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Whatever happened to Q?

Karl Hungus · 2009-01-31 00:46:51

You know, this guy? Sometimes I miss him.

31-01-2009 12:46am

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You know, this guy? Sometimes I miss him.

Post edited by Shield on December 2021

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#2 31-01-2009 1:36am

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#3 31-01-2009 1:54am

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Potentially, they died from unforseen circumstances.

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#4 31-01-2009 2:13am

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The Scientist wrote: »

Ricardo Smith for example.. +8k posts, hasn't been seen since 05.

Freaky. In one of his last posts, on Halloween night, he gave a dude the :rolleyes:, and was gone within 24hrs :eek:

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#5 31-01-2009 2:21am

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If :rolleyes: had anything to do with it, I would have disappeared a long time ago.

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#6 31-01-2009 2:30am

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:rolleyes:

:pac:

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#7 31-01-2009 2:50am

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I'd forgotten all about Q. Posters don't die, they just fade away. Except, apparently, Q, who seems to have been killed off.

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#8 31-01-2009 3:13am

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So am I the only one that expected a Star Trek reference when I clicked on the topic?

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#9 31-01-2009 3:33am

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Hagar wrote: »

:rolleyes:

:pac:

Hagar, don't tempt fate......... Hagar ?........Hager ?

Damn, there goes another one.

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#10 31-01-2009 4:37am

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Hagar will be missed

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#11 31-01-2009 4:41am

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Who's Hagar?

Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.

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#12 31-01-2009 5:05am

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I don't understand the question.

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#13 31-01-2009 6:35pm

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Dr P Bear was a legend.

He got banned

Fcuk you Almightycusheon

:pac:

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#14 31-01-2009 6:43pm

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Billy Turdhead was a biggie in his day, what happened him/her??

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#15 31-01-2009 7:57pm

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Q is off causing mayhem on the internet, restoring order, and then causing mayhem again. It's what he does.

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#16 31-01-2009 8:06pm

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Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

Who's Hagar?

A play on Orwells 1984 maybe?

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#17 01-02-2009 2:22am

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Did he post in a Q type manner?

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#18 01-02-2009 2:27am

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Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

Did he post in a Q type manner?

What, you mean like turning up with a swagger and finishing every sentence with "mon capitain" while amusing himself by carrying out cheap pranks?

No.

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#19 01-02-2009 3:11am

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aw

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#20 01-02-2009 10:46pm

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deise59 wrote: »

So am I the only one that expected a Star Trek reference when I clicked on the topic?

Have a look at its profile

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#21 03-02-2009 5:02pm

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Karl Hungus wrote: »

You know, this guy? Sometimes I miss him.

He was never really any good.

The Scientist wrote: »

Never heard of him.. Weird though, the way prolific posters just disappear.
Ricardo Smith for example.. +8k posts, hasn't been seen since 05.

His sig used to be "Regardo Ricardo" but then it swapped it in for the rather lame "Regards Ricardo".

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#22 03-02-2009 5:49pm

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I am really confused. Are you guys joking?

Q was like The Stig for admins; an occasional "skin" we could wear for doing various mundane housekeeping. He came about because Cloud needed an account to post some RSS feeds from a variety of sources in one of his more Cloudesque capers and he didnt want to use his on account details (for security or something, cant recall), so he created another account with admin privileges and I guess he thought the name was funny. He's odd that way, our cloudie
Personally I would have thought he would have gone for Zoltar knowing him, but Q was a good second choice.

Q was effectively a sock puppet for the admins and we made that pretty clear I thought!

DeV.

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#23 03-02-2009 5:56pm

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Fook me!!:eek::eek::eek:

I didn't know that.

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#24 03-02-2009 6:35pm

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really... weird, I guess that was explained before you arrived. His tagline is "Boards.ie's Bot" but I suppose that could be considered a joke or something.

"He" hasn't been used in ages afaik...

DeV.

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#25 03-02-2009 6:45pm

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I dont beleive you: Prove it! Make him dance!

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#26 03-02-2009 7:15pm

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DeVore wrote: »

really... weird, I guess that was explained before you arrived. His tagline is "Boards.ie's Bot" but I suppose that could be considered a joke or something.

"He" hasn't been used in ages afaik...

DeV.

He doesn't seem to be a nice person DeV.

Don't think I would have liked him.

Maybe it's better he is gone:P

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#27 03-02-2009 7:57pm

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I thought that was...was it Sput's Lover or something? (Sput being an admin's quadruped).

Cloud Warrior was another early one I thought.

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#28 03-02-2009 9:15pm

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Where is netwhizkid gone? I miss his rantings.

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#29 03-02-2009 9:43pm

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Banned for a year or something.

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#30 03-02-2009 10:03pm

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IronMan wrote: »

Where is netwhizkid gone? I miss his rantings.

I reckon it's up soon, can't access the modcp to check though.

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#31 03-02-2009 11:42pm

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I banned netwhizkid for at least 2 years I think. Whatever the highest sentence below permanent was (just out of curiousity as to whether he might possibly develop a personality in the meantime).

Q though is a very different sort of person. Some say that the outline of his left nipple is exactly the same shape as the Nürburgring. And if you give him a really important job, he'll skive off and play croquet. Some say if he were to appear on Love Island he would make everyone pregnant, including the cameramen. Some say he was found in a strange glowing pod recovered from a crater on Exmoor and that he can turn milk to cheese just by glaring at it. Some say his sweat can be used to clean precious metals. Some say his skin has the texture of dolphins. Some say if you tune your radio to 88.4 you can actually hear his thoughts. Some say he does not see like humans do, instead he sees numbers in green scrolling down. Some say he forages for wolves at night. Some say he once punched a horse to the ground. Some say he has no understanding of clouds. Some say his earwax tastes like Turkish Delight. Some say he is confused by stairs. Some say there's an airport in Russia named after him. Some say his breath smells of magnesium. Some say he can catch fish with his tongue. Some say his tears are adhesive. Some say if set alight, he'd burn for a thousand days. Some say he is scared of ducks.

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#32 03-02-2009 11:56pm

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Talliesin wrote: »

Q though is a very different sort of person.

I heard that his voice can be heard only by cats and he's banned from the city of Chichester.

DeVore wrote: »

I am really confused. Are you guys joking?

I reckon everyone with a pre-06 account is, possibly some of the 06ers and newer.

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#33 04-02-2009 12:20am

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IronMan wrote: »

Where is netwhizkid gone? I miss his rantings.

The second of April, unfortunately not the 1st of April.

Why are you guys talking about Nigel Mansell all of a sudden?

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#34 04-02-2009 2:42am

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Is it really such a mystery that posters suddenly vanished.

Girlfriends ftw.

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#35 04-02-2009 3:38pm

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Gordon wrote: »

The second of April, unfortunately not the 1st of April.

Why are you guys talking about Nigel Mansell all of a sudden?

It's not Mansell apparently. I thought it was too.

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#36 04-02-2009 3:57pm

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Ah but I havent gone away mon capitaine!!

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#37 04-02-2009 3:58pm

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Oh Q... you naughty naughty robot you!

DeV.

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#38 04-02-2009 4:12pm

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*cheers and claps*

I don't even have to bother doing an IP comparison, do I

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#39 04-02-2009 5:08pm

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Yay!

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#40 04-02-2009 5:59pm

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Overheal wrote: »

Yay!

Blast from the past!

I don't remember what it was called, but I remember that puppet.

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#41 04-02-2009 6:16pm

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MAW ate him.

But dont hate MAW. He's totally MAWSOME!

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#42 04-02-2009 7:02pm

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Cuckoos's Nest
>

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#43 04-02-2009 7:20pm

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FlutterinBantam wrote: »

Cuckoos's Nest
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Actually they moved it after the great AmPhIsSyFiT back in oh-nine.

Now it's downstairs, first door on the left, mind the sleeping mods in the corridor.

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#44 04-02-2009 7:32pm

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Same jerks still using it Roundy?

Present company excepted of course:eek:

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#45 04-02-2009 7:38pm

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It's a sub community with it's own characters like so many other forums/groups here, ergo just as valid/worthy etc. (just not for me).

In fairness, only one user there stuck out as something of an idiot, and that person didn't exactly endear themselves elsewhere on the site either, so no loss.

I'm not even sure they use boards any more.

@ Q: o/

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#46 05-02-2009 7:17pm

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I guess Q, being the old service bot in the old IRC channel was a decent name for an admin service account.

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#47 05-02-2009 7:56pm

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But can he bring us Jean Luc Picard in a clown suit?

/Actually I'm sure Riker would be more willing

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