CF Nostalgia

[Gnarwhal]

I've been feeling kind of nostalgic for the old platform and all of the little intangibles about CF prior to the switch last year. Obviously there are other things too. I know you can use an 'old style skin' for the aesthetics, but it's not quite the same. I liked the icons and some of the avatars, and the different little stats and bits of info that were featured.

Has anybody else felt that way?

*I just want to note I don't mean this as any kind of dig towards the staff, I appreciate all of the work you put in to keeping this place running.

 

[epiclesis]

Back in my day, we didn't have any build your own people avatars.

 

[Gnarwhal]

Back in my day, we didn't have any build your own people avatars.

They had avatars in your day? I thought they were just a bunch of DOS command lines...

 

[Michie]

I've been feeling kind of nostalgic for the old platform and all of the little intangibles about CF prior to the switch last year. Obviously there are other things too. I know you can use an 'old style skin' for the aesthetics, but it's not quite the same. I liked the icons and some of the avatars, and the different little stats and bits of info that were featured.

Has anybody else felt that way?

*I just want to note I don't mean this as any kind of dig towards the staff, I appreciate all of the work you put in to keeping this place running.

Yes I miss it sometimes. But I'm not a tech geek so change kind of freaks me out when it comes to the board and other PC stuff.

 

[tadoflamb]

I miss the reps function.

 

[One Voice Among Many1]

I miss that too, Tad. I also miss my pets and the ability to create my own avatar character. The social groups were nice too.

 

[Gnarwhal]

Yes I miss it sometimes. But I'm not a tech geek so change kind of freaks me out when it comes to the board and other PC stuff.

I think I'm just partial to vBulletin (the old format), even though as I understand it XenForo (this format) is based on that in some ways.

 

[One Voice Among Many1]

And the old Blessing Exchange forum games and fellowship threads were a lot of fun too.

 

[epiclesis]

They had avatars in your day? I thought they were just a bunch of DOS command lines...

Very funny.

It's been 12.5 years since I joined here!

 

[Gnarwhal]

Very funny.

It's been 12.5 years since I joined here!

Wow! That's like 139 in forum years!

Mazel tov!

Seriously though, glad to have an OG around.

 

[Genersis]

I have no nostalgia...apart from missing some members and old smilies(that word doesn't look right...)

 

[Gnarwhal]

I have no nostalgia...apart from missing some members and old smilies(that word doesn't look right...)

I think it's pronounced "smee-lays"...

 

[Michie]

Ditto tad.

 

[Michie]

Ditto tad.

I miss the reps function.

 

[Genersis]

I think it's pronounced "smee-lays"...

Goodness, I'd never try saying the word out loud.
Think I'll stick with "emoticon", from my old MSN days...

 

[epiclesis]

Goodness, I'd never try saying the word out loud.
Think I'll stick with "emoticon", from my old MSN days...

Remember when you used to be able to play games on MSN messenger?

Those were good days.

And the awesome chat feature on ICQ. I could be chatting with my friend at like 14, complaining about something my parents did, and then erase it! hahahaha

 

[Genersis]

Remember when you used to be able to play games on MSN messenger?

Yup, still miss it a little.

Those were good days.

And the awesome chat feature on ICQ. I could be chatting with my friend at like 14, complaining about something my parents did, and then erase it! hahahaha

It surprises me that MSN Messenger(AKA Windows Live Messenger) had a whole number of features that are still absent in Skype, which it was supposedly "merged" with.

Of course, smilies are going the way of emoticons. There will be only "emoji" soon...

 

[Miss Shelby]

I love your sentimentality.

 

[GlockMeister]

I miss the old forum too. They said it was on its last leg, so I guess there wasn't anything that could be done. Still, I miss it.

 

[Gnarwhal]

Remember when you used to be able to play games on MSN messenger?

Those were good days.

And the awesome chat feature on ICQ. I could be chatting with my friend at like 14, complaining about something my parents did, and then erase it! hahahaha

Ah, the golden age of interwebs.