| Scener Spotlight #5: RandX | |
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| Topic Started: Feb 9 2017, 03:06 AM (306 Views) | |
| Qix | Feb 9 2017, 03:06 AM Post #1 |
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My first memory of RandX was in late-June, early-July of 2000. I had just discovered the NES Scene, and I was lurking on both NESfan and NESescity. Anyways, one night I clicked on a link to NWW and came across this. I didn't start talking to him until a few months later in #neschat (I think?). Being an annoying little shithead at the time, I fit in perfectly with Rand and Rhett. Rand was okay at first, but I started to notice that he could be pretty unlikable. Just off the top of my head, he got into flame wars with: Damien, Sappy, Chrono (I think he was a staffer on NESfan, anyone remember?), Gamme and a bunch of others. I continued to Rand until 2002 or so. One night Claw, FM, Lanny and a few others flooded RR's board as a joke one night. RR banned them for awhile. A month or so later, RR asked everyone in #neschat if they should be unbanned. Rand went on a tirade, and I reminded Rand of all the times he flooded NESfan, NEsescity, and various other forums. He flipped out on me and we really never talked on a regular basis again. After that he mostly floated in and out of the scene. You know the usual, making a website with a TMNT Shrine, flipping out, flooding a board, shutting the website down, etc. I do know he had an account on NES Forums v1 and I think he was a mod on Flying Omelette's forum for awhile as well. For the ones of you who don't know, Rand passed away back in 2010. (You can view the obituary here.) And yeah... they used that picture of him. That has to count for something. Here are some other highlights: Rand edits NES el33t's links page Rand floods NESfan Nakoo floods NESfan, Takes shot at Rand The dog humping award, of course Sadly, I couldn't find anything from the time he became a Jehovah's Witness. Oh well. |
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| DamienC | Feb 9 2017, 06:04 AM Post #2 |
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Shitposter
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Boy did I hate Rand. It was comedy gold though when he "hacked" NWW because Gamme said he didn't work on it enough. Also wasn't it Sappy who used like a 486 with Windows 3.11 well into the 2000s as his main computer? |
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| portnoyd | Feb 9 2017, 08:00 AM Post #3 |
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WET NOSE
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That picture, man. |
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| calgone | Feb 9 2017, 08:35 AM Post #4 |
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calcron
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My main memory of him was working alongside him and c8b on NWW v.39472 at that point I was going for my certification in education and he was a second or third year teacher so he gave me some battle stories. He didn't like when I did a "review" of marijuana for the site and we both stopped being affiliated with NWW for different reasons. This must have been late 03 or early 04. I also remember being on irc and he was really trying to validate anime to minkis and I. It was one of those things were you felt bad for the guy seeing as how he was a good bit older and liked some cartoon about hamsters. That's all I got. |
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| Bratwurst | Feb 9 2017, 09:55 AM Post #5 |
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BIG JERK
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That dog humping award is mighty funny. So how'd he die? |
LOOK LOOK AT HOW AMAZING THE FORUMS ARE NOW
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| strx10 | Feb 9 2017, 12:01 PM Post #6 |
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Sexy Beast
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^We're not sure how he died. For all we know it could be a car accident or something. Anyway here's the index from when Rand "hacked" NWW. I honestly didn't interact with him much, but whenever I did he had that holier than thou mentality. I do remember seeing that dog picture everywhere and it is just as bizarre today as it was back then so that's gotta account for something. |
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| FlowingMindspin | Feb 9 2017, 12:25 PM Post #7 |
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BIG BUTT BABY
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Yes, Chrono was a staffer at NESFan. Real name: Steven Kilpatrick. He's a pretentious bag of dicks. Threatened to sue me for editing his reviews that he wrote for The Jaded Gamer for grammar and flow, etc. Insisted I could never be half the writer he was since he was a published author and wrote for his school's and hometown's newspapers at the same time, etc etc etc kill me plz And yes, Sappy used that ancient computer for quite awhile. I totally forgot about Rand being obsessed with Hamtaro, holy fucking shit. Thanks for reminding me, Cal. I also need to tell Minkis to pop on over here, lol. I'm friends with him on FB. |
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| clawx | Feb 9 2017, 01:16 PM Post #8 |
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Administrator
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lol Hamtaro. Jesus fuckin' Christ. |
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| Jin | Feb 12 2017, 04:22 AM Post #9 |
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I remember Rand. I used to talk to him a bit on whatever that cut-rate channel was he belonged to on Espernet. Actually got along with him at first, before he turned into a weird Jehova's Witness and started getting creepier. Looking back, I get the impression he was just a really lonely, friendless person who was filling the emptiness with weird waifu anime crushes, but it ended up developing into a legit mental problem. At first, he just seemed like a run-of-the-mill weeb who liked videogames, but he definitely took a turn for the worse and promptly alienated himself from everyone. Then I drew a picture of him fucking his dog. We didn't talk much after that. But RIP. |
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| bigbangblackbillyboatbeautiful | Aug 2 2017, 03:59 PM Post #10 |
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BIG BUTT BABY
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Edited by bigbangblackbillyboatbeautiful, Jun 13 2018, 04:56 PM.
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| calgone | Aug 2 2017, 08:04 PM Post #11 |
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calcron
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He was one of the few (lucky) who got out of this thing entirely so it's entirely possible he wouldn't care if it was brought to his attention. |
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| FlowingMindspin | Sep 20 2017, 11:01 AM Post #12 |
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BIG BUTT BABY
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I remember when we found a review site for teachers and found his page on there and left reviews saying that he was a total perv and was always looking at our breasts instead of our faces when talking to us, etc. Good times. |
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