h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

It's more the fact that you all are now the age I was when I first discovered this site.

[Dylan] I was thirteen. I suppose this doesn't help.

*sip*

I was 14, showed by a friend.

This place has gotten so friggen huge since then! I remember when the "Who's online" page was only about 40 people long...

I think it ballooned after the BBC took over.

[Mog] I'm still mildly offended by the way the Moderators work, but ... well, it hasn't interfered THAT badly from my normal affairs.

[Dylan] Mog, *your* normal affairs consist of lounging around in the Cafe, over-reusing a routine I stole from "Dork Tower" years ago.

[Mog] So what's your point?

I had a run-in with a group of moderators one night outside a bar in Winslow. I - I don't like to talk about it. They did... things to me... I just... I can't... OH GOD, THE HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE SHAME! THE MEMORIES! MAKE THEM STOP!!!!

Just kidding

You know, once I tried to make a video-game RPG set in the H2G2 using RPG Maker, with the Moderators initially as villains. The last boss was inteded to be CATS (as in "CATS: All your base are belong to us"). It was REALLY bad.

IIEM - thanks

*grabs the vanilla latte and sits down in the Deep Purple sofa*

The Who's Online now shows everyone who's logged on to a BBC site that sorts under the DNA, that's why it looks so huge.

To see only h2g2 researchers online right now, try
<./>online?thissite=1</.>

I haven't figured out how to refresh it though, it always seems to revert back to all DNA sites after a refresh...

Well, there _is_ a difference between 65 logged on and 1433 logged on, I suppose...

(nice link, Ti)

I think h2g2 isn't that much like Cheers, but more and more like a lifeboat. Youse guys are the latest ones to swim up and pull yourselves in.

But, Lil, everybody here knows my name

[Mog] Oh, *anywhere* on the Internet that doesn't outright call you "Anonymous" or some such is like that.

Yeah, but, people are civil here. Flame war incidence is very low compared to other sites.

IIEM, just some black , please.

[Mog] Reminds me of the time I was in a chatroom; a debate was going on between an Evangelion fanboy and someone who didn't really care either way about whether an EVA or a Gundam would win a fight. It remained entirely civil and logical the entire time; even more surprising, the Eva fanboy *conceded*. [pause] I've just out-geeked everyone in the room, haven't I?

[Dylan] Not me! In fact, I can outdo you: "Mog blast the vent core."

I read enough webcomics and spend enough time online that I have a vague concept of what you're talking about. Big battling robots, yes?

Most of my geekery is vicarious, as I am not plugged into the local geek culture (if there is one... the last non-mall games/comics store that I know of here went out of business about 5 years ago, I think).

*sips her vanilla latte, contemplating Mog's story*

You know, if it weren't for the fact that the signal strength from my downstairs neighbor's wireless is strongest in my bedroom, I may actually have gotten out of bed by now...

[Mog] Congrats on your ability not to get out of bed.