heyal256

I think that I also had something close to 200 posts. And to think I was wondering what I was going to use as an avatar, guess I don't have to worry about that for a while.

KillerYoda

I don't like this n00b feeling again. It's like being dropped back to freshman year in high school when you're halfway through college.

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"So you're Chekov, huh? Well, this here's McCoy. Find a Spock, we got us an away team."

vevaphon

nuked.

suckage.

at least TFP still looks good.

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--- DKM

vevaphon

at least this way, you know what to do right this time around. consider it skate time.

septal

the old post counts are lost forever, right?
there's no way to verify how many someone had, right?

Then i had a billion posts. Now i have, like, 5.

Such is life!

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opentocomments

well i never go very high in the post game because i only talk when i think i should i dont just go around looking to post in every thread...But that could just be me.

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How do we know that the sky is not green and we are all color-blind?

Scipio

Post counts don't change who you are, and caring about them doesn't make you any better. I suppose it's just a neat perk for participation.

Great Scott

I was finally closing in on that ever elusive avatar. Wouldn't have been half as difficult except I don't have anything intersting to say!

MikeyChalupa

On the cusp of 1000...

Guess Osama will have to go back into hiding for a while...

-Mikey

redravin40

Interesting is in the eye of the beholder. As long as you post something that has some thought behind it you will find that people are interested in what you have to say.
In some ways I like being a noob again. The avatar was never the most important part to me. Having a fresh start for everyone can be a good thing some times.

blindawg

ahhhhh. so much work so little time.. Irregardlesss. my 300 plus post weren't much of anything compared to what some of you had.. I'm just glad t have the board back.

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I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it.

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- Jack Handey

bobmsmythe

I was just getting to the point where people noticed me.

Sigh.

Bob

boatguy234

00

fienna

i'm just glad to see that the TFP is back up and alive again. I was more proud of my six months then of anything else, having just over 100 or so posts... anyways, i'm glad to be back!

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to leave is never easy
perhaps it shouldn't be
but return is even harder
yes return is harder still

Giant Hamburger

Huzzah!
I have returned from the grave.
It seemed only appropriate that my first post back should be here.

Cyd

good to have it back tho. Welcome back TFP

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ASNstunta

Glad to have TFP back up and there are so many posts already.

Daval

I was also in the top 25. I look forward to the road back

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Winston Churchill

Karby

...well i wasn't that far from a noob anyways, so it doesn't really bother me

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Pheatius

Time to make the doughnuts...

liquid_dreams

man now i feel really bad i was just shy 100 but hereing about how u guys lost your 3000 posts i feel like a idoit

Met22

Starting all over again for the fourth time.
Empty feeling as 3000 goes by the wasteside but TFP has gotten better ever time around. So having seen versions 1,2,3 and now 4 I look forward to building a better home with my bros and sisters. TFP 4 ever.

Never a doubt that Hal is the man.....

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Acoustica

Sorry, but I'm still getting the gist of what this community is all about. I probably only had a handful of posts before the place had it's trouble. However, I was a little sad when I tried to venture here and everything was lost. However, that helped me to discover the IRC channel, and I found a whole new place. Maybe in time I'll find my niche.

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platypus

Guess I'll chime in too. *grumble* *grumble* I miss my avatar already. Oh well, nothing like starting with a clean slate.

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Out the 10Base-T, through the router, down the T1, over the leased line, off the bridge, past the firewall...nothing but Net.

marcopolo

The worst part of this ' starting over ' process is what was lost in many hours of contributions over the past year.

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Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.

Orionath

I was just starting to explore TFP when it borked -- I like that everyone here is so polite and can write in complete sentences. For the most part.
I'm amazed at how prolific some of you guys are. Don't you have jobs to go to?
I doubt that I'll ever be in the top 100 posters, but I enjoy reading the forums and hope to contribute in some small, perhaps irrelevant manner.

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What awful irony is this?
We are as gods, but know it not.
http://www.pbase.com/procyon_groot&view=recent/

Insomniac(uk)

A hard drive failure, the system equiliser and all all that.

Oh well back from something around the 30 post mark to one, at least there are plenty in the same boat.

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GreenCloud

i don't mind losing post counts nearly as much as i do the loss of everyone's awesome posts. there's was always something cool at tfp, no matter how many times i went back, and its sad to think that all those contributions are gone now

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gavsarris

back to square one...oh well

mihal

I almost thought that my account was shut down just because I was away from the computer for 2 weeks...

Guess that's not the case.

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"Smile, and the world will give you the finger"
But I keep smiling

fizzledorf

man, i was a n00b on v.3 and now, still a n00b on v.4 -- reminds me of Monty Python's Holy Graill, when John Cleese is running up the hill to the castle, and every time he's almost there, he gets reset to the bottom of the hill. I now feel his pain...

Wax_off

Does everyone derive their validity as a person from their post count? Don't make no sense. If you have something worthwhile to say it shouldn't matter if you're a total rookie.
My $.02

siddhartha

Out with the old and in with the new. Most of the time, it's a good thing.

Glad to see everyone is still here.

As if...

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The sun is the same in a relative way but you're older, shorter of breath and one day closer to death.

Wingnut

I am glad we can now all start on equal footing!!

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You are only limited by your imagination

Lucifer

I had just nailed 666, uploaded my cool new avatar, gotten a cool title, posted a link in my signature, and my world collapsed. On the other hand it feels cool to be close to BoCo and Phred!

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I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
- Job 30:29

1123, 6536, 5321

queedo

I was close to 1200 but now if you notice they took the numbers off and its only the level we are at now.

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If you think you can or you can't, you are right!

the edge

Let me introduce myself again "the edge"

Long time reader, first time writer

ironman

man, and i was sad about my 178!

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If I agreed with you we´d both be wrong

flesheater

Maybe someday I'll be up there with all the TFP legends - now is my chance

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Today I...........No, that wasn't me.

Four years ago..............no, it was yesterday.

Sometimes I...No, I don't.

Holo

No real biggie. I had about 120 posts...won't take long to recoup the loss. Just glad it's back!

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I happen to like the words "fuck", "cock", "pussy", "tits", "cunt", "twat", "shit" and even "bitch". As long as I am not using them to describe you, don't go telling me whether or not I can/should use them...that is, if you want me to continue refraining from using them to describe you. ~Prince