What made you just have to sign up with Fearless Friday?
Personally, I had been sucked in by DR's newbie trap (what he considers "fishing"), and absolutely had to state my point. 'Twas probably the worst decision I have made to date. Now, look what it has done for me. I have sat around looking at a message board for 12 days of my life.
So, tell me... I know there is some funny reason you decided to sign up.
I used to laugh until my whole body hurt just reading hootens and KATV 7's chat rooms, so when they all folded I was just doing a search and came across FF, and well now I have logged 15 days 7 hours and 17 minutes into this puppy!!
I read and not posted for around a year or so, and a friend got me posting around basketball season my junior year in high school. Now I've logged 28 days 23 hours and 22 minutes on here... I'm a loser.
Humm......I read but didn't post for a LONG time then I scrolled across the annual " I Hate Harrison" thread by the infamous RD ;D ............. dang :o I had to register....immediately ;) Thanks for the trash talk RD :-* Now 26 days 15 hours and 36 minutes later I guess I'm a loser to ;D Been kinda fun though !
I noticed a bunch of the football players getting on here one day in my accounting class my junior year in high school and were ripping some peoles heads off when a horrible statement was made about Lonokes disabled Coach Steelman and his legs being amputated...and I remember being so furious at the awful things being said about him that I registered and bit a few head off of my own! Then I began reading the boards but never posted anything for about 2 years, and then last year in my freshman year at college I started posting a lot and have been on this place 40 days, 2 hours and 35 minutes! Oh boy!
Well, the guys at my school would get on here and talk about it, like my senior year I guess. And my dad gets on here just to look at scores and stuff during football season. So, I told my cousin about, thought she's be interested in it, then she got hooked, (I blame myself) so I just thought one day I'd get on here and start messin with her and everybody else, but then my threads and posts kept getting deleted so I had to become somewhat sensible and then I also got hooked and here I am today. 7 days, 19 hours and 18 minutes. Sucks.
I had a teacher in 10th grade that would get on it during class. So I started reading it at home and then my 11th grade year I had a computer class that I always got my work done fast in and had alot of free time so I registered and began posting. I have been on here for 24 days, 23 hours and 19 min.
I certainly wish that we had something like this when I was in HS in Russellville... but PC's didn't even exist then <gasp!> I heard about FF in the stands at a game mid-season last year ('04)... this place is pretty addictive! And... I have been pleasantly surprised at the overall level of reasonable discussion when compared to other bulletin board type services in other topic areas (yeah, there are a few rude folks, but they're everywhere anyway and for the most part fewer here on FF). Fearless Friday is great!
One day in February 2005, Mike Diesel and I were just talking high school football and he told me about this site so I decided to check it out. When I first registered in February last year I didn't really post too much, but I still read all the time and when summer came I picked up the pace and began posting pretty frequently on here. I've logged 26 days, 14 hours, and 15 minutes on here. I know that's a lot, but it wouldn't be near that much if I didn't have this dang dial up internet where it takes forever to load up a page.
Hmmm...I would watch my coaches get on Fearless in class and be like "There needs to be more people from McGehee on here! Look at all these people talking about us!" and one of them said "Well you should sign up then"....so I did...lol boring story I know.
Me and DR closed Hooten's Chat Room down single handidly.
How I got here....I don't remember.
Daniel is the main reason I got on here.
He would get on at my house and post on here, and one day
he was showing me something, and I wanted to make a comment about it, so I signed up..
I remember the old days of good ole Mike Bonds, too.
"The Grand Poo-bah of Fearless Friday"
Mike, you are a good man for creating this site.
Quote from: JGotcher on January 14, 2006, 01:15:13 pm
I remember the old days of good ole Mike Bonds, too.
"The Grand Poo-bah of Fearless Friday"
Mike, you are a good man for creating this site.
Then he let the Devil have it.
Quote from: RD™ on January 14, 2006, 01:53:24 pm
Quote from: JGotcher on January 14, 2006, 01:15:13 pm
I remember the old days of good ole Mike Bonds, too.
"The Grand Poo-bah of Fearless Friday"
Mike, you are a good man for creating this site.
Then he let the Devil have it.
Shhhh.
Guetz...do you still live in Russellville?
Ya know.....all the testimony sounds a little bit like an AA meeting ;D Not that I've EVER been to an AA meeting ;D
nm
I've caught a lot of fish through the years.
Quote from: RD™ on January 14, 2006, 01:53:24 pm
Quote from: JGotcher on January 14, 2006, 01:15:13 pm
I remember the old days of good ole Mike Bonds, too.
"The Grand Poo-bah of Fearless Friday"
Mike, you are a good man for creating this site.
Then he let the Devil have it.
I've been called worse.
Hi. My name is Father Guido. I am an addict. I used to do some work for the Pope in and around the Vatican. Now it has come to this. I am so ashamed.
Quote from: RD™ on January 14, 2006, 01:53:24 pm
Quote from: JGotcher on January 14, 2006, 01:15:13 pm
I remember the old days of good ole Mike Bonds, too.
"The Grand Poo-bah of Fearless Friday"
Mike, you are a good man for creating this site.
Then he let the Devil have it.
Mike Bonds running this site...ahh...the memories! That was back when I was still reading and not posting but I remember them well....Mike...you are indeed the man!
The devil....lol...thats funny! But then again it's no secret that things were a heck of a lot different when Mike was here!
IDK I just found out and signed up!!!
I never could find HS scores. Someone in Rville showed me this site, so I signed up. Now I have 36 days under my belt haha.
I started reading the boards back in 2001 trying to find info about the AAA teams and how Gosnell compared to them. I got addicted reading the AAAA boards with DR, and then Grog's Rankings...
The first moments that I started really posting was back when Stanley left Gosnell, and we went through that long, drawn out hiring process. Man, that got crazy.
Used to just use the main site for football stats and stuff. Then, I discovered the board. Used to just read the site and post a little bit, but got involved in the J.C vs the AA board fights, and since then I've been here 22 days and 31 minutes.
Quote from: Mike Diesel a.k.a. Freak on January 14, 2006, 09:57:28 pmI started reading the boards back in 2001 trying to find info about the AAA teams and how Gosnell compared to them. I got addicted reading the AAAA boards with DR, and then Grog's Rankings...
you can male Grog check. send et with ups.
Quote from: Grog on January 14, 2006, 10:13:01 pm
Quote from: Mike Diesel a.k.a. Freak on January 14, 2006, 09:57:28 pmI started reading the boards back in 2001 trying to find info about the AAA teams and how Gosnell compared to them. I got addicted reading the AAAA boards with DR, and then Grog's Rankings...
you can male Grog check. send et with ups.
I'll get right to that!
just mak sure ets not with postal sirvice. Grog distrust postal sirvice.
SandLizard04: My family still does but when I moved back to Arkansas I ended up in Booneville, where I have been for the past 16 years.
I started in HS and then let my account go inactive. So Im back and posting in college.
I have allways been and allways will be
Quote from: bulldogs1159™© on January 15, 2006, 10:46:21 am
I have allways been and allways will be
That has been established on countless occasions! Always have been here....always will be here! You folks think it's easy to get rid of him...ha...nope! I've tried! Just joking Justin! What would the boards be with out our Night Terror!
As I remember it, my ex-boyfriend told me about this site and how it was all about HS football and had a bunch of stuff about PA on it, so I was pretty intrigued. I remember coming home but then not being able to remember what the darn thing was called...so I asked our kicker (who also posts on here from time to time) and he gave me the link. I registered and I've been on here ever since! We had our football banquet tonight and Coach Kelley threw in a comment about my posting on here as a representation of the school...that's when you know you've probably spent way too much time on here!!
Total time logged in: 14 days, 19 hours and 48 minutes.
Wow, yeah, I'd definitely say so!
I have a club of stalkers on here. Interesting PM's I get from time to time.
W is a semi-stalker of mine.
Quote from: Uncle Ivan on January 15, 2006, 10:40:56 pm
I have a club of stalkers on here. Interesting PM's I get from time to time.
W is a semi-stalker of mine.
Do tell, what is a semi stalker? Because I'm afraid I don't quite qualify...
Quote from: "W" on January 15, 2006, 11:04:37 pm
Do tell, what is a semi stalker? Because I'm afraid I don't quite qualify...
On again, off again stalker. Part time, so to speak.
I'm a stalker have been for a long time...
DR... I'm actually not from Alma, I live right outside Wynne and have been stalking you for the past 20 years.... Ok so I took that a little far.
Quote from: AHM on January 15, 2006, 11:07:30 pm
I'm a stalker have been for a long time...
You stalk me
Quote from: RD™ on January 15, 2006, 11:59:08 pm
Quote from: AHM on January 15, 2006, 11:07:30 pm
I'm a stalker have been for a long time...
You stalk me
Yes, I have three men on this board that I stalk on a daily basis...You,DR,and bulldogs1159...And ya'll love every bit of it...
Quote from: AHM on January 15, 2006, 11:07:30 pm
I'm a stalker have been for a long time...
Oh no...you drank the DR kool-aid too! Well at least I wasn't the only one! But my DR stalking days came to a hault a while back.
Quote from: rabs_fan4life aka Mrs.Manningfan on January 16, 2006, 12:23:57 am
Quote from: AHM on January 15, 2006, 11:07:30 pm
I'm a stalker have been for a long time...
Oh no...you drank the DR kool-aid too! Well at least I wasn't the only one! But my DR stalking days came to a hault a while back.
Yup, mine are slowly coming to a halt...
Quote from: AHM on January 16, 2006, 12:26:38 am
Quote from: rabs_fan4life aka Mrs.Manningfan on January 16, 2006, 12:23:57 am
Quote from: AHM on January 15, 2006, 11:07:30 pm
I'm a stalker have been for a long time...
Oh no...you drank the DR kool-aid too! Well at least I wasn't the only one! But my DR stalking days came to a hault a while back.
Yup, mine are slowly coming to a halt...
I would say that, but mine never quite got going...
Quote from: AHM on January 16, 2006, 12:26:38 am
Quote from: rabs_fan4life aka Mrs.Manningfan on January 16, 2006, 12:23:57 am
Quote from: AHM on January 15, 2006, 11:07:30 pm
I'm a stalker have been for a long time...
Oh no...you drank the DR kool-aid too! Well at least I wasn't the only one! But my DR stalking days came to a hault a while back.
Yup, mine are slowly coming to a halt...
Contrary to what DR thinks...it's done pretty easily!
DR, you attention wh0re!
You hijacked my thread for your personal attention. ;D
Plain and simply football season this year!
I was drawn to it because I needed a way to keep my ears wide open for Arkansas football news. I was addicted to it 12th grade, but soon broke that addiction. The only reason I don't post as much now is because the internet in my dorm room is crappy I'm addicted to facebook.
I started back in '03 b/c a friend of mine mentioned the site. I was bored so I decided I'd look into it. I wasn't too enamored at first, but eventually I started to realize that the site had a lot of insightful people that knew the game of football, or at the very least had information on scores, etc. that I would want. Now I spend most of my time on the After The Whistle, Movies, General Sports sections putting my 2 cents worth in on any topic I find interesting. I started out using the board to discuss AAAAA football, but now the board has become a hobby of mine, where I can come and talk/debate with people that share common interests with me. I really enjoy this site. More so than any other I've been to. It does in some ways seem like the people of this board are a family, which is another thing I like a/b fearless friday.
yep
I found FF after doing a MSN search for HS football scores in Arkansas in 2004. I have spent 12 days logged on to FF OUCH!!!!
Quote from: Lions84 on February 02, 2006, 08:51:57 am
I have spent 12 days logged on to FF OUCH!!!!
That's the same as me, which is not as bad as many.
Quote from: RD™ on January 14, 2006, 01:53:24 pm
Quote from: JGotcher on January 14, 2006, 01:15:13 pm
I remember the old days of good ole Mike Bonds, too.
"The Grand Poo-bah of Fearless Friday"
Mike, you are a good man for creating this site.
Then he let the Devil have it.
I couldn't agree more, it was one thing for Mike to turn it over to someone else, but now we have a corporate sponser, at least I guess that is what you call that, I call it BS myself, but thats just my .02 worth
Well at least the sponser is supplying more football related stuff, and allows the site to be kept running. That's not free ya know.
I've been around since it was www.fearlessfriday.freewebspace.com!!! That had to be at least 5 to 6 years ago. Mike kept banning me because I'd make a few unruly comments here or there. Then it turned into FEARLESS FRIDAY. Then I called truce with Mike "008" Bonds and he has yet to boot me out. But this "Fearless Monger" we have now threatened me a time or two.
COME BACK MIKE!!!!!!!!
Well, as you might expect, I was here fairly early in the process...... ;D
It all started in June 2001, when I was trying to find a Newport schedule on the internet. Hooten's wasn't out yet, and for whatever reasons I was looking for a schedule. Come to find out, there wasn't one on the internet, at least that I could find. Not only that, I couldn't find anyone else's schedule, either.
Well, I did get a schedule the next time I went home, and I thought, "I could put this on the internet so the next guy looking for a Newport schedule can find it." I didn't know squat about writing webpages--nada, zip, nothing. Didn't know HTTP from PCP. So, I did a little research online, found out that there were places that would host sites for free, and bought a book that really helped.
By early July, I had some proto-webpages going, but they were ugly as homemade soap. ;D I finally figured out how to insert images in the background, and the site finally began to take something of it's old familiar shape. I opened fearlessfriday.freewebspace.com officially on July 27, 2001. Included in the early site was a very primitive bulletin board supplied by the provider.
I had never posted on bulletin boards, but the boards seemed fairly popular and I got a lot of emails asking me to upgrade. I did some searches and ran across the old Pigpen, which I used as a model. The boards were moved over to EZBoards, which are probably the boards that most of the oldtimers remember. They had a green background with white text and yellow links.
Well, the boards exploded with popularity. The screen could hold 300 posts, and they would turn over completely within an hour sometimes. It was a total surprise to me. That's a good problem to have, I guess, but it's still a problem. The boards had very primitive administrative tools, so it was hard to moderate. Plus, the old boards had a lot of downtime, probably no thanks to us. I suspect we were burning their servers down.
Eventually, we just outgrew the freewebspace setup. They didn't allow PHP at that time and didn't offer SQL, either, and it was clear that the EZBoards format was too primitive for the traffic. So, fearlessfriday.com was registered, and the whole site moved to its own address at a new hosting company.
The boards were moved to a new board hosting company, Aimoo. I tested them secretly for about 2 weeks, just to make sure everything was really going to work. When they opened, they looked something like the present boards, just not as slick. However, about a week after opening up, they started slamming the board with popups--popups everytime you clicked on anything. My inbox went nuclear. Clearly, that wasn't going to work, so the search was on again for a board that would function.
I decided to leave remote hosting of anything behind permanently, and I did. Since that time, anything that has been on Fearless has been hosted right here, without 3rd party providers. It was a great call. I eventually settled on YaBB1Gold for a bulletin board script. Finally, I could recruit help to moderate the forum! (Thanks to all of those unfortunate souls who selflessly volunteered to do so--it can't run without you.)
Y1G worked like a sewing machine. People liked it, I liked it. I thought, "we've finally got things worked out." Wrong. Although it did work well, it didn't really contemplate our traffic (if you ask hSv, I don't think the SMF creators expected it to handle our traffic volume, either...lol). It was a major bandwidth eater. By August, it was clear that I if I didn't do something, we would burn down the server by mid-September. So, yet another board software was installed--YABBSE.
YABBSE worked even better, and the server demand fell. We hung with that for a year, but we were pushing it bandwidth-wise at the end of the season. With the growth over 2003, things got critical in October 2003. I can't think of the hosting company's name (that's probably good for them), but I came in one morning and the site was down. They said we had exceeded our bandwidth, and that I had a week to either move to a dedicated server or lose the site. So much for customer service. With the help of some donating posters and hSv, we moved to a dedicated server.
Outwardly, it worked ok, and disruption was mininmal. Behind the scenes, it was a rolling disaster. I didn't know crap about server operation, it was very expensive, and the hosting company was ZERO help. Didn't even try to help. That's when I ran into Douglas through hSv, who made life much, much easier. After our contract with the darkside ran out, we moved to Douglas' hosting company, TheRelalms.net, which I can only give my highest recommendation.
I changed jobs in the summer of 2004, which put me on the road a lot and really raised my workload. I made a game effort at running things, but I just couldn't devote the time. It wasn't fair to you, to me, to the site, or to the sport. So, I handed things off to hSv in return for a promise that I could host future sites on his Fearless/Hogville server (hence CampingArkansas.net, which I've thought about for a couple of years). All in all, I think he's done a good job here, and he and his folks were willing to devote the kind of time and attention that I couldn't give you and I thought you deserved.
My guiding principle at Fearless was always "Make everyone feel that their opinion has value." After searching bulletin boards, I found that on many, you had to be around a while or else be treated like dirt. I wanted a forum where a person could come in and on day one feel that they could be a meaningful part of the conversation and that their opinions about the board and site were vauled. I think that allowed us to survive the competition and not walk away from the several board wars with a black eye. It was always my opinion that we didn't have to monopolize our posters--even if they looked at other boards, if we had the best product, they'd always be back. So far, I have no reason to doubt that judgment.
I just want to say thanks for all of your kind words and support over the years, and it is touching and humbling that people still remember me and the old days of the site. I hope you will all come over and take a look at CampingArkansas.net and hang with me there, too.
Mike Bonds:
Thank you! What a great story and example of altruistic persistance to an ideal! Your creation is wonderful and, of the various boards that I have been on, I can easily say that it is the best!
I will visit CampingArkansas.net.... simply because you made it!
You're awesome!
Mike, you are a good man for creating this site. hSv does a great job running it, but it is not the same around here without you. Do you think you'll ever pick up where you left off?
Anyways, thanks again!
I have now been on here for an entire year. I must say my day isn't complete without a stop by here everyday to see what's new. This is probably one of the coolest places on the internet simply because it is almost like a big family. For those involved in running this site please keep up the good work.
Quote from: Chamillionaire on February 03, 2006, 09:32:46 pm
I've been around since it was www.fearlessfriday.freewebspace.com!!!
Ditto.
Quote from: JGotcher on February 04, 2006, 05:28:43 pm
Mike, you are a good man for creating this site. hSv does a great job running it, but it is not the same around here without you. Do you think you'll ever pick up where you left off?
Anyways, thanks again!
Probably not. I've got a baby on the way (April) and I've changed jobs again to one with far less pressure and traveling. I'll always be around--you know me, always with some idea percolating in my brainpan. I usually meet hSv about once a month for lunch, so we still consult about the site. We bounce ideas off of each other, so I'm around, even if it's in the background. Football season had almost gotten to be more of a chore than fun, and the time away has really helped with that. I'll probably be around a little more next fall.
Quote from: Mike Bonds on February 05, 2006, 09:06:27 am
Quote from: JGotcher on February 04, 2006, 05:28:43 pm
Mike, you are a good man for creating this site. hSv does a great job running it, but it is not the same around here without you. Do you think you'll ever pick up where you left off?
Anyways, thanks again!
Probably not. I've got a baby on the way (April) and I've changed jobs again to one with far less pressure and traveling. I'll always be around--you know me, always with some idea percolating in my brainpan. I usually meet hSv about once a month for lunch, so we still consult about the site. We bounce ideas off of each other, so I'm around, even if it's in the background. Football season had almost gotten to be more of a chore than fun, and the time away has really helped with that. I'll probably be around a little more next fall.
We need to go next week. Call me or I'll call you tomorrow
Quote from: Chamillionaire on February 03, 2006, 09:32:46 pm
I've been around since it was www.fearlessfriday.freewebspace.com!!! That had to be at least 5 to 6 years ago. Mike kept banning me because I'd make a few unruly comments here or there. Then it turned into FEARLESS FRIDAY. Then I called truce with Mike "008" Bonds and he has yet to boot me out. But this "Fearless Monger" we have now threatened me a time or two.
COME BACK MIKE!!!!!!!!
Same for me....I've had a few alts.
Quote from: Mike Bonds on February 05, 2006, 09:06:27 am
Quote from: JGotcher on February 04, 2006, 05:28:43 pm
Mike, you are a good man for creating this site. hSv does a great job running it, but it is not the same around here without you. Do you think you'll ever pick up where you left off?
Anyways, thanks again!
Probably not. I've got a baby on the way (April) and I've changed jobs again to one with far less pressure and traveling. I'll always be around--you know me, always with some idea percolating in my brainpan. I usually meet hSv about once a month for lunch, so we still consult about the site. We bounce ideas off of each other, so I'm around, even if it's in the background. Football season had almost gotten to be more of a chore than fun, and the time away has really helped with that. I'll probably be around a little more next fall.
That's expected. I don't blame you one bit.
I'm sure you get to enjoy football season a lot more, now.
Mike, I bet never in your wildest dreams that Fearless would turn into this. I remember that old green screen and having to scroll down for an hour to find yesterday's posts. Ah, the good ol' days. Mike YOU ARE THE MAN!!!!
Quote from: Chamillionaire on February 08, 2006, 09:54:26 am
Mike, I bet never in your wildest dreams that Fearless would turn into this. I remember that old green screen and having to scroll down for an hour to find yesterday's posts. Ah, the good ol' days. Mike YOU ARE THE MAN!!!!
You're right--I never figured it would be like this. I figured that if a few folks drifted by, that was probably doing pretty good. I never anticipated the growth that Fearless has experienced. I don't think I'm alone in that, though. Some folks don't like the fact that it's not like it was "back in the good old days," but that's life. Nothing's constant but change, and Fearless is no exception. And shouldn't be.
One of my favorite memories from the early days of Fearless was Randy Rainwater giving an announcement about the site on air in 2001. I had sent lots of media folks emails announcing the site, and Rainwater was nice enough to give it a read on air, for which I'm thankful. At the end he said, "Giving predictions might be a dangerous business, Fearless Mike." Well, he's probably been right about that. lol There have been times when, after the week was over, I went back and looked at my picks and thought, "What was I smoking?" Still, my percentage hovered around 83%, whcih was pretty consistent with the Demozette and Hootens.
Gotta bump this. Ivan dug this up and it's an interesting look into the past. Mike Bonds' post on page three is a must read for everyone who has posted on this board less than two years. You must know our roots and why many of us call some of you newbs.
I really liked Mike Bonds' post.
Oh and I got on here when I heard some of the football players talking about it. I wanted to check it out. I lurked around for a few months then I registered, but STILL didn't post until a while later. I must like this site because I've been logged in for 43 days, 13 hours and 8 minutes.
i got on a few years ago when arkansas high was playing cabot in the playoffs. had to talk trah with....can't remember his name...he was doing radio for the cabot games. now my time online is 31 days, 17 hours and 37 minutes
Quote from: Texarkana_Piggie on June 30, 2008, 08:20:24 pm
i got on a few years ago when arkansas high was playing cabot in the playoffs. had to talk trah with....can't remember his name...he was doing radio for the cabot games. now my time online is 31 days, 17 hours and 37 minutes
Majique?
Good old stuff.
Quote from: msubulldogs21 on June 30, 2008, 08:24:46 pm
Quote from: Texarkana_Piggie on June 30, 2008, 08:20:24 pm
i got on a few years ago when arkansas high was playing cabot in the playoffs. had to talk trah with....can't remember his name...he was doing radio for the cabot games. now my time online is 31 days, 17 hours and 37 minutes
Majique?
that's him. couldn't remember the name. btw...i looked it up...i registered in september of 03 so this fall will be 5 years.
Quote from: Texarkana_Piggie on June 30, 2008, 08:32:54 pm
Quote from: msubulldogs21 on June 30, 2008, 08:24:46 pm
Quote from: Texarkana_Piggie on June 30, 2008, 08:20:24 pm
i got on a few years ago when arkansas high was playing cabot in the playoffs. had to talk trah with....can't remember his name...he was doing radio for the cabot games. now my time online is 31 days, 17 hours and 37 minutes
Majique?
that's him. couldn't remember the name. btw...i looked it up...i registered in september of 03 so this fall will be 5 years.
I registered November 28, 2004 at 09:31:51 PM.
I have been here at least forever...since the original old green days.
Funny, I always read yabbse as "yabba"...like Yabba, dabba, dooo. ;) Always have, always will.
I came here after some "Certain Someones" killed all the other sites.*cough*rd*cough*dr*cough*
My gal was a cheerleader and avid sports fan as well so we would sit together and post and fight with Ivan. He remembers.....I know he does.
Fun times.
Thanks, Mike. FF will always be your legacy.
that is the date that I registered....it seems like forever ago....
October 04, 2003, 11:58:33 PM
Quote from: jackfan1™ on June 30, 2008, 08:39:12 pm
I have been here at least forever...since the original old green days.
Funny, I always read yabbse as "yabba"...like Yabba, dabba, dooo. ;) Always have, always will.
I came here after some "Certain Someones" killed all the other sites.*cough*rd*cough*dr*cough*
My gal was a cheerleader and avid sports fan as well so we would sit together and post and fight with Ivan. He remembers.....I know he does.
Fun times.
Thanks, Mike. FF will always be your legacy.
I didn't do it. Chad did it or maybe it was Chris.
Har
Quote from: RD™ on June 30, 2008, 08:41:28 pm
Quote from: jackfan1™ on June 30, 2008, 08:39:12 pm
I have been here at least forever...since the original old green days.
Funny, I always read yabbse as "yabba"...like Yabba, dabba, dooo. ;) Always have, always will.
I came here after some "Certain Someones" killed all the other sites.*cough*rd*cough*dr*cough*
My gal was a cheerleader and avid sports fan as well so we would sit together and post and fight with Ivan. He remembers.....I know he does.
Fun times.
Thanks, Mike. FF will always be your legacy.
I didn't do it. Chad did it or maybe it was Chris.
Har
Har?
More like HA!
Guilty as charged.
Y'all were bad to the bone.
Ivan still is.
Quote from: RD™ on June 30, 2008, 08:41:28 pm
Quote from: jackfan1™ on June 30, 2008, 08:39:12 pm
I have been here at least forever...since the original old green days.
Funny, I always read yabbse as "yabba"...like Yabba, dabba, dooo. ;) Always have, always will.
I came here after some "Certain Someones" killed all the other sites.*cough*rd*cough*dr*cough*
My gal was a cheerleader and avid sports fan as well so we would sit together and post and fight with Ivan. He remembers.....I know he does.
Fun times.
Thanks, Mike. FF will always be your legacy.
I didn't do it. Chad did it or maybe it was Chris.
Har
They shouldn't have gotten in that fight on the open chat room.
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Quote from: jackfan1™ on June 30, 2008, 08:39:12 pm
I have been here at least forever...since the original old green days.
Funny, I always read yabbse as "yabba"...like Yabba, dabba, dooo. ;) Always have, always will.
I came here after some "Certain Someones" killed all the other sites.*cough*rd*cough*dr*cough*
My gal was a cheerleader and avid sports fan as well so we would sit together and post and fight with Ivan. He remembers.....I know he does.
Fun times.
Thanks, Mike. FF will always be your legacy.
I didn't do it. Chad did it or maybe it was Chris.
Har
Har?
More like HA!
Guilty as charged.
Y'all were bad to the bone.
Ivan still is.
Go check this thread...you'll see classic me.
http://www.fearlessfriday.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=81486.25
Needed a way to keep up with scores, and some humor in my life. its either read garbage on ESPN and yahoo, or local garbage on FF. :)
38 days later, im still reading..
Quote from: Mike Bonds on February 08, 2006, 11:56:35 am
One of my favorite memories from the early days of Fearless was Randy Rainwater giving an announcement about the site on air in 2001. I had sent lots of media folks emails announcing the site, and Rainwater was nice enough to give it a read on air, for which I'm thankful. At the end he said, "Giving predictions might be a dangerous business, Fearless Mike." Well, he's probably been right about that. lol There have been times when, after the week was over, I went back and looked at my picks and thought, "What was I smoking?" Still, my percentage hovered around 83%, whcih was pretty consistent with the Demozette and Hootens.
That's the day that I registered.
Here's a little more history. Back in the day, Hootens was the only stop for opinions. It really got out of hand with all the sex talk. The Hootens, rightfully, smashed that site. Skip was a lot of fun. That board was where I started to train grasshopper on proper smack talk techniques. He was a good student. He finally walked on the rice paper without tearing it. I have, however, seen him in the middle of several meltdowns. Grasshopper began to try to wear disguises. But he could not fool or hide from his master. Sadly, he eventually went too far and became evil.
I, on the other hand, have always remained pure. Trying to set a shining example of the way folks ought to conduct themselves on a message board. I never harass anyone. I never antagonize anyone. I get picked on a lot but....somebody's got to take the heat off the others.
Seriously though, I have always thought this board would be big eventually. When it outlasted three other boards, it solidified its position. Then with the legitimacy of KARK coming in, that had to be a badge of pride for MB and hSv. It was a good move for channel 4 as well. I told folks years ago, that this had potential to be a money maker. And I hope it is. I spend more time here than any place on the net. Wow, that just dawned on me as I typed that. I spend a lot of time here.
Over the past couple of years, it has become more of a place to gather information and less of a place to argue and bicker. I think it will be very interesting to see how it continues to evolve.
Thanks Mike.
I joined back in 03 when fellow Newport fan and FOUNDER of Fearless Mike Bonds got me on. also heard about it from a buddy next door.
Although i'm still bitter about the way the site has degraded, but maybe thats just because of the influx of younger kids who don't know forum etiquette. so i left here for about 2 years and didn't post a thing. i didn't even want to read it. I still say the site should have never been sold to channel 4, it lost all it's grass roots feel. but maybe thats just me.
i still wonder why the post have the built in censor, and i have another question why are there so many mods and admins. I leave and the Thee Xbear is a Moderator, that blew me out of the water.
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Quote from: jackfan1™ on June 30, 2008, 08:42:58 pm
Quote from: RD™ on June 30, 2008, 08:41:28 pm
Quote from: jackfan1™ on June 30, 2008, 08:39:12 pm
I have been here at least forever...since the original old green days.
Funny, I always read yabbse as "yabba"...like Yabba, dabba, dooo. ;) Always have, always will.
I came here after some "Certain Someones" killed all the other sites.*cough*rd*cough*dr*cough*
My gal was a cheerleader and avid sports fan as well so we would sit together and post and fight with Ivan. He remembers.....I know he does.
Fun times.
Thanks, Mike. FF will always be your legacy.
I didn't do it. Chad did it or maybe it was Chris.
Har
Har?
More like HA!
Guilty as charged.
Y'all were bad to the bone.
Ivan still is.
Go check this thread...you'll see classic me.
http://www.fearlessfriday.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=81486.25
I just lost it when I read your last reply on that thread, RD. That was amazing.
As for the question at the beginning of the thread: I remember my Dad showing me FF my sophomore year of high school after we beat PA. I got on here to look at what everyone was saying, and mainly read the 3A boards to see what people said about our team(CAC). One of my good friends joined and started posting, and I joined shortly thereafter. I joined on Oct. 3, 2003, and looking back, I was a n00b in every sense of the word. Hopefully I have changed a little since then.
I joined FF, back when it was still on the old design, to get the heck away from First Stringers.
Quote from: RHS on June 30, 2008, 10:59:13 pm
I joined FF, back when it was still on the old design, to get the heck away from First Stringers.
Virus infested, trojan invading, spyware piece of crap.
Virus infested, trojan invading, spyware piece of crap.
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haha i remember that, i know i got half my virus from that site.
I, as well, registered on the old site c. 2001. Wound up forgetting about the place after I graduated high school and went many, many years before I found out it was still up and running....
RVHellRaiser : (No subject) « Sent to: B> on: April 08, 2004, 09:42:09 PM »
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A 15 year old punk kid calling me ignorant...I should have looked at your age to begin with kid.
Grow some hair on your nuts before you start cashing checks your scrawny butt can't cash!
Hehehehe, I'll admit maybe I was a bit of a punk when I was 15. :)
One day in class someone was visiting this site so i went home that day and signed up for it last year and that's how i ended up here.
Quote from: DB on June 30, 2008, 10:50:32 pm
Skip was a lot of fun.
Never thought I'd see that said.
As for me, I'm one of the old guard too, joining the site back in the old fearlessfriday.freewebspace.com days back in 01.
Quote from: Ramblin' Man™ on July 01, 2008, 10:26:30 am
Quote from: DB on June 30, 2008, 10:50:32 pm
Skip was a lot of fun.
Never thought I'd see that said.
As for me, I'm one of the old guard too, joining the site back in the old fearlessfriday.freewebspace.com days back in 01.
I remember that.
SL04...and then we met you a couple years or so later.
Doesn't that seem like a lifetime ago?
Yep.
I actually started off as JuniorLizard70 back around 1999 on KATV, then Hootens, then ARNBC. I adopted SandLizard04 after getting out of junior high. :) Then shortened it to SL04 after pretty much everyone knew me. After I started working with the Rose Bud Ramblers, I changed it to what it is now, which also fits my personality.
There's even been at least one marriage come out of these football message boards (not mine). Who'da Thunk It?
I registered in 2005. But I was dating a coach (who turned out to be a lying, cheating, douchbag of slime and no he is not human) so I only read. He said that you were all idiots and I better not ever post on here. So after his true personality floated to the top, (yes dog doo) then I came on here in Oct. of 2007 and posted. I am still a noob but I am hanging in here. You guys made me laugh again. I still don't know a bunch about sports but I have learned a thing or two from some of you.
Interesting. I've only been here since October, 2006. I first learned of FF from Magnolia's principal when we were hosting the state basketball tournament. I've got to admit I was a little fried reading a lot of negative comments when so many were volunteering their time to make the tournament a success. I lurked for months, finally registering when the football season got cranked up in earnest. I've really laughed out loud many times reading some of this stuff. (I still can't think pink without thinking DB!) I've also been amazed at the ignorance some people spout!
It's been great to get to know some good people from around the state.
Quote from: ppop on July 01, 2008, 10:52:41 amI've really laughed out loud many times reading some of this stuff. (I still can't think pink without thinking DB!)
How that deal escalated, I don't know. But it was/is fun, even if it is at my expense. I figure if you can't laugh at yourself, the message boards are not a good place to be.
Anybody remember Scotty the Body? A lot of people seemed to hate him.
Quote from: Ramblin' Man™ on July 01, 2008, 10:46:03 am
There's even been at least one marriage come out of these football message boards (not mine). Who'da Thunk It?
Ooooo, is it the one I take credit for setting up a long, long time ago? ;)
Quote from: DB on July 01, 2008, 11:23:08 am
Quote from: ppop on July 01, 2008, 10:52:41 amI've really laughed out loud many times reading some of this stuff. (I still can't think pink without thinking DB!)
How that deal escalated, I don't know. But it was/is fun, even if it is at my expense. I figure if you can't laugh at yourself, the message boards are not a good place to be.
Anybody remember Scotty the Body? A lot of people seemed to hate him.
LOL. Scottie 2 Hottie. He still posts here on rare occasion. He is one of the funniest people I have ever met in my life (I went to school with him, though he's a few years older.) And yeah, I lot of people did hate him on the internet :)
Quote from: ppop on July 01, 2008, 10:52:41 am
Interesting. I've only been here since October, 2006. I first learned of FF from Magnolia's principal when we were hosting the state basketball tournament. I've got to admit I was a little fried reading a lot of negative comments when so many were volunteering their time to make the tournament a success. I lurked for months, finally registering when the football season got cranked up in earnest. I've really laughed out loud many times reading some of this stuff. (I still can't think pink without thinking DB!) I've also been amazed at the ignorance some people spout!
It's been great to get to know some good people from around the state.
I had pretty much nothing but good to say about Magnolia. Of course, we did win the whole thing down there, so that helped a little :)
2001....seems like forever ago in "board years".
I registered in '03, at the start of Conway's run football with guys like Peyton Hillis and Kevin Wardlow. I don't post much on the high school boards cuz I feel too old, but I stick around General and After the Whistle.
Quote from: MikeDiesel™ on July 01, 2008, 12:04:09 pmI had pretty much nothing but good to say about Magnolia. Of course, we did win the whole thing down there, so that helped a little :)
Yep, you were one of the main culprits pointed out to me. I also remember the question, "Just who does this Uncle Ivan person think he IS?? ;D
On a different note, one of my good friends was the local "sponsor" for the Chicks during the tournament. He chapped a few rears when he sat in the B-ville section during the finals!!
Quote from: The Buttgen on June 30, 2008, 10:54:57 pm
I joined back in 03 when fellow Newport fan and FOUNDER of Fearless Mike Bonds got me on. also heard about it from a buddy next door.
Although i'm still bitter about the way the site has degraded, but maybe thats just because of the influx of younger kids who don't know forum etiquette. so i left here for about 2 years and didn't post a thing. i didn't even want to read it. I still say the site should have never been sold to channel 4, it lost all it's grass roots feel. but maybe thats just me.
i still wonder why the post have the built in censor, and i have another question why are there so many mods and admins. I leave and the Thee Xbear is a Moderator, that blew me out of the water.
KARK does not own this site. Nothing has changed about ownership.
Zing...........
Quote from: Ramblin' Man™ on July 01, 2008, 10:46:03 amThere's even been at least one marriage come out of these football message boards (not mine). Who'da Thunk It?
And a couple of relationships have been formed as well. Crazy how things work.
Probably only a handful off of us than know about ARNBC.
Quote from: hSv on July 01, 2008, 03:28:32 pm
KARK does not own this site. Nothing has changed about ownership.
ohh, well my bad, it just looked that way to me after being gone for 2 or 3 years and KARK is plastered everywhere, i just assumed that they had bought the rights to this site and hogville. my bad.
It must be just a personal bias as i really don't like KARK and hate KNWA, i believe they are overtly bias to the central and western parts of the state and do not care for anything eastern Arkansas.
The site has gotten better though, i guess i'm just gonna have to get used to it...
Quote from: RHS on July 01, 2008, 03:52:27 pm
Quote from: Ramblin' Man™ on July 01, 2008, 10:46:03 amThere's even been at least one marriage come out of these football message boards (not mine). Who'da Thunk It?
And a couple of relationships have been formed as well. Crazy how things work.
Probably only a handful off of us than know about ARNBC.
Hmm...I dated someones sister thanks to this site.
Albeit like twice until the distance got to us.
Quote from: RHS on July 01, 2008, 03:52:27 pm
Probably only a handful off of us than know about ARNBC.
*Raises hand.*
Quote from: RHS on July 01, 2008, 03:52:27 pm
Quote from: Ramblin' Man™ on July 01, 2008, 10:46:03 amThere's even been at least one marriage come out of these football message boards (not mine). Who'da Thunk It?
And a couple of relationships have been formed as well. Crazy how things work.
Probably only a handful off of us than know about ARNBC.
I saw "upfrontben" not to long ago up in NWA.
Quote from: RD™ on July 01, 2008, 05:52:08 pm
Quote from: RHS on July 01, 2008, 03:52:27 pm
Quote from: Ramblin' Man™ on July 01, 2008, 10:46:03 amThere's even been at least one marriage come out of these football message boards (not mine). Who'da Thunk It?
And a couple of relationships have been formed as well. Crazy how things work.
Probably only a handful off of us than know about ARNBC.
I saw "upfrontben" not to long ago up in NWA.
Aw.
I swear, that free credit report commercial guy looks just like him.
Or at least it used to. Not sure how his hair is now.
I started up during the playoffs of '04 and was immediately assaulted and infuriated by the Delta-freakin-Razor. What a punk.
Quote from: Father Guido on July 01, 2008, 07:10:55 pm
I started up during the playoffs of '04 and was immediately assaulted and infuriated by the Delta-freakin-Razor. What a punk.
I hear he is now incarcerated in the Ark Dept of Corrections Psychiatric Detention Unit and thinks he is Don Campbell's clone Mini Don. He tried to run out of a Wynne grocery store wth a whole beef brisket under his arm screaming "Run Ju Ju run!"
2005 posted to myself on the baseball board..you could make a post on it and it would sit there for a week or two....And argued with Thee Xbear ( my favorite poster of all time) over the old 5A football conferences.....east against west....fun times.
Quote from: fastdrop on July 01, 2008, 07:34:20 pm
2005 posted to myself on the baseball board..you could make a post on it and it would sit there for a week or two....And argued with Thee Xbear ( my favorite poster of all time) over the old 5A football conferences.....east against west....fun times.
i had some discussions with thee xbear during playoff time.
Quote from: fastdrop on July 01, 2008, 07:34:20 pmAnd argued with Thee Xbear ( my favorite poster of all time)
You drop a notch in my book now man.
Quote from: Texarkana_Piggie on July 01, 2008, 07:52:15 pm
Quote from: fastdrop on July 01, 2008, 07:34:20 pm
2005 posted to myself on the baseball board..you could make a post on it and it would sit there for a week or two....And argued with Thee Xbear ( my favorite poster of all time) over the old 5A football conferences.....east against west....fun times.
i had some discussions with thee xbear during playoff time.
I do believe the term "Forth Smith Village Idiot" was used by me once to him.
Quote from: RHS on July 01, 2008, 07:54:29 pm
Quote from: fastdrop on July 01, 2008, 07:34:20 pmAnd argued with Thee Xbear ( my favorite poster of all time)
You drop a notch in my book now man.
can't help it....He was a South Side and the West through and through....plus the Devils always made him eat crow.
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Quote from: Texarkana_Piggie on July 01, 2008, 07:52:15 pm
Quote from: fastdrop on July 01, 2008, 07:34:20 pm
2005 posted to myself on the baseball board..you could make a post on it and it would sit there for a week or two....And argued with Thee Xbear ( my favorite poster of all time) over the old 5A football conferences.....east against west....fun times.
i had some discussions with thee xbear during playoff time.
I do believe the term "Forth Smith Village Idiot" was used by me once to him.
and I am sure he had a few choice words for you too.
Quote from: fastdrop on July 01, 2008, 08:09:12 pm
Quote from: RHS on July 01, 2008, 07:54:29 pm
Quote from: fastdrop on July 01, 2008, 07:34:20 pmAnd argued with Thee Xbear ( my favorite poster of all time)
You drop a notch in my book now man.
can't help it....He was a South Side and the West through and through....plus the Devils always made him eat crow.
Xbear SS? Uh....no.
Quote from: fastdrop on July 01, 2008, 08:10:38 pm
Quote from: Eddie Goodson on July 01, 2008, 07:54:43 pm
Quote from: Texarkana_Piggie on July 01, 2008, 07:52:15 pm
Quote from: fastdrop on July 01, 2008, 07:34:20 pm
2005 posted to myself on the baseball board..you could make a post on it and it would sit there for a week or two....And argued with Thee Xbear ( my favorite poster of all time) over the old 5A football conferences.....east against west....fun times.
i had some discussions with thee xbear during playoff time.
I do believe the term "Forth Smith Village Idiot" was used by me once to him.
and I am sure he had a few choice words for you too.
I was never a XBear koolaid drinker. We got along tolerable. I mostly stuck to the 5A board in those days. I didn't become a mod till about the time he left.
Quote from: Quite "QF" Frankly on July 01, 2008, 08:12:42 pm
Quote from: fastdrop on July 01, 2008, 08:09:12 pm
Quote from: RHS on July 01, 2008, 07:54:29 pm
Quote from: fastdrop on July 01, 2008, 07:34:20 pmAnd argued with Thee Xbear ( my favorite poster of all time)
You drop a notch in my book now man.
can't help it....He was a South Side and the West through and through....plus the Devils always made him eat crow.
Xbear SS? Uh....no.
dang your right...NS....ofcourse I have always thought you were Thee Xbear in hiding....LOL
Just an older crabbier Thee Xbear...though. ;D
I'm looking forward to meeting some of you guys on here when football season starts.
Quote from: Ramblin' Man™ on July 01, 2008, 11:34:37 am
Quote from: DB on July 01, 2008, 11:23:08 am
Quote from: ppop on July 01, 2008, 10:52:41 amI've really laughed out loud many times reading some of this stuff. (I still can't think pink without thinking DB!)
How that deal escalated, I don't know. But it was/is fun, even if it is at my expense. I figure if you can't laugh at yourself, the message boards are not a good place to be.
Anybody remember Scotty the Body? A lot of people seemed to hate him.
LOL. Scottie 2 Hottie. He still posts here on rare occasion. He is one of the funniest people I have ever met in my life (I went to school with him, though he's a few years older.) And yeah, I lot of people did hate him on the internet :)
RVGGW
Quote from: Father Guido on July 01, 2008, 07:10:55 pm
I started up during the playoffs of '04 and was immediately assaulted and infuriated by the Delta-freakin-Razor. What a punk.
I had a good run from 2003-2004. Lots of lynch mobs and near-riots incited.
Quote from: bulldogs1159™© on July 01, 2008, 10:14:08 pmAnd yeah, I lot of people did hate him on the internet :)
I wish you nothing but the worst of luck, and I hope that Dollarway drills a hole in your a
ss next week.
Ivan, you are the reason I got on here and finally posted. You called Marion a bunch of thugs and turds. ;D
Then I was furious now I would just laugh. Live and learn.
Quote from: bulldogs1159™© on July 01, 2008, 10:14:08 pm
Quote from: Ramblin' Man™ on July 01, 2008, 11:34:37 am
Quote from: DB on July 01, 2008, 11:23:08 am
Quote from: ppop on July 01, 2008, 10:52:41 amI've really laughed out loud many times reading some of this stuff. (I still can't think pink without thinking DB!)
How that deal escalated, I don't know. But it was/is fun, even if it is at my expense. I figure if you can't laugh at yourself, the message boards are not a good place to be.
Anybody remember Scotty the Body? A lot of people seemed to hate him.
LOL. Scottie 2 Hottie. He still posts here on rare occasion. He is one of the funniest people I have ever met in my life (I went to school with him, though he's a few years older.) And yeah, I lot of people did hate him on the internet :)
RVGGW
It was such a beautiful idea.
Quote from: Eddie Goodson on June 30, 2008, 08:43:54 pm
They shouldn't have gotten in that fight on the open chat room.
It was Chad and Barry.
What killed that board was the Shiloh vs the world endless argument.
Chad didn't like it because it cast a bad light on his favorite program.
Quote from: Uncle Ivan on July 01, 2008, 10:47:28 pm
Quote from: Eddie Goodson on June 30, 2008, 08:43:54 pm
They shouldn't have gotten in that fight on the open chat room.
It was Chad and Barry.
What killed that board was the Shiloh vs the world endless argument.
Chad didn't like it because it cast a bad light on his favorite program.
Though I was not around at the time, it was great getting a PM from UI on Hogville explaining the "blow up" of the old Hootens board on December 9, 2000.
With that said, I joined up in 2004. I had no clue there was a Arkansas HS Sports board until a uncle was on this site at work one day. I went home and signed on later that night.
It was that, and the whole Cabot vs Hootens firefight that convinced them to shut it down.
After Cabot won state, their fans were dropping daisy cutters on the Hooten boys left and right.
I got started in feb. 2005, just in time for the "greatest HS Team" ever....the 2005 SPRINGDALE BULLDOGS.
Quote from: olddog79 on July 02, 2008, 08:40:36 am
I got started in feb. 2005, just in time for the "greatest HS Team" ever....the 2005 SPRINGDALE BULLDOGS.
Psh.
;)
Quote from: olddog79 on July 02, 2008, 08:40:36 am
I got started in feb. 2005, just in time for the "greatest HS Team" ever....the 2005 SPRINGDALE BULLDOGS.
Don't get me started Oldman....... This thread deserves to stay on course. So I'l let you off the hook this time. :)
Quote from: olddog79 on July 02, 2008, 08:40:36 am
I got started in feb. 2005, just in time for the "greatest HS Team" ever....the 2005 SPRINGDALE BULLDOGS.
Though you had been here longer than that. Man does time get distorted.
We need another Simple Life Thread. Those WERE the days.
Also Gus Invented it.
Quote from: RD™ on July 02, 2008, 11:56:58 pm
Simple Life Thread
The super nova and death of Phayes
Quote from: RD™ on July 02, 2008, 11:56:58 pmAlso Gus Invented it.
Like ARNBC, only a handful of people can actually remember the original. I remember being in a 6 way chat on MSN with some of the other contributors of that masterpiece.
Quote from: RHS on July 03, 2008, 12:50:42 am
I remember being in a 6 way chat on MSN with some of the other contributors of that masterpiece.
(http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/3552/pokezahnnn6.jpg)
"Pikachu" - Pokezhan - Drivetime came up with that one.
What does it say about me that I hated the Simple Life thread because so many stupid newbs were posting on it?
Quote from: Lions84 on February 02, 2006, 08:51:57 am
I found FF after doing a MSN search for HS football scores in Arkansas in 2004. I have spent 12 days logged on to FF OUCH!!!!
Well it is now 30 days, 20 hours and 13 minutes
nm
Quote from: Ramblin' Man™ on July 03, 2008, 10:29:42 am
What does it say about me that I hated the Simple Life thread because so many stupid newbs were posting on it?
It says you weren't alone.
Peck made me follow in his footsteps
Quote from: Mike Bonds on February 04, 2006, 08:08:22 am
Well, as you might expect, I was here fairly early in the process...... ;D
It all started in June 2001, when I was trying to find a Newport schedule on the internet. Hooten's wasn't out yet, and for whatever reasons I was looking for a schedule. Come to find out, there wasn't one on the internet, at least that I could find. Not only that, I couldn't find anyone else's schedule, either.
Well, I did get a schedule the next time I went home, and I thought, "I could put this on the internet so the next guy looking for a Newport schedule can find it." I didn't know squat about writing webpages--nada, zip, nothing. Didn't know HTTP from PCP. So, I did a little research online, found out that there were places that would host sites for free, and bought a book that really helped.
By early July, I had some proto-webpages going, but they were ugly as homemade soap. ;D I finally figured out how to insert images in the background, and the site finally began to take something of it's old familiar shape. I opened fearlessfriday.freewebspace.com officially on July 27, 2001. Included in the early site was a very primitive bulletin board supplied by the provider.
I had never posted on bulletin boards, but the boards seemed fairly popular and I got a lot of emails asking me to upgrade. I did some searches and ran across the old Pigpen, which I used as a model. The boards were moved over to EZBoards, which are probably the boards that most of the oldtimers remember. They had a green background with white text and yellow links.
Well, the boards exploded with popularity. The screen could hold 300 posts, and they would turn over completely within an hour sometimes. It was a total surprise to me. That's a good problem to have, I guess, but it's still a problem. The boards had very primitive administrative tools, so it was hard to moderate. Plus, the old boards had a lot of downtime, probably no thanks to us. I suspect we were burning their servers down.
Eventually, we just outgrew the freewebspace setup. They didn't allow PHP at that time and didn't offer SQL, either, and it was clear that the EZBoards format was too primitive for the traffic. So, fearlessfriday.com was registered, and the whole site moved to its own address at a new hosting company.
The boards were moved to a new board hosting company, Aimoo. I tested them secretly for about 2 weeks, just to make sure everything was really going to work. When they opened, they looked something like the present boards, just not as slick. However, about a week after opening up, they started slamming the board with popups--popups everytime you clicked on anything. My inbox went nuclear. Clearly, that wasn't going to work, so the search was on again for a board that would function.
I decided to leave remote hosting of anything behind permanently, and I did. Since that time, anything that has been on Fearless has been hosted right here, without 3rd party providers. It was a great call. I eventually settled on YaBB1Gold for a bulletin board script. Finally, I could recruit help to moderate the forum! (Thanks to all of those unfortunate souls who selflessly volunteered to do so--it can't run without you.)
Y1G worked like a sewing machine. People liked it, I liked it. I thought, "we've finally got things worked out." Wrong. Although it did work well, it didn't really contemplate our traffic (if you ask hSv, I don't think the SMF creators expected it to handle our traffic volume, either...lol). It was a major bandwidth eater. By August, it was clear that I if I didn't do something, we would burn down the server by mid-September. So, yet another board software was installed--YABBSE.
YABBSE worked even better, and the server demand fell. We hung with that for a year, but we were pushing it bandwidth-wise at the end of the season. With the growth over 2003, things got critical in October 2003. I can't think of the hosting company's name (that's probably good for them), but I came in one morning and the site was down. They said we had exceeded our bandwidth, and that I had a week to either move to a dedicated server or lose the site. So much for customer service. With the help of some donating posters and hSv, we moved to a dedicated server.
Outwardly, it worked ok, and disruption was mininmal. Behind the scenes, it was a rolling disaster. I didn't know crap about server operation, it was very expensive, and the hosting company was ZERO help. Didn't even try to help. That's when I ran into Douglas through hSv, who made life much, much easier. After our contract with the darkside ran out, we moved to Douglas' hosting company, TheRelalms.net, which I can only give my highest recommendation.
I changed jobs in the summer of 2004, which put me on the road a lot and really raised my workload. I made a game effort at running things, but I just couldn't devote the time. It wasn't fair to you, to me, to the site, or to the sport. So, I handed things off to hSv in return for a promise that I could host future sites on his Fearless/Hogville server (hence CampingArkansas.net, which I've thought about for a couple of years). All in all, I think he's done a good job here, and he and his folks were willing to devote the kind of time and attention that I couldn't give you and I thought you deserved.
My guiding principle at Fearless was always "Make everyone feel that their opinion has value." After searching bulletin boards, I found that on many, you had to be around a while or else be treated like dirt. I wanted a forum where a person could come in and on day one feel that they could be a meaningful part of the conversation and that their opinions about the board and site were vauled. I think that allowed us to survive the competition and not walk away from the several board wars with a black eye. It was always my opinion that we didn't have to monopolize our posters--even if they looked at other boards, if we had the best product, they'd always be back. So far, I have no reason to doubt that judgment.
I just want to say thanks for all of your kind words and support over the years, and it is touching and humbling that people still remember me and the old days of the site. I hope you will all come over and take a look at CampingArkansas.net and hang with me there, too.
Another bump for those wondering how this place came to be.
You'll also get to see a current member or two come off as a complete n00b.
Also, with the talk of past escapades, I've always been a little jealous of the Stoneman.
His trolling of a fanbase back during the 2001 playoffs was so masterful that he got the opposing team's student section to make signs aimed at him, and they even got a chant going about him late in the game. I have never been able to do this. I still remember word for word some of the things he said that week, even eight years later.
You know that you're at the top of your game when you can draw that kind of reaction.
Thanks for the bump Ivan...it brings back some memories....
I came to the site in the summer of 2002 and stuck around for a year or two until I got busy with college, my business, etc. Just forgot about it, for the most part.
I finally made my way back here in 2006 for whatever reason. I try to stay out of trouble and stick to the plan of read more/post less. There are people that I can't stand on here (mainly because they make such poor arguments...or "i cn't b-leave that game u'r talkin' 'bout!!!111loleleveneleven!!!"), and then there are posts by people I look forward to reading, but all in all, it's a wonderful thing....
Ditto on the bump thanks. I had forgotten about writing that.
Fearless really was catching lightning in a bottle. I never contemplated it being what it is today. No one has been more surprised by it than me.
I know that there's been some folks ready to surround the site with pitchforks and torches, but it was always intended to be a clean forum to discuss Arkansas high school sports, and I think it's been that (at least most of the time...lol). I'm just glad it's still kicking.
Someone should really find Thee X Bear
Quote from: RD™ on November 23, 2009, 05:48:35 pm
Someone should really find Thee X Bear
Check the ADoC.
What's ole Gotcher up to these days I wonder? Haven't talked to him in awhile.
Quote from: Mike Bonds on November 23, 2009, 09:22:04 pm
Quote from: Eddie Goodson on November 23, 2009, 05:49:34 pm
Quote from: RD™ on November 23, 2009, 05:48:35 pm
Someone should really find Thee X Bear
Check the ADoC.
He's probably splitting a room with phayes. ;D
You would be shocked to know phayes actually found a life. Lord knows he was told to get a life enough. I think he even got married.
Quote from: Ramblin' Man™ on November 23, 2009, 08:58:11 pm
What's ole Gotcher up to these days I wonder? Haven't talked to him in awhile.
Got married a few years ago I think.
I'm seeing a disturbing pattern here. It would seem that marriage is some kind of aphrodisiac type option to posting frequently on FF.
Or do I have that backwards? Or vice versa?
How did I get here? To be honest 6 years down the road, I have no idea how I got here I just did :) Back then it was Mike Bonds running the show, and there was ZERO commercials.
Ahhhhhhh the good ole days.....
17 Days and some odd minutes later, I'm still here, and since it is playoffs time, my karma is probably gonna head South LoL!!
The banners don't bother me in the least. The bills need to be paid. And the UCA banner is has some eye candy in it.
How easily people forget that Mike was footing the bill alone and there were out ages because the servers couldn't handle the traffic. I will not complain at all about a banner.
No doubt. If there were no banners, this would probably become a pay site like rivals or something.
Certainly wouldn't have the capacity to be as big as it is now, regardless.
Quote from: Eddie Goodson on November 23, 2009, 09:27:25 pm
Quote from: Mike Bonds on November 23, 2009, 09:22:04 pm
Quote from: Eddie Goodson on November 23, 2009, 05:49:34 pm
Quote from: RD™ on November 23, 2009, 05:48:35 pm
Someone should really find Thee X Bear
Check the ADoC.
He's probably splitting a room with phayes. ;D
You would be shocked to know phayes actually found a life. Lord knows he was told to get a life enough. I think he even got married.
Yep he definately found a life lol. He did get married for a very short period of time...he is now single again. If he's rooming with X-bear he left out that small detail last time we talked lol.
Quote from: Eddie Goodson on November 24, 2009, 04:39:04 pm
How easily people forget that Mike was footing the bill alone and there were out ages because the servers couldn't handle the traffic. I will not complain at all about a banner.
I'd say it definitely wasn't a profit center. lol
Back when we had to run on a dedicated server, it was $100 per month.
Fearless and Hogville are so large that they now have to run on several servers.
Quote from: Mike Bonds on November 24, 2009, 09:12:15 pm
I'd say it definitely wasn't a profit center. lol
Which is why I get a kick out of those trying to say there's a profit made on this place and HV.
With the bandwidth costs I can't imagine finishing in the black any month of the year.
47 days 17 hours and 1 minute....geez. i spend waaaaayyyyy too much time here.
Here's the thing though, because this site has grown in popularity and has stood the test of time, it will eventually be profitable. If it's not profitable for the folks that own it, they will lose motivation and it will die. This has to be one of the most visited sites by people of Arkansas. I'm going to say that the colleges around the state will some day wake up and realize the potential return on advertising dollars on this site and there will start to be some competition for those banners.
The other thing is, I insist that there will come a day when we have a Fearless Friday Bowl game for some high school teams. And that will blow Hootens totally out of the water.
The bottom line is this, Fearless Friday has become important.
August 26, 2004, 08:24:30 AM 35 days13 hours and 34 minutes so far. I found the site one day searching for Arkansas HS football scores. Been hanging around most of the year every since.
Quote from: DB on November 25, 2009, 09:27:02 am
Here's the thing though, because this site has grown in popularity and has stood the test of time, it will eventually be profitable. If it's not profitable for the folks that own it, they will lose motivation and it will die. This has to be one of the most visited sites by people of Arkansas. I'm going to say that the colleges around the state will some day wake up and realize the potential return on advertising dollars on this site and there will start to be some competition for those banners.
The other thing is, I insist that there will come a day when we have a Fearless Friday Bowl game for some high school teams. And that will blow Hootens totally out of the water.
The bottom line is this, Fearless Friday has become important.
Right now, Fearless is the 38,252nd most visited site in the US (according to Alexa.com). Not bad for Arkansas high school sports.
I think the good management and openness to new members has made Fearless stand the test of time and outlast other sites. I hope that continues.
BTW, Fearless will turn 9 years old next July 27.
We're #1
We're # 38,252!
(Add 3 zeros to the end of that to get the Step-Childs Ranking)
Wow 9 years is a long time Thanks Mike for getting this thing started.
Quote from: Lions84 on December 02, 2009, 10:18:25 am
Wow 9 years is a long time Thanks Mike for getting this thing started.
Amen brother!! Say it again.
Quote from: Cabotfan on December 02, 2009, 12:54:03 pm
Quote from: Lions84 on December 02, 2009, 10:18:25 am
Wow 9 years is a long time Thanks Mike for getting this thing started.
Amen brother!! Say it again.
THANK YA MIKE... DIDNT HAVE TO DO IT BUT YA DID!!
Quote from: QF© on December 01, 2009, 10:39:01 pm
We're #1
We're # 38,252!
(Add 3 zeros to the end of that to get the Step-Childs Ranking)
Are we talking screen names or actual members? Because that number could increase even more exponentially.
Quote from: Chief_Osceola™ on December 02, 2009, 03:02:40 pm
Quote from: QF© on December 01, 2009, 10:39:01 pm
We're #1
We're # 38,252!
(Add 3 zeros to the end of that to get the Step-Childs Ranking)
Are we talking screen names or actual members? Because that number could increase even more exponentially.
I'm assuming it's a measure of overall traffic. It couldn't be registered users from unique IP addresses or you'd have to add 6 additional zeros. ;)
57 days.............15 hours and 35 minutes..........I guess I can say that I am addicted.................. ::)
Quote from: Mike Bonds on December 01, 2009, 09:05:29 pm
BTW, Fearless will turn 9 years old next July 27.
Wow! Can't believe I've been fighting with Ivan that long.
57 days, 1 hour, 27 minutes. Yikes.
I registered on the old FF because the Nashville posters were being overly annoying and this was back in the middle of the Booneville/Nashville rivalry.
62 days, 23 hours and 37 minutes...WoW
I registered back in 2003, to defend my beloved wildcats from those annoying Junction City posters(...The 2A board was a lot different back then...with MikeThrel from Rison, TheBookie from Norphlet, "the tradition doesn't mean crap on the field" group from Junction City(Dave@JC, TDN, and JuiceMan), and the rest of the "Old 2A" crew...I mainly "lurk" anymore, and get quite a few laughs out these boards, and quite frustrated with some of the posters on here, but its been a fun ride so far...
Quote from: HF on December 17, 2009, 05:41:35 pm
62 days, 23 hours and 37 minutes...WoW
I registered back in 2003, to defend my beloved wildcats from those annoying Junction City posters(...The 2A board was a lot different back then...with MikeThrel from Rison, TheBookie from Norphlet, "the tradition doesn't mean crap on the field" group from Junction City(Dave@JC, TDN, and JuiceMan), and the rest of the "Old 2A" crew...I mainly "lurk" anymore, and get quite a few laughs out these boards, and quite frustrated with some of the posters on here, but its been a fun ride so far...
Threl won't be visiting us anytime soon I don't think.
Which ones?
Quote from: HF on December 17, 2009, 05:55:36 pm
Which ones?
Mike Threl. Ran into trouble with the law, I believe.
Quote from: Eddie Goodson on December 17, 2009, 06:00:21 pm
Mike Threl. Ran into trouble with the law, I believe.
Running moonshine is what I heard.
Quote from: bulldogs1159™© on December 17, 2009, 11:15:40 pm
Quote from: Uncle Ivan on December 17, 2009, 09:12:10 pm
Quote from: Eddie Goodson on December 17, 2009, 06:00:21 pm
Mike Threl. Ran into trouble with the law, I believe.
Running moonshine is what I heard.
Haha no way.
No, I'm dead serious. It was serious charges. Very serious. Of a type that he wouldn't be allowed on here if he was convicted. I never knew what came of it.
wow thats crazy
Did he film Erin Andrews nude and get kicked off them internets for life?
Quote from: HF on December 17, 2009, 05:41:35 pm
62 days, 23 hours and 37 minutes...WoW
I registered back in 2003, to defend my beloved wildcats from those annoying Junction City posters(...The 2A board was a lot different back then...with MikeThrel from Rison, TheBookie from Norphlet, "the tradition doesn't mean crap on the field" group from Junction City(Dave@JC, TDN, and JuiceMan), and the rest of the "Old 2A" crew...I mainly "lurk" anymore, and get quite a few laughs out these boards, and quite frustrated with some of the posters on here, but its been a fun ride so far...
The 2002 Dragons got all of those Hector Wildcats they wanted!
I still remember Carpenter telling us we overwhelmed them with our speed.
heck that was a long ride...that game is one of several high points for me as a wildcat fan...i thnk j.c beat hughes 76-13 the week b4 and beat somebody 56-0 the week after...dont remember so much bout the game itself though..
Quote from: Eddie Goodson on December 17, 2009, 05:49:09 pm
Quote from: HF on December 17, 2009, 05:41:35 pm
62 days, 23 hours and 37 minutes...WoW
I registered back in 2003, to defend my beloved wildcats from those annoying Junction City posters(...The 2A board was a lot different back then...with MikeThrel from Rison, TheBookie from Norphlet, "the tradition doesn't mean crap on the field" group from Junction City(Dave@JC, TDN, and JuiceMan), and the rest of the "Old 2A" crew...I mainly "lurk" anymore, and get quite a few laughs out these boards, and quite frustrated with some of the posters on here, but its been a fun ride so far...
Threl won't be visiting us anytime soon I don't think.
Unfortunately, Dave@JC won't either.
http://www.fearlessfriday.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=85544.msg1787458#msg1787458
Quote from: HF on January 06, 2010, 11:24:08 pm
heck that was a long ride...that game is one of several high points for me as a wildcat fan...i thnk j.c beat hughes 76-13 the week b4 and beat somebody 56-0 the week after...dont remember so much bout the game itself though..
14-6 JC. Score looks like it would have been a good game.
CLICK HERE (http://ar.prepcountry.com/?t=5&wy=2003&s=1&sc=9144&tm=1&w=9)
Quote from: bleudog on January 07, 2010, 06:06:15 pm<br />Quote from: Eddie Goodson on December 17, 2009, 05:49:09 pm<br />Quote from: HF on December 17, 2009, 05:41:35 pm<br />62 days, 23 hours and 37 minutes...WoW <br /><br />I registered back in 2003, to defend my beloved wildcats from those annoying Junction City posters(...The 2A board was a lot different back then...with MikeThrel from Rison, TheBookie from Norphlet, "the tradition doesn't mean crap on the field" group from Junction City(Dave@JC, TDN, and JuiceMan), and the rest of the "Old 2A" crew...I mainly "lurk" anymore, and get quite a few laughs out these boards, and quite frustrated with some of the posters on here, but its been a fun ride so far...<br />
Threl won't be visiting us anytime soon I don't think.<br />
<br /><br />Unfortunately, Dave@JC won't either.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.fearlessfriday.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=85544.msg1787458#msg1787458" class="bbc_link new_win" target="_blank">http://www.fearlessfriday.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=85544.msg1787458#msg1787458</a><br /><br />Quote from: HF on January 06, 2010, 11:24:08 pm<br />heck that was a long ride...that game is one of several high points for me as a wildcat fan...i thnk j.c beat hughes 76-13 the week b4 and beat somebody 56-0 the week after...dont remember so much bout the game itself though..<br />
<br /><br /><a href="http://ar.prepcountry.com/?t=5&wy=2003&s=1&sc=9144&tm=1&w=9" class="bbc_link new_win" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a><br /><br />
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As we celebrate 10 years of FF Here are my current stats
Total Time Spent Online:36 days, 18 hours and 30 minutes.
Total Posts:11,436 posts
Total Topics Started:215 topics
Number of Polls Created:34 polls
Number of Votes Cast:352 votes
I started on the hootens board way back in 02. I joined during the 03 season and I just took off prolly made more enemies then friends with my rapid posts and created the imfamous Simple Life thread. Mike Bonds is the true Godfather to FF and we owe him everything. I met alot of good people through Ff. no
me an Xbear aren't splitting a room. I held the top poster spot and was off for a year came back and I was 3rd. Been some good times. Thing they still have a pic w my name next to every thread. Good memories. I got married and divorced and gave a 7mo old son (Gavin) who is my world. There us nothing like a kid that settles a man down.
I started back in 01 on the katv website. Things got too rowdy and it was shut down. I hopped to the old hootens forum and the same thing happend. Joined this one in 2002. Been hanging around, ticking people off every since. Love it. Great way to kill time and talk football. I try to come around only during football season so my stats arent that impressive for someone who has been on here for eight years.
Total time logged in:11 days, 11 hours and 12 minutes
1122 posts, starter, and by the grace of God my Karma is positive 8)
I googled the word, losers, and this is what popped up. I immediately signed up. This is where I belong. Surrounded by many like me. :D :o
I joined Fearless Friday after pretty much getting banned from some other crappy board and RD and Redandgray told me to come here....I came and enjoyed several years of fun talk before taking a sabbatical....
Quote from: Bonecrusher™ aka Billy Owens on October 01, 2010, 11:13:50 pm
I joined Fearless Friday after pretty much getting banned from some other crappy board and RD and Redandgray told me to come here....I came and enjoyed several years of fun talk before taking a sabbatical....
WOW...a Bonecrusher sighting..
I was living in Pensacola, Florida and stumbled onto this site looking for Arkansas HS scores on saturday mornings. Then some guys named Delta Razor & RD needed to be pistol whupped so I stayed. joined back in 2004.
i'm up to 52+ days and 4500+ posts. dang.
Quote from: Hoghead on October 05, 2010, 02:00:50 am
I was living in Pensacola, Florida and stumbled onto this site looking for Arkansas HS scores on saturday mornings. Then some guys named Delta Razor & RD needed to be pistol whupped so I stayed. joined back in 2004.
Pistol whupped? Oh my!! LOL! And I imagine still do, right HH?
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It a great website and I miss some of our old posters who have passed on the past few years. Plus the ones who have dropped by the wayside.
84 days...lot of wasted time on here reading these crazy peoples opinions
I have found distant cousins and other kin due to FF and Hogville !
Billyjack got me back on here. I had this acct while in high school, but never really got into it. Then when he started telling which folks were on here and how much fun there could be had I got addicted quick. Love this place. Can set up and talk about a little of everything!
Who would be top 25 on FF all time... #1 Have to be Mike Bonds
55 days 4 hours 20 mins, forgot i had it open on my smart phone all summer...
I haven't even noticed my total time logged-in in a long time. I just noticed it, though, and I don't know if I should be a little depressed or not...
146 days, 5 hours, 27 minutes
That's over 1/3 of one year.
My time would be greater cept I'm not on here much at all during the Summer.
6 years ago yesterday, I signed on for this gig! It's been quite a trip. I have met many great people on here and some that I would like to forget!
Here's to another six! Again, I hope they have internet in the home because I will be very sad if all I get to do is play bingo there.
Thanks FF for much fun!
Quote from: Legend on August 10, 2011, 03:46:39 pm
Who would be top 25 on FF all time... #1 Have to be Mike Bonds
My FF Top 25
1. Uncle Ivan.... any questions ?
2. RD/PC..... 5A West ultimate homer !
3. B.G./QF...... don't ask why !
4. Ppop..... He likes cracklings !
5. Tcymyj..... Guy calls it straight all the time.
6. Paw Paw..... It's a 5A West across the river thing
7. Father Guido... A level head is needed on this board
8. Zebradynasty...... Guy puts out good stuff and P's them off !
9. Obi Juan.... He's mad at the world and every Liberal. Life aint that bad !
10. Bait shop..... Good Football guy and rumor has it he can cook !
11. Gatecrasher...... EL DORADO !!!! He has one team !
12. Venny..... Good football guy. He's way out there on other stuff !
13. Steve Perry... Drunken opinions are a commodity !
14. Xtreme Wildcat... A 100,000 watt flamethrower ! Gotta luv it !
15. Showband.... Dude sticks by his guns !!!!!
16. AW.....The King Lumberjack of Southeast Arkansas !
17. Rizzo/Briteontime
18. Valley
19. Lionheart88....Dude would argue with himself and never win a argument !
Bearcat85 ,mike bonds , bonecrusher billy o,RD, Ha Fan, many others that I've met over the years.
I'd have to go with bleudog, he's always got stats to back up about any post and has helped many a poster on how too's and other accessaries........ :D
Quote from: cuz on October 13, 2011, 11:13:02 am
I'd have to go with bleudog, he's always got stats to back up about any post and has helped many a poster on how too's and other accessaries........ :D
Same here Bleu finds stuff no one else can.
Username: Lions84Posts: 13,517 (4.855 per day)Personal Text: Clarendon Lion Football since 1909Karma: +674/-832Gender: MaleAge:46Location:Exiled in TXSite Width:Standard (990 px wide)Date Registered: August 26, 2004, 09:24:30 AMLocal Time:April 10, 2012, 01:34:57 PMLast Active: Today at 01:34:57 PM
I miss hearing from Mike Bonds
The Xbear and I had a bond. Just not the blow up doll type of bond
Mike is still around. I have lunch with every month or two.
I got hooked in 9th grade while in a computer class that I sat next to one of the star football players. He was always reading FF instead of doing his class work haha so I started reading. And thats where my name came from. His name was Kirk... he was a senior and one of the girls in my grade kept writing him love letters (he wasnt interested) she wrote him 6 letters in 2 weeks and in every one she spelled his name K-R-I-K.... K-R-I-K.. 6 love letters..... I told him I was gonna make an account and he told me he wanted to know who I was when he read my posts soooooo logically Krik6 came about. I havent talked to him in almost 7 years now but his name has lived with me on this site. Ive considered changing it.... But it would be like trading in old faithful for a new car... its just tough. This name means a lot to me now lol.
I took a year or so off simply because I didnt think much about it... but my senior year I got back on and havent stopped since. Love thi place. Good people. Fun reads.
That's funny^
My early days are still pretty early only having joined in Dec. but have to say, that GLion ALum ( My all time Fav and the reason I kept posting and reading FF. He was addicting :'( FB and BB season is changed forever), bleudog(stats magician :D), OldScrap (Good Christian Guy), Venny (He is a Hoot), ZD( He makes ff fun), baitshop( love cav. pizza), wendell( he writes good post,), whipper ( He is eager to learn and has goals),Oldman (well.......he is an orginal), AW ( still figuring him out ;D), True Believer( nice and love Arkansas State!), TXPiggie ( very nice), x1143( He posts great pics) and SouthpawS( great at student #s and AAA) TT(Greenwood Voice!) Steve Perry (ummm........he doesn't like you to grin) Valleysports ( loves tech!) BillyJack(to the point) Paw-Paw(great graphics) Oh ya and Hoghead! and a few more are great guys. I have really enjoyed FF.
I got hooked in 9th grade while in a computer class that I sat next to one of the star football players. He was always reading FF instead of doing his class work haha so I started reading. And thats where my name came from. His name was Kirk... he was a senior and one of the girls in my grade kept writing him love letters (he wasnt interested) she wrote him 6 letters in 2 weeks and in every one she spelled his name K-R-I-K.... K-R-I-K.. 6 love letters..... I told him I was gonna make an account and he told me he wanted to know who I was when he read my posts soooooo logically Krik6 came about. I havent talked to him in almost 7 years now but his name has lived with me on this site. Ive considered changing it.... But it would be like trading in old faithful for a new car... its just tough. This name means a lot to me now lol.
I love this site. Great people. Good reads. and fun debates.
Quote from: Hoghead on October 05, 2011, 04:04:19 am
Quote from: Legend on August 10, 2011, 03:46:39 pm
Who would be top 25 on FF all time... #1 Have to be Mike Bonds
My FF Top 15
1. Uncle Ivan.... any questions ?
2. RD/PC..... 5A West ultimate homer !
3. B.G./QF...... don't ask why !
4. Ppop..... He likes cracklings !
5. Tcymyj..... Guy calls it straight all the time.
6. Paw Paw..... It's a 5A West across the river thing
7. Father Guido... A level head is needed on this board
8. Zebradynasty...... Guy puts out good stuff and P's them off !
9. Obi Juan.... He's mad at the world and every Liberal. Life aint that bad !
10. Bait shop..... Good Football guy and rumor has it he can cook !
11. Gatecrasher...... EL DORADO !!!! He has one team !
12. Venny..... Good football guy. He's way out there on other stuff !
13. Steve Perry... Drunken opinions are a commodity !
14. Xtreme Wildcat... A 100,000 watt flamethrower ! Gotta luv it !
15. Showband.... Dude sticks by his guns !!!!!
16. Wahls.......That guy aint backing down to nobody. Don't say nothing bad about DeQuenn and HSU !!!
Quote from: Hoghead on August 15, 2012, 10:01:12 pm
Quote from: Hoghead on October 05, 2011, 04:04:19 am
Quote from: Legend on August 10, 2011, 03:46:39 pm
Who would be top 25 on FF all time... #1 Have to be Mike Bonds
My FF Top 15
1. Uncle Ivan.... any questions ?
2. RD/PC..... 5A West ultimate homer !
3. B.G./QF...... don't ask why !
4. Ppop..... He likes cracklings !
5. Tcymyj..... Guy calls it straight all the time.
6. Paw Paw..... It's a 5A West across the river thing
7. Father Guido... A level head is needed on this board
8. Zebradynasty...... Guy puts out good stuff and P's them off !
9. Obi Juan.... He's mad at the world and every Liberal. Life aint that bad !
10. Bait shop..... Good Football guy and rumor has it he can cook !
11. Gatecrasher...... EL DORADO !!!! He has one team !
12. Venny..... Good football guy. He's way out there on other stuff !
13. Steve Perry... Drunken opinions are a commodity !
14. Xtreme Wildcat... A 100,000 watt flamethrower ! Gotta luv it !
15. Showband.... Dude sticks by his guns !!!!!
16. Wahls.......That guy aint backing down to nobody. Don't say nothing bad about DeQuenn and HSU !!!
HH, #15 and #16 are the same guy...lol...by the way, you came to this site on September the 19th 2004 and I joined on September 4th 2004...what month for FF...
Quote from: Uncle Ivan on November 23, 2009, 03:58:30 am
Also, with the talk of past escapades, I've always been a little jealous of the Stoneman.
His trolling of a fanbase back during the 2001 playoffs was so masterful that he got the opposing team's student section to make signs aimed at him, and they even got a chant going about him late in the game. I have never been able to do this. I still remember word for word some of the things he said that week, even eight years later.
You know that you're at the top of your game when you can draw that kind of reaction.
Back in 2005 I made the Subiaco Trojan student section chant, Venny, Venny, Venny at a basketball game one night at Mansfield. I had them threatening me and asking to meet me before the game. Little did they know I was announcing the game that night. It was hilarious...I feel honored now that I have read your above post...lol...I have been reading through this stuff all morning and it is really fun and brings back some cool memories. Ivan, do you remember all the Shiloh bashing back in the day with the Williams boys? That was some fun stuff. You, RD and myself at one time drove those three crazy...
Quote from: Coach Venny Slocombe on August 16, 2012, 09:02:00 am
Quote from: Hoghead on August 15, 2012, 10:01:12 pm
Quote from: Hoghead on October 05, 2011, 04:04:19 am
Quote from: Legend on August 10, 2011, 03:46:39 pm
Who would be top 25 on FF all time... #1 Have to be Mike Bonds
My FF Top 15
1. Uncle Ivan.... any questions ?
2. RD/PC..... 5A West ultimate homer !
3. B.G./QF...... don't ask why !
4. Ppop..... He likes cracklings !
5. Tcymyj..... Guy calls it straight all the time.
6. Paw Paw..... It's a 5A West across the river thing
7. Father Guido... A level head is needed on this board
8. Zebradynasty...... Guy puts out good stuff and P's them off !
9. Obi Juan.... He's mad at the world and every Liberal. Life aint that bad !
10. Bait shop..... Good Football guy and rumor has it he can cook !
11. Gatecrasher...... EL DORADO !!!! He has one team !
12. Venny..... Good football guy. He's way out there on other stuff !
13. Steve Perry... Drunken opinions are a commodity !
14. Xtreme Wildcat... A 100,000 watt flamethrower ! Gotta luv it !
15. Showband.... Dude sticks by his guns !!!!!
16. Wahls.......That guy aint backing down to nobody. Don't say nothing bad about DeQuenn and HSU !!!
HH, #15 and #16 are the same guy...lol...by the way, you came to this site on September the 19th 2004 and I joined on September 4th 2004...what month for FF...
I take pride in the fact that I have pushed the buttons on at least two of these so well that they received some "vacation" time as a result...
Quote from: Earl is my Hero!! on August 17, 2012, 11:55:53 am
Quote from: Coach Venny Slocombe on August 16, 2012, 09:02:00 am
Quote from: Hoghead on August 15, 2012, 10:01:12 pm
Quote from: Hoghead on October 05, 2011, 04:04:19 am
Quote from: Legend on August 10, 2011, 03:46:39 pm
Who would be top 25 on FF all time... #1 Have to be Mike Bonds
My FF Top 15
1. Uncle Ivan.... any questions ?
2. RD/PC..... 5A West ultimate homer !
3. B.G./QF...... don't ask why !
4. Ppop..... He likes cracklings !
5. Tcymyj..... Guy calls it straight all the time.
6. Paw Paw..... It's a 5A West across the river thing
7. Father Guido... A level head is needed on this board
8. Zebradynasty...... Guy puts out good stuff and P's them off !
9. Obi Juan.... He's mad at the world and every Liberal. Life aint that bad !
10. Bait shop..... Good Football guy and rumor has it he can cook !
11. Gatecrasher...... EL DORADO !!!! He has one team !
12. Venny..... Good football guy. He's way out there on other stuff !
13. Steve Perry... Drunken opinions are a commodity !
14. Xtreme Wildcat... A 100,000 watt flamethrower ! Gotta luv it !
15. Showband.... Dude sticks by his guns !!!!!
16. Wahls.......That guy aint backing down to nobody. Don't say nothing bad about DeQuenn and HSU !!!
HH, #15 and #16 are the same guy...lol...by the way, you came to this site on September the 19th 2004 and I joined on September 4th 2004...what month for FF...
I take pride in the fact that I have pushed the buttons on at least two of these so well that they received some "vacation" time as a result...
Thanks Venny.....!!! LOL ! Hey Earl who were the two baited into a vacation ? I think Ivan is in jail right now.
I don't like any of you son of a guns. :)
Quote from: Hoghead on August 18, 2012, 02:01:07 am
Hey Earl who were the two baited into a vacation ? I think Ivan is in jail right now.
Let's just say they may or may not have ties to a certain team that likes to play for the 17th place championship in football, and has been known to celebrate runner-up finishes with rings...
My early days on FF portrayed me as a jerk...
Oh wait...nothing has changed.
Quote from: Ramblin' Man™ on November 23, 2009, 08:58:11 pm
What's ole Gotcher up to these days I wonder? Haven't talked to him in awhile.
I'm baaack ;D
Quote from: Coach Venny Slocombe on August 16, 2012, 09:35:17 am
Quote from: Uncle Ivan on November 23, 2009, 03:58:30 am
Also, with the talk of past escapades, I've always been a little jealous of the Stoneman.
His trolling of a fanbase back during the 2001 playoffs was so masterful that he got the opposing team's student section to make signs aimed at him, and they even got a chant going about him late in the game. I have never been able to do this. I still remember word for word some of the things he said that week, even eight years later.
You know that you're at the top of your game when you can draw that kind of reaction.
Back in 2005 I made the Subiaco Trojan student section chant, Venny, Venny, Venny at a basketball game one night at Mansfield. I had them threatening me and asking to meet me before the game. Little did they know I was announcing the game that night. It was hilarious...I feel honored now that I have read your above post...lol...I have been reading through this stuff all morning and it is really fun and brings back some cool memories. Ivan, do you remember all the Shiloh bashing back in the day with the Williams boys? That was some fun stuff. You, RD and myself at one time drove those three crazy...
I loved bashing on USC after the Boonville Loss, the State Title Loss to Rison when they filled the WMS trashcans with their preprinted State Champ shirts and after the Slaugther in Jerry's World by Euless Trinity.
Quote from: AirWarren on September 14, 2010, 03:54:42 am
I started back in 01 on the katv website. Things got too rowdy and it was shut down. I hopped to the old hootens forum and the same thing happend. Joined this one in 2002. Been hanging around, ticking people off every since. Love it. Great way to kill time and talk football. I try to come around only during football season so my stats arent that impressive for someone who has been on here for eight years.
Total time logged in:11 days, 11 hours and 12 minutes
1122 posts, starter, and by the grace of God my Karma is positive 8)
Well.....my Karma isn't positive anymore. Should have known better than frequent the Politics board and be a repub along with it.
Quote from: DiehardFBfan on August 15, 2012, 05:45:06 pm
That's funny^
My early days are still pretty early only having joined in Dec. but have to say, that GLion ALum ( My all time Fav and the reason I kept posting and reading FF. He was addicting :'( FB and BB season is changed forever), bleudog(stats magician :D), OldScrap (Good
Christian Guy), Venny (He is a Hoot), ZD( He makes ff fun), baitshop( love cav. pizza), wendell( he writes good post,), whipper ( He is eager to learn and has goals),Oldman (well.......he is an orginal), AW ( still figuring him out ;D), True Believer( nice and love Arkansas State!), TXPiggie ( very nice), x1143( He posts great pics) and SouthpawS( great at student #s and AAA) TT(Greenwood Voice!) Steve Perry (ummm........he doesn't
like you to grin) Valleysports ( loves tech!) BillyJack(to the point) Paw-Paw(great graphics) Oh ya and Hoghead! and a few more are great guys. I have really enjoyed FF.
Still figuring me out? Come on, I'm a pretty up front poster!
Quote from: Hoghead on October 05, 2011, 04:04:19 am
Quote from: Legend on August 10, 2011, 03:46:39 pm
Who would be top 25 on FF all time... #1 Have to be Mike Bonds
My FF Top 15
1. Uncle Ivan.... any questions ?
2. RD/PC..... 5A West ultimate homer !
3. B.G./QF...... don't ask why !
4. Ppop..... He likes cracklings !
5. Tcymyj..... Guy calls it straight all the time.
6. Paw Paw..... It's a 5A West across the river thing
7. Father Guido... A level head is needed on this board
8. Zebradynasty...... Guy puts out good stuff and P's them off !
9. Obi Juan.... He's mad at the world and every Liberal. Life aint that bad !
10. Bait shop..... Good Football guy and rumor has it he can cook !
11. Gatecrasher...... EL DORADO !!!! He has one team !
12. Venny..... Good football guy. He's way out there on other stuff !
13. Steve Perry... Drunken opinions are a commodity !
14. Xtreme Wildcat... A 100,000 watt flamethrower ! Gotta luv it !
15. Showband.... Dude sticks by his guns !!!!!
Seriously? After all the debates, pM's etc and I don't crack your friggin' top 15? I thought we were bros man.
Been great reading through this again. Been some amazing threads over the years.
One of my favorites. The famous "Do u hav u McFaddn" thread. I literally was rolling through that entire thread.
Quote from: AirWarren on December 21, 2012, 09:20:27 pm
Quote from: AirWarren on September 14, 2010, 03:54:42 am
I started back in 01 on the katv website. Things got too rowdy and it was shut down. I hopped to the old hootens forum and the same thing happend. Joined this one in 2002. Been hanging around, ticking people off every since. Love it. Great way to kill time and talk football. I try to come around only during football season so my stats arent that impressive for someone who has been on here for eight years.
Total time logged in:11 days, 11 hours and 12 minutes
1122 posts, starter, and by the grace of God my Karma is positive 8)
Well.....my Karma isn't positive anymore. Should have known better than frequent the Politics board and be a repub along with it.
I made the mistake of accusing Bo of running up the score on CAC one year. I got slapped around more than Tina Turner. I should have just eaten the cake.
Bo only did what a private would do to him.
They can eat it along with the rest of them.
Quote from: Hoghead on October 05, 2011, 04:04:19 am
Quote from: Legend on August 10, 2011, 03:46:39 pm
Who would be top 25 on FF all time... #1 Have to be Mike Bonds
My FF Top 15
1. Uncle Ivan.... any questions ?
2. RD/PC..... 5A West ultimate homer !
3. B.G./QF...... don't ask why !
4. Ppop..... He likes cracklings !
5. Tcymyj..... Guy calls it straight all the time.
6. Paw Paw..... It's a 5A West across the river thing
7. Father Guido... A level head is needed on this board
8. Zebradynasty...... Guy puts out good stuff and P's them off !
9. Obi Juan.... He's mad at the world and every Liberal. Life aint that bad !
10. Bait shop..... Good Football guy and rumor has it he can cook !
11. Gatecrasher...... EL DORADO !!!! He has one team !
12. Venny..... Good football guy. He's way out there on other stuff !
13. Steve Perry... Drunken opinions are a commodity !
14. Xtreme Wildcat... A 100,000 watt flamethrower ! Gotta luv it !
15. Showband.... Dude sticks by his guns !!!!!
16. AW.....The King Lumberjack of Southeast Arkansas !
17. Rizzo/Briteontime...He has great input. He's done eveything twice except embalm a body !
18. Valley...... He's all over the place with stories. Not clear what he's for or against. He wants to shoot everything to much and mount it on his wall !!!
Trying to get my Top 25 finished here soon AW. 9 more people to make it happen.
Now we're talking.
I found FF searching for Ark HS football Scores back in 04. I used to get the Home town paper but the USPS got so slow with it I was getting 2 weeks after it came out. So one day I was searching and ran across this site and I have been here every since. I remember we had more HS kids on here back in then because Schools were not filtering their internet as much as they do nowdays.
Quote from: Lions84 on February 15, 2013, 11:47:08 am
I found FF searching for Ark HS football Scores back in 04. I used to get the Home town paper but the USPS got so slow with it I was getting 2 weeks after it came out. So one day I was searching and ran across this site and I have been here every since. I remember we had more HS kids on here back in then because Schools were not filtering their internet as much as they do nowdays.
I was a JUNIOR high kid back then :D...I'm a whopping 23 years old now and been here 10 years lol.
Quote from: HF on February 18, 2013, 09:32:18 pm
Quote from: Lions84 on February 15, 2013, 11:47:08 am
I found FF searching for Ark HS football Scores back in 04. I used to get the Home town paper but the USPS got so slow with it I was getting 2 weeks after it came out. So one day I was searching and ran across this site and I have been here every since. I remember we had more HS kids on here back in then because Schools were not filtering their internet as much as they do nowdays.
I was a JUNIOR high kid back then :D...I'm a whopping 23 years old now and been here 10 years lol.
Yep your one of the ones I remember! The 2A board was full of them from 11-3.30 most days back then.
Quote from: Hoghead on December 22, 2012, 03:32:59 pm
Quote from: Hoghead on October 05, 2011, 04:04:19 am
Quote from: Legend on August 10, 2011, 03:46:39 pm
Who would be top 25 on FF all time... #1 Have to be Mike Bonds
My FF Top 25
1. Uncle Ivan.... any questions ?
2. RD/PC..... 5A West ultimate homer !
3. B.G./QF...... don't ask why !
4. Ppop..... He likes cracklings !
5. Tcymyj..... Guy calls it straight all the time.
6. Paw Paw..... It's a 5A West across the river thing
7. Father Guido... A level head is needed on this board
8. Zebradynasty...... Guy puts out good stuff and P's them off !
9. Obi Juan.... He's mad at the world and every Liberal. Life aint that bad !
10. Bait shop..... Good Football guy and rumor has it he can cook !
11. Gatecrasher...... EL DORADO !!!! He has one team !
12. Venny..... Good football guy. He's way out there on other stuff !
13. Steve Perry... Drunken opinions are a commodity !
14. Xtreme Wildcat... A 100,000 watt flamethrower ! Gotta luv it !
15. Showband.... Dude sticks by his guns !!!!!
16. AW.....The King Lumberjack of Southeast Arkansas !
17. Rizzo/Briteontime...He has great input. He's done eveything twice except embalm a body !
18. Valley...... He's all over the place with stories. Not clear what he's for or against. He wants to shoot everything to much and mount it on his wall !!!
Trying to get my Top 25 finished here soon AW. 9 more people to make it happen.
Rizzo and Valley roll in at 17 and 18!!!!!!
19. Hoghead...... Drunk Sailor, which might be the reason he can't keep up with Valley's stories.
Shut-up Valley :)
Quote from: Lions84 on February 20, 2013, 03:12:42 pm
Quote from: HF on February 18, 2013, 09:32:18 pm
Quote from: Lions84 on February 15, 2013, 11:47:08 am
I found FF searching for Ark HS football Scores back in 04. I used to get the Home town paper but the USPS got so slow with it I was getting 2 weeks after it came out. So one day I was searching and ran across this site and I have been here every since. I remember we had more HS kids on here back in then because Schools were not filtering their internet as much as they do nowdays.
I was a JUNIOR high kid back then :D...I'm a whopping 23 years old now and been here 10 years lol.
Yep your one of the ones I remember! The 2A board was full of them from 11-3.30 most days back then.
I was on all day...had that high tech dial up internet at home :D
Quote from: HF on February 25, 2013, 02:18:49 pm
Quote from: Lions84 on February 20, 2013, 03:12:42 pm
Quote from: HF on February 18, 2013, 09:32:18 pm
Quote from: Lions84 on February 15, 2013, 11:47:08 am
I found FF searching for Ark HS football Scores back in 04. I used to get the Home town paper but the USPS got so slow with it I was getting 2 weeks after it came out. So one day I was searching and ran across this site and I have been here every since. I remember we had more HS kids on here back in then because Schools were not filtering their internet as much as they do nowdays.
I was a JUNIOR high kid back then :D...I'm a whopping 23 years old now and been here 10 years lol.
Yep your one of the ones I remember! The 2A board was full of them from 11-3.30 most days back then.
I was on all day...had that high tech dial up internet at home :D
LOL Dail up today would drive me mad.
Quote from: rabs_fan4life on January 14, 2006, 10:23:41 am
I noticed a bunch of the football players getting on here one day in my accounting class my junior year in high school and were ripping some peoles heads off when a horrible statement was made about Lonokes disabled Coach Steelman and his legs being amputated...and I remember being so furious at the awful things being said about him that I registered and bit a few head off of my own! Then I began reading the boards but never posted anything for about 2 years, and then last year in my freshman year at college I started posting a lot and have been on this place 40 days, 2 hours and 35 minutes! Oh boy!
I got on because of Rabs
The Board is way calmer now.
I remember when it was on a boards2go host. Place was near lawless. Lots of fun.
Why did the rules become more strict?
Quote from: DiehardFBfan on September 06, 2013, 01:46:03 pm
Why did the rules become more strict?
PC is creeps into every thing....like a disease
Quote from: DiehardFBfan on September 06, 2013, 01:46:03 pm
Why did the rules become more strict?
a lot of kids now view the forum and I understand coming down hard on some of the language but at times it seems moderation comes down on something that they don't agree with like topics against THEIR team. IMHO moderators should be more objective than they are.
Quote from: cuckoobird on September 06, 2013, 02:22:42 pm
Quote from: DiehardFBfan on September 06, 2013, 01:46:03 pm
Why did the rules become more strict?
a lot of kids now view the forum and I understand coming down hard on some of the language but at times it seems moderation comes down on something that they don't agree with like topics against THEIR team. IMHO moderators should be more objective than they are.
Kids hear worse in school.
Quote from: cuckoobird on September 06, 2013, 02:22:42 pm
Quote from: DiehardFBfan on September 06, 2013, 01:46:03 pm
Why did the rules become more strict?
a lot of kids now view the forum and I understand coming down hard on some of the language but at times it seems moderation comes down on something that they don't agree with like topics against THEIR team. IMHO moderators should be more objective than they are.
It depends.
The trick is not to make this place look like HV. Strict moderation + flood of brain damaged posters = unreadable, incomprehensible board.
Hogville is the result of Dickson street losers, drunk college dropouts, old alum trying to be awesome, and drunkards trying to still live it up in Fayetteville.
Quote from: AirWarren on September 07, 2013, 03:23:48 pm
Hogville is the result of Dickson street losers, drunk college dropouts, old alum trying to be awesome, and drunkards trying to still live it up in Fayetteville.
So then, what is the origin of FF?
(Inquiring minds want to know...)
Quote from: sevenof400 on September 07, 2013, 04:38:55 pm
Quote from: AirWarren on September 07, 2013, 03:23:48 pm
Hogville is the result of Dickson street losers, drunk college dropouts, old alum trying to be awesome, and drunkards trying to still live it up in Fayetteville.
So then, what is the origin of FF?
(Inquiring minds want to know...)
Mike Bonds being irritated that he couldn't find a Newport schedule like 15 years ago..
Quote from: sevenof400 on September 07, 2013, 04:38:55 pm
Quote from: AirWarren on September 07, 2013, 03:23:48 pm
Hogville is the result of Dickson street losers, drunk college dropouts, old alum trying to be awesome, and drunkards trying to still live it up in Fayetteville.
So then, what is the origin of FF?
(Inquiring minds want to know...)
Quote from: sevenof400 on September 07, 2013, 04:38:55 pm
Quote from: AirWarren on September 07, 2013, 03:23:48 pm
Hogville is the result of Dickson street losers, drunk college dropouts, old alum trying to be awesome, and drunkards trying to still live it up in Fayetteville.
So then, what is the origin of FF?
(Inquiring minds want to know...)
Quote from: sevenof400 on September 07, 2013, 04:38:55 pm
Quote from: AirWarren on September 07, 2013, 03:23:48 pm
Hogville is the result of Dickson street losers, drunk college dropouts, old alum trying to be awesome, and drunkards trying to still live it up in Fayetteville.
So then, what is the origin of FF?
(Inquiring minds want to know...)
The great stadium debate and whether Dickson street or the river market is better of course.
Sounds like a low budget film idea! Haha!
Lol!!!
I Love Fearless Friday. I noticed on twitter some of Lanny's tweets and it peaked my curiosity....I read a few threads on Hogville about the Razorbacks. They have a lot of members on HV. I never had even looked at the site....I didn't realize how much it covered the Razorbacks until I started reading it.
Quote from: Paw-Paw on September 08, 2013, 12:00:35 am
Sounds like a low budget film idea! Haha!
Yeah. We can get Micheal Moore to film it!
Quote from: AirWarren on September 08, 2013, 03:41:13 pm
Quote from: Paw-Paw on September 08, 2013, 12:00:35 am
Sounds like a low budget film idea! Haha!
Yeah. We can get Micheal Moore to film it!
..or the Kinks to sing about it!
So with this thread, I have a question, how long have you been on Fearless Friday? I got to looking and I signed up back in '03
I got started in Feb. 2005.
August 2003...at the ripe old age of 14...I think I'm longest "tenured" 2A poster still around...
I have wasted 102 days 20 hrs and 33 minutes on here.
I hope I never chose to leave.
Or get asked to. :)
actually the my first days on fearless were before the date shown. Before fearless went to SMF there were seveal years of a different formated system, YABBA if I remembber correctly. The dates shown are from when we stared with SMF.
August 26, 2004, 09:24:30 am Been here everysense except for the Summer Months when I hit it once of twice a month.
May 5, 2004.
Wow, 9 1/2 years!
January 31, 2004. Can't believe it's been 10.5+ years since I joined. Been a lot less active the last 5+ years, though.
Quote from: AB™ on January 14, 2006, 09:27:58 am
I read and not posted for around a year or so, and a friend got me posting around basketball season my junior year in high school. Now I've logged 28 days 23 hours and 22 minutes on here... I'm a loser.
Care to reveal what your total time is now, AB? ;D
Shhhhhhhhhh;)
I'm at 159 days...but that will slow down a bit for me....
Quote from: sevenof400 on September 01, 2014, 07:58:49 am
Quote from: AB™ on January 14, 2006, 09:27:58 am
I read and not posted for around a year or so, and a friend got me posting around basketball season my junior year in high school. Now I've logged 28 days 23 hours and 22 minutes on here... I'm a loser.
Care to reveal what your total time is now, AB? ;D
159 days, 9 hours, and 10 minutes.
I remember finding this place after doing a hour long search for Ark HS football scores back in 2004 before that I called my parents on Saturday afternoon to get the scores from the Arkansas Democrat or I went by the News stand and got the Sunday paper.
FF was tons of fun when we still had DIAL UP!
Yep and popup adds that we could not block.
Quote from: Lions84 on October 16, 2014, 02:53:30 pm
FF was tons of fun when we still had DIAL UP!
Flame wars took some time then.
Wasn't all that long ago where you'd have to sit in your truck in the deer woods, straining to hear a weak signal to keep up with the game. Cell phones, didn't have them then. And I'm not that old.
Now you can sit in the stand and keep up with a slew of games.
Quote from: Lions84 on October 16, 2014, 02:53:30 pm
FF was tons of fun when we still had DIAL UP!
Back when half of Greenwood wanted to have a fire and ice pick cage match with Uncle Ivan in the Walmart Parking lot in Searcy ! Fun times !!!
The legend of the Alma Sonic was born and those Nashville and the Jerks from Dierks were keeping things hot on the 2 and 4A boards .
65 Days......20 hours.........and I still enjoy every minute of it and I still fall for trolls and their aggravating and hilarious twisted little personalities! Love It!! :) Not to mention it's a great website to talk Sports! :)
Everyone is always nice to me at the Alma Sonic....;)
Quote from: HF on September 03, 2014, 11:39:21 pm
I'm at 159 days...but that will slow down a bit for me....
Why oh Why can I not stick to my attempts to not be on here so much?! I've logged another 7 days since this post 2 months ago lol
I know....I fail miserably also! Stupid Fearless Friday is Addicting!LOL! 8) All the Football upsets and such! :)
It's because y'all can't resist talking to good ole 12th Man
Username: Lions84Posts: 17,792 (4.682 per day)Personal Text: Clarendon Lion Football since 1909Karma: +831/-1193Gender: MaleAge:49Location:Exiled in TX
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Time is flying bye!
Quote from: Lions84 on January 21, 2015, 11:55:31 am
Username: Lions84Posts: 17,792 (4.682 per day)Personal Text: Clarendon Lion Football since 1909Karma: +831/-1193Gender: MaleAge:49Location:Exiled in TX
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Time is flying bye!
You've got me by about a week...but I've got ya in the post count by around 200 posts :D
LOL yep Summer time I not on the web much at all.
September 25, 2003, 12:00:00 am
Quote from: Legend on September 04, 2015, 10:53:00 am
September 25, 2003, 12:00:00 am
Where has the time gone.
If I posted like I use to Id be close to 40k lol.
Quote from: Legend on September 04, 2015, 12:00:01 pm
If I posted like I use to Id be close to 40k lol.
You would be higher than that lol
Quote from: Legend on September 04, 2015, 12:00:01 pm
If I posted like I use to Id be close to 40k lol.
More like 140K.
That is true. Things change when you finally grow up and have kids and a family.
My Daughter getting ready to go to college and when I stop working for the school I might not post as much.
Quote from: Legend on September 08, 2015, 08:38:14 am
That is true. Things change when you finally grow up and have kids and a family.
Not really...haha
It has for me. I get on here and there during football season and thats about it. I think at one time I had posted on every topic on teh 4a board and someone even took a picture of it and posted it way before the screen shot was invented. And just think guys we did a lot of our posting on dial up modems. Didnt always have the luxary of high speed
Quote from: Legend on September 09, 2015, 12:56:53 pm
It has for me. I get on here and there during football season and thats about it. I think at one time I had posted on every topic on teh 4a board and someone even took a picture of it and posted it way before the screen shot was invented. And just think guys we did a lot of our posting on dial up modems. Didnt always have the luxary of high speed
Could be six replies before yours posted haha
And i guess it hasn't changed much for me on here with the kids cause o f myphone...
I thought about padding my stats a little bit. Bring back the old me for this football season
Good lard it was really slow on Dial up. I could post and go pee and get a drink before my post showed back up.
Back when it took 30 min to download one song on Napster
Quote from: Legend on September 11, 2015, 02:25:54 pm
Back when it took 30 min to download one song on Napster
It was winmx, and then Kazaa and limewire for me haha
kids now days would flip if they was grounded to dial up internet
Quote from: Legend on September 11, 2015, 02:32:36 pm
kids now days would flip if they was grounded to dial up internet
No joke haha...28.8k.... my phone pings at 50mb at full service lol
Quote from: HF on September 11, 2015, 03:09:54 pm
No joke haha...28.8k.... my phone pings at 50mb at full service lol
There's a memory.....it wasn't that long ago I used to dial in to message boards with a 28.8 modem. In some ways, I kind of miss those days...
I also remember the buzz that 56K modems generated when they first hit the market....
blazing fast speeds!How time flies..
Quote from: sevenof400 on September 11, 2015, 05:23:17 pm
Quote from: HF on September 11, 2015, 03:09:54 pm
No joke haha...28.8k.... my phone pings at 50mb at full service lol
There's a memory.....it wasn't that long ago I used to dial in to message boards with a 28.8 modem. In some ways, I kind of miss those days...
I also remember the buzz that 56K modems generated when they first hit the market....blazing fast speeds!
How time flies..
It was a good night when you connected at 40k lol
I wonder if we could all get our post count pro rated for the dial up speed to where it be now if had been high speed all along
Quote from: Legend on September 14, 2015, 06:25:25 am
I wonder if we could all get our post count pro rated for the dial up speed to where it be now if had been high speed all along
LOL your adjusted post count would break Fearless Friday.
Quote from: Legend on September 11, 2015, 02:25:54 pm
Back when it took 30 min to download one song on Napster
Aka. The good ole days.
Yahoo messenger was the stuff too.
a/s/l the first true emoticon
I remember living in Burleson Texas just outside of Fort Worth when I joined FF and I could post go to the Rest room and get a drink before it popped up to read the next post.
there was no uploading profile pics. you had to put the pic on a scanner and paste it or grab a fake one off of yahoo lol
Quote from: Legend on September 14, 2015, 01:26:23 pm
there was no uploading profile pics. you had to put the pic on a scanner and paste it or grab a fake one off of yahoo lol
Got mine off Yahoo. And when they upgraded dial up to 54K we thought we had died and went to heaven. My work place got moved up to T-4 now.
Just think if MTV Catfish had their show in the late 90's early 200's lol. They could have a new episode every day
Have no idea what your talking about.
Catfish is a show where these people meet online and have a relationship and one of them isnt who they have said they were the whole time. Very interesting
Quote from: Legend on September 16, 2015, 12:15:19 pm
Catfish is a show where these people meet online and have a relationship and one of them isnt who they have said they were the whole time. Very interesting
Shameful. Relationships is one thing Honesty reigns supreme.
Its sad that it still goes on
Glad I still remember the good old days with pop ups and those Wynne boys raising cane.
ICQ was my first dating site lol
Quote from: Legend on September 21, 2015, 10:30:27 am
ICQ was my first dating site lol
Coach Venny's was BlackPeopleMeet.com
Quote from: Valleysports on September 21, 2015, 02:30:17 pm
Quote from: Legend on September 21, 2015, 10:30:27 am
ICQ was my first dating site lol
Coach Venny's was BlackPeopleMeet.com
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Im guessing yours is farmersonly.com
You know it ;D
LOL when I was a young man it was go meet them at Church , Community events , School or at a National Guard Armory Dance..
Quote from: Valleysports on September 23, 2015, 04:41:52 pm
You know it ;D
Church camp is where it was at
They would flip out without their smartphones, for a little bit anyways.
Quote from: PrivateLesson on September 24, 2015, 06:09:40 pm
They would flip out without their smartphones, for a little bit anyways.
I'm 26...and only recently upgraded to a smart phone. Only reason I did it, is because even after the stupid finance edge thing that verizon does, it lowered my bill 15 bucks a month....
Kids today would die with push button phones and brick cell phones with Dail UP to boot. We are thought we were living the Via Loca.
Zack Morris phone!
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Quote from: Lions84 on September 30, 2015, 03:02:49 pm
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My first phone.
Quote from: AirWarren on September 30, 2015, 09:34:24 pm
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My first phone.
They got a facebook app for that :D
Remember when the only ringtone people had was the car horn. That was so annoying when you were trying to eat and someones car phone went off over and over!
Quote from: HF on September 30, 2015, 10:27:16 pm
Quote from: AirWarren on September 30, 2015, 09:34:24 pm
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My first phone.
They got a facebook app for that :D
I'm uncertain what you mean?? Haha
Had 150 minutes a month. No texting(obviously), huge antenna, bulky, but some dang good signal. You be in BFE and still talk if you needed to.
I think I was in 8th grade when I got that phone. When it was in my pocket, I always got the adolescent joke..."hey is that a phone in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?" Ha.
Those Star tac phones smaller flip phones had the best reception.
Quote from: Legend on October 01, 2015, 09:53:15 am
Those Star tac phones smaller flip phones had the best reception.
I still have mine, but it's not connected anymore
Trivia? What year did texting start?
I didn't get texting till the early 2000's I also remember how fast FF was on Dail up after Midnight.
My first cell was a Motorola Dual Tone Stick Phone that I still have. It still will make calls in the darkest corners of Eastern Arkansas.
It was 2003 when I started texing with Alltel. FF was really slow back in the day!
Quote from: Legend on October 08, 2015, 11:10:28 am
It was 2003 when I started texing with Alltel. FF was really slow back in the day!
Yep slow at home and fast at work.
The world wouldn't know how to exist if they locked down the speeds to dial up for one day. You would think it was the Apocalypse!
Quote from: Legend on October 08, 2015, 01:27:47 pm
The world wouldn't know how to exist if they locked down the speeds to dial up for one day. You would think it was the Apocalypse!
Wouldn't have near the spam on fearlessfriday...
nor people like hillbillyforlife aka purplecrush91
Some folks don't believe that we used to be able to write a post submit it and then go get a drink and hit the head before it popped back up on the screen.
It was always great to get up Sat morning and check the state wide HS Football scores with out having to go and by the Gazette or the Democrat from the News stand.
Dec 1st 2016 and I been on the FF for 12 plus years.
Quote from: SardisHog on June 21, 2012, 07:42:17 pm
Mike is still around. I have lunch with every month or two.
I'm definitely still kicking. I think I'll start posting more instead of just lurking. Even thought about getting up to my old hijinks with picks and polls.
Glad to see you back around Mike.
Hard to believe it's been 18 years.
Quote from: Mike Bonds on September 06, 2019, 07:58:40 pm
Hard to believe it's been 18 years.
Been fun. I have had some good times on here.
I still get tickled about the boys from Outlaws, and how slow dial up was.
Been here 16 years !
I joined my Junior Year of High School. Mainly got on it to see what people were saying and contribute my thoughts, with interest in 2A. Went off and on, not really posting much but always reading, and did not really look at it again until my Senior Year. Now I'm on year 4 , in college. As of this post I have logged exactly 14 hours. I need to get on here more....
April 12, 2006, 07:42:38 pm