Teach me about the history of the bay

[Starburns_]

Starburns_ used to be a GOAT mod but then he got sacked

Who knew Tigerboyz had so much influence?!

 

[catscratchfever]

Toots Hibbert is sorely missed

I met the real Fred 'Toots' Hibbert. And he is indeed sorely missed

 

[Elmer_Hauser]

I met the real Fred 'Toots' Hibbert. And he is indeed sorely missed

Interesting. What was he like ?

 

[catscratchfever]

Interesting. What was he like ?

Lovely fella. Apart from being a legendary music maker. I had a beer and other ‘refreshments’ with him back in the day when The Maytals played (of all places) the Collendina Hotel in Ocean Grove… Same place Tina Turner played her first gig after she split from Ike.

 

[Jazny]

Everything here was awful and bitter, then I came along and everything became mostly nice and friendly.

 

[Saveloy Rockstar]

Who knew Tigerboyz had so much influence?!

He was allowed to rig multiple polls so… everyone

 

[Total Power]

what happened to maccas_no1 Bernie L ?.Him and I were at each other every week during Neil Craig era.

 

[Stokey]

 

[MisterMarcus]

Tiger/Triggering Tiger, who served as the Bay's favourite whipping boy for many years, in part due to his ridiculous and hysterical posting, but mostly because of things the Bay would find out about him IRL - e.g. he couldn't change a car tyre (and this really bothered him when it was brought up), he was attracted to his cousin, and, more recently, he threw a massive tantrum at springvale_mackers. He's sadly no longer with us, and everyone is waiting for his resurrection at the end of Croatian Easter.

Hope this paints a picture of what the Bay used to be like.

In some ways I did have a sort of weird sneaking respect for TT's level of commitment and obsession about Geelong.

Richmond could suffer a 100 point defeat, he'd still be showing his face in here and pumping out his obligatory 10 threads a day about the Cats....

 

[Bernie L]

what happened to maccas_no1 Bernie L ?.Him and I were at each other every week during Neil Craig era.

Mate, he left when all the past flogs left. He's in the Adelaide board a bit still.

Hey, I just had a look at the Port board. Rolling pins flying everywhere over there.

I thought "eating their own" was just a term, but you guys have taken it to a whole new level

 

[zackah]

Saveloy Rockstar used to pretend to know a lot about Collingwood but then he posted this

Also, it's not the first time he's been sub

 

[James Colorado]

Saveloy Rockstar used to pretend to know a lot about Collingwood but then he posted this

Maybe he was the sub in a basketball game? I have it on good authority he's played that before.

 

[taurus]

What I can remember during the golden age of Bigfooty before the creation of Bay 13 is that Bay13 type conversation occurred within the main threads. It was chaos, hilarious and goddamn addictive!

Mofra and Dry Rot were witty and sensible posters a Sydneysider like myself could learn about the game. Ditto for Arrow. Chief was cool back then.

 

[Total Power]

Mate, he left when all the past flogs left. He's in the Adelaide board a bit still.

Hey, I just had a look at the Port board. Rolling pins flying everywhere over there.

I thought "eating their own" was just a term, but you guys have taken it to a whole new level

It's a reality, hinkley and koch has the club divided. Our supporters are weak as piss, the moment you criticise Hinkley apparently i am a crows fan. Glad i live abroad and don't have to put up with such levels of gullibility.

 

[Saveloy Rockstar]

Saveloy Rockstar used to pretend to know a lot about Collingwood but then he posted this

When someone has played over 400 games it hard to remember every one

Have you even watched 400 Essendong games?

 

[zackah]

When someone has played over 400 games it hard to remember every one

Except for some reason you seem to remember a specific thing that never happened

 

[Saveloy Rockstar]

That's a lie... I don't remember Essendong winning a final


Look, I am very flattered that I'm the first thing you think of at 6am. Still not going to meet you in Barcelona though, sorry

 

[Whats a Battle]

In some ways I did have a sort of weird sneaking respect for TT's level of commitment and obsession about Geelong.

Richmond could suffer a 100 point defeat, he'd still be showing his face in here and pumping out his obligatory 10 threads a day about the Cats....

Oh yeah, he'd always be back at you no matter how the Tiges did over the weekend.

You don't mess with the Zoran after all...

 

[Aristotle Pickett the3rd]

The thing that made the Bay great in the day, was there were a number of regular thread makers. Not like the w@nkers who spam the board these days cough FITW cough, you used to have things that were either funny, or led to hiliarious self pwnage, or otherwise just otherwise got the entertaining group of regulars posting.

D_One is mentioned, he was an extremely dry, statistically obsessed spammer who would start at least 5 SA shitfight threads a week. Few of his posts were funny in and of themselves, but they were entertaining all the same, particularly when he inadvertently embarrassed himself (e.g. when he giddily responded to a reference to Klingons by writing in actual Klingon language, and this long before Google translate was a thing). You also had people like Costanza who started fun threads everyone would join in on, extremely talented flogs like oogac (video sh00ping skills), solid gold quality flogs like Floyd (every time he posted the thread got good or better).
And of course, you had the real flogs - it used to be not a common moniker for Bay posters, but an actual insult that one would generally try to avoid earning. Flog of the year was an award nobody actually wanted to win, and there were hilarious meltdowns when they did - check out Wonaeamirri33's win in 2009, Poseidon's in 2011.

Plugger35 is a survivor of the golden age, and was always a dependable flog, always showing up to make excuses for St Kilda, insisting the umpires were always responsible for their losses (even if they lost by 20 goals) and coining the term 'moral flag'. Stronzo was an on-and-off mod/flog/flog-mod, but doesn't have nearly as much dickheadedness to work with these days. Mofra is another one who was a big part of the Bay's golden years, and had a very successful bottom 50 thread each year. Tyler Durden007 also used to be a regular, but senility seems to have caught up with him, sadly. A more recent addition was Tigerboyz/Tyreboyz/Tiggy Tiger/Triggering Tiger, who served as the Bay's favourite whipping boy for many years, in part due to his ridiculous and hysterical posting, but mostly because of things the Bay would find out about him IRL - e.g. he couldn't change a car tyre (and this really bothered him when it was brought up), he was attracted to his cousin, and, more recently, he threw a massive tantrum at springvale_mackers. He's sadly no longer with us, and everyone is waiting for his resurrection at the end of Croatian Easter.

Hope this paints a picture of what the Bay used to be like.

Maybe you should buy a time machine, a blanket and a dummy to suck on Mr Nostalgia.

 

[Dan]

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