I have never been more proud of this community than I am now.

Massassi has seen a lot of low times - flame wars that reached across threads and over forums, debates that tore the forum into very clear camps and factions, members banned for things forgotten.

But this is Massassi's finest hour.

I sit here amazed at how a community of people that have never met, of people that know each other only through words can pull together and put aside their numerous and very projected differences to express a single voice and sentiment.

I have never seen a community pull together and try to help a family in need as this one has, and I thank you for the opportunity to see something so good.

This community has been an inspiration to this poster. Thank you.

-Charoziak

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Massassian since: March 12, 2001

[=-"The hardest thing is to forgive, but God does;
Even if you murdered or robbed, years wrong, but God loves;
Take one step toward him, he takes two toward you;
Even when all else fail, God supports you." - Nas-=]

I couldn't agree more.

Massassi is a raritie among online communities. This is one of the few places i've been able to call people my friends... not just "this guy I know" (=

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"(no, i'm not against gaming [i enjoy gaming]... but i hate morons who ONLY play games all day and think they're cool because of their stupidity... go read a book)" --Me

[This message has been edited by Is_907 (edited December 10, 2003).]

As much as I have said I hate this and that about things going on here...I wouldnt log on every day to see whats going on, if I didnt truly enjoy it. Sad it took a loss of a friend to realize it

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In Tribute to Adam Sliger. Rest in Peace

10/7/85 - 12/9/03

[This message has been edited by Ubuu (edited December 10, 2003).]

Massassi isn't a community.

It's a family.

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Map-Review | Digital Core | The Matrix: Unplugged

So... Uh, group hug?



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Massassian since: March 12, 2001

[=-"The hardest thing is to forgive, but God does;
Even if you murdered or robbed, years wrong, but God loves;
Take one step toward him, he takes two toward you;
Even when all else fail, God supports you." - Nas-=]

It's amazing to me how generation d gathers and comunicates. Maybe more amazing for me, a gen-X'er.

It's so incredible how we come to this place that doesn't exist to see who is 'here' in this place that is nowhere. And it's become such a big part of some of our lives. Nerds, losers, geeks... Call us what you will. We don't care.
This 'place' is great.


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To artificial life, all reality is virtual.

Call me soft but this is all true and, tears are coming from my eyes as i read this.


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One ring to rule them all. One to find them. One ring ti bring them all and in the darkness bind them. In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.

[This message has been edited by Arkon11 (edited December 10, 2003).]

Dont come any closer, man! You come any closer . . and Ill cut you, man . . Ill cut you soo bad . . You wish . . you wish I not cut you so bad!!


Yeah, but seriously, Massassi is great. Not like *other* forums . .. *cough*TheCantina*cough*TACC*cough*

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Fight the future.

TACC people love themselves in their own giddy way, as do the -ites. They just have different ways of showing it.

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In Tribute to Adam Sliger. Rest in Peace

10/7/85 - 12/9/03

I agree with what's been posted above and have nothing new to add

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I'm not an actor. I just play one on TV.

I agree completely with just about everything said. I've always enjoyed coming here and seeing how well everyone got along. I am very amazed at how supportive, and nice everyone here is. I guess that's why I always keep coming back.

I love this place, always have (well since I first heard about it... from MaDa) and probably always will

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In rememberance of MaDaVentor...
http://forums.massassi.net/html/Forum1/HTML/031774.html.

RiP MaDa. You will be greatly missed.

[This message has been edited by FCTuner04 (edited December 10, 2003).]

1.) A lot of us have been friends for longer than Massassi has existed. Many of us have met in real life.

2.) The Cantina isn't a forum.

Flame bait aside, it's good to see that people care what happens to other people. Sometimes it can be pretty easy to forget that there are human beings on the other end of this network.

If someone from the cantina passed away, I'm sure they'd have a similar reaction.

If not moreso; they are a more tightly knit group.

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Ω of 14
Half-Life 2 Central: your definitive source for everything HL2!

This place is nice. The people actually remember who you are (I think..)

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Snail racing: (500 posts per line)
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Who are you?

Well someone was going to say it

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WARNING: THIS POST MAY CONTAIN TRACES OF PEANUT!!!

*huggle!*

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Do you have stairs in your house?

family guy...nice

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landfish -Official Massasi Brute Squad Member.....ph34r meh
wraa!
7 of 14 in the council of 14
"im not close-minded. you're just wrong" -Bucky Katt "Get Fuzzy"

/me <3 Massassi

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" You killed me. That wasn't very nice."
Noble Gases

This made me feel warm and fuzzy inside...

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"You've all heard this before... how life has infinite possibilities. I don't believe that one bit. There weren't many paths for me to choose. Sometimes, there would only be one. From the limited possibilities I faced, the choices I made have brought me this far. That's why I value the path I chose..."

Me agrees. Massassi is great.

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Here Ociffer, hold my beer while i look for my license.
*Remnant Temple beta taking a bit longer than planned but ill get it done*
Light And Darkness

That's just one nerdism after another.. yet it's so true...

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MadQuack on Military school: Pro's: I get to shoot a gun. Con's: Everything else.
"I'm going to beat you until the laws of physics are violated!!" ! Maeve's Warcry

RIP -MaDaVentor-. You will be missed.

....wow...why on earth did you choose this thread to take a swipe at the Cantina, GBK?

The cantina/BCF is a big group, like #massassi, do not judge all of us because you dislike the actions of some people there. Hell there are people in the cantina I don't get on with, it's just like any other collection of people.

Anyway, that aside, I was thinking the same thing Charoziak. This community has responded with not only sympathy/condolences, but with creativity by seeking to do something to pay to tribute to his memory.

It kinda reminds me of when someone in the Asheron's Call community passed away....the girl had always talked about doing a certain very difficult quest in the game with her character but was never able to. After she passed away a large portion of the server helped out whilst a close friend of hers completed that very quest with her character.....and because her character was the one to vanquish the big monster at the end her character received a global server-wide message acknowledging the accomplishment....it was actually really touching

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Cantina Cloud | BCF | The Massassian & A Very Massassian Xmas
Corrupting the kiddies since '97

[This message has been edited by Jaiph (edited December 10, 2003).]

I donno.




Meh, I cant judge all of you, but I was certainly scolded when I tried to join. Hell, not only was I not admitted, they made bloody sure I felt bad about it.


Score one for the community spirit, I suppose.

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Fight the future.

Kak, S51, Zeet, GoY, RiV, lv, DS, and SINE and numerous other people from Massassi were welcomed in the Cantina almost instantly. Do you think it might have had something to do with, oh, I don't know... your existing predisposition toward us? Like any other community, we aren't overly inclined to welcome people who hate us with open arms. You can't expect us to want you in the Cantina if you spend a fair deal of your time badmouthing us on the forums...

Sigh. Blame the -ites, that's always the story around here.

[This message has been edited by Sine Nomen (edited December 11, 2003).]

indeed

And please you two, stop talking about the Cantina in this thread! Open another thread if you want to continue your personal conversation.
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"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke

"Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right." -Isaac Asimov

Never tickle the third foot!

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[This message has been edited by Bobbert006 (edited December 10, 2003).]

Only at massassi can a thread about how great the community is develop into an argument.

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WARNING: THIS POST MAY CONTAIN TRACES OF PEANUT!!!

*jumps onto the thread from a hovering helicopter, kicks GBK out of the driver's seat and struggles to steer the thread back to relevance before it crashes into the rapidly approaching ACME TNT factory*

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Cantina Cloud | BCF | The Massassian & A Very Massassian Xmas
Corrupting the kiddies since '97

WTF? This thread is the first time Ive ever said anything negative (or anything at all, really) about the Cantina. You Ive flamed you before, but not anyone else from the Cantina, or the Cantina herself. Why you think I have is beyond me. If I had disliked the Cantina, why the hell would I have tried to join it?

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Fight the future.

you guys helped me through a rough time last year, I owe you guys one

yay massassi!

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If there is a 50% chance that you are going to be right, there is a 90% chance that you will choose the wrong one ~SithNazgul, the 50-50-90 rule

Dear god this is not the thread for this. By all means start a new one, but let it drop here.

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Cantina Cloud | BCF | The Massassian & A Very Massassian Xmas
Corrupting the kiddies since '97

Massassi > Family > School > Microsoft

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Mystic0 Editing Resources
Mystic0 Forum
The Massassi Post Count Summary(link works now)

*cough*cough*cough*

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Fight the future.

[This message has been edited by GBK (edited December 10, 2003).]

That's great.

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Frightening the very small and very old since 1952.

Personally I never perfered NPC_minemonster.

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Snail racing: (500 posts per line)
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I just got "To Life" from Fiddler on the Roof stuck in my head...

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If there is a 50% chance that you are going to be right, there is a 90% chance that you will choose the wrong one ~SithNazgul, the 50-50-90 rule

Well, I guess they can be good with mustard...

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Snail racing: (500 posts per line)
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... I LOVE YOU GUYS!! *hugs everyone*

btw, I do have stairs in my house Correction. I love signatures

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Colin

[This message has been edited by AABB (edited December 10, 2003).]

I LOVE that song.

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Frightening the very small and very old since 1952.