Welcome back!

what a blast from the past! by wwww on 2024-07-23 10:37:35 UTC Introduction Reply

I think the last time I posted here was when I was like 12, a good 10 years ago. Just remembered now and figured I'd check up.

Amazing that this website is still around, even more cool that I still recognise some names posting haha (but I don't recall my own.)

Hullo hullo! by Lily Winterwood on 2024-07-29 01:52:10 UTC Reply

I don't recognise your handle specifically but I'd have been around in 2012, too! Nice to see you again!
Welcome back! (nm) by Tomash on 2024-07-28 05:24:28 UTC Reply
Welcome back! by Sergio Turbo on 2024-07-27 09:37:48 UTC Reply

We might've crossed paths back then - I joined in 2010 - but sadly I have a terrible memory for names so I don't remember if we interacted much at the time. Still, welcome back!
Ok, now that I've remembered I really oughta write things longer than that... by wwww on 2024-07-23 11:14:27 UTC Reply
1. Its honestly just so comforting to know that PPC stuff is literally the same as it was back when I was a kid. Helps give a little bit of perspective in these days of a 24/7 news cycle and the worries of real life, that ultimately people are still the same as they always were.
2. I think I can credit a lot of who I am today to the PPC, ultimately. I wasn't doing very well in school back then (today I am a scientist and a PhD-in-training :P,) and getting home and turning on my mom's old Pentium and just reading the funny stories people would post was a source of escapism for me.
And I think in general, internet fanfiction has influenced a lot of the values I hold today, strange as that is to say. I grew up in a third-world country, and if I had instead taken things osmotically from the people around me, I could have ended up a very different person with very different beliefs.
1. I have a LOT of reading to do if I wanna catch up haha.

Welcome back! by Neshomeh on 2024-07-26 16:43:57 UTC Reply

Congratulations on becoming a scientist and soon-to-be PhD! That's a wonderful achievement. May I ask what field you plan to go into?

I must say, I hope you'll find we're a little nicer than we were back in the early days, haha. That said, I have always believed we're a positive influence on our members, and it's always great to see that belief borne out. ^_^

Since you remember Tungsten Monk, I would guess you'd remember me, too! I don't know if that helps at all, though, since I've been around practically forever at this point. {; P Still, if you weren't too much of a lurker, I might be able to place you if you recall any more details from your time here?

~Neshomeh

Welcome, welcome! by Linstar on 2024-07-23 11:09:59 UTC Reply

It's always nice to see a returnbie. Here, have a box of antigravity chocolates.

So, you say you were posting sometime from 2012-2014? Do you remember participating in any specific threads? If so, we might be able to figure this out.

--Ls likes mysteries

Thanks for the cookies :) by wwww on 2024-07-23 11:33:52 UTC Reply

If it helps "date" me, I seem to recall tungsten_monk being active around the same time I was? But otherwise, don't recall anything in particular lol.

You might also want to join the Discord, there might be some people on there who you'd recognize. (nm) by Linstar on 2024-07-23 17:35:08 UTC Reply
That... doesn't really help, sadly. by Linstar on 2024-07-23 13:32:51 UTC Reply

I can find results for Tungsten Monk on the Board from 2008 to 2012. Looking over some posts from 2012 to 2014, I can see quite a lot of names, some of which I recognize (some of those being still around, even) and many of which I don't. Did you ever get Permission? Maybe one of the oldbies might know you.

--Ls has only been around for a little over two years

FYI, Tungsten was active as early as 2004. by Neshomeh on 2024-07-26 16:54:06 UTC Reply

Two main periods of activity: 2004-2007 and 2009-2012, roughly. Mentioning it only as a reminder that Board archives before mid 2008 are sketchy at best, so shouldn't be relied upon as the sole source for what did or didn't happen then. {= )

~Neshomeh

Yup. by Linstar on 2024-07-26 20:28:18 UTC Reply

I honestly don't remember where to even find the pre-2008 Board archives.

I guess that's what we have you oldbies for. ^-^

--Ls