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  1. 4 hours ago, Viper said:

    So I've only played Fallout 1 and 2, and know some of the history, how much does playing Fallout 3 and 4 help with the show?

    I don't think you really need to have played the games to enjoy the show (or to understand what's happening).  Having played the games does let you appreciate some of the details that they don't explain (call them easter eggs if you like), but nothing important.

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  2. Watched episode 1 today.

    Spoiler

    I laughed when cigarette smoking ruffian got impaled with the baby doll (leg sticking out of his chest) from the junk jet.  It was a quick scene near the end of the episode.  The junk jet was a special weapon in Fallout 4 that let you shoot any random trash (including teddy bears) you could find in the game at high speeds to obliterate enemies.

    Also, happy they didn't try to spend any time really explaining or justifying how a stimpak shot magically heals a deep knife wound.  Just roll with it.  Video game logic.

     

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  3. Re-readng the posts this morning and realize I needed to clarify a couple things...

    14 hours ago, chainsaw said:

    I trust you I just wasn't clear why she did it

    I don't know if anyone knows for sure all the reasons why she did it - the people who knew her IRL on HF didn't really share much on that issue and rightfully so.  I think everyone has their demons/battles that they struggle with in life.  Based upon what I saw at the time, I'm convinced that the online activity (and that post in particular) was a contributing factor (it seemed to me that the post was likely to have pushed her over the ledge that she was already very close to).  You never really know what people on the other side of the screen are going through. It's some sort of ingrained human ego thing to subconsciously assume that everyone else is just like yourself.  "If I can handle it, you should be able to as well".  Only that isn't always the case (and this is, to my mind, how the issue relates to Derka).

    14 hours ago, mdmost said:

    So they never knew who posted that? ...

    This happened roughly 18 years ago now.  I don't remember the username of the one that authored the final bully post, but I do remember that it was not a name that was used on HF.  Most of the peeps on that alt site had chosen new names when they moved over from HF (much like some peeps did here in the move from Shaggy), so it wasn't clear who anyone really was.

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  4. 25 minutes ago, troph said:

    ... there was no single one poster that bullied,...

    Respectfully, you are wrong.  I read the damn post a few hours after it was posted.  The author had been trading barbs with her for some time before posting his/her magnum opus.  I may not remember every detail, but I'm not so senile as to forget what happened entirely.

  5. 12 minutes ago, mdmost said:

    So they never knew who posted that? ...

    I'm sure that some people probably knew who the author was.  I never saw it discussed anywhere.  I didn't personally know anyone on that site just as I don't know anyone here other than Blacklab - who I've only "met" via email and phone.

  6. Just now, mdmost said:

    I don't see a reference to it on there but Hornfans was heavily moderated so it could've been cleaned up or maybe it came out later. I was more of a lurker back then and wasn't really up on everything that was going on. 

    The bullying post was not posted on HF.  It was Longhornfanzone or something like that.  I read the bullying post the night it was posted.  It contained many details about her personal life.  It was exceedingly harsh in the way that only internet anonymity can foster.

    I was inquiring about threads where this has all been discussed before.  I thought we had done this here (relate Loree's story) on Surly in a previous discussion about bullying, but I couldn't find it.  Maybe the threads I was remembering were on Shaggy.

  7. 47 minutes ago, bolverk said:

    .... I never played the game, so this was a good introduction. ...

    Last of Us tv adaption was hugely successful because the game was an immensely well developed story.

    Fallout is an immensely well developed ethos that provides a rich canvas for stories.  The Fallout ethos has a strong humor component.  Serious things happen, but there's usually a joke nearby whether subtle or overt.

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  8. Whoa. Just read through this thread.  It wasn't easy, but I did manage to fap.

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    On 4/5/2024 at 9:16 PM, UT_OB1 said:

    I was never on HF. I think I was on Shaggy for quite a while, but I was not aware of the Lorree thing people are referring to. Can someone fill the rest of us in?

     

    On 4/5/2024 at 9:21 PM, troph said:

    When hornfans was in the last stages a splinter board started before shaggy, probably by a few years. Ultimately it failed.  I don’t think she was on that board but folks - including her - knew about it. It was kinda the “cool kids” board but instead of populating the board with as many reasonable folks as they could they instead made fun of hornfans posters by quoting posts and laughing and loree was one of them. She became aware of it, I don’t recall how long or what was said but in the end she killed herself and somehow it was known the Texas message board community bullying her was a part of it. It was bullshit. 

    Did all the threads/posts about Loree on this site get scrubbed?  Neither Surly search nor Google site search returns any of the numerous threads where her story was discussed.  Surely they weren't all Shaggy threads?

    Loree had direct interaction with the board in question and a member there posted an epic "you are a completely worthless human being" rant to her.  She left the world the next day or so.

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    Derka has his issues and can become irrational - we all know this, but he is ultimately a good person and willing to make amends when he fucks up (when he calms down and is rational/lucid again).  He's gotten a lot better over the years and I'm sad to hear that he's been dealt such a harsh hand.  Seems like a timeout would have been more appropriate.  $.02 FWIW

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