vs. Symphony X polls Yes vs. Genesis polls "This band and that band are just Dream Theater clones" The Flower Kings vs. Spock's Beard polls Dream Theater vs. Symphony X polls Yes vs. Genesis polls Neo-prog discussions Dream Theater vs. Symphony X polls Dream Theater vs. Symphony X polls Dream Theater vs. Symphony X polls Dream Theater vs. Symphony X polls Dream Theater vs. Symphony X polls Yes vs. Genesis polls "what is prog" Dream Theater vs. Symphony X polls Yes vs. Genesis polls
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Man With Hat
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Posted: March 04 2013 at 16:52 |
Damn. I feel old.
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
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Dayvenkirq
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Posted: March 04 2013 at 17:04 |
darkshade wrote:
PA forums as I remember it in 2005
Dream Theater vs. Symphony X polls Yes vs. Genesis polls "This band and that band are just Dream Theater clones" The Flower Kings vs. Spock's Beard polls Dream Theater vs. Symphony X polls Yes vs. Genesis polls Neo-prog discussions Dream Theater vs. Symphony X polls Dream Theater vs. Symphony X polls Dream Theater vs. Symphony X polls Dream Theater vs. Symphony X polls Dream Theater vs. Symphony X polls Yes vs. Genesis polls "what is prog" Dream Theater vs. Symphony X polls Yes vs. Genesis polls
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Sorry, I can't help it.
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infocat
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Posted: March 04 2013 at 22:04 |
I'm jealous of you old-timers. I've been "online" since 1985 and a prog fan since 1989, but I didn't discover this site (or the forums, in any case) until 2011. Still not sure how you hid from me for so long!
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-- Frank Swarbrick Belief is not Truth.
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Jim Garten
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Posted: March 05 2013 at 02:48 |
someone_else wrote:
This forum exists in its current form since 29 January 2004 | When I joined 3 days later, I think there were only about 15/20 of us; I'd only typed in a quick search for 'Progressive Rock' because I was bored at work. The rest is history; punctuated by argument, debate, laughs, making friends (some now genuinely firm & close friends) & over 9 years on, we're still arguing, debating & laughing over the same subjects.
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Jon Lord 1941 - 2012
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Snow Dog
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Posted: March 05 2013 at 04:35 |
darkshade wrote:
Snow Dog wrote:
I've been contributing to this forum for nearly eight years!! Unbelievable. My typing is geting wrose too.
Actually darkie I noticed you have been here nearly as long as me. How come I only really noticed you in the last few years? What was your first avatar? |
I wasn't the most active member here between 2006 and 2008. I used the site itself more than anything, and only came on the forums to ask questions, usually. I also wasn't much into hanging out in online forums much back then. However, one time I was searching through really old threads, and was surprised at how many times I popped up in them. When I signed up here, I was a relative newbie, and I completely abandoned prog music for the most part in 2007 and 2008, but in summer 2008, I became more active, partially because I started to really get into more prog stuff, and been like that since.
I've had many avatars over the years.
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OOh I remeber you now due to this one...
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HarbouringTheSoul
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Posted: March 05 2013 at 06:12 |
darkshade wrote:
PA forums as I remember it in 2005
Dream Theater vs. Symphony X polls Yes vs. Genesis polls "This band and that band are just Dream Theater clones" The Flower Kings vs. Spock's Beard polls Dream Theater vs. Symphony X polls Yes vs. Genesis polls Neo-prog discussions Dream Theater vs. Symphony X polls Dream Theater vs. Symphony X polls Dream Theater vs. Symphony X polls Dream Theater vs. Symphony X polls Dream Theater vs. Symphony X polls Yes vs. Genesis polls "what is prog" Dream Theater vs. Symphony X polls Yes vs. Genesis polls
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It's nice to see not much has changed.
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Moogtron III
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Location: Belgium
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Posted: March 05 2013 at 06:25 |
Amazing, I'm also almost 8 years on the site. Doesn't time fly? (Tempus Fugit, to put it in more proggish Latin.)
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Snow Dog
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Posted: March 05 2013 at 06:27 |
^It's amazing how much year-of-2005 are still around and posting.
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chopper
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Posted: March 05 2013 at 07:35 |
Blacksword wrote:
I can't believe I've been here over 8 years! |
Me neither.
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chopper
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Posted: March 05 2013 at 07:36 |
Snow Dog wrote:
I've been contributing to this forum for nearly eight years!! Unbelievable. |
Frankly I'm amazed you've last that long Ian.
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