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Who do you miss that left BYOAC?
« on: June 13, 2013, 09:11:02 am »
Now I know everyone is gonna say PinBallJim, but is there anyone else?

I wish Donkbaca would come back, I used to give him a hard time but he took it in stride and came back with something funny all the time.. Generally a swell guy.
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Re: Who do you miss that left BYOAC?
« Reply #1 on: June 13, 2013, 09:20:31 am »

Bones, DrewKaree, shmokes, Joymonkey

A few others whose usernames are escaping me at the moment.

Oh, yeah, and saint.   8)

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Re: Who do you miss that left BYOAC?
« Reply #2 on: June 13, 2013, 09:29:35 am »
PBJ and Donk. VanillaGorilla pokes his head in every once in a while, but not enough.

Sandheaver. :'(

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Re: Who do you miss that left BYOAC?
« Reply #3 on: June 13, 2013, 10:26:56 am »
So many have come and gone. Couple off the top of my head, Shardian and Frizz.

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Re: Who do you miss that left BYOAC?
« Reply #4 on: June 13, 2013, 10:28:02 am »
Does anyone remember if there was a reason some of these folks left (shmokes, donk, joymonkey, etc.) or did they just fade away? I'm not in P'n'R' (it is for the best) so I must have missed something. I don't remember many people going out in a blaze of drama, except for pbj who just took his posts and went home.  I def. miss shmokes.
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Re: Who do you miss that left BYOAC?
« Reply #5 on: June 13, 2013, 11:03:35 am »
Is shmokes really gone? Seems I saw a post from him recently. Kaytrim comes to mind, where did he go?

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Re: Who do you miss that left BYOAC?
« Reply #6 on: June 13, 2013, 11:07:24 am »
I think people just get busy. I come here for the social interactions more than the video game building, to be honest.
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Re: Who do you miss that left BYOAC?
« Reply #7 on: June 13, 2013, 11:50:23 am »
I really miss Nitewalker and all his woodworking tips and tool bargains.

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Re: Who do you miss that left BYOAC?
« Reply #8 on: June 13, 2013, 12:07:11 pm »

Bones, DrewKaree, shmokes, Joymonkey

A few others whose usernames are escaping me at the moment.

Oh, yeah, and saint.   8)

Missioncontrol, Goz, pointdablame, Santoro and Stringray were great to have here as well. I know I am missing more names myself. Can someone go get these guys back out of their fortress of solitude for more than the occasional random post?

I miss Mikezilla. Good guy, great stories about as random as mine. (Bed wetting GF comes to mind.   :laugh2: ) Reminds me of a college roommate I had.

And of course the rants from Donkbaca were priceless. The Centipede/moon patrol rants were so damn enjoyable after hearing threads of endless love for every game of that era. It was entertaining to finally see someone vocal about hating a game. Things got crazy with him in the mix.

I come here for the social interactions more than the video game building, to be honest.

 :cheers: Same here.

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Re: Who do you miss that left BYOAC?
« Reply #9 on: June 13, 2013, 12:22:16 pm »
Tommy?        :laugh2:

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Re: Who do you miss that left BYOAC?
« Reply #10 on: June 13, 2013, 12:36:11 pm »
Harpal

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Re: Who do you miss that left BYOAC?
« Reply #11 on: June 13, 2013, 01:17:48 pm »

Most of the people mentioned above must have just moved on.  Or moved to the "other" forum.  Not a lot happens in PnR so don't think that could be a cause.  PnR is almost idle except in Presidential election years.

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Re: Who do you miss that left BYOAC?
« Reply #12 on: June 13, 2013, 01:48:15 pm »
Is shmokes really gone? Seems I saw a post from him recently.

I guess you are right, just been posting in threads I haven't visited.
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Re: Who do you miss that left BYOAC?
« Reply #13 on: June 13, 2013, 02:26:01 pm »
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Who do you miss that left BYOAC?
« Reply #14 on: June 13, 2013, 02:34:28 pm »
Drew's crew heheheh

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Re: Who do you miss that left BYOAC?
« Reply #15 on: June 13, 2013, 02:38:57 pm »
u_rebelscum.  Been 3+ years or so since he posted.  Huge asset with more knowledge about Mame and it's code than most of us combined.  All the other flapjacks listed were great members but Robin's knowledge hasn't been easily replaced.

Ginsu too.  He got laid off and went back to school so he isn't as active as he was a few years ago.


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Re: Who do you miss that left BYOAC?
« Reply #16 on: June 13, 2013, 02:42:25 pm »

Most of the people mentioned above must have just moved on.  Or moved to the "other" forum.  Not a lot happens in PnR so don't think that could be a cause.  PnR is almost idle except in Presidential election years.

I missed out on what prompted that move. I was on my crazy "internet sabbatical" at the time, and they give you the boot if you don't post. Could never check back to see what happened.

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Re: Who do you miss that left BYOAC?
« Reply #17 on: June 13, 2013, 02:49:00 pm »
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Re: Who do you miss that left BYOAC?
« Reply #18 on: June 13, 2013, 03:08:03 pm »
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Re: Who do you miss that left BYOAC?
« Reply #19 on: June 13, 2013, 03:17:54 pm »
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Yeah, he really was the best of us.  ;)
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Re: Who do you miss that left BYOAC?
« Reply #20 on: June 13, 2013, 04:06:36 pm »
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Re: Who do you miss that left BYOAC?
« Reply #21 on: June 13, 2013, 04:37:13 pm »
Donkbaca was fun when he was interpolating weirdness into others' posts, but when he got harshawed, he quickly became sad and dissent (points for knowing where that came from - hint: it's from something I've referenced recently, elsewhere).


Cheffo. His grumpiness is always entertaning.
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Re: Who do you miss that left BYOAC?
« Reply #22 on: June 13, 2013, 04:45:46 pm »
Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.

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Re: Who do you miss that left BYOAC?
« Reply #23 on: June 13, 2013, 05:06:03 pm »
I miss Jakobud.  Technically he's still around, but I think he makes a post maybe once a year. 

I still use his plans though.  ;)

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Re: Who do you miss that left BYOAC?
« Reply #24 on: June 13, 2013, 05:08:43 pm »
u_rebelscum. 

Rampy, 1up, Oscarcontrols, frosticulus, planetjay, minerAl, joymonkey

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Re: Who do you miss that left BYOAC?
« Reply #25 on: June 13, 2013, 05:20:30 pm »
Pixelhugger - I could relate

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Re: Who do you miss that left BYOAC?
« Reply #26 on: June 13, 2013, 06:21:45 pm »

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Re: Who do you miss that left BYOAC?
« Reply #27 on: June 13, 2013, 09:13:31 pm »
Ninja squirrel.

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Re: Who do you miss that left BYOAC?
« Reply #28 on: June 13, 2013, 09:16:43 pm »
I wish that jkdubb fella woulda done some more builds.  He did a really great thread on that cocktail of his. 

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Re: Who do you miss that left BYOAC?
« Reply #29 on: June 13, 2013, 09:20:52 pm »
I think sadly that some of us are in it for the Journey (Don't Stop... Belivin!) and others are just in it for the destination.  You'll see people do something really cool and then they disappear because they built what they wanted.

Myself I wish I knew how to quit you guys.  No homo

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Re: Who do you miss that left BYOAC?
« Reply #30 on: June 13, 2013, 09:25:22 pm »
Fozzy The Bear and Frizz were both real active back when I was lurking. 

I'd like MikeDuece to come back and finish this prototype.
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=105795.0

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Re: Who do you miss that left BYOAC?
« Reply #31 on: June 13, 2013, 09:38:58 pm »
Harpal

  :laugh2:

am I the only one remember that guy?
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Re: Who do you miss that left BYOAC?
« Reply #32 on: June 13, 2013, 09:41:15 pm »
What ever happened to that Daveia guy?

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Re: Who do you miss that left BYOAC?
« Reply #33 on: June 13, 2013, 09:44:04 pm »
Harpal

  :laugh2:

am I the only know about remember that guy?

How could I forget?

"YOU GUYS ARE ALL SO MEAN! MY WAREHOUSE WAS ROBBED WHILE I WAS ON VACATION!  I HAVE THE POLICE TO DEAL WITH SO QUITE WHINING ABOUT ALL THOSE XBOXES YOU BOUGHT FROM ME THAT YOU WONT GET! I WAS GONNA GIVE OU YOUR MONEY BACK BUT NOW YOU WERE TOO MEAN!"

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Re: Who do you miss that left BYOAC?
« Reply #34 on: June 13, 2013, 09:46:35 pm »
All the guys you mentioned, and maybe javeryh, did he get lost in building that home theater?
Also, where is LoadMan?
I havent seen weishaupt (SP, the guy who did the cool Ghost in the Machine.)
There are several who were working on rotating monitor projects, cant recall everyones names.

Has anyone thought of opening a new account under a different name just to mess with people? Im thinking of opening one using "driverman."
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Re: Who do you miss that left BYOAC?
« Reply #35 on: June 13, 2013, 09:51:19 pm »
What ever happened to that Daveia guy?

***ducks***

Was this original Scam Controls dave? There were too many of those accounts for me to keep track of.

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Re: Who do you miss that left BYOAC?
« Reply #36 on: June 13, 2013, 09:55:42 pm »
Has anyone thought of opening a new account under a different name just to mess with people? Im thinking of opening one using "driverman."
C:\> sarcasm off

I often contemplate starting a fake account on april fools, but never had a creative enough idea to run with that was better than "Ashley Judd".

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Re: Who do you miss that left BYOAC?
« Reply #37 on: June 13, 2013, 10:03:10 pm »
I often contemplate starting a fake account on april fools, but never had a creative enough idea to run with that was better than "Ashley Judd".

I dont know man. You got a big gun, and I doubt Ashley Judd does.
(Referring to his avatar. please leave all homo jokes in the closet LOL).

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Re: Who do you miss that left BYOAC?
« Reply #38 on: June 13, 2013, 11:22:52 pm »
haha look at that english. remind me not to EVER post from my phone :banghead: 
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Re: Who do you miss that left BYOAC?
« Reply #39 on: June 13, 2013, 11:31:46 pm »
Thanks guys. I'm still here . . . sort of. I just don't get in much. Been busy.
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