Wfc Forums: A History Lesson

Discussion in 'The Hornets' Nest - Watford Chat' started by Optimistichornet, Sep 21, 2020.

  1. The Voice of Reason

    The Voice of Reason First Team Captain

    Whoops! Yes it was Berkohorn :oops:
     
  2. PowerJugs

    PowerJugs Doyley Fanatic

    I met moog back in the 2015 Pre-Season game v Sevilla where Gomes completely wiped out Immobile.
     
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  3. Thailandtimmy

    Thailandtimmy Now In British Columbia!

    I’m back after so many years away on business. Finally settled in Durham m, good to be home!
     
  4. Otter

    Otter Gambling industry insider

    When the late great BWL died out of the ashes came Glory Horns, which I registered an account but never posted, and The Dark Side. The latter took on a few from BWL but was never the same. I can't remember if I ever posted on the official website message board.

    All this happened when I last changed job and I didn't do the message board thing for a long time. Then when the Pozzo era was imminent I went to different places for info and found this site but I never felt compelled to register or post for another 2 years, probably because I thought I'd end up spending too much time here! Something someone posted caused me to register and post in June 2014 but I can't remember what.

    As for Godfather, I think he's been banned for a while now, it transpired that we used to drink in the same pub in Nuremberg. I never knowingly met him when I lived there, but that was in the late 90s. I'm pretty sure Godfather still lives there now.
     
  5. HappyHornet24

    HappyHornet24 Crapster Staff Member

    Does anyone know what happened to PhilippineOrn or RookeryDad? Both posters who I liked. PO used to occasionally get involved in a “ding dong” on here but seemed a decent guy. He and I had some nice PM conversations re our families. Then he disappeared, at around the same time as @Malteser2 (who thankfully returned).
     
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  6. Cude>2<

    Cude>2< First Team Captain

    So there's been Torontotimmy, Thailandtimmy, and I presume Durhamtimmy will be making an appearance soon? A few more moves my friend you'll be rivalling Moog.
     
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  7. Thailandtimmy

    Thailandtimmy Now In British Columbia!

    Yes I must change it!
     
  8. luke_golden

    luke_golden Space Cadet

    Another soldier from the old days, when most of us here seemed to be at uni and in a perpetual state of drunkenness/neighbours lust.
     
  9. Harrow Orn

    Harrow Orn Squad Player

    Who remembers when we were hacked by the scum, only for it to be a prank played by the admin team. Dark days indeed.
     
  10. Cude>2<

    Cude>2< First Team Captain

    Where did aflynn go to?
     
  11. tonycotonstache

    tonycotonstache Squad Player

    I thought Gomes and Deeney got on?
     
  12. UEA_Hornet

    UEA_Hornet First Team Captain

    Ah yes. UEA_Hatter I think was involved in that.
     
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  13. Moose

    Moose First Team Captain

    'Sharp as a marble'.
     
  14. domthehornet

    domthehornet Moderator Staff Member

    He's sorting my stag do.
     
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  15. Optimistichornet

    Optimistichornet Penguin Assassin

    @domthehornet any chance of bringing back the arcade? i miss the old days.
     
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  16. Otter

    Otter Gambling industry insider

    I was running vBookie before the website was moved, any chance of something like that again?
     
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  17. domthehornet

    domthehornet Moderator Staff Member

    You seriously over estimate my computer skills.

    I'll see what we can do.
     
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  18. Optimistichornet

    Optimistichornet Penguin Assassin

    i seem to remember it going as there was no appropriate version for the new website at the time, but maybe things have changed!
     
  19. DrewH

    DrewH Administrator Staff Member

    Definitely shouldn't have been on here when I first joined. Thanks @magyarorszag :D

    Some classic threads mentioned, must read through the simms one again!
    I remember a random member holding near enough all the high scores for each game. I think his avatar was of a cartoon cricketer?
     
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  20. wfcmoog

    wfcmoog Tinpot

    I remember. We were both on Shoutbox and I guessed you were sitting in front of me in the Lower Rous by your comments. I think you were with WAS?
     
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  21. wfcmoog

    wfcmoog Tinpot

    He got banned. Came back under various guises. I saw a profile pic the others say which was similar to one of his (Michelangelo's David).
     
  22. wfcmoog

    wfcmoog Tinpot

    He never posted. Just went into the arcade and topped all the leaderboards.
     
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  23. PowerJugs

    PowerJugs Doyley Fanatic

    Aye, that's the one. I wasn't with WAS but he may have been around the area?

    I miss the arcade.
     
  24. Diamond

    Diamond First Team

    I remember asking about the arcade going at the time and was told it was because of 2 reasons. One reason was the software was never updated regularly enough by the authors so it became a security risk, secondly it took up huge server resources when lots of people were using it, (remember the days when this place was regularly slow to load).
     
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  25. Cude>2<

    Cude>2< First Team Captain

    Was it you?
     
  26. 99mph

    99mph 4th Prediction league 2011/12

    I still regularly think about Simm's line about Drinking at Uni:

    "I'm more of a Smirnoff-Ice-down-the-pub kinda guy"

    :D
     
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  27. luke_golden

    luke_golden Space Cadet

    Who did he argue relentlessly with? Was it @Chewitt ?
     
  28. Harrow Orn

    Harrow Orn Squad Player

    Chewitt relentlessly argued with about half the forum. So probably.
     
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  29. MarlonsCellMate

    MarlonsCellMate Reservist

    I recall one instance where Meister(I think it was him?) tricked everyone into thinking he'd won Euromillions as the numbers were available online an hour before the TV broadcast.
     
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  30. AshdonWFC

    AshdonWFC Prediction League Champion 2011/12

    I wonder which alias it was under...
     
  31. Johnny Todd Sings

    Johnny Todd Sings First Year Pro

    Kelso was always good value. I hope he is all right.
     
  32. Optimistichornet

    Optimistichornet Penguin Assassin

    This has rapidly turned into the wfcforums missing persons thread.....still waiting for @hornmeister to weigh in on the arcade!
     
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  33. hornmeister

    hornmeister Tired

    As diamond says, was about 2 versions of the software ago. It had some bad security holes and was a drain on the bandwidth.
    If there's another arcade site we can link to like we do with the quiz that would be the best option.
     
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  34. GoingDown

    GoingDown "The Stability"

    King Of The Happy Clappers. He was most of the reason why the term was coined on here.
     
  35. Warrington Hornet

    Warrington Hornet Reservist

    PYA is still around and still following the Orns. I spoke to him about a week ago.
     
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