why did you start using the WA forums? how did u find out?

Aero Zeppelin · 25th November 2002, 00:04

What got you interested enough in Winamp that you decided to be a member of this community? How did you find out that they had forums?

I remember it wasn't that long ago that I fist started looking into them. I used to think message boards were uncool and boring. I started out as CMontyNYC but i stopped using that name long ago. Then after I got really intrested in classic rock, I named myself AeroLed286 and was usually in the WA2 techsupp forums. One day disaster struck. Something really crazy happened, and I thought I'd never return to the forums.

Obviously I did return. And I've stayed here constantly although there have been some times which I feel like I don't want to say much except insult people and play stupid post pumping games. Now is one of those times.

So what about you?

sgtfuzzbubble011 · 25th November 2002, 01:34

I started using Winamp about three years ago when some l33t friends of mine introduced me to it. I downloaded it for the first time, installed it, and ran it. I was like, "Whoa..."

A couple months after that, I started lurking on the boards. I got really interested in them, so I registered. Been here through the thick and thin ever since.

QHOBBES · 25th November 2002, 01:53

i first read about WA in the uber l337, now defunct, PCXL mag.
i started out using musicmatch, but it was too slow for just a mp3
player so decided to give WA a try. i liked it and started to exploring
the site and came across NSDN. from there i read some stuff on WA3 (this
was in the alpha 2 days i believe) and wanted to d/l it but i couldnt
find a link so i joined and asked.

Bizznatch · 25th November 2002, 02:05

I originally joined the forums as "sharksfan2000" back in June of 2000, I eventually lost my password so I reregistered as Bizznatch, and been here since.I only had 30 or so posts over a 4 month span as sharksfan2000, i dont remember any of the threads or any of my posts but most of the members that have been around since then I recognized.

Metalman · 25th November 2002, 02:15

To be honest I started using Winamp years ago, and knew about the forums. but the reason I sign up is when wa3 came out,and I was having alot a problems with it.
Then I notice alot of winamp users were posting alot about their computer problems,and alot of them werent getting the right help, since I am a computer tech I decided to help out little.

Bizznatch · 25th November 2002, 02:23

Cool Beans.

Sawg just merged my 2 accounts into my main one

Thanks Sawg, you kick ass!

[19:14] <Bizznatch> i need another forums account like i need another hole in my ass

<kelseyB> another hole in your ass would be more effecient!

<Bizznatch> one for sex0r, one for excrement

sgtfuzzbubble011 · 25th November 2002, 02:31

^ That's another reason why I've stayed around.

Bizznatch · 25th November 2002, 02:34

"I'm here for the beer and the bitches"

KelseyB · 25th November 2002, 02:40

double the pleasure double the fun!

zootm · 25th November 2002, 02:54

i got bored between lectures, and was looking for a new version of winamp. i clicked on 'community'.

the rest is history.

not interesting history, like wars and stuff, or even like lives of the rich and famous. but history nonetheless. because it happened in the past and stuff.

jyvasaa · 25th November 2002, 03:04

silly me. i registered here to resolve an issue with wa3 about playlist names. i knew what the problem was, but i just wanted to register and post. i think i tried to sign up when i was 12, but i didn't want to do the whole coppa thing. so i waited, and here i am now. bilbo very recently changed my handle, so you may be looking for me.

i've come here less and less over the past few weeks. the reason why beats me

Jay · 25th November 2002, 03:26

cuz they switched from the phorum board and therefore I had to register to post.

s0be · 25th November 2002, 03:46

I joined because I was interested in the skinning system going with winamp3. I think Alpha 4ever or whatever it is was the first one I ran. I KNOW I used tho alpha 5ux.

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S0Be
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insomniac · 25th November 2002, 04:05

I joined because I thought those mp3 lists were UbEr CoOl MaN! Original name: Chihuahua Ovrld.

blumoon11 · 25th November 2002, 04:35

Well I started using winamp when my brother told me about it and to download it etc, then one night I was bored out of my mind and started checking the forums out for hours laughing my ass off, been using them since then.

hgnis · 25th November 2002, 05:43

In a drunken stupor after work I stumbled into a cybercafe a couple of months ago...don't remember much after that, just waking up and getting an email saying I was registered.

Quote:

Originally posted by Bizznatch
"I'm here for the beer and the bitches"

That too..

Aquila Blue · 25th November 2002, 19:46

I use to lurk around the forums for awhile before I actually started posting anything, mostly to check out the latest skins Raydream was working on and whatnot (hey, we were together by then, I'm not a stalker, lol) and then one day, we decided I might as well post stuff too.

Bilbo Baggins · 25th November 2002, 21:23

I was coming onto te site to get the new version, when I thought I would spend some time in the forums. I chose Bilbo Baggins as my username, and the rest as they say is history. It was back in those misty days of old that a young Bill Thompson was in control of the forums, and he sent me a very nice email forcing me to be a moderator else face the consequences. Bill is god.

flatmatt · 25th November 2002, 21:25

I was first introduced to Winamp in summer of 2000 by my friend Slopey. He convinced me to download the program, and I immediately fell in love with the one feature that every other media player I had used (i.e. WiMP) lacked: the playlist.

I discovered skinning, then did that for a while. Anyway, I began posting here in October of that year under the unregistered "flatmatt" until I discovered that the forums registration was different from the skins/plugins registration in early November. I initially suggested a bunch of things in the Wishlist, then moved on to other stuff, starting such complaint threads as "Forum Rules" and "Fuck Flash!" So yeah. That's my story.

c2R · 25th November 2002, 21:54

Quote:

Originally posted by Aero Zeppelin
I started out as CMontyNYC but i stopped using that name long ago. Then after I got really intrested in classic rock, I named myself AeroLed286 and was usually in the WA2 techsupp forums. One day disaster struck. Something really crazy happened, and I thought I'd never return to the forums.

Hehe, I'm glad my terse reply didn't put you off sticking around....

...as for me; I've got absolutely no idea how I came here first now. I think it was something to do with MediaUK forums, but I can't really remember. And my early posts don't give much of a clue, either.

Orgone_Man · 25th November 2002, 22:17

bop and rm's posts were so interesting. That is the real reason I joined.

Atmo · 25th November 2002, 23:01

I'd been lurking around for a few months before i joined, just browsing the wa2 skinning forum. I never planned on joining as i figured i wouldnt be of much use helping out others, but because i was having a prob with a skin i'd submitted, i had to join to have one of the reviewers check it.

I decided to stick around, spent the first month of my forum life in wa2 skins and skins & plugins, then started browsing GD one day when i was bored, developed my own brand of amateurish tech support....and the rest is pretty self explanatory.

dirkdeftly · 25th November 2002, 23:37

Well...my first post was a complaint about some of you assholes flaming the Sonique message boards

That's the only reason I became a member at that point. I forgot about it for about a year, then when I got a computer that Winamp wouldn't crash on boot, I came back. Now I'm a major dude and only 99.8% of the people here hate my guts!

Widdykats · 25th November 2002, 23:58

Quote:

Originally posted by Atero
Well...my first post was a complaint about some of you assholes flaming the Sonique message boards That's the only reason I became a member at that point. I forgot about it for about a year, then when I got a computer that Winamp wouldn't crash on boot, I came back. Now I'm a major dude and only 99.8% of the people here hate my guts!

99.7%

Namelessv1 · 26th November 2002, 00:15

I had a question about skinning...

Gonzotek · 26th November 2002, 00:40

Member #131! There are only a handful of consistent posters who've registered before me, including Some1, CraigF, Tom, and the team Nullsoft members (if I left anyone out, my apologies, I was rushing).

I came in for some Shoutcast Techsupport (I think), stayed to offer some other Shoutcasters/Winamp users a hand figuring things out, then moved on to NSIS techsupport, then to my current home, Winamp3.

I used to visit some other forums, napigator for one, anyone remember when they tried to "steal" our "mascot": the Winamp lightening logo!

Whadda bunch of maroons! I already considered myself a Winamp forums member at the time, but after that, my membership was clinched. I haven't been to a forum since that gives me the same great experience that Winamp's does.

-=Gonzotek=-

Merlin · 26th November 2002, 01:10

Don't know why I joined. It wasnt for the off-beat humour, the stretched-ass site links, the n00bie flaming, the in-jokes, the tech support, the good guys, the bad guys, the ugly guys, the wasting of time, it wasn't for the spam, the post-pumping, the stupidity, the intelligence, the good threads, the bad threads, the good threads that went bad, the moments of comic genius, the moments of genuine brilliance of intelligent thought, the moments of statuesque stupidity, or the llama.

Those were all consequences.

dirkdeftly · 26th November 2002, 01:45

#2 is 'fuckface' who only posted once.
2 major idiots joined before the first major dude.
The first major dude - Brennan (Underwood (or whatever), I presume) - last posted in April of 2000
#666 only posted twice
#777 only posted once
#31174 has posted 759 times (at the moment this was posted)
#31337 really isn't.

However, #1337 is apparently an active user, even though he has only 38 posts. His last post was five days ago.

...Okay I'm done now.

Gonzotek · 26th November 2002, 02:05

Brennan last posted five days ago. I think you may have been looking at the join date. http://forums.winamp.com/member.php?...tinfo&userid=4

-=Gonzotek=-

MetallichicA · 26th November 2002, 04:14

I WAS TRICKED! And now you're all stuck with me.

Honestly, I can't remember what first got me started. I got hooked on the Skinlove forum, though, then hung out at the Bitchlist for a while, and then saw all the fun over here in GD, and stuck around.

Lucky you

WomanOfHeart · 26th November 2002, 06:01

I switched from RealPlayer to WinAmp quite some time ago. At first, I just used the forums to help me troubleshoot & get tips & tricks. I can't remember why I started posting...I just did.

binary hero · 26th November 2002, 08:53

i'm hungry, and the beer is warm and the bitches have gone home. i feel unloved

sadorf · 26th November 2002, 10:24

joined for the skining of Winamp2 cause i was curious and then i stayed here on and off. Sure i dont post a shitload everyday but i been around awhile.

25th November 2002, 02:15	#5
Metalman Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 203	To be honest I started using Winamp years ago, and knew about the forums. but the reason I sign up is when wa3 came out,and I was having alot a problems with it. Then I notice alot of winamp users were posting alot about their computer problems,and alot of them werent getting the right help, since I am a computer tech I decided to help out little. "You must show no mercy-nor have any belief whatsoever in how others judge you-for your greatness will silence them all." -Warrior Wisdom

25th November 2002, 03:04	#11
jyvasaa Major Dude Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: suomi Posts: 967	silly me. i registered here to resolve an issue with wa3 about playlist names. i knew what the problem was, but i just wanted to register and post. i think i tried to sign up when i was 12, but i didn't want to do the whole coppa thing. so i waited, and here i am now. bilbo very recently changed my handle, so you may be looking for me. i've come here less and less over the past few weeks. the reason why beats me jyvasaa

25th November 2002, 03:26	#12
Jay Moderator Alumni Join Date: May 2000 Location: Next Door Posts: 8,888	cuz they switched from the phorum board and therefore I had to register to post. -Jay \| Radio Toolbox.com

25th November 2002, 21:25	#19
flatmatt Iron Chef (Reviewer) Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Winamp Island Posts: 3,036	I was first introduced to Winamp in summer of 2000 by my friend Slopey. He convinced me to download the program, and I immediately fell in love with the one feature that every other media player I had used (i.e. WiMP) lacked: the playlist. I discovered skinning, then did that for a while. Anyway, I began posting here in October of that year under the unregistered "flatmatt" until I discovered that the forums registration was different from the skins/plugins registration in early November. I initially suggested a bunch of things in the Wishlist, then moved on to other stuff, starting such complaint threads as "Forum Rules" and "Fuck Flash!" So yeah. That's my story. flatmatt.com v5.0 \| Echoes \| Meddling Kids v1.52 Space Invaders v1.1 \| Danielle Fishel v1.11

25th November 2002, 23:01	#22
Atmo The Freak (Forum King) Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 9,400	I'd been lurking around for a few months before i joined, just browsing the wa2 skinning forum. I never planned on joining as i figured i wouldnt be of much use helping out others, but because i was having a prob with a skin i'd submitted, i had to join to have one of the reviewers check it. I decided to stick around, spent the first month of my forum life in wa2 skins and skins & plugins, then started browsing GD one day when i was bored, developed my own brand of amateurish tech support....and the rest is pretty self explanatory. :Psykotech:

25th November 2002, 00:04	#1
Aero Zeppelin Major Dude Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: AjStone's Forums Posts: 928	why did you start using the WA forums? how did u find out? What got you interested enough in Winamp that you decided to be a member of this community? How did you find out that they had forums? I remember it wasn't that long ago that I fist started looking into them. I used to think message boards were uncool and boring. I started out as CMontyNYC but i stopped using that name long ago. Then after I got really intrested in classic rock, I named myself AeroLed286 and was usually in the WA2 techsupp forums. One day disaster struck. Something really crazy happened, and I thought I'd never return to the forums. Obviously I did return. And I've stayed here constantly although there have been some times which I feel like I don't want to say much except insult people and play stupid post pumping games. Now is one of those times. So what about you? Legalize It. Liberate It. Free The People of the United States. Free The Herbs Of The World!

25th November 2002, 01:34	#2
sgtfuzzbubble011 Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 60,767	I started using Winamp about three years ago when some l33t friends of mine introduced me to it. I downloaded it for the first time, installed it, and ran it. I was like, "Whoa..." A couple months after that, I started lurking on the boards. I got really interested in them, so I registered. Been here through the thick and thin ever since.

25th November 2002, 01:53	#3
QHOBBES Banned Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: I H8 Mods Posts: 1,405	i first read about WA in the uber l337, now defunct, PCXL mag. i started out using musicmatch, but it was too slow for just a mp3 player so decided to give WA a try. i liked it and started to exploring the site and came across NSDN. from there i read some stuff on WA3 (this was in the alpha 2 days i believe) and wanted to d/l it but i couldnt find a link so i joined and asked.

25th November 2002, 02:05	#4
Bizznatch Forum King Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 4,153	I originally joined the forums as "sharksfan2000" back in June of 2000, I eventually lost my password so I reregistered as Bizznatch, and been here since.I only had 30 or so posts over a 4 month span as sharksfan2000, i dont remember any of the threads or any of my posts but most of the members that have been around since then I recognized.

25th November 2002, 02:23	#6
Bizznatch Forum King Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 4,153	Cool Beans. Sawg just merged my 2 accounts into my main one Thanks Sawg, you kick ass! [19:14] <Bizznatch> i need another forums account like i need another hole in my ass <kelseyB> another hole in your ass would be more effecient! <Bizznatch> one for sex0r, one for excrement

25th November 2002, 02:31	#7
sgtfuzzbubble011 Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 60,767	^ That's another reason why I've stayed around.

25th November 2002, 02:34	#8
Bizznatch Forum King Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 4,153	"I'm here for the beer and the bitches"

25th November 2002, 02:40	#9
KelseyB Major Dude Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 1,054	double the pleasure double the fun!

25th November 2002, 02:54	#10
zootm Forum King Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: the nether reaches of bonnie scotland Posts: 13,378	i got bored between lectures, and was looking for a new version of winamp. i clicked on 'community'. the rest is history. not interesting history, like wars and stuff, or even like lives of the rich and famous. but history nonetheless. because it happened in the past and stuff.

25th November 2002, 03:46	#13
s0be Major Dude Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: melbourne Posts: First Posts: 1,313	I joined because I was interested in the skinning system going with winamp3. I think Alpha 4ever or whatever it is was the first one I ran. I KNOW I used tho alpha 5ux. /* S0Be */ And On that day, the Lords of the land said unto their Master Architect, "The temple you have made to the gods of Wasabi and Maki has brought us no great prosperity" and they sent out him into the lands. As he traveled to a far off land, he found he wasn't traveling alone, but that he had gained companions, and when they found their new land, they started work on a new temple, one that would be OPEN to all who wanted to worship. from The Book of Wasabi C 12 Vs 09 (pg 2003)

25th November 2002, 04:05	#14
insomniac Major Dude Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Birmingham, AL Posts: 58,409,042 Posts: 1,614	I joined because I thought those mp3 lists were UbEr CoOl MaN! Original name: Chihuahua Ovrld.

25th November 2002, 04:35	#15
blumoon11 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The deep blue sky at Boca, Fla Posts: 245	Well I started using winamp when my brother told me about it and to download it etc, then one night I was bored out of my mind and started checking the forums out for hours laughing my ass off, been using them since then.

25th November 2002, 19:46	#17
Aquila Blue Major Dude Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: The Digital World Posts: 908	I use to lurk around the forums for awhile before I actually started posting anything, mostly to check out the latest skins Raydream was working on and whatnot (hey, we were together by then, I'm not a stalker, lol) and then one day, we decided I might as well post stuff too.

25th November 2002, 21:23	#18
Bilbo Baggins Wind Chime of the Apocalypse Join Date: May 2000 Location: The Forest Posts: 17,231	I was coming onto te site to get the new version, when I thought I would spend some time in the forums. I chose Bilbo Baggins as my username, and the rest as they say is history. It was back in those misty days of old that a young Bill Thompson was in control of the forums, and he sent me a very nice email forcing me to be a moderator else face the consequences. Bill is god.

25th November 2002, 22:17	#21
Orgone_Man Major Dude Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Earth Posts: 1,235	bop and rm's posts were so interesting. That is the real reason I joined.

25th November 2002, 23:37	#23
dirkdeftly Forum King Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Cydonia, Mars Posts: 2,651	Well...my first post was a complaint about some of you assholes flaming the Sonique message boards That's the only reason I became a member at that point. I forgot about it for about a year, then when I got a computer that Winamp wouldn't crash on boot, I came back. Now I'm a major dude and only 99.8% of the people here hate my guts! "guilt is the cause of more disauders than history's most obscene marorders" --E. E. Cummings

26th November 2002, 00:15	#25
Namelessv1 Forum King Join Date: Nov 2000 Posts: 4,758	I had a question about skinning...

26th November 2002, 00:40	#26
Gonzotek Gunslinger Join Date: May 2000 Location: Terminus Posts: 4,693	Member #131! There are only a handful of consistent posters who've registered before me, including Some1, CraigF, Tom, and the team Nullsoft members (if I left anyone out, my apologies, I was rushing). I came in for some Shoutcast Techsupport (I think), stayed to offer some other Shoutcasters/Winamp users a hand figuring things out, then moved on to NSIS techsupport, then to my current home, Winamp3. I used to visit some other forums, napigator for one, anyone remember when they tried to "steal" our "mascot": the Winamp lightening logo! Whadda bunch of maroons! I already considered myself a Winamp forums member at the time, but after that, my membership was clinched. I haven't been to a forum since that gives me the same great experience that Winamp's does. -=Gonzotek=- I was away for a while. But I'm feeling much better now.

26th November 2002, 01:10	#27
Merlin ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ (Forum King) Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Manchester Posts: 4,209	Don't know why I joined. It wasnt for the off-beat humour, the stretched-ass site links, the n00bie flaming, the in-jokes, the tech support, the good guys, the bad guys, the ugly guys, the wasting of time, it wasn't for the spam, the post-pumping, the stupidity, the intelligence, the good threads, the bad threads, the good threads that went bad, the moments of comic genius, the moments of genuine brilliance of intelligent thought, the moments of statuesque stupidity, or the llama. Those were all consequences. as he faced the sun, he cast no shadow __________________

26th November 2002, 01:45	#28
dirkdeftly Forum King Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Cydonia, Mars Posts: 2,651	#2 is 'fuckface' who only posted once. 2 major idiots joined before the first major dude. The first major dude - Brennan (Underwood (or whatever), I presume) - last posted in April of 2000 #666 only posted twice #777 only posted once #31174 has posted 759 times (at the moment this was posted) #31337 really isn't. However, #1337 is apparently an active user, even though he has only 38 posts. His last post was five days ago. ...Okay I'm done now. "guilt is the cause of more disauders than history's most obscene marorders" --E. E. Cummings

26th November 2002, 02:05	#29
Gonzotek Gunslinger Join Date: May 2000 Location: Terminus Posts: 4,693	Brennan last posted five days ago. I think you may have been looking at the join date. http://forums.winamp.com/member.php?...tinfo&userid=4 -=Gonzotek=- I was away for a while. But I'm feeling much better now.

26th November 2002, 04:14	#30
MetallichicA Forum Queen Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Birmingham, AL Posts: 2,425	I WAS TRICKED! And now you're all stuck with me. Honestly, I can't remember what first got me started. I got hooked on the Skinlove forum, though, then hung out at the Bitchlist for a while, and then saw all the fun over here in GD, and stuck around. Lucky you :: baby :: last.fm :: web ::

26th November 2002, 06:01	#31
WomanOfHeart Major Dudette Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Somewhere no one can find me...in my own head. Posts: 978	I switched from RealPlayer to WinAmp quite some time ago. At first, I just used the forums to help me troubleshoot & get tips & tricks. I can't remember why I started posting...I just did.

26th November 2002, 08:53	#32
binary hero Banned Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 7,004	i'm hungry, and the beer is warm and the bitches have gone home. i feel unloved

26th November 2002, 10:24	#33
sadorf Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Milwaukee Posts: 338	joined for the skining of Winamp2 cause i was curious and then i stayed here on and off. Sure i dont post a shitload everyday but i been around awhile.

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