The Dink Network

Those were the days...

December 23rd 2012, 11:43 PM
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schnapper
Peasant He/Him Heard Island And Mcdonald Islands
Let us save our effort and just lie down and die. 
Looking at the boards then and now... to me, this was a golden age. Not quite the nineties, when Seth, SimonK, Striker and Dan Walma walked amongst us like gods and we, in infantile devotion longed to rival the great dmods but still - a good time I will remember fondly in moments of nostalgia.
December 24th 2012, 03:39 AM
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bornfree15
Peasant They/Them United States
Eyevan 
oh the days of my innocents..
December 24th 2012, 05:53 AM
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Skull
Peasant He/Him Finland bloop
A Disembodied Sod 
I can see why, looking now, you'd say 3 years ago was a golden age. Although Dinkers have been complaining about the forum going downhill since the beginning of the millenium. I miss the times of 2006-2007 and the times before that when I only used to check the forum. I may have been an ultra noob back then, and hated by everyone, but I still enjoyed this place more back then. I think 2009 was the year this place started feeling the age and slowed down a lot.
December 24th 2012, 11:29 AM
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Striker
Noble She/Her United States
Daniel, there are clowns. 
Yeah, I think everyone has their favorite era. Mine was probably from 2001-2004. Those were excellent years for the community, IMO. I'm rather impressed this community is still more or less around for a freeware game that was released around 15 years ago.
December 24th 2012, 06:17 PM
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iplaydink
Peasant He/Him Sweden
Hmm.. 
" I think 2009 was the year this place started feeling the age and slowed down a lot."

So things started getting worse once i got active?
December 25th 2012, 07:34 AM
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SabreTrout
Noble He/Him United Kingdom
Tigertigertiger. 
It's unbelievable that this place still exists. A unique place on the internet, this, that's for sure.

For me, 2001-2004 was probably the apex of the DN's awesomeness. It's had some delightful members both before and after, but the activity and quality of output in those days was fantastic.
December 25th 2012, 08:49 PM
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GlennGlenn
Peasant He/Him Norway
GlennGlenn doesn't want a custom title. 
There is still a way to create this into a great place again. We just need a special someone to give someone special access who has special skills to do special things.
December 26th 2012, 12:13 PM
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DackFight
Peasant He/Him United States
Making Topics off-track faster then you can say it 
Ms. Dink had those kinds of powers, of fright with her "BOOTY CALLS" "SHIVERS", or Seth.
December 26th 2012, 12:52 PM
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Just combining two comments to make SURE they don't pass unoticed:

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Ms. Dink had those kinds of powers, of fright with her "BOOTY CALLS" "SHIVERS", or Seth.


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There is still a way to create this into a great place again. We just need a special someone to give someone special access who has special skills to do special things.


Well, and I was wondering about making some stuff related to that. Reengineering a certain D-Mod with assembly knowledge to identify a pattern and then make something that would attract some viewers. Bullshoot, let just a tallented person cuddle-talks Seth.

Some pillow talking and we are back to the scene. Who agrees?
December 26th 2012, 01:06 PM
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DackFight
Peasant He/Him United States
Making Topics off-track faster then you can say it 
I have a webcam. So I can talk with me many accents to many people, while Drinking my Cherry Coke or Sprite. And I am now hungry so I will go to the Refriderator in the room next to mine.