My 2,000th post; what has changed in a year's time... - Blu-ray Forum

buckshot · 02-03-2008, 04:47 PM

when i first started lurking here in december of '06 there were very few people here. mostly hard core early adopters who had been waiting for blu ray to come out for some time. i joined this site 1 year ago today, and i will probably get to guru status today as well. my first few posts and threads were redundant and i quickly learned the search function (it is your friend). there were outstanding members who seemed to know the answer to every question you could imagine. members whose opinion and knowledge i respect greatly now. members such as:

provenflipper
writesimply
dobyblue
btbuck1

there are others as well. but these names stood out in the begining. also all the mods are pretty coo.

there has been a lot of change here at the site. aaron (who has the same join date as myself) pointed out to me that 1 year ago blu-ray.com had about 2,000 members. now we have over 20,000. there has been a lot of fun on here. the "lets put names to the faces" thread is always amusing. there has always been a good vibe to this site. the people are pretty cool and laid back. there's always been a little

of FNGs but its always been in good fun. some people take it a little to seriously and cry about it hence why i started the sensitivity training. there was a time also when the people here got way to serious (remember the whole blu blood thing). but that passed as well and most everyone is back to being cool again. i've gotten to know several of you pretty well on here. some i've hung out with, others are just online friends for myspace or games, but there are a lot of cool people here. soon i will be cancelling the internet on my phone (which is where i do the majority of my posting on here). so i won't be around nearly as much. but this site is pretty friggin awesome in general and great compared to the others i occasionally visit. hell i've even gotten away with working the word "boobies" into my last 20 posts or so and most people have the decency to not get butt hurt and report it.

but there is a darker side to this site

one that not many know of and those who do guard the secret with their very lives. this site is damn expensive

. before i was on here i had no idea what lossless audio was, what speakers and subs were good, or what a bogo was. i'm glad i know now because i had no idea what i was missing. but man can it get expensive if you frequent the hot deals forum.

now that WB is on board and retailers are dropping hd dvd like bad habit it is funny to think about how panicked the board was when paramount jumped ship. or when universal announced all those spielburg movies, then had to retract them. then they did it again. and apologized again.

now all you young hooligans on this site with your 40 and 80 gb ps3s. your dualshock controllers, your "free blu ray player with any hdtv purchase", and your "newbie discussion" area have control of the site. there are to many new faces (all strangely named "BLU_______" with a blu ray avatar). you all need to respect your elders and STAY OFF MY LAWN *shaking my old man walking stick at you*

i forgot what i was writing about now. oooooh look. a lucy pinder theme for my ps3. and ooooh. applesauce.

and now i am a guru

KNEEL BEFORE ZOD!!!!!

jorg · 02-03-2008, 05:10 PM

nice 2k post i joind same time as u actrualy i remeber the discusion on your avatar i think

dadkins · 02-03-2008, 05:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by buckshot

and now i am a guru

You have goo on your what?

I've been here a year too... sure went by fast, huh?

Aaron · 02-03-2008, 05:37 PM

We joined the same day!

gearyt · 02-03-2008, 05:46 PM

Nice. you are usually one of the more interesting reads...
Love the pic of Grand Dad..

congrats on the Guru Status

g

Bizi Jones · 02-03-2008, 06:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by buckshot

but there is a darker side to this site

one that not many know of and those who do guard the secret with their very lives. this site is damn expensive

.

yeh, I've always wondered (still do) as to who covers the cost of this site...and the army of insiders...hats off to all those ppl...tx for running an awesome site...

buckshot · 02-03-2008, 06:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jorg

nice 2k post i joind same time as u actrualy i remeber the discusion on your avatar i think

ya i thought it was really revealing learning what everyone's online id's stood for and what the heck those pics were.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aaron

We joined the same day!

thats right we're the 237 crew suckahs.

better recognize.
boobies
this site has been lots of fun.

GarettP · 02-03-2008, 07:13 PM

Congrats on the Guru status Buckshot!

I've been here a year and all I have to show for it is Power Member reached today.

Your posts are some of the funniest on here, your avatar is priceless, and I agree this is one expensive site!

Anthony P · 02-03-2008, 07:21 PM

Congrats and nice post

Aaron · 02-03-2008, 11:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by buckshot

ya i thought it was really revealing learning what everyone's online id's stood for and what the heck those pics were.

thats right we're the 237 crew suckahs. better recognize.
boobies
this site has been lots of fun.

We should put this in our sig.

Aaron · 02-03-2008, 11:42 PM

This is funny, we have almost the exact same post count and we joined the same day.

Slackr89 · 02-04-2008, 01:07 AM

i joined in January 2007. wow, u guys have a lot of posts

Uxi · 02-04-2008, 03:52 AM

Where is BTBuck anyway? Used to see him post alot but not much anymore...

AlexCruz · 02-04-2008, 04:53 AM

I'm such a noob. I joined the day of the Warner announcement.

Blu_Ray_UK2007 · 02-04-2008, 12:11 PM

Congrats, I've been here about a year now.. not quite hit 2k posts

buckshot · 02-04-2008, 04:50 PM

i'm surprised I didn't get an ''i'm an attention *****'' picture up for this post. thanks for some of the nice things people said (sniffle sniffle)

as for btbuck1 I don't know where he is either. i'll ask him. I know he's a pats fan so yesterday must have been rough. I wanted them to win too. I hate the mannings as people so I don't like to see them succeed. but they're good players. anyway, i'll ask him where he went. I know some old school members have stopped posting but still lurk because there are so many members now any question they can answer is already answered by someone else who they helped before.

and 2000 is a lot of posts. as i've said a few times my pda and adhd make it possible. cingular (oh sorry at&t) should be turning it off any day now since I asked them to, and to block its use from my account so I can't accidently get charged.

mmm. I just finished my menudo. yummy intestine soup.

02-03-2008, 04:47 PM	#1
buckshot Blu-ray Guru Member since:Feb 2007 Location:san die ego Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:9	My 2,000th post; what has changed in a year's time... when i first started lurking here in december of '06 there were very few people here. mostly hard core early adopters who had been waiting for blu ray to come out for some time. i joined this site 1 year ago today, and i will probably get to guru status today as well. my first few posts and threads were redundant and i quickly learned the search function (it is your friend). there were outstanding members who seemed to know the answer to every question you could imagine. members whose opinion and knowledge i respect greatly now. members such as: provenflipper writesimply dobyblue btbuck1 there are others as well. but these names stood out in the begining. also all the mods are pretty coo. there has been a lot of change here at the site. aaron (who has the same join date as myself) pointed out to me that 1 year ago blu-ray.com had about 2,000 members. now we have over 20,000. there has been a lot of fun on here. the "lets put names to the faces" thread is always amusing. there has always been a good vibe to this site. the people are pretty cool and laid back. there's always been a little of FNGs but its always been in good fun. some people take it a little to seriously and cry about it hence why i started the sensitivity training. there was a time also when the people here got way to serious (remember the whole blu blood thing). but that passed as well and most everyone is back to being cool again. i've gotten to know several of you pretty well on here. some i've hung out with, others are just online friends for myspace or games, but there are a lot of cool people here. soon i will be cancelling the internet on my phone (which is where i do the majority of my posting on here). so i won't be around nearly as much. but this site is pretty friggin awesome in general and great compared to the others i occasionally visit. hell i've even gotten away with working the word "boobies" into my last 20 posts or so and most people have the decency to not get butt hurt and report it. but there is a darker side to this site one that not many know of and those who do guard the secret with their very lives. this site is damn expensive . before i was on here i had no idea what lossless audio was, what speakers and subs were good, or what a bogo was. i'm glad i know now because i had no idea what i was missing. but man can it get expensive if you frequent the hot deals forum. now that WB is on board and retailers are dropping hd dvd like bad habit it is funny to think about how panicked the board was when paramount jumped ship. or when universal announced all those spielburg movies, then had to retract them. then they did it again. and apologized again. now all you young hooligans on this site with your 40 and 80 gb ps3s. your dualshock controllers, your "free blu ray player with any hdtv purchase", and your "newbie discussion" area have control of the site. there are to many new faces (all strangely named "BLU_______" with a blu ray avatar). you all need to respect your elders and STAY OFF MY LAWN shaking my old man walking stick at you i forgot what i was writing about now. oooooh look. a lucy pinder theme for my ps3. and ooooh. applesauce. and now i am a guru KNEEL BEFORE ZOD!!!!!

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02-03-2008, 05:10 PM	#2
jorg Power Member Member since:Dec 2006 Location:Ontario, Canada Home Theater Gallery:2	nice 2k post i joind same time as u actrualy i remeber the discusion on your avatar i think

02-03-2008, 05:37 PM	#4
Aaron Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Feb 2007 Location:Oklahoma City Home Theater Gallery:3 Blu-ray collection:33 Blu-ray reviews: 2 Trading Score:4	We joined the same day!

02-03-2008, 05:46 PM	#5
gearyt Power Member Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Henderson, NV Home Theater Gallery:8 Blu-ray collection:33	Nice. you are usually one of the more interesting reads... Love the pic of Grand Dad.. congrats on the Guru Status g

02-03-2008, 07:13 PM	#8
GarettP Senior Member Member since:Jan 2007 Location:Montrose, CO Blu-ray collection:75 Blu-ray reviews:21	Congrats on the Guru status Buckshot! I've been here a year and all I have to show for it is Power Member reached today. Your posts are some of the funniest on here, your avatar is priceless, and I agree this is one expensive site!

02-03-2008, 07:21 PM	#9
Anthony P Blu-ray Count Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Montreal, Canada	Congrats and nice post

02-03-2008, 11:42 PM	#11
Aaron Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Feb 2007 Location:Oklahoma City Home Theater Gallery:3 Blu-ray collection:33 Blu-ray reviews: 2 Trading Score:4	This is funny, we have almost the exact same post count and we joined the same day.

02-04-2008, 01:07 AM	#12
Slackr89 Special Member Member since:Jan 2007 Location:Edmonton, Alberta PSN: Slackr Blu-ray collection:116 Trading Score:2	i joined in January 2007. wow, u guys have a lot of posts

02-04-2008, 03:52 AM	#13
Uxi Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Southern California 4K collection:14 Blu-ray collection:191 Blu-ray reviews:9	Where is BTBuck anyway? Used to see him post alot but not much anymore...

02-04-2008, 04:53 AM	#14
AlexCruz Expert Member Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Arkham Asylum, Gotham City Blu-ray collection:77 Blu-ray reviews:26	I'm such a noob. I joined the day of the Warner announcement.

02-04-2008, 12:11 PM	#15
Blu_Ray_UK2007 Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Feb 2007 Location:UK 4K collection:164 Blu-ray collection:782 Trading Score:1	Congrats, I've been here about a year now.. not quite hit 2k posts

02-04-2008, 04:50 PM	#16
buckshot Blu-ray Guru Member since:Feb 2007 Location:san die ego Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:9	i'm surprised I didn't get an ''i'm an attention *****'' picture up for this post. thanks for some of the nice things people said (sniffle sniffle) as for btbuck1 I don't know where he is either. i'll ask him. I know he's a pats fan so yesterday must have been rough. I wanted them to win too. I hate the mannings as people so I don't like to see them succeed. but they're good players. anyway, i'll ask him where he went. I know some old school members have stopped posting but still lurk because there are so many members now any question they can answer is already answered by someone else who they helped before. and 2000 is a lot of posts. as i've said a few times my pda and adhd make it possible. cingular (oh sorry at&t) should be turning it off any day now since I asked them to, and to block its use from my account so I can't accidently get charged. mmm. I just finished my menudo. yummy intestine soup.

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