evan2000
01-28-2015, 10:20 AM
Hi guys, I figured a thread like this would be useful to share some of the interesting forum experience we encountered since our first day here. You see, your member page only keeps track of your last 500 posts, so for people who have exceeded this post count, those older posts could be really difficult to trace or recall. Therefore, as my 500th post (yay I'm a Stone Warrior now) I would like to archive my forum history before I start losing them! After this, I'll probably do a second write-up when I reach my 1000th post, and so on.
Those of you who would like to do the same, or just want to share your forum experience here, you're all welcomed to post in this thread! I believe many of us here would love to hear 'em!
Alright, so I'll start... (SPOILERed as there's A LOT to cover)
I joined this forum on June 2014, the same weekend a local TV channel in my country (TV9) premiered the Nick TMNT cartoon. I signed up because I was so excited to share some clips that I recorded from our local airing, which was dubbed in Malay (my country's official main language). Therefore I created my first post (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?p=1275673#post1275673) to do just that.
My second post (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?p=1282980#post1282980) also happened to be the first time a mod edited my post! That was the week The Legend of Kuro Kabuto aired, though its digital release was already available the night before and I managed to watch it earlier than most people who would watch it live on TV. Apparently I posted information on the Bebob & Rocksteady speculation thread too early without using a spoiler tag. When I return to check the thread 2 hours later, well... I got scolded by Powder and my post was SPOILERed by Jester, of course.
That was around the same time several of the 2014 movie trailers were released and people in the Movie section were busy overanalyzing everything that was made available. I was one of those people looking into the Kanji character written on the turtles' shell/bandana and several of my following (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?p=1291372#post1291372) posts (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?p=1292015#post1292015) were speculating on those words used. I don't know Japanese, but knowing Chinese is good enough for me to get the characters right and look-up their literal meanings.
A little earlier, tinlunlau created a thread (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=47905) to announce that the Nick series has also premiered in Hong Kong and was dubbed in Cantonese. I was really excited about hearing the dub in another language I know, and he was kind enough to share some episodes with me. Later on, he also shared the Mandarin and Japanese dubs of the Nick series, which I truly appreciate. Eventually I went back to my first thread and added (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?p=1317944#post1317944) the same clips as my first post, except this time with Cantonese, Mandarin and Japanese versions as well.
I was pretty much only lurking in the Nick section at that time, and was actively posting after SDCC 2014 was over. I posted some (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?p=1313163#post1313163) stuffs (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?p=1313193#post1313193) at the season 2 official thread, including a speculation (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?p=1314016#post1314016) that turned out to be spot-on! I also posted in some (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?p=1314030#post1314030) other (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?p=1316744#post1316744) threads, and of course, the SDCC thread (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?p=1314039#post1314039)! I posted the official TMNT SDCC poster for 2014 (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?p=1316440#post1316440) and prior (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?p=1316591#post1316591), Mondo Gecko's concept art (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?p=1316705#post1316705), and Mirage TMNT #11 cover art (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?p=1317183#post1317183).
August came and I went to Australia for a family vacation. I bought the complete season 1 DVD of the Nick series while I was there, and posted (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?p=1330841#post1330841) about it. I also bought the season 2 v1 "Mutation Mayhem" and Turtles Forever DVD during the same trip, though I didn't post about it.
After the vacation, I was back home and the last few episode titles for season 2 were listed without any description, so I was speculating (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?p=1333314#post1333314) the plot for A Chinatown Ghost Story and even made a dedicated thread (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=48942) for it. Eventually my speculation turned out to be completely wrong! But it was a nice try :trazz:
Next came my first try into making gifs, and then I was totally hooked! My first (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?p=1334103#post1334103) few gifs were member gif requests, but eventually I just made them anyway whenever there's a new ep with lots of eye candies to adore, sometimes dozens of gifs per ep!
The next thing I did was combining Roseangelo's Turtles Forever Pre-Screening Recording (which was a mixture of TF's complete audio and the live audience response) with the actual video footage I ripped from my Australian TF DVD, so I could see what were the audience cheering on the screen. It took me a lot of time to sync the audio to the video, so I thought I'd share (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?p=1339906#post1339906) what I made in the forum thread. Unfortunately Roseangelo responded to my post that I should take that video down, and so I did. It spurred quite some backlash from other forum members though.
There was a thread in the Nick section discussing who is the eldest/youngest turtle so I posted (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?p=1344125#post1344125) my opinion there, along with screenshots from the show.
Later on, I got an opportunity to buy stuffs from US because one of my friend was travelling there and he was able to transport some stuff back for me. I decided to buy as many 4Kids DVD as I can afford from Amazon! Some of the volumes have sold out or skyrocketed in price by that time but I was fortunate to get a mixture of new and used sets within my means, of all available releases, except Turtles Against H.A.T.E. which was long extinct (even used sets were insanely priced). Since I made my research on what to buy already, I shared (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?p=1347935#post1347935) my buying list/recommendation in the 4Kids DVD thread.
Admittedly I hadn't really posted a lot in Nick's episode discussion threads until The Invasion aired (actually, released online). Man, that episode left me speechless! The Mirage throwbacks were done so well, there was no way I could contain my excitement until I put all the side-by-side screenshots of the episode vs comic together and shared (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?p=1352445#post1352445) it, of course! Funny thing is, so many people were confused/annoyed that the Mirage Leo I posted had blue bandana, although my intention for posting the blue-Leo version was to prevent confusion in the first place. The Invasion thread itself kept me busy for some time as I've had over 20 posts in that thread alone. It also spawned a new thread from me, also my first polling thread (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=49527)!
Soon after, Nick began airing season 3 and I was naturally posting a lot in the season 3 official info thread. I also started to post (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?p=1361402#post1361402) more regularly in the episode discussion threads, although I'm sometimes late to the party as I couldn't watch the episodes live and Nick no longer put them on their site early.
Meanwhile, I was really proud of the moment my 4Kids DVDs arrived so I took a photo and shared (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?p=1360753#post1360753) it in the 4Kids DVD thread!
Then came... NYCC 2014! The TMNT panel was scheduled on 10 October 2014 2pm at New York, which was 3am for me! Fortunately it was a Saturday so I could pull an all-nighter to follow the NYCC live stream at Twitch.tv. I was fully prepared: my HTPC was live streaming it on my 47" HDTV, while my laptop was on my lap (duh) allowing me to post live information to the forum. There were 3 opened tabs on my laptop's browser: the NYCC 2014 forum thread, the Twitch.tv page, and imgur; anytime a concept art is shown live, I'd immediately print screen, save the image, upload it to imgur, and post the image link back to the forum thread.
Did I mention my HTPC was also recording the video live? As soon as the panel was over, I was busy making gifs from the video I recorded and posting (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?p=1362690#post1362690) them (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?p=1362721#post1362721) to the forum. I also uploaded the entire video to youtube and shared (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?p=1362926#post1362926) it (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?p=1362927#post1362927) in the forum!
To be continued due to character limit reached...
Those of you who would like to do the same, or just want to share your forum experience here, you're all welcomed to post in this thread! I believe many of us here would love to hear 'em!
Alright, so I'll start... (SPOILERed as there's A LOT to cover)
I joined this forum on June 2014, the same weekend a local TV channel in my country (TV9) premiered the Nick TMNT cartoon. I signed up because I was so excited to share some clips that I recorded from our local airing, which was dubbed in Malay (my country's official main language). Therefore I created my first post (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?p=1275673#post1275673) to do just that.
My second post (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?p=1282980#post1282980) also happened to be the first time a mod edited my post! That was the week The Legend of Kuro Kabuto aired, though its digital release was already available the night before and I managed to watch it earlier than most people who would watch it live on TV. Apparently I posted information on the Bebob & Rocksteady speculation thread too early without using a spoiler tag. When I return to check the thread 2 hours later, well... I got scolded by Powder and my post was SPOILERed by Jester, of course.
That was around the same time several of the 2014 movie trailers were released and people in the Movie section were busy overanalyzing everything that was made available. I was one of those people looking into the Kanji character written on the turtles' shell/bandana and several of my following (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?p=1291372#post1291372) posts (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?p=1292015#post1292015) were speculating on those words used. I don't know Japanese, but knowing Chinese is good enough for me to get the characters right and look-up their literal meanings.
A little earlier, tinlunlau created a thread (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=47905) to announce that the Nick series has also premiered in Hong Kong and was dubbed in Cantonese. I was really excited about hearing the dub in another language I know, and he was kind enough to share some episodes with me. Later on, he also shared the Mandarin and Japanese dubs of the Nick series, which I truly appreciate. Eventually I went back to my first thread and added (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?p=1317944#post1317944) the same clips as my first post, except this time with Cantonese, Mandarin and Japanese versions as well.
I was pretty much only lurking in the Nick section at that time, and was actively posting after SDCC 2014 was over. I posted some (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?p=1313163#post1313163) stuffs (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?p=1313193#post1313193) at the season 2 official thread, including a speculation (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?p=1314016#post1314016) that turned out to be spot-on! I also posted in some (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?p=1314030#post1314030) other (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?p=1316744#post1316744) threads, and of course, the SDCC thread (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?p=1314039#post1314039)! I posted the official TMNT SDCC poster for 2014 (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?p=1316440#post1316440) and prior (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?p=1316591#post1316591), Mondo Gecko's concept art (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?p=1316705#post1316705), and Mirage TMNT #11 cover art (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?p=1317183#post1317183).
August came and I went to Australia for a family vacation. I bought the complete season 1 DVD of the Nick series while I was there, and posted (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?p=1330841#post1330841) about it. I also bought the season 2 v1 "Mutation Mayhem" and Turtles Forever DVD during the same trip, though I didn't post about it.
After the vacation, I was back home and the last few episode titles for season 2 were listed without any description, so I was speculating (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?p=1333314#post1333314) the plot for A Chinatown Ghost Story and even made a dedicated thread (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=48942) for it. Eventually my speculation turned out to be completely wrong! But it was a nice try :trazz:
Next came my first try into making gifs, and then I was totally hooked! My first (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?p=1334103#post1334103) few gifs were member gif requests, but eventually I just made them anyway whenever there's a new ep with lots of eye candies to adore, sometimes dozens of gifs per ep!
The next thing I did was combining Roseangelo's Turtles Forever Pre-Screening Recording (which was a mixture of TF's complete audio and the live audience response) with the actual video footage I ripped from my Australian TF DVD, so I could see what were the audience cheering on the screen. It took me a lot of time to sync the audio to the video, so I thought I'd share (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?p=1339906#post1339906) what I made in the forum thread. Unfortunately Roseangelo responded to my post that I should take that video down, and so I did. It spurred quite some backlash from other forum members though.
There was a thread in the Nick section discussing who is the eldest/youngest turtle so I posted (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?p=1344125#post1344125) my opinion there, along with screenshots from the show.
Later on, I got an opportunity to buy stuffs from US because one of my friend was travelling there and he was able to transport some stuff back for me. I decided to buy as many 4Kids DVD as I can afford from Amazon! Some of the volumes have sold out or skyrocketed in price by that time but I was fortunate to get a mixture of new and used sets within my means, of all available releases, except Turtles Against H.A.T.E. which was long extinct (even used sets were insanely priced). Since I made my research on what to buy already, I shared (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?p=1347935#post1347935) my buying list/recommendation in the 4Kids DVD thread.
Admittedly I hadn't really posted a lot in Nick's episode discussion threads until The Invasion aired (actually, released online). Man, that episode left me speechless! The Mirage throwbacks were done so well, there was no way I could contain my excitement until I put all the side-by-side screenshots of the episode vs comic together and shared (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?p=1352445#post1352445) it, of course! Funny thing is, so many people were confused/annoyed that the Mirage Leo I posted had blue bandana, although my intention for posting the blue-Leo version was to prevent confusion in the first place. The Invasion thread itself kept me busy for some time as I've had over 20 posts in that thread alone. It also spawned a new thread from me, also my first polling thread (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=49527)!
Soon after, Nick began airing season 3 and I was naturally posting a lot in the season 3 official info thread. I also started to post (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?p=1361402#post1361402) more regularly in the episode discussion threads, although I'm sometimes late to the party as I couldn't watch the episodes live and Nick no longer put them on their site early.
Meanwhile, I was really proud of the moment my 4Kids DVDs arrived so I took a photo and shared (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?p=1360753#post1360753) it in the 4Kids DVD thread!
Then came... NYCC 2014! The TMNT panel was scheduled on 10 October 2014 2pm at New York, which was 3am for me! Fortunately it was a Saturday so I could pull an all-nighter to follow the NYCC live stream at Twitch.tv. I was fully prepared: my HTPC was live streaming it on my 47" HDTV, while my laptop was on my lap (duh) allowing me to post live information to the forum. There were 3 opened tabs on my laptop's browser: the NYCC 2014 forum thread, the Twitch.tv page, and imgur; anytime a concept art is shown live, I'd immediately print screen, save the image, upload it to imgur, and post the image link back to the forum thread.
Did I mention my HTPC was also recording the video live? As soon as the panel was over, I was busy making gifs from the video I recorded and posting (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?p=1362690#post1362690) them (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?p=1362721#post1362721) to the forum. I also uploaded the entire video to youtube and shared (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?p=1362926#post1362926) it (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?p=1362927#post1362927) in the forum!
To be continued due to character limit reached...