The Corona reminiscence thread

[Dalty]

This is where we recollect memories from both CA1.0 and CA2.0 for discussion. And get all misty eyed.

[Dalty]

I remember our Bond Marathon which Negs instigated in the run up to Skyfall.

Good times.

[neglet]

Geez, I should find that and make a copy. All those stats I never finished compiling!

[Adam54]

I remember that time Dalty made a Random thread when there were already 47 other Random threads floating around that had less than 40 replies in them. Fun times.

[Quasar]

Remember that time we got Corona 1.0 shut down for good after most of the people had already left by making tons of romy-isms and having a gay old time? Good times!

[The Swollen Goiter of God]

Remember that time Jakester made harmless-yet-charming sexual advances toward every girl on every board?

[Adam54]

Remember back when Goiter had only one sock puppet?

[The Swollen Goiter of God]

Goiter originally *was* a sock puppet.

[Adam54]

What was your very first username?

I'm still not entirely convinced that you and Dalty are different people, for the record.

[Dalty]

I can assure you that Beau and I are very, very distinct from one another.

Except for that really cold night. We needed shared heat to survive, there was an accident...... it was a one off.

[Dalty]

Remember that time we got Corona 1.0 shut down for good after most of the people had already left by making tons of romy-isms and having a gay old time? Good times!

Wait, I missed that. What happened? We got 1.0 closed by mocking that uppity French knob-jockey?

[The Swollen Goiter of God]

I was originally stephenhero. I had a shtick. I started sharing the stephenhero username with a couple friends, who also maintained the shtick. I created God's Swollen Goiter as a way to post more serious stuff, but stephenhero remained my primary account for a while. Eventually, I decided to go full-on God's Swollen Goiter, so I posted my stephenhero password on the Corona 1.0 boards. People played with it for a couple days, but then somebody changed the password and it became inaccessible to everyone. God's Swollen Goiter then became my primary account.

I initially created Thurston McQ to troll msunyata. After a while, I just started using it as a second account. I was a little embarrassed by how often I was posting, so having two accounts offset this a bit. Thurston mostly posted on the non-spoiler Star Wars board, and Goiter usually posted on the spoiler board. Sometimes I'd set up a joke with one and pay it off with the other.

Jedi Magnum shared his AllYourBaseAreBelongtoUs account with me and some others. I think he might have also shared Jack Burton with me, but I can't remember.

UPPER CAPS MAN, Jr. was the next account I created. He was part of the caps army. There were probably ten or so of us. I was never part of the Pooh army. Rory Anthony was. Speaking of Rory, maybe we should invite him. Is he on Facebook?

The Excelsior and Mania message boards disallowed the use of apostrophes in usernames, so God's Swollen Goiter became The Swollen Goiter of God. I was The Swollen Goiter of God and Thurston McQ at Excelsior, but I think I was only Goiter at Mania. Or maybe it was the other way around. I forget. Somebody else created a romy account, but everyone (excepting the person who created the account) assumed I was romy. I denied it, but most felt the denial condemned me as the culprit.

I kept The Swollen Goiter of God when Corona 2.0 happened. I can't remember if it was because of the same apostrophe issue or if it was because I had gotten used to it. I only revived Thurston McQ when I started writing articles for the site. I decided maybe "The Swollen Goiter of God" would be offensive to non-site regulars. Patrick suggested that I go with Beau Watkins, but I didn't want Beau Watkins to get confused with Ol' Beau Watkins.

[Quasar]

Ol' Beau Watkins would never get confused.

[The Swollen Goiter of God]

It's true.

[Dalty]

He would, however, have a lot of time on his very large hands.

[Mal Shot First]

I like how we tried to make our own space adventure that one time, even if it didn't last very long before the thread got derailed.

[Dalty]

Did Jakester make it involve a spaceship shaped like a penis?

I bet he did.

[Mal Shot First]

You know, I don't think he did. And now that I've looked at it again, I realize it didn't actually get derailed... it just sort of petered out.
http://www.coronacomingattractions.com/ ... on-edition

[Dalty]

We should rebirth it. 2nd mission onboard a new ship. UFP Flounce.

[Quasar]

Yeah, that was pretty fun. I just re-read through it and was smiling the entire time.

[Dalty]

I could bankroll a second mission, but I blew a lot of cash on a new apartment and Cheddar Bay biscuits.

It would have to be on a budget. Also, the catering would be fairly uniform, and biscuit like.

[The Swollen Goiter of God]

So which one of us was englishspeller?

[Mal Shot First]

Not I!

[The Swollen Goiter of God]

I've always suspected it was Jack or Quasar.

[neglet]

Remember all the awesome photoshop stuff Bokshoi Cowboy created?