[Doogle]

Originally Posted by Scott

whas da supposed to mean

Because.

Idk you're just not very welcoming.

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

omg **** you yes i am

i spoke to you before anybody else and niall before anybody else and chuck too i think

[Doogle]

Okay then well thank you for being so welcoming.

But a week later you were constantly making gay jokes so yeah, that welcoming was short lived.

[Stu]

Welcoming is for gays. And being gay is a sin.

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

gays are so disgusting

[Doogle]

Well you are, gays in general aren't.

[Z]

Originally Posted by Stu

Are my the only one who doesn't rate the Zeta/Brotherhood days? From an outside perspective I found the whole thing dreadfully boring. It was painful at times watching some genuinly brilliant posters become awful, repetetive, predictable caricatures of themselves.

Anyway it was great when I came here. It's a bit crap now though. It's still very busy and has this weird mix of people which keeps me posting but for the most part young teenagers rising to be some of the most consistent, prolific posters has spelled the downfall of the site.

I know they'll all disagree and I'm sure most of them are nice people they're just not all that interesting. The forum literally feels like some pop music discussion forum hosted on a free domain provider advertised on the back of a cereal box or something at times.

I hated it too, I actively distanced myself from it all. It wasn't even really Zeta vs Brotherhood, if anything it was a schism that forced new members to feel as if they had to be part of one, or the other, and actually limited conversation. The forum felt less active than it does now, idk if that makes sense, but in the sense that people were so dedicated to posting in either thread that there wasn't so much discussion elsewhere. Then Zeta died, followed shortly by The Brotherhood and that Independents thing appeared from nowhere, as did The Shack/whatever else you want to call it. What we've been left with are the remnants of the Zeta/Brotherhood days still roaming the forum looking a bit like relics (and for example, newer members kicking up a fuss when old members reappear, allegedly with some kind of agenda) and not really belonging to the forum anymore because they belong to an older time. That's my take on it anyway.

[CharlieO]

Originally Posted by Stu

Are my the only one who doesn't rate the Zeta/Brotherhood days? From an outside perspective I found the whole thing dreadfully boring. It was painful at times watching some genuinly brilliant posters become awful, repetetive, predictable caricatures of themselves.

Anyway it was great when I came here. It's a bit crap now though. It's still very busy and has this weird mix of people which keeps me posting but for the most part young teenagers rising to be some of the most consistent, prolific posters has spelled the downfall of the site.

I know they'll all disagree and I'm sure most of them are nice people they're just not all that interesting. The forum literally feels like some pop music discussion forum hosted on a free domain provider advertised on the back of a cereal box or something at times.

I agree with that but am most probably one of the people you describe.

[Tom]

Originally Posted by Stu

Are my the only one who doesn't rate the Zeta/Brotherhood days? From an outside perspective I found the whole thing dreadfully boring. It was painful at times watching some genuinly brilliant posters become awful, repetetive, predictable caricatures of themselves.

Anyway it was great when I came here. It's a bit crap now though. It's still very busy and has this weird mix of people which keeps me posting but for the most part young teenagers rising to be some of the most consistent, prolific posters has spelled the downfall of the site.

I know they'll all disagree and I'm sure most of them are nice people they're just not all that interesting. The forum literally feels like some pop music discussion forum hosted on a free domain provider advertised on the back of a cereal box or something at times.

I think at first the Zeta/Brotherhood thing was pretty funny and just a bit of banter but after about a week it got a bit out of hand and started to get a bit vicious. I prefered arguing with the Britney Spears obsessives if I'm honest which was a bit before that

Agree about the site, its still OK to post in, most of my posts tend to be in episode discussion threads now though. It doesn't really feel like a community anymore, maybe I'm just out of the loop now because I don't use MSN or don't speak to any members anymore but I don't really get the sense that most people know who anyone else is. It just seems to be the mods that know each other.

[Z]

The evolution of Zeta:

Paris Hilton obsessives (Chrizzle, Markus [now MarkWaldorf] et al) > Britney Spears obsessives (MarkWaldorf, Hugo, DamonJ et al) > Zeta (MarkWaldorf, MrGaryy, Hugo et al) > Zeta 2.0 [post Hugo revelation and Ross disappearing for ages] (Shaun, MrGaryy, lily, Jen, LemonJam, Dezzy, Rory, MarkWaldorf, sometimes Darenn, sometimes Marc, sometimes Matt and myself)

That's how I see it, anyway. Although I now love him, I used to hate Mark with a passion, and I entirely blame (or credit) him for setting the precedent of female-artist-obsessed-insanely-high-post-count type of user.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by CharlieO

Nothing really. I just slipped in and then everyone grew to dislike me.

That's not true Charlie

[MTVN]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

That's true Charlie

Ok, no need to rub salt into the wounds Niamh

[Doogle]

God Niamh you bitch

[Tom]

Originally Posted by Zee

The evolution of Zeta:

Paris Hilton obsessives (Chrizzle, Markus [now MarkWaldorf] et al) > Britney Spears obsessives (MarkWaldorf, Hugo, DamonJ et al) > Zeta (MarkWaldorf, MrGaryy, Hugo et al) > Zeta 2.0 [post Hugo revelation and Ross disappearing for ages] (Shaun, MrGaryy, lily, Jen, LemonJam, Dezzy, Rory, MarkWaldorf, sometimes Darenn, sometimes Marc, sometimes Matt and myself)

That's how I see it, anyway. Although I now love him, I used to hate Mark with a passion, and I entirely blame (or credit) him for setting the precedent of female-artist-obsessed-insanely-high-post-count type of user.

I used to love winding the Britney brigade up (as I used to call them). You only had the mention her name and they'd be out in force quoting your post within seconds.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by MTVN

Ok, no need to rub salt into the wounds Niamh

Originally Posted by Doogle

God Niamh you bitch

Edit : Just realised I left out the not f/

[MTVN]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Edit : Just realised I left out the not f/

I was starting to wonder if you had actually meant that

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by MTVN

I was starting to wonder if you had actually meant that

I didn't! I make so many mistakes, I reckon 80% of my posts lave the last
edited by Niamh message under them

Edit : Even this one, double f/

[Smithy]

lmfao niamh

[Doogle]

Yeah I thought it was intentional and that you are actually a cruel woman.

[Doogle]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

I didn't! I make so many mistakes, I reckon 80% of my posts lave the lastedited by Niamh message under them

-waits till you spot the mistake and then even this thread says last edited-

[MTVN]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

I didn't! I make so many mistakes, I reckon 80% of my posts lave the last
edited by Niamh message under them

Edit : Even this one, double f/

[Black Dagger]

I remember being made so welcome by everybody when I joined, so I had great first impressions, then I looked around and everybody hated each other... I was like 'I'm so going to fit in'.

[Beso]

I think I broke it on my first night.

[Incensed]

Originally Posted by Josy

I always feel sorry for new members posting an introduction thread and getting lots of >>>> in reply

I didn't see the new members section so never introduced myself

So, Hi, I'm Incensed

[Benjamin]

Hey Incensed.