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02-27-2007, 04:45 PM
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#106
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Originally Posted by SPEEDKILLAR
Too bad for you guys, you should damn RF, it is because of them that you are stuck with me here 8)
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One PM can change it all..
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02-27-2007, 04:57 PM
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#107
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Originally Posted by dani_d_mas
Originally Posted by gis
i wonder how many JW originals are still here,as in the ones who were in the legendry 150 page topic at RF
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Can someone explain what really happened in RF, and how JW started, for the "newer" users as myself??
I'm really curious...
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Kinda as gis said, but remember these were the days when broadband was still fairly new and computers were not very powerful which made playing videos really crappy and things like bandwidth were very tight.
I don't want to blow my own trumpet but I think I was one of the first to upload TG videos onto the internet (admittedly not very good) and RF was one of the first good forums to be part of so they kinda went together and of course people wanted to see more Top and 5th gear and I was happy to provide it from my VHS collections etc.
There is a certain Diablo video that still floats around the net that was my very first capture and upload :
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...29179090722444
Damn I wish I had put a banner on that one, it must have been downloaded like a million times or something.
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02-27-2007, 05:04 PM
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#108
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Location: Detroit
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wow.... that was prolly the first TG video I ever saw... what memories!
Seriously tho... how that video potrays the Diablo is how I think all ~older~ lamborghini's are, and how all Lamborghini's should be...
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02-27-2007, 05:14 PM
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#109
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Join Date: Apr 2004
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lol at this stroll down memory lane...
logged into racing flix and saw that 'You last visited on 11-21-2004 at 9:56pm'
i only remeber leaching vids off there...
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02-27-2007, 05:15 PM
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#110
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Originally Posted by Max Power
lol at this stroll down memory lane...
logged into racing flix and saw that 'You last visited on 11-21-2004 at 9:56pm'
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And how is it getting along, I hope you wont be moving back there
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02-27-2007, 05:19 PM
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#111
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 1,494
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too late for that...like golf this is going to be a disease that will have to be surgically removed at the arms if ever its going to stop
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02-27-2007, 05:21 PM
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#112
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Location: Detroit
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You last visited on 9-08-2005 at 10:11pm.
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not really telling other then maybe a friend sent me a RF link around that time... I leached off RF earlier then that, but wasn't part of any discussion forums... actually, JW was the first one I actively became a participant in! ~and by far i still consider my home, and post the most in 99% quality posts, .2% Chuck norris and .8% spam
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02-27-2007, 05:23 PM
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#113
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 1,494
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^^
yah i couldn't find where it says 'when' u registered
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02-27-2007, 05:25 PM
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Location: Lancashire,United Kingdom
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Originally Posted by Jabba
Originally Posted by dani_d_mas
Originally Posted by gis
i wonder how many JW originals are still here,as in the ones who were in the legendry 150 page topic at RF
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Can someone explain what really happened in RF, and how JW started, for the "newer" users as myself??
I'm really curious...
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Kinda as gis said, but remember these were the days when broadband was still fairly new and computers were not very powerful which made playing videos really crappy and things like bandwidth were very tight.
I don't want to blow my own trumpet but I think I was one of the first to upload TG videos onto the internet (admittedly not very good) and RF was one of the first good forums to be part of so they kinda went together and of course people wanted to see more Top and 5th gear and I was happy to provide it from my VHS collections etc.
There is a certain Diablo video that still floats around the net that was my very first capture and upload :
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...29179090722444
Damn I wish I had put a banner on that one, it must have been downloaded like a million times or something.
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yea,you have the right to blow your own trumpet jabba because if it wasnt for you,im sure theres a lot of people around the world on JW who wouldnt have top gear if it wasnt for you,but i remember at first with me on 56k it took me like 8-9 hours to get an episode of top gear,lol which i carried on into JW,lol.i also sent you that max power beats from the east VHS,lol.also with the kind help from yourself and Dan i got sent a couple DVD discs with stuff on to keep me up to date.
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02-27-2007, 05:39 PM
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#115
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Originally Posted by gis
i wonder how many JW originals are still here,as in the ones who were in the legendry 150 page topic at RF
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+1 The RF days seem like such a distant memory to me. I have lived in four different houses since then LOL My post count is pretty low considering how long I have been a member here but I guess I am quiet in real life and forum life.
Weren't Geekdiggy and Possessed Beaver from RF too? What ever happened to them?
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02-27-2007, 05:39 PM
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#116
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I never registered at RF... I was just one of the poor leechers waiting for the slow downloads to finish.
Ahh this brings me back to freshman year of college. Crazy that I'm done with my 5 year program next year..
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02-27-2007, 05:44 PM
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Originally Posted by novass
Originally Posted by gis
i wonder how many JW originals are still here,as in the ones who were in the legendry 150 page topic at RF
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+1 The RF days seem like such a distant memory to me. I have lived in four different houses since then LOL My post count is pretty low considering how long I have been a member here but I guess I am quiet in real life and forum life.
Weren't Geekdiggy and Possessed Beaver from RF too? What ever happened to them?
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Yeh both were big members here and are sadly missed, I know the beaver pops in every now and then and geek went off to study some where I think.
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02-27-2007, 05:45 PM
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#118
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^^ Odd as both were pretty big contributors IIRC then it appeared like they just vanished.
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02-27-2007, 05:50 PM
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#119
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I dont know what happend to your post gis, can you re-post it ?
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02-27-2007, 06:02 PM
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#120
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i cant remember what i said now,lol
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