In the beginning... (tenth anniversary thread)

Just got back from a rather nostalgic trip that made me recall the "dark ages." Sometimes I wish things were still like they were back then...simpler, less cluttered.

There are only a few months left in 2009, and I thought it would be cool to do a Tenth Anniversary Org Tribute thread. If you were around in those "Purple-and-Black" days (a layout/color scheme that I think we should bring back for at least a brief stint ), please share your memories of this place back then. I was around at that time, too, but I honestly can't remember much. So...jog my memory, will you, OGs?

Who is/was Kevin L. Smith, by the way???

Kev was an orger? What about Gary Coleman?

Yeah, now that you mention it, I think Kevin was an Orger. So was the guy that did "The Prince Show" on Saturday Night Live. And the guy that wrote or directed "Love Jones".

Can't remember any of their names, though.

"Guitar" on Leno is the greatest performance in the history of rock ' roll

Second Funkiest White Man in America

It sure is nice having adults running our government now

RodeoSchro said:

Earliest org archive on the Wayback Machine: http://web.archive.org/we.../main.html

More: http://web.archive.org/we...prince.org

Oops... didn't see your link Bluefish.

This is top-notch - note the first reply:

squirrelgrease said:

This is top-notch - note the first reply:

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bluefish said:

squirrelgrease said:

This is top-notch - note the first reply:

Thanks for posting, squirrelgrease...have you seen the new sig I adopted a few days ago?

Call me crazy, but DAMN I love that old layout/color scheme! Let's use it again (if it's not too difficult to do, that is...wouldn't want Ben to have to rewrite the whole programming code just for a brief switch)!

Here is some memories:

The org back then was practially uncensored. No moderators, hardly any rules.

Sometimes, right or wrong, the attacks on Prince were relentless and there were times that negativity among members themselves also ruled.

In other words it was a place where most fams nowadays would immediately run from to their mommies to cry their hearts out how bad they and Prince are treated.

Look at this site now. It's moderated, there are rules of conduct but the bitching from fams against this site and certain negative members is only getting worse. It's like they hate the org, just because there are still some negative folks hanging around and spreading their opinion ("hatred" is what they would call it).

Just wanted to say to all those fams: you have no clue what true negativity on prince.org looks like.


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Memories of the Old Org...


***Kellyanne McClure---who remembers this evil,vindictive witch who used to post here in 2000-2002? Nearly everyone on the site got into a heated argument with her...lol...the threads turned into nasty flame wars.

***the various Prince imposters---anybody remember "purple_pie","holdon2urwigz","The_Rainbow_Child" and the other imposters who used to post here? Writing alot of cryptic,mysterious nonsense? LOL.

***the fake tracklists---remember an album called 'A Doll's House'?


***weird folks who posted silly messages---One guy used to constantly post stuff like "I like pizza"....or "I have a wallet"

***Orgers who used to post back then,but no longer come here---I'm talking about folks like SuperNova,Bro915,King Sausage,DMSR,EllisDee,klhk,and others.I miss these people!

***the "Quaidbowl Scandal"---longtime Orgers know what I'm talking about.

I have a wallet too!

SoulAlive said:

cborgman said:

"Guitar" on Leno is the greatest performance in the history of rock ' roll

Second Funkiest White Man in America

It sure is nice having adults running our government now

RodeoSchro said:

This is great! Keep the memories coming, y'all!

bluefish said:

the org mardi gras also stands out as a big milestone in us as a community.

and the invasions, of course.

Stickyfied

Edmonton, AB - - If you're happy and you know it your hands, if you're happy and you know it do a

luv4u said:

Stickyfied

cborgman said:

Edmonton, AB - - If you're happy and you know it your hands, if you're happy and you know it do a

Tremolina said:

luv4u said:

cborgman said:

oh, lord... those days.

Ohhhh lawd not Quaidbowl

Not the black and purple days, but remember how big cascading replies could get?

squirrelgrease said:

Not the black and purple days, but remember how big cascading replies could get?

Edmonton, AB - - If you're happy and you know it your hands, if you're happy and you know it do a

WTF? Me?

Welcome to the world, my nephew - Mio http://prince.org/msg/100/322798

Hockey season underway!

Teacher said:

WTF? Me?

Mach said:

Okayplayer and GD getting shut down.