Do you reckon we still have any lurkers?

[Offshore Toon]

I don't know how many there were during the final days of the old board, but do you reckon anybody is bored enough to have followed us here and carried on lurking?

[Pleb]

All the time bro...

[Pepe]

Hello Harold.

[Weaver]

The Taz.

[Reg]

I bet Lee still lurks.

[Giggles]

I bet Lee still lurks.

Didn't he get the bitch head on and post when everyone was lolling at the WhatsApp extravaganza meet up experience?

[Offshore Toon]

Here's the shortlist of likely candidates. All joined in 2015 and have visited this year but have never posted.

Chimpduck
Join Date
23-09-2015
Last Activity
18-04-2017 09:24 PM

Drifter
Join Date
03-11-2015
Last Activity
28-02-2017 11:49 PM

eric
Join Date
01-11-2015
Last Activity
19-03-2017 11:05 PM

Pejorative
Join Date
05-11-2015
Last Activity
22-01-2017 01:42 AM

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Chimpduck is definitely a Harold alias.

[Spikey M]

They all are. So are you probably. And me.

[Offshore Toon]

Sir Andy Mahowry

Wasn't he a member of the board at the time it was created, though?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

He creates them before he gets banned though.

Didn't Saint used to do that (or claim he did) too?

[niko_cee]

What happened to Lee?

[Dark Soldier]

He had a meltdown in the state of the board thread then got cucked by his wife. Was all over by that point.

[Giggles]

He had a meltdown in the state of the board thread then got cucked by his wife. Was all over by that point.

I missed that. Was it something to do with him ruining that guy who worked with him so he could get a better job too?

[Offshore Toon]

Didn't he get the bitch head on and post when everyone was lolling at the WhatsApp extravaganza meet up experience?
http://www.thethirdhalf.co.uk/search.php?searchid=59737

Not really, though his last visit was on Christmas Day, so he clearly still considers this place home.

[Dark Soldier]

No he had a go at Lewis for sniping at people then never returned.

http://www.thethirdhalf.co.uk/showthread.php?1373-Did-I-miss-something-(STATE-OF-THE-BOARD-THREAD)/page2&p=150791#post150791

EDIT: Giggles

[Offshore Toon]

It was a bit weird him saying this place "thrive[s] on bitterness and negativity." Did people/Lewis start laying into him or something?

[Dark Soldier]

Nah he was just being a reet old fanny and wandered off to the safe space of Whatsapp.

[Giggles]

Nah he was just being a reet old fanny and wandered off to the safe space of Whatsapp.

Was that not when he just arrived back to have one last go? He had buggered off a fair whole before that.

[Lewis]

During World War Faggot dela took to the Secret Forum (BOTTLER) to accuse me of making the place nastier.

[Offshore Toon]

Imagine how shit this place would be if everybody tip-toed around being overly nice.

[Offshore Toon]

During World War Faggot dela took to the Secret Forum (BOTTLER) to accuse me of making the place nastier.
Secret Forum?

[Dark Soldier]

Was that not when he just arrived back to have one last go? He had buggered off a fair whole before that.

No idea, I just went through his posting history and those were the last few posts listed.

[Dark Soldier]

Well I personally think your a bit of a cunt. But if there are people on a forum you don't agree with etc just ignore them. Why would you cry off like a spoiled bitch. Cucks, the lot of em.

Shoulda seen the shit that went off way, way back. Admittedly most of the time it was me typing it but still.

[Lewis]

Secret Forum?

It started out as the 'Rules Discussion Forum', which was an IJ initiative (I think in about 2009) to get some 'important' posters (DS, elth, Scouse, etc) to give feedback on how crap he was and to suggest possible rule changes, the results of which were racism going from eight points down to five, and no more warnings for smiley posting (I got that one through). After that it just became somewhere for him to shame the rest of us for not warning enough people, and for people to moan about Harold. It became the No Lewis Club after I flounced off over Japgate, but DS had my back. :cool:

[Dark Soldier]

Wasted about 12 years nut deep in TTH, what a time to be alive. I wonder if R1 has been done yet, or if he's finally followed his Nev impersonator dream.

Also saw Bwortang! (2004 he left, you young bucks) streaming on Twitch the other day and its good to know he looked exactly like I thought he would. A bald, fat Brummie.

[7om]

Inb4 this turns into a WDYTOE. You're all wankers. There's my entry.

[Giggles]

Inb4 this turns into a WDYTOE. You're all wankers. There's my entry.

I concur.

[Pepe]

no more warnings for smiley posting (I got that one through)

:cool:

[Lewis]

I originally had it as part of a package along with getting rid of the five character thing (so that you could :D without having to put ... under it), but that was too far, and the board would have fallen to the spammers and idiots in hours.

[Dark Soldier]

Your campaign to make Pepe mod sadly came unstuck.

[Lewis]

The nearest I ever got to that was suggesting they replace me with John.


Cheers Lewis mate.

[Spikey M]

I wouldn't say this place was bitter. It doesn't tolerate the easily offended or the particularly dense very well, but then that has been the case (probably) since well before the days of Henry wishing death on people. Basically, you need a thick skin, a back bone and non-floppy wrist to get by.

Hi bruhnaldo

[Pepe]

Your campaign to make Pepe mod sadly came unstuck.

It was too early, people just weren't ready for it.


The nearest I ever got to that was suggesting they replace me with John.

Ffs. :face:

[Offshore Toon]

I wouldn't say this place was bitter. It doesn't tolerate the easily offended or the particularly dense very well, but then that has been the case (probably) since well before the days of Henry wishing death on people. Basically, you need a thick skin, a back bone and non-floppy wrist to get by.

Hi bruhnaldo
@zink

[Shindig]

During World War Faggot dela took to the Secret Forum (BOTTLER) to accuse me of making the place nastier.

You'll be the last one standing, to be fair.

[Pleb]

Your campaign to make Pepe mod sadly came unstuck.
Was that through Mod Idol?

[Dark Soldier]

The nearest I ever got to that was suggesting they replace me with John.

Aye I remember IJ pming me asking who would be best option for a new mod and I chose John too.

Shoulda gone with Smiff as IJ loved me long time.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Pepe got robbed.

[Shindig]

I like how I no longer run away with the post count.

[Kikó]

I like that I have no idea what the post count is of anyone.

[Offshore Toon]

Who's the top dweeb at the moment?

[Pepe]

Magic or Giggles iirc.

[Giggles]

Magic by a mile.

[Pleb]

Magic and Mert more likely.

[Spammer]

I find it pretty negative, and tend to post with a certain sense of detachment nowadays. I'm just not fussed really, certainly not about investing anything in any of it. If I want to have a proper conversation/debate where people don't just resort to ad hominem wankery then there's enough places to go. I still come here out of habit though because it's familiar.

[Boydy]

I like you, Hammer. Keep posting.

[Pleb]

Hammer :cool:

[Offshore Toon]

I think you're a good poster, Hammer.

[Giggles]

I like you, Hammer. Keep posting.

You robbed his new page.

[Spikey M]

Imagine building into chains, cock and choking and being that much of a tart.

[igor_balis]

I used to think this place had a fairly negative and unpleasant vibe at times, but I don't really anymore. Not sure if youse lot changed or I did. My guess is a bit of both but more of the latter.

[Kikó]

We're not negative, just blunt. It's probably best not to take it personally.

[wullie]

It definitely had a feel of nastiness here not that long ago, possibly before the move.

[Jimmy Floyd]

It's quite nice and friendly now. 20 more regular posters and we'd be balling. Whatever balling means. I'm not a rap hop artist or enthusiast.

[Mazuuurk]

I'm not sure if it was "nasty" or whatever a while back, but the board does feel somehow a more pleasant place to be recently.

[Spikey M]

It's my influence, clearly. I keep Lewis on a tight Leash. Calm down, Hammer.

[Spammer]

Yeah I'm fuming.

[Lufcdanny]

Was a lurker on the old board, when this set up was all being done I asked for my details to come across but they never did. Joined today as a new member.

[Spammer]

Yeah I think I remember you.

You're not the bloke from FMG who moved to America are you?

[Lufcdanny]

Not me, but you probably will remember me. Once had a chat with you via PM about where you worked and available jobs there.

Hardly posted on old forum though, think I had around 50 posts in 3 years.

[Queenslander]

This is awkward.

[Disco]

I recognise the name from the old place. Lurkers No.1

[Magic]

I find it pretty negative, and tend to post with a certain sense of detachment nowadays. I'm just not fussed really, certainly not about investing anything in any of it. If I want to have a proper conversation/debate where people don't just resort to ad hominem wankery then there's enough places to go. I still come here out of habit though because it's familiar.

Please keep us up to date with those thrilling debates you have with Tinder hookups about their degree choices.

:harold:

[Mazuuurk]

What I don't understand is why you'd lurk a place like this at all and not participate at least to some degree. Harold (:wave:) is a special case, as he's clearly obsessed, but everyone else - how interesting is it reading about our random conversations, all things considered?

I enjoy being part of the forum, but I don't think I'd much enjoy just watching, like the weird kid on an american high school party who's saving up his allowance for a gun.

[CJay]

What I often wonder is whether any of the older hands ever check back in to see how everything is going. Like dela, Fry, Jord, Toby, etc. I've gone off this place before for weeks on end but always returned eventually.

We should hold a drive to re-recruit long lost members. Spikey can head it.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Those four have probably formed a book group by now.

[phonics]

What I often wonder is whether any of the older hands ever check back in to see how everything is going. Like dela, Fry, Jord, Toby, etc. I've gone off this place before for weeks on end but always returned eventually.

We should hold a drive to re-recruit long lost members. Spikey can head it.

They do. SG posted last week for instance.

[Disco]

Jord pops in every now and again too, actually out of that lot I think Fry is the only one who's never re-surfaced.

[Pepe]

New members. :drool:

[Giggles]

I doubt Fry knows about this place, he was long gone before The Dugout died.

Toby was a real sudden one.

[Lufcdanny]

What I don't understand is why you'd lurk a place like this at all and not participate at least to some degree. Harold (:wave:) is a special case, as he's clearly obsessed, but everyone else - how interesting is it reading about our random conversations, all things considered?

I enjoy being part of the forum, but I don't think I'd much enjoy just watching, like the weird kid on an american high school party who's saving up his allowance for a gun.

The main reason I lurk is the majority of the most active threads are politics and/or other subjects I don't have enough of a understanding of to pass comment. I enjoy reading them nevertheless. I have posted in a lot of the threads, but mainly when I needed advise from people (preferably from people who don't know me).

I was at my most active during the Taz donning on the betting thread, then left for a while and never saw his name mentioned again.

[Spammer]

Yeah I remember that conversation :thbup:

:uhoh:








I do really ;)

[Mazuuurk]

These are the ones I miss the most these days:

Sandman
dela
DJ luca
That russian guy what was his name
elth, who is kinda still around sometimes but not really
Toby

[Jimmy Floyd]

It's just as well dela left. I don't think an eighth successive year of heavy, total, crushing defeats by myself and Lewis in the various politics/election threads would have done his psyche much good.

[Pepe]

Taz

[Spammer]

Yeah I miss Taz :(. He's the one who could most reliably get to me to actually lol

[niko_cee]

That russian guy what was his name


Challenger?

[CJay]

Challenger?

Nah he was Israel - or at least that was his flag. The Russian guy was like p103 or something like that. I think. This isn't going to make him want to return, is it?

[Mellberg]

I want to say eric_the_red, which is probably miles out, but it was all lower case with underscores.

[Spikey M]

Wasn't Dela a homophobic Lib Dem? How very current.

[niko_cee]

Eric le Roi

[John]

Taz had a good eighteen months, but then he called someone a 'stinking bowl of piss', got about five :Ds for it and had a good showing in the subsequent WDYTOE, and it was all downhill from there. By the time we moved boards he was genuinely abysmal, having been generally crap for about four years.

P3 is still around, isn't he? He was a Russian living in Exeter or something. We had a member who actually lived in Russia, but I can't remember who it was. It might have been Challenger on a sojourn.

[Kikó]

Challenger lived in Russia and comfortably mental.

[Disco]

Posted all those weird bear gifs, conclusive evidence of being Russian.

[Pepe]

Taz shits all over John even now.

[Kikó]

I reckon Taz had to explain to his ting who he was meeting at that 5 a side meet and she lolled so hard he stopped posting.

[Lewis]

Lars was the best Russian, but he is probably in that gay concentration camp now.

[Lewis]

Do you mean South African solicitor and probable Wedge alias Fundi Tsotsi?

[Raoul Duke]

He was bonkers.

[Pepe]

How do we get Ant back?

[Giggles]

How do we get Ant back?

Kill someone in a former life?

[Jimmy Floyd]

Wasn't Dela a homophobic Lib Dem? How very current.

I accidentally saw him pop up on twitter a while back saying he'd quit Christianity, so at least he's more principled than Fazza.

[Offshore Toon]

Ant. :D We should have a wikiTTH for all the freaks over the years.

[Raoul Duke]

I once suggested someone (Lewis, obviously) writes a history of TTH.

[Kikó]

Cain was an alias of someone. The Czech American poker liar?

[Weaver]

Ant. :D We should have a wikiTTH for all the freaks over the years.

Was it SvN's spine he threatened to break? That was incredible. 'Pen in the doughnut'

He wasn't too long after West Ham Gaz, IIRC, and he was a maniac as well.

[Disco]

My favourite was Timbo the mad trampoline slasher.

[Dark Soldier]

I doubt Fry knows about this place, he was long gone before The Dugout died.

Toby was a real sudden one.

He does, I'm sure, he just posts elsewhere now.

We just need Oimoi back.

[Spoonsky]

Pavel...

[Shindig]

Gaz was basically Pabs if he had a criminal record.

[Yaysus]

The main reason I lurk is the majority of the most active threads are politics and/or other subjects I don't have enough of a understanding of to pass comment. I enjoy reading them nevertheless. I have posted in a lot of the threads, but mainly when I needed advise from people (preferably from people who don't know me).

this

[Offshore Toon]

That's two lurkers confirmed. Isn't it nice to get together like this?

Also, is the old board still up?

[Giggles]

That's two lurkers confirmed. Isn't it nice to get together like this?

Also, is the old board still up?

It never appeared again that I ever seen.

[Giggles]

How did Yasus get his "Yayifications" tag, can we create this ourselves?

Yeah. You've to be on a PC though.

[Dquincy]

Just go around talking shit like I do. Posting > not posting.

I also like to talk shit on here occasionally.

[Pepe]

That's two lurkers confirmed. Isn't it nice to get together like this?

Also, is the old board still up?

Last time I tried it wasn't.

The time I tried before that Taz was still posting.

[Offshore Toon]

It'll take a group effort to do a wiki then. Fuck it.

[Dark Soldier]

https://web.archive.org/web/20070301000000*/http://thedugout.tv/community/forumdisplay.php?f=47

[Dark Soldier]

Quite a few saved threads here, will be more if you lot wanna put in the work:

https://web.archive.org/web/20071203172751/http://thedugout.tv/community/forumdisplay.php?f=47

[Dark Soldier]

Mod Idol:

https://web.archive.org/web/20071221221331/http://www.thedugout.tv:80/community/showthread.php?t=42023

[Dark Soldier]

And finally, Pavel getting shit on:

https://web.archive.org/web/20080120063456/http://www.thedugout.tv:80/community/showthread.php?t=43336

[Offshore Toon]

Nice, DS. I always forget you can do that on the Internet.

[Magic]

$teve and tobysandison. :face:

[Dark Soldier]

Now now.

[Spoonsky]

And finally, Pavel getting shit on:

https://web.archive.org/web/20080120063456/http://www.thedugout.tv:80/community/showthread.php?t=43336

The board seems so innocent and childlike there. Look at Lewis' cutting-edge humor.

[Lewis]

The board seems so innocent and childlike there. Look at Lewis' cutting-edge humor.

That Vladivostok save mentioned in the sidebar was absolutely mega.

[Spoonsky]

Speaking of cold places at the end of the earth, I wonder what Amigo is up to.

[Pepe]

'angeldust' donning it. :cool:

[Offshore Toon]

Meegs is still bopping about. I messaged him quite recently.

[Lewis]

'Am notta f'kin pappat mait.'

[Lewis]

I'm not bad actually.

[Offshore Toon]

I dunno about specific impressions, which are shit anyway, but accents are easy.


'Am notta f'kin pappat mait.'
:D

I swear that's uploaded somewhere.

[Lewis]

It was on your YouTube channel along with Bamster's 'Oi "Pissy Krissi"' response, so what happened?

[Offshore Toon]

It was on your YouTube channel along with Bamster's 'Oi "Pissy Krissi"' response, so what happened?
Of course it was.

https://youtu.be/xfBpPtYmK_o
https://youtu.be/v6VJLLPR7Zk

[Offshore Toon]

'G-you cunt'

[Lewis]

Classic 'Fuge that.

https://s24.postimg.org/gizqh5tf9/e17961.jpg

Yes, Really.

[Offshore Toon]

Has Bam had any kids yet? Getting on a bit.

[Dark Soldier]

I fucking love that chipmunk.

[summsuccess]

It was a better place when pabmaniaD_D was running wild
When Brighton had black lists but Mark couldnt do a thing in as he was married to his sister(?)
When Vic Flange, Jimmy Floyd and KJAC brought a variety of stories to The Managers Diary
When the GR forum was actually a thing
When SeniorGuvnor played his heart out for the thread
When elthorian_doa would think he was better than everyone
When Oimoi posted because most just didn't get him
When one post in Benelux seemed to start wars
Rone is probably still in some abandoned shelter taking snapchats
It has changed a lot over time but its still a good place to read

It all went down hill when the forum merged with another one. thethirdhalf ended up overtaking the actual thedugout.tv

[Giggles]

What's the GR forum?

[ItalAussie]

There was some great stuff in the Play Your Heart Out threads. Probably the all-time highlight for me. I don't know who summsuccess is, but they pretty much got it spot on.

We've all gotten more cynical now. I'd say it was more fun in the "old days" just because there wasn't the layer of disconnection.

I'd love to know where everyone is now, to be honest.

[Boydy]

Who's this clown?

[ItalAussie]

No idea. DC? He popped up sporadically.

EDIT: Probably not. He'd have spelled it R-One. It's definitely someone who's been lurking for a long, long time.

[Offshore Toon]

My first thought was Harold.

Oh, yeah, Harold made a post for you on Teh 'Fuge, Ital.

[summsuccess]

I didnt really post in thethirdhalf much as it was a different beast back then but it got more welcoming over time.
I used to play the football manager challenges that Jimmy Floyd and a few others used to hold.
It was fun until Indoctrin ruined it for all.

Boydy. You havent changed one bit.
You were an insignificant joke back then and you are the same on here.
No one could tell you apart from Gouldy(?) until you went all emo.

[summsuccess]

Offshore Toon. Please do not liken me to that idiot.
Harold_Bishop would have got chewed up and spat out in the old days.
thethirdhalf existed even before him

[Giggles]

Chinny?

[Pleb]

Hi Taz.

[summsuccess]

There is no point guessing as I didnt register when it moved.
Giggles. Chinny_Hill was always a lost cause who could argue with himself. Anger issues.
Pleb. Taz was over rated. He was another one who would have been swallowed up back in the day.

[Disco]

Chinny has an account in his name doesn't he?

[randomlegend]

It started out as the 'Rules Discussion Forum', which was an IJ initiative (I think in about 2009) to get some 'important' posters (DS, elth, Scouse, etc) to give feedback on how crap he was and to suggest possible rule changes, the results of which were racism going from eight points down to five, and no more warnings for smiley posting (I got that one through). After that it just became somewhere for him to shame the rest of us for not warning enough people, and for people to moan about Harold. It became the No Lewis Club after I flounced off over Japgate, but DS had my back. :cool:

I got told all this when we met 'IRL' at UEA.

Lewis also threatened to beat me up if I exposed it. Think he was serious.

Although it wasn't DS he said was feeding him the goods. :sherlock:

[Boydy]

A touchy clown anyway.

[summsuccess]

randomlegend. One of the moderating team at the time had a big issue with the eyemouth smiley.
I dont remember who it was off the top of my head but they clearly had problems.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Do me next please, Summ.

[Lewis]

I got told all this when we met 'IRL' at UEA.

Lewis also threatened to beat me up if I exposed it. Think he was serious.

Although it wasn't DS he said was feeding him the goods. :sherlock:

I meant DS supported me against the mimsy tendency. I'll dig my old hard-drive out later and see what I've still got.

[summsuccess]

Boydy. This is why we dont register.
Get back to the foetal position and pity yourself further boy.

[JPA]

R-One was a dick.

[summsuccess]

Sir Andy Mahowry. Dont be so desperate.
I will in time but I know how it works here.
I will get banned because I am not recognised.
I didnt want to register but I just wanted to tell you all that I lurk.
I like thethirdhalf

[Boydy]

Boydy. This is why we dont register.
Get back to the foetal position and pity yourself further boy.

Pity myself? You're the one too scared to register on an internet forum because the internet people might say mean things about you.

[summsuccess]

JPA. I didnt know you were still here too.
Pot. Kettle. Black.

[summsuccess]

Boydy. Now who is the touchy clown.
:boydy:

[Giggles]

Lorik?

[Offshore Toon]

Offshore Toon. Please do not liken me to that idiot.
Harold_Bishop would have got chewed up and spat out in the old days.
thethirdhalf existed even before him
Its only because you signed up this month. Your style is nothing like his, obviously. I wonder if TTH getting nicer is because we realised we need to cling on to members, or because we got older?

Sir Andy Mahowry. Dont be so desperate.
I will in time but I know how it works here.
I will get banned because I am not recognised.
I didnt want to register but I just wanted to tell you all that I lurk.
I like thethirdhalf
If you had the time it'd be interesting to get a WDYTOE list from you.

[JPA]

I ain't here a lot.

It's all a bit too floral for my liking, everyone being nice and discussing pointless stuff.

[Offshore Toon]

Who is JPA?

[Lewis]

The Old Old Board looked like the biggest bunch of try-hard fannies ever assembled, which is probably why Pabs was its designated comedy poster. Them 'Grass Roots' heroes are probably all on Twitter now making snarky comments about 'Paul Nuttalls' and Theresa May being a robot.

[summsuccess]

Offshore Toon. I will if I get some free time.
There are members here that I dont recognise a great deal though.

JPA. You not being here a lot makes thethirdhalf better.
You ruined my reading pleasure on the old forum.
You and Whizz(?)

[Offshore Toon]

Yeah, Pabs was an odd one. The older lot would talk about how great he was, but then he'd come back with the same routine and it'd fall flat. It probably felt great at the time, but stupid shit from when you're young will always be remembered as great.

[summsuccess]

Listen here Peter Kay. thethirdhalf will never die.
It has survived almost 20 years.

[Offshore Toon]

I reckon we'll have one hell of a resurgence once we all reach retirement age.

[JPA]

Your 'reading pleasure'?!

That old board descended into spam, arguments and soft porn of some description. By the end, I'd say 80% of the people posting were aliases of aliases.

I reckon you were signed up and a regular poster.

[summsuccess]

JPA. I already said I was a member on the old forum.
I was there when pops and company existed.
You are small fry.

Talking of fry. Did Fry_Crayola ever finish his game? Look hard enough and you may find he is still at it.

[Dark Soldier]

TTH prior to 2005 was fucking superb, and its not hindsight. Forums were still new and fresh, you had legit batshit fruit cakes ala Manager(e) signing up off their fucking nut and egos going wild. LDNT was a solid mod but an absolute bellend, Becks the jovial Yank who didn't get half the shit and was made a mod purely due to time differences, meej and crew, GR boys walking about as if they owned the shop. Thurm and others, great times. Never forget the yachting incident.

The board 'took off' post that though, hit its peak around 2008-11.

[Dark Soldier]

summsuccess could be any old poster so can't narrow him/her down. Although they are an OG going off who and what they're mentioning.

[summsuccess]

Dark Soldier. Wasnt LDNT titty titty gang bang at some point?
I seem to remember him being told off as it was inappropriate.
Nice to see you are still around. You went MIA for a long time IIRC.

[Lewis]

Yeah, Pabs was an odd one. The older lot would talk about how great he was, but then he'd come back with the same routine and it'd fall flat. It probably felt great at the time, but stupid shit from when you're young will always be remembered as great.

Vic Flange was another. The first TMD story you read about trannies and trannies was funny, but then... Plus he claimed to be middle aged and successful, which would actually be worse than if he was some twenty-odd year old playing a character, because how unfulfilling was his life?

[Dark Soldier]

Dark Soldier. Wasnt LDNT titty titty gang bang at some point?
I seem to remember him being told off as it was inappropriate.
Nice to see you are still around. You went MIA for a long time IIRC.

Yeah LDNT switched his username around on the reg, back when you could. People thought aliases but you could just go into user options and change it to whatever so week by week people were getting confused.

[summsuccess]

Dark Soldier. That brings back memories. Reg.
The Reg that is registered on here is an imposter.
There was and will only ever be one reg.

[JPA]

You asked about Fry...

https://www.rllmukforum.com/index.php?/profile/1377-fry-crayola/

I'm guessing that's the same Fry who was going to create that game and include the whole English League pyramid down to about level 30.

[Offshore Toon]

Fry completed some XBOX game then ran a little competition on TTH to give away a free copy, which I won. I didn't have an XBOX, so I gave it to my mate but he never played it.

[summsuccess]

JPA. Thank You. It seems like the same Fry Crayola even if he does seem to be stuck in some everlasting time warp.
At some point you just have to quit.

Anyway. Its been a pleasure gentlemen.
Keep it up.
I will try and do a wdytoe for you at some point Offshore Toon.

[Dark Soldier]

Aye its the same Fry, he's just cut back on the seven paragraph posts.

[Giggles]

Aye its the same Fry, he's just cut back on the seven paragraph posts.

Are you disappointed someone filled us in after you were hinting at this the other day?

[Offshore Toon]

A WDYTOE from summsuccess with references spanning the entire history of TTH might as well be the start of the wiki. Its a shame we don't have a young buck to waste time creating one (bit like Spoonsky and the Haxball wiki).

[Dark Soldier]

Are you disappointed someone filled us in after you were hinting at this the other day?

Nah, its just not my place to post where others have gone. If others want to, feel free.

[Offshore Toon]

So that's, what, 4 confirmed lurkers? Online at the moment we have 74 users browsing this forum (15 members & 59 guests). Assuming 'guests' includes people who ticked 'do not show me online' (why would you bother these days?) and some spambots, I reckon there's still more about.

[niko_cee]

Ah, the GR forum. I started a story there once, back on 0304 I think (was that the one with the loony midfielder glitch?) and then they all left to start their own forum. Those events may or may not have been related.

I miss hornet's musings/blog.

[Giggles]

What's the GR forum?

[niko_cee]

Grass Roots.

It was the clique to end all cliques. You'd have loved it. Disappeared shortly after I signed up.

[Giggles]

Ah. Back slapping.

[Pepe]

Givin' it the big 'un from anonimity. :harold:

[Greg]

I think I signed up around 2006 to post on the FM forum. Definitely don't have the same memory as the likes of Lewis or summsuccess, but TTH has always been a good read. Banning Harold was the best thing to happen to this place, but I think Taz is sorely missed. In my opinion the best posters since the move have been Lewis, Magic and Kiko, and overall the place still holds the same interest for me.

My main excuse for not posting would be timezone (being in Aus), and the fear of coming across like a slightly less dense Diljeet.

[neo_hippy]

I don't post much.

This is generally a good read for news, tv film or gaming opinions and all that sort of thing.

There's some real weird stories that are always a good read too.

[McAvennie]

I lurk here, whilst saving up for my semi-automatic weapons.

Also largely lurked on the old forum

[Dark Soldier]

Yeah hippy was sound.

[phonics]

And you bastards say this place is dead. :cool: We're just content creators.

[Spammer]

The lurkers should do a WDYTOE.

[Mellberg]

GR was pretty amusing at the time, but won't have aged well if you could read it now. DS is right about the OLD DAYZ. The internet was still new and this place was bustling with fresh ideas. It's all been done before now, feel like we've even had this conversation about 20 times.

Still can be interesting though. Offy's doing well at the minute. More freds > Less freds

[Pepe]

What a time to be alive. :cool:

[Magic]

I'm going to cut back on the stories with all these paedos lurking in the background.

[summsuccess]

Offshore Toon. I stopped at you but will come back to it when I have more time.

In order of postcount.

Magic - I dont see the appeal personally. He has deep lying issues with his general demeanour towards women and I think having a child has only exacerbated those problems. He posts far too much and most of it is nonsense. Probably does more than pisses himself in airports. Probably pisses himself the moment someone challenges him in person. Sex offenders register awaits.

Giggles - Hes a boring old twat who sucks the fun out of everything. Put it down to age or just generally being a miserable git whos life has passed him by. You cant teach an old dog new tricks but you can put it to sleep with a simple bullet.

Sir Andy Mahowry - He is one of those I have seen 'grow up' in a way. On the old forum he was about as useless as could be but I sense that this forum gives him some sort of gateway that simply doesnt exist in his day to day life. Generally harmless but has a tendency to think he is better than he actually is. The only thing that has changed dramatically is he no longer bums baby giraffe. He also came across very strange during the whole webcam episode and I found the whole thing very disturbing.

Lewis - Won the old board by default of the better members sodding off. He is good for a laugh but when you throw so much shit at the wall then it will stick at times and that is what he has become on this version of thethirdhalf. I do like him for the best part as he quite rightly calls people up but the best thing is he doesnt take himself seriously at all. I like that in a person.

Jimmy Floyd - I find he has got worse over the years and he comes across as an entitled spoon fed fuckwit who thinks he is better than others. I imagine him living out of mummy and daddys pocket whilst thinking that if he pulls the class card it will get him far in life but ultimately he has done nothing as far as I can see. Just the first five entries with all there post counts suggest the same thing. Failures in life but only in the sense that they havent achieved much. Lewis is almost the exception because he wrote a book no one wanted to read.

Boydy - He just seems irrelevant im afraid. It has to be nearly ten years and i honestly cant remember one stand out feature from him other than moaning. If your life is so shit then why dont you get off your ass and do something about it? He is an idiot.

phonics - I believe it is because of him and Baz that the forum even exists and so for that he an the Akehurts can only be thanked. He hasnt changed much at all over the years either and I reckon if we all went back a decade then he probably wouldnt notice it himself.

Disco - He has been around for a long time too but pretty much makes up the numbers as far. Its not a bad role to have on a forum Disco so dont be offended. Everyone needs a supporting cast.

John - I dont think he comes across all that well when your watching from afar but I get it. As good as this forum is to read there are an awful lot of idiots who add very little and I can imagine it gets very tedious for someone like him though and given hes Scottish I can almost visualise him tearing his hair out because he is surrounded by eeijits there (Hi Davgooner) and idiots on here. Long standing member and maybe one of the most consistent there has been. Maybe needs to embrace a lighter side.

Shindig - He did indeed use to be funny but I have a lot of admiration for him given the life he has had to endure. Might not be the king of one liners any more but its OK. I dont want to get personal and I hope all is well in your life Shindig. It would have defeated a lesser man.

Yevrah - One of the old school members but he has also changed a fair bit over the year. There is nothing quite like a bit of Yevrage and I am pretty sure we can all agree that that will be the end of him one day. I fear for his health when England play in tournaments but I think even he has managed to control things a bit better in recent years. Hes a good guy.

Pepe - He doesnt seem to get all that involved and most of what he says these days are just throw away comments. I dont remember him too much from the old forum which is a bit odd but I know he was on it. Maybe another Disco in that he makes up the numbers.

Ian - I went into the haxball room earlier and expected to find him there as he used to be one who always used to play it. Someone mentioned about WWW having a meltdown because of being called Ian and I really thought this was the welshwebwizard embracing his inner self but I was wrong. Good guy though.

GS - GaseousSnake wasnt it? If you read this forum then you would think he only ever talks about politics but there is more to him than that. There is no point in me saying much more though as I think he would understand such an entry better if I 242 5366 239 604 2455. No what I mean?

Kiko - This man is the best out of the lot of you but I think his partner has a big role to play in that as I think she has helped him because a better man. He comes across as well for the best part and I think out of a good portion of you he has achieved the most in life or is living the most fulfilled life of all. Dont forget your roots, Kiko.

Gray Fox - Liverpool fan I think but you wont find him adding to many threads unless its football or the gamezine section. Hes pretty harmless and occasionally says something that exceeds expectations but another Disco/Pepe type member.

Reg - Hes one of the forums best assets in that he creates the football threads that gives everyone the platform to discuss whatever has gone on. It might seem like such a small role but a lot of you are lazy bastards and so if he didnt do it then someone would stick one up at half time on a Saturday or something. Underrated member.

Toby - I dont see much of him any more which is a shame. I dont know what happened but from what I gather he got hounded out or just quit. He was a Chelsea fan I think but got some unfair stick over the years.

Lee - Another who got hounded out or found out. I always thought he was a bit too blase with his comments about his job as that stuff should be confidential and I dont think he was as high up as he tried to make out either. Harmless enough like most who go but do think he pretended to be someone different to compensate for his real life inadequcies.

John Arne - I have always wanted to ask him if he is even asian as I know he lives in Vietnam or somewhere. Some of the stories he used to write about his neigbours and how they acted were really good but it seems things have calmed down lately.

Smiffy - He has calmed down too considering what he used to be like I think. He was a mod at some point on the old forum and got a lot of grief and I think if the other mod from Newcastle didnt stand by him then he probably would have got bored a long time ago. (DM?) I dont mind him and I think he gets too much stick at times but sometimes he doesnt help himself.

Baz - I like him because of his efforts in keeping thethirdhalf alive and I thought he got a lot of stick of that Irish cunt Henry and though its laughable now, I think at the time he was a really young kid and so I always felt sorry for him when he was doing nothing more than playing football with his brother Mike and that third tagalong. Reed?

niko_cee - He has been around a long time like most of you but is another Disco/Pepe/GrayFox. Again it is not a bad role to have as at least you dont get ribbed like someone like diljeet and Boom who seems to have disappeared himself.

Browning - I dont look in the wrestling thread too much because it is usually just him and 7om having a whinge about it not being good or Ian reliving the glory years. Wrestling isnt my cup of tea but what I dont understand is if you dont like it, why dont you just stop watching? Youre all adults not 5 year old kids. Uh oh. You cant see me.

Raoul Duke - I think he has got grumpier over the years although to be fair to him he hasnt been so bad for the last few months. Hes not one to get into a big circular debate with any member and seems to just say things as he sees it which isnt a bad trait to have. Is there more to Raoul Duke than what he shows on the forum? Im not so sure. I visualise him as having a routine life of sorts. Organised person? Definitely isnt going to be the life and soul of a party.

SvN - Underrated member of the forum and it was no different on the old thethirdhalf either. Ive always wanted to know what the actual username stands for though, I would have got it if the S was an R but I have never come across it if it has been mentioned before?

Spoonsky - He has grown into a really good addition to the place. I remember when he first started appearing, he just seemed very young and foolish. Immature and pathetic. Sorry Spoonsky but it was true. You have grown up considerably but still come across as naive at times. Youre like a modern day KJAC-Keyring.

ItalAussie - I think there was a time when he was deemed the brains and rightly so as he was always a well balanced individual on the old forum. He comes across as a well educated member and that was the case back then too. I dont think he has changed much in himself but I do think the forums perception of him has changed. I dont know how but it just seems to me that he is seen in a different light. Good guy, very consistent.

igor_balis - Over the years this forum has greeted some right plebs (not that Pleb, he will stop being flavour of the week by Monday) but history I dont think will be kind to you. You are harmless like most but it frustrates me from afar that you just dont add as much as you could do. You get some uncalled for stick but ignore it. You should start exeraggerating your life a bit more as you seem to find yourself in some funny positions. Lay it on thick and play on it.

Adamski - He is always quick to put others down and comes across as a bit of a cunt if im honest. I dont remember him on the old forum and it only dawned on me a few months ago that I was mistaking him for Andy. There was an Australian guy on the forum who I think might be him but I pay very little attention to what he has to say. Watch him and you will see what I mean. Hes a bit of a bitter bastard.

Max Power - I think he is a Leicester fan who refused to believe it was possible along with that Lee fella. The name rings a bell but I cant really place you sorry Max Power. Nothing tends to stand out but it could be worse.

Waffdon - Waffles is no don. You should drop the d and revert back to your former name as thats all you do is waffle on. I dont remember you contributing much on the old forum and its not too different on here. You have benefited mostly from a large portion of the better members just not coming across or leaving. Bit of a tosser if im honest.

Mert - Another who does not help himself one bit but gets a lot of stick. I dont buy into him being so successful with girls and thats all they are is immature slutty little girls hoping to cop a feel of his wallet and not his cock. He is a front page story waiting to happen I feel. Turkish too so I imagine hell stab his cock where it isnt wanted. Sort your life out Mert. Your an ugly little fucker with a personality to match.

leedsrevolution - I laughed when I saw that Peter Kay picture but your doppelgänger will always be funnier than you could ever hope to be. You should continue posting things about how you feel and I hope you get back to where you want to be as you are a good guy. There is a few of you on here who struggle from time to time but remember that it is good to talk and the good thing about this forum is no one seems to tell there friends and family about it so you are relatively safe that no one will find out. Keep at it mate.

[Magic]

On the ropes.

[Offshore Toon]

Christ. Fair play.

[-james-]

It's probably Wedge, right?

[Dark Soldier]

Sir Andy Mahowry The only thing that has changed dramatically is he no longer bums baby giraffe.
:youpi::jayjay:

[Giggles]

It's probably Wedge, right?

That's what I thought too. Has anyone figured out this faggot yet?

[summsuccess]

dino. The lurkers were asked to come out and play. You have all brought this on yourselves.

[Magic]

Offy has destroyed us, the cunt. Well done. RIP all.

[Offshore Toon]

There's only one man that can save us.

[-james-]

dino. The lurkers were asked to come out and play. You have all brought this on yourselves.

Brought what on ourselves?

What motivates you?

[Dark Soldier]

If it is Wedge, then fair play on seemingly not being as gloriously insane these days.

[Magic]

If it is Wedge, then fair play on seemingly not being as gloriously insane these days.

He's just started posting. Give it a day or so.

[Lewis]

If it is Wedge can we please have the link to that lol smiley you used to use on TR?

[summsuccess]

dino - what motivates me for what? I am free this weekend and I saw the thread so decided I would say Hi.

[summsuccess]

Dark Solider, Magic Johnson, Lewis. I am not a bloody alias of any one.

Wedge was a special sort of breed too but I cant place what he did to get banned. Im certain it was something above and beyond though.

[Offshore Toon]

It is pretty funny that somebody has been reading the board for so long but doesn't have many nice things to say about the people posting. T'was a very good list.

[Adamski]

What a creepy creepy voyeur this fella is :D

Sitting there reading a forum very very regularly, picking up such detailed things about people without posting. Terrifying.

[summsuccess]

Offshore Toon - Thats only because the good members left. If SeniorGuvnor and co were still around then you wouldnt all be holding on to the past so much.

Its not as good as it once was but its one of those places that I have visited long enough that finding a replacement isnt worth my time.

[randomlegend]

Still not making WDYTOE lists after about 15 years :cool:

[Magic]

SG having that avatar of Gabriel Marcotti said it all for me. Twat!

[Dark Soldier]

Wedge was a special sort of breed too but I cant place what he did to get banned. Im certain it was something above and beyond though.

Went full spastic with DM, ringing his house etc. DM shit the fucking bed and left the forum.

[Magic]

Weirdly he pops up in my linkedin suggestions every now and then.

[summsuccess]

Bit of a dick move that. I thought Football Manager just ended relationships but this forum has had its fair share of head cases.

[Offshore Toon]

I never thought SeniorGuvnor was a particularly good poster. It all seems a bit like the 'old guard' posted a load of shit then began to mature, but as they did a new wave of immaturity came through and there was a bit of a battle. That old guard started to grow weary (whilst still thinking Pabs :D was amazing) so slowly began to drop off, but due to the lack of new members we haven't had any new waves of immaturity, so gradually we're all getting a bit softer and stopped rubbing each other up the wrong way.

[Adamski]

dino. The lurkers were asked to come out and play. You have all brought this on yourselves.

http://i67.tinypic.com/1232pa9.jpg

[summsuccess]

Offshore Toon - It all went down hill when those idiots from another forum merged.

https://thechive.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/lol-jesus-again-1.jpg

I thought all hope was lost but thethirdhalf emerged from ashes.

[Offshore Toon]

The FMG merger was before I arrived, so I can't comment. Hammer is the only remaining member from that, isn't he? How does a 'forum merger' even come around? Imagine us going out and finding a similar forum and asking if they fancy a merger.

[Dark Soldier]

I never thought SeniorGuvnor was a particularly good poster. It all seems a bit like the 'old guard' posted a load of shit then began to mature, but as they did a new wave of immaturity came through and there was a bit of a battle. That old guard started to grow weary (whilst still thinking Pabs :D was amazing) so slowly began to drop off, but due to the lack of new members we haven't had any new waves of immaturity, so gradually we're all getting a bit softer and stopped rubbing each other up the wrong way.

SG was genuinely superb from 00-04. In depth film, music and football discussion on a weekly basis. For the latter, think Jimmy but with actual substance.

[Magic]

The FMG merger was before I arrived, so I can't comment. Hammer is the only remaining member from that, isn't he? How does a 'forum merger' even come around? Imagine us going out and finding a similar forum and asking if they fancy a merger.

Hostile takeover. :drool:

[Offshore Toon]

SG was genuinely superb from 00-04. In depth film, music and football discussion on a weekly basis. For the latter, think Jimmy but with actual substance.
Fair enough. That was before my time.

[summsuccess]

Offshore Toon - thedugout had some major pulling power back in the day but then Mark got bone idle and ruined it for himself.

[Magic]

Fair enough. That was before my time.


And mine. Joined in 05. He just came across as a know it all.

[Offshore Toon]

Offshore Toon - thedugout had some major pulling power back in the day but then Mark got bone idle and ruined it for himself.
So Mark figured he'd get more ad revenue?

[Dark Soldier]

And mine. Joined in 05. He just came across as a know it all.

We didn't take well to change, hence me not posting from late 04 to late 07.

[summsuccess]

Dark Soldier - I thought you took a hiatus but I thought it was much more recent than that. Did you go under a different username?

[summsuccess]

Offshore Toon - I dont know what Marks game was but if it was for revenue then he cocked that up good and proper. Probably blinded by one of Brightons shirts.

[Dark Soldier]

Dark Soldier - I thought you took a hiatus but I thought it was much more recent than that. Did you go under a different username?

Five through the years, but I haven't been a regular poster on here for ages. DS has always been my primary account.

[summsuccess]

Perhaps I have got confused somewhere down the line. SG, DS, IJ, DM, DC, GS. Its easy to see why.

[Spikey M]

SM :cool:

[Boydy]

This is very weird.

[Offshore Toon]

Nothing is ever good enough for you, is it? Take the advice and turn that frown upside down.

[Offshore Toon]

SM :cool:
Why did you get ride of 'ouse'?

[Spikey M]

Why did you get ride of 'ouse'?

No idea to be honest.

[Boydy]

Nothing is ever good enough for you, is it? Take the advice and turn that frown upside down.

I didn't say it was bad weird.

[Offshore Toon]

That's more like it.

[CJay]

Look how active the board was in that link DS posted. Amazing. The African Nations thread had over 500 posts - over 3 times as many as 2017's, and I'm guessing it wasn't even over at that point.

[Shindig]

You could probably pin the demise of forums like the dugout on the rise of youtube. That's probably why the FM sections got so barren. Why wait for a response when you can just get a list of scouting options from some twat with coloured hair? In video.

[summsuccess]

Shindig - I disagree to an extent as lists of players seemed to get replaced by genie scout on FM and real time editors.
I think the big problem is it all became too accessible in the the end
Im not as big a fan of the game as I used to be but within a week or two of release someone has broke it
You know all those who become greats etc

I think forums were replaced mostly by facebook and twitter or comment sections on news sites.
there is no sense of community in most any more
perhaps thats why this place is still going relatively strong
its remained a community despite the changes in technology
if it ceased to exist tomorrow it would feel like a death in the family
I am certain a lot of members would have moments in life where they wonder how member XYZ is doing
you all do it now but on a lesser level.

[Adamski]

And finally, Pavel getting shit on:

https://web.archive.org/web/20080120063456/http://www.thedugout.tv:80/community/showthread.php?t=43336

Bam was a mod?! The glory days my fucking arse :D

[John]

I'm sure Harold was a mod briefly way, way back too.

[summsuccess]

Mellberg is Mellin isnt it?
I was just reading the archive
I remember when he got sent down
'' There's more to be said, but as I pointed out at the start, I'm on my phone, and this has taken enough effort already.''
Did you ever do that?

[Adamski]

Harold has opposable thumbs.

[summsuccess]

John - Harold_Bishop has never been a moderator and rightly so.

[summsuccess]

Adamski - In another walk of life I think he would be an asset to some one fighting a course that requires going around in circles
repeating the same old rubbish
relying on the words of others - Hitchins.

[Spammer]

We need more lurkers to do that. They can just say what they what they want and people don't have shit to respond with cos we know fuck all about them. That leverage :drool:

[Offshore Toon]

Where's the rest of the list, though?

[summsuccess]

Hammer - you could always ask.
so far we know I am an 'og'
I am a voyeur
I am Harold_Bishop, Wedge and a f*ggot

I remember back when thethirdhalf was closed to guests.
Inconsiderate fuckwit whoever did that.

[summsuccess]

Offshore Toon - Patience young man
Good things come to those who wait
like the Guiness advert
So expect me to send you a pint of tar when its ready.
Bloody Irish

[John]

We also know you have the least engaging posting format since Pavel and his '...,' nonsense.