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[papercrane]

*is Flattered* I'm glad, then...I do try not to spam, but it's getting progressively harder. Like this post, for instance. Practically nothing said. But I'm posting anyway becuase the Demon of the Forum told me to.

The important thing about adventures, thought Mr Bunnsy, was that they shouldn't be so long as to make you miss mealtimes.
-- (Terry Pratchett, The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents)

[Birdhead]

Ha! The Demon of the Forum! I can just see it- it's little and blue and sits on our shoulders, making up phrases that we simply have to post and urging us into one-liners... I can hear it, too:
"Go on, it's only one one-liner... you can give them up and go back to solid posts anytime!"

"We are philosophical geniuses [sic] who will one day rule the world!"
--Agent M
Ahahahaha, Ahahahaha, Ahahahaha!
Still the Typo Queen

[papercrane]

*snicker* Cute description. And very accurate. But why blue?
Must...not...post...one-liner...
<randomness to keep post from being total spam>
What _was_ it like in the Good Ol' Days, anyway? I've heard muttered reports of 'less spammy' and elsewhat, but...did you all _really_ discuss weighty YW-themed philosophy and stay on-topic?

The important thing about adventures, thought Mr Bunnsy, was that they shouldn't be so long as to make you miss mealtimes.
-- (Terry Pratchett, The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents)

[Birdhead]

Because the forum's blue. It wants to blend in.

As for the Gold Old Days.... well.... it's not that we didn't post off-topic stuff. it's just that, in general, what was posted was slightly more thought-out- I, personally, was not very good at it, but some people used to spend a lot of time thinking about what they were saying. People still do, and make really thoughtful and insightful and, well, long posts, but because there are so many more regular posters now, there's a much higher frequency of posts that are rattled off in five seconds or so. I mean... I don't know. Also, there were way fewer posts- often you come back in two days and nothing would have changed, particularly during the week.

Eh, I don't know. Also, spelling and punctuation was way better...

Hmm. it's not about length, or about timeframe, really, because there were heaps of short posts but... well, we were less in-jokey. Maybe it's relevance?
Or maybe this is just us idealising something, yeah?

"We are philosophical geniuses [sic] who will one day rule the world!"
--Agent M
Ahahahaha, Ahahahaha, Ahahahaha!
Still the Typo Queen

[Wilf]

My theory about the Good 'Ol days (and I've noticed this happens with other litary forums) is as follows: When the forums are first created, there are several books in the series. (Think how many YW books were around when these forums were created). Any theories/thoughts you might have will be new and orginal to the forums. However, as time wears on, their becomes fewer new things to be discussed. New books only partially alleviate this situaion, as it will be a comparitivly small amount of material.
The best way round all this would be for DD to publish batches four or five YW books at once... but this has obvious disadvantages.

Oh, and if you really want to increase YW-related topics, then restrict when Chatter can be posted in...

"Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right" - Salvor Hadrin, in Isaac Asimov's Foundation

[Zgirl]

Demon of the Forum hmmmmm. That sounds like Greek Mythology or something to me. Hmmmmm. I should give someone a name from mythology on this site. Who should it be. I dub FireWitch to be Aphrodite:the Goddess of Love.(What is she 1 out of 5 ppl who have a boyfriend here?) Anyways I really liked that Winter Formal story it was really cool.
You guys sound like G&G's! The "good ol' days" lol!

The monkey made me do it!
~Z~

[Agent M]

[Tanis]

Wouldn't a demon of this form be a computer virus?
Me freaked out ops:

*Many have gone and many have stayed but one thing stays the same: Love and Hate they never go away but they can be beaten- Devin
*Many have come to this place and most have left it but let not their life be a mystery- Devin
*Many have come and gone so we need to leave a ripple before this planet is washed away- Devin
*Many have come and gone but few are here to stay-Devin

[Kat]

[Zgirl]

What are we? ONe big happy family ?
"The first generation of our family started with Ella, and then sweet old M came along...and then we had a bunch of n00b's." Okay now I'm cracking up. n00b sounds like an alien language for kids.
I'll go tell my brother..your a n00b! *says it in a nasty voice.*

The monkey made me do it!
~Z~

[Moonsong]

MAybe the Demon of the Forum and the gremlin in my locker are buddies... Or perhaps even related. Let us go on a crusade and be rid of the Demon of the Forum and the locker gremlins!

Stupid gremlins....

[semiramis]

Demon of the forum, I hereby dub thee Poot, after Puta, the angel of forgetfulness/oblivion!

*waves around dramatically*

...or not.

I am Lionfish. HEAR ME ROA-- ....um, bubble. Blub, blub. *sweatdrop*

[Moonsong]

Interesting. I dub the stupid locker demons at my school............. Annoying Pests who steal me and my firends' homework! There. Now can we go on a crusade and kill them?

Stupid gremlins....

[Rysade]

Originally posted by papercrane:
But I'm posting anyway becuase the Demon of the Forum told me to.

That would be Me!

--Dai Stihó
Forum Demon ~..~ Grrrrr....
ha (hä) interj. [echoic] an exclamation variously expressing wonder, surprise, anger, triumph, etc.: repeated (ha-han. the sound of this exclamation or of a laugh
-Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language, Second College Edition

[papercrane]

Rysade: Then you're a darkish sort of blue, according to Tui, and semiramis just dubbed you 'Poot.'
semiramis: hm, 'Poot'...I like it!
Re 'The Good Ol' Days': meh. So the vibe I'm getting is that stuff happens and times change and nothing really set the spamness off. Except possibly me, because I was the Bringer of the Second Generation.

The important thing about adventures, thought Mr Bunnsy, was that they shouldn't be so long as to make you miss mealtimes.
-- (Terry Pratchett, The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents)