A Decade of Cranepooling

[Fman99]

This whole place is like some inbred Kentucky family that hasn't strayed outside of its own gene pool for 150 years. Like the Peacock family from that X-Files classic episode "Home," if you will.

I'm fine with that. "Normies" give me the heebie jeebies anyway.

[stevejrogers]

Giant Squidlike Creature wrote: Giant Squidlike Creature arrived in the 2001-2002 offseason when the Mets could have signed Squid for a song. Squid returned the following offseason but was still shown no respect. So Squid became the forum archivist. Squid is versatile like that.

So is Squid still annoyed that it didn't get the call for the Watchmen movie?
And does this mean the person behind the Squid might be returning?

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

I got an invite a few months after the CPF first got started. I was quite fortunate to have accompanied the cool girl to the CPF ball, as coobie and I joined almost simultaneously.

[Valadius]

I showed up in 2005 I think after visiting the UMDB, but I can't exactly remember the circumstances.

[metirish]

Valadius wrote: I showed up in 2005 I think after visiting the UMDB, but I can't exactly remember the circumstances.

I'll take a wild guess and say you came to enlighten us on the joys of the machinations of nicknames.

[Centerfield]

Giant Squidlike Creature wrote: Giant Squidlike Creature arrived in the 2001-2002 offseason when the Mets could have signed Squid for a song. Squid returned the following offseason but was still shown no respect. So Squid became the forum archivist. Squid is versatile like that.

Wait a second, I always though GSLC was Willets. And Willets quit. Is Willets back? Has GSLC declared his independence? Or was I just wrong?

[Guest attgig]

Edgy DC wrote: "was I someone's unwanted asshole?" would be a great sig line. It's important to have at least one asshole, I've always said.

hmm, both my profile pic and sig are as a result of someone else's suggestions... keep em comin!

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

I don't even know Joelmon, and that stuff kills me.

Came via the links on MBTN/FAFIF one winter during the late Omarian Era. Lurked for quite a bit before giving in, mostly lingering on FA threads and the old Song Parody showdowns.

[seawolf17]

Centerfield wrote: Giant Squidlike Creature wrote: Giant Squidlike Creature arrived in the 2001-2002 offseason when the Mets could have signed Squid for a song. Squid returned the following offseason but was still shown no respect. So Squid became the forum archivist. Squid is versatile like that. Wait a second, I always though GSLC was Willets. And Willets quit. Is Willets back? Has GSLC declared his independence? Or was I just wrong?

No, I think Squid is BGrimm.

[metirish]

I was certain it was Willets , course for a long while I thought Willets was African American.

[Frayed Knot]

I thought GSLC was a squid

[Edgy MD]

I've been under the hood a half hour. Damned if I can think of what went wrong.

Sucks.

[ashie62]

Long live m.e.t.b.o.t.

[HahnSolo]

I lurked Fall '04 into the '05 season before joining.

I am pretty sure I came here via Sons of Sam Horn, where I spent a lot of time lurking in the 04 postseason. Someone here posted a good luck from the enemy of your enemy message, and I followed the link back.

[Benjamin Grimm]

A Boy Named Seo wrote: CPF: "What's Mr. Wright's name?" Me: "David" CPF: "GOOD!" How the hell do you sign up here?

I don't know where that "GOOD" thing came from. Actually, I do. It was a temporary step while I was testing the new method of registering. What I don't know is why that version was live rather than the final version, which has been restored.

Try it again, if you like. It should work a little bit better now.

I do have to wonder how many people may have been perplexed by that "GOOD!"

[Edgy MD]

Great work.

I registered and created a new profile, but was unable to post.

I suppose a registrant still needs to be placed in an approved users group, but that should no longer be necessary now that we have the registrant answer a question and decipher a cryptogram.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Yes, that's what I was thinking.

[Frayed Knot]

HahnSolo wrote: I lurked Fall '04 into the '05 season before joining. I am pretty sure I came here via Sons of Sam Horn, where I spent a lot of time lurking in the 04 postseason. Someone here posted a good luck from the enemy of your enemy message, and I followed the link back.

I remember that thread (I'm amazed looking through the archives at how much of the content of these threads I actually remember) it was at the end of the epic 2004 ALCS, (our in-Series thread led to a message over at SOSH)
Be cool to find that one - although that was near the tail-end of the EZ-Board days which makes it a lot tougher.

[Ceetar]

Edgy DC wrote: Great work. I registered and created a new profile, but was unable to post. I suppose a registrant still needs to be placed in an approved users group, but that should no longer be necessary now that we have the registrant answer a question and decipher a cryptogram.

I've linked and retweeted a couple of times, but who knows how many people obviously didn't make it through. If registration is actually automated now, we'll see who starts trickling in.

[seawolf17]

Frayed Knot wrote: Be cool to find that one - although that was near the tail-end of the EZ-Board days which makes it a lot tougher.

Up until a few months ago, I had my bookmark here labeled "CPF III" because we kept changing homes.

[Edgy MD]

So now I have to get under the hood and find out where to restore universal posting privileges.

[Benjamin Grimm]

seawolf17 wrote: Centerfield wrote: Giant Squidlike Creature wrote: Giant Squidlike Creature arrived in the 2001-2002 offseason when the Mets could have signed Squid for a song. Squid returned the following offseason but was still shown no respect. So Squid became the forum archivist. Squid is versatile like that. Wait a second, I always though GSLC was Willets. And Willets quit. Is Willets back? Has GSLC declared his independence? Or was I just wrong? No, I think Squid is BGrimm.

Nope, I'm not the Squid. I've taken over the archiving duties, but not the Squid persona.

[MFS62]

I was invited here by someone who doesn't post here any more.
On the other board (and, before you ask me again, it was NOT whatever MOFO was) where we "met", his screen name was Ghost of Throneberry.
I think here it may have been Piggy's Tomatoes, but I'm not sure.

Later

[Frayed Knot]

'Piggies' still posts here.
Not as often as some (maybe he like has a life or something) but definitely still active.