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guessed
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Registered: Nov 2001
Location: melbourne, australia
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question TO newbies...

...and anyone else who remembers what it was like before you started participating in discussion here. what, if anything, delayed your registering and involvement in our discussions? i mean, everyone (most anyway) lurk in the background for months even before getting the interest/courage to join in, i'm just interested to know why???

me? i came here to see if there was anything else i could do with my stargate interest (i've never participated in other forums). at first i didn't register/participate because i felt i had nothing to offer - there were (are) so many much more intelligent and "real fans" here i didn't think i'd be taken seriously. and another thing is i guess i didn't want to show my lack of knowledge of stargate things.

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Registered: Oct 2001
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i jumped right in. i love getting invloved in new communities, and while i usually get bored or pissed off at most of them, this remained fun because of cool people and smart conversations.

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Kaijyu
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Registered: Aug 2002
Location: Northern Hemisphere
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I just slipped in through the window. There was no announcement of my arrival, I just started with a few posts and a poll. I had decided that I liked Stargate enough to share some of my thoughts about it and other things. Apart from this forums, I don`t usually participate in forums. I have found that 99% of the questions I have had, have been asked and answered by others on this and other forums already! I hope this helps

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Old Post 10-03-2002 04:52 AM
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nug
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Registered: Oct 2001
Location: Sydney
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I'm a big lurker...I lurk at so many boards/newsgroups/lists. It's a good way to find out what the posting etiquette of the group is like etc so you don't annoy anyone if and when you do eventually post. I came here off the back of sg-1.net and the betasite board...only started posting really to discuss sg1 eps - nothing much has changed since really, I leave the military and tech discussions to people who know what they're talking about

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president doc
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Registered: Oct 2001
Location: London.
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I remember finding the previous version of this site... and going to the weapons and technology section of the site... it was a thread about staffs vs. Zats... or something like that, Staffs vs MP5's?

Anyhow, the first post I just dived in, my second post was a reply to goa'uld on the same thread saying "ya think?! " or something along those lines

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Venus
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Registered: Oct 2001
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On the old board, I think I lurked for a while for a while, cos you all scared me, and seemed like a very close community. Then I finally joined (under another name), and posted a little, then there was a problem with my nick, the password wouldn't work (this happened to a couple of other users as well), so I reregistered as Venus, when my original ID worked, I just stuck with Venus anyway.

On the new board, I just jumped right in, and spammed like hell.

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Registered: Oct 2002
Location: Underground
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When on Indy's comp and checkin his history........................................... Gators (and xxxvogue.net) is alwayz there.
I've been to Vogue -YEHaaaaaa-
And now to Gaters.
And Stargate is quite good.

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Roy
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Registered: Apr 2002
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I suppose that I 'lurked' for a while because I wasn't able to get the most current season eps since I didn't have cable tv - I had to rely on others reviews. Now I do (have cable), so I can actually join in on speculative conversations. Also, I have almost no time to do this... it's truly a luxury to even get a single post in.

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Registered: Oct 2001
Location: City of Angels
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I'd never, ever posted on a board of any kind, so I lurked for about a month, being shy and a little intimidaed --- I spent the month reading all the posts and even all the old dead threads (going back many months). Finally someone posted a question I new the answer to, so I took a deep breath and stuck my toe in --- found the water to be nice so plunged in.

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Lee
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Registered: Oct 2001
Location: South, US
Posts: 2379

I posted one question, before you had to register I believe and didn't come back for a year. When I did I got obsessed with SG and regestered with Gaters. I didn't say much for about a month until the new software was installed, I reregestered and began talking, I haven't shut up yet

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AbydonianSky
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Registered: Sep 2002
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The 1st forum I joined, I hid in the wings for about a month, total lurker, popping in and out to see the nutters at play.

I found this site a few days ago - read for one night & joined up the next. What can I say - the strength of the insanity on these boards facinated me.

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Isobel
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Registered: Oct 2002
Location: Hebden Bridge, England
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I've just joined here, so hi! I read the posts for a few days...my friend gave me a link here. I joined after realising how busy it was, and there seems to be cool people here. So yeah, I think it's better to wait and get a feel for the place...read for a while.

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president doc
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Registered: Oct 2001
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ooh, hello there ..welcome!
We are cool arent we!?

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Cool?? wot?

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MajorSam
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Registered: Jul 2002
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I lurked for quite a few months, 'cause I wasn't sure about this one certain thing about avatars, and i thought that if i didn't kno how to do it right away, i would mess up my account (is that the right word) forever, but then i found the answer, and i joined right away!

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