FA>. Hi! Glad to see people still making their way in here after all this time. I don't know you personally but I feel like I saw your name in one of the old chat logs that I posted. Were you from S8 or Miniclan?
The chat has a been a bit slow since the new year, I think it's just been a hard year. I try to keep a tab open for this place and check in from time to time and say hi to anyone new that shows up. Seems like everyone that has come here has kept in contact with some other chatters, but only like 1 or 2 each so it's hard to spread this place. If you know any others, please send them a link here :)
River
02:01:24 PM MST, Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Hi, I'm still alive all. I saw some nostalgic yt video of some old-school internet community and then thought of you all. I'm actually a web developer now, even manage own web team. Back when I used to chat on here I didn't even know HTML besides how to color my name in order to get RPing!
Anyway, to any of you that read this and recognize my old ass, I hope you are doing well and still find ways to stay cool and creative.
F.A.
09:27:59 AM MST, Wednesday, April 23, 2025
gedoena> Yeah, mine is due for her heart worm stuff when she goes back for her big Valley Fever followup in August. And the rattlesnake vaccine really just gives us more time to get her treated if she is bit, but I'll take it.
Got distracted by life again - stepdaughter got a kitten and I got lured away by my shiny new MacBook. Been trying to work on this web domain more as a whole. Harder coming up with ideas, but I made a little AIM chat. Still tweaking it.
River
07:38:56 PM MST, Sunday, April 06, 2025
River> Wow...guess we don't need rattlesnake vaccines around here!
EVERYONE - get the heartworm one each year (or 3 years depending on how you do it). Treatment horrible and lengthy (and actually suffering is terrible).
gedoena
02:57:17 PM MST, Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Nick> Sorry about your hand! Hope you are recovering well.
gedoena
02:55:49 PM MST, Wednesday, March 19, 2025
gedoena> Yeah, I keep up to date too but overall I'm trying to stay off my glass rectangle of doom. The dog is now jumping into my car without me having to lift her butt, which she hasn't done in forever. It's slow but steady progress for her. Just got her rattlesnake vaccine, yay
Nick> Man do I understand it being a blah time. I think this year is just not it :/ Glad to see you in here again.
Think I'll try to hang around somewhat this weekend, maybe try to think of somewhere else to promote the chat.
River
10:17:14 PM MST, Thursday, March 13, 2025
Sorry, woulda commented more. But been back and forth with my bipolar, and now I got surgery in the morning on my hand, and it's just a BLAH time.
But yay for healthier pet, River!
Nick
09:18:20 PM MST, Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Great news about playing! Your mechanism for getting her to swallow the pills is ingenious.
Glad to hear you are doing some relaxing things. I am at least reading my AP news summary every day. And then hear things from my husband as well as my father and brother (who always turn it into a debate, even though in theory we seem to more or less agree on most things, but then I get to feel like an idiot for not knowing everything/having read from multiple sources). I need to focus on work and kids and also sleep sometimes!
gedoena
09:46:14 AM MST, Tuesday, March 04, 2025
gedoena> I think you were right about it still being the illness. She's kind of gone from 80% recovered to 90%. She's being a whiny brat again, playing again (sanded down her lips with 15 minutes of the herding ball), and just is overall more playful and energetic. As far as the pill, I got a refill of the meds in a different format (smaller more compact tablets) that are working well. I shove one in a space in her mouth, and then immediately paste over that spot with PB. She's hesitant about taking food directly from me since her illness, so I can't hide it in something and then give it to her. She still doesn't LOVE it, but she seems more forgiving of the twice daily ritual now.
I'm somewhat successfully trying to stay away from the bad parts of the internet these days. Doing gardening, coloring, trying to get back into drawing. Some days I still doomscroll :/
River
05:51:35 PM MST, Monday, March 03, 2025
River> I'm sorry to hear you are having a difficult time...I've been feeling similar for some similar reasons lately too.
It sounds to me more like she is still not feeling well than turning 2...I know that is technically not a puppy any more but not exactly old. I'm not an expert but I think the hiding might be a sign of not feeling well (although the dogs I have had were more likely to be melodramatic when not feeling well, I know some dogs hide). On the other hand, it could be she started doing that while not feeling well and it became a habit. It is amazing how quickly something can become a routine or preference for them, even if they likely don't remember why. Hope she continues to improve!
I wish that all dog meds would come as chewy things. Does peanut butter help get the pills down? Or cheese? My mom buys pill pockets and her dog is crazy about them.
gedoena
08:52:05 PM MST, Monday, February 17, 2025
gedoena> Luckily no restrictions on activity. She's very active still, but just seemed subdued in smaller ways. She doesn't play with toys anymore and she prefers to hide when she's snoozing. I can't tell what's the sickness and what is her just getting past the age of 2. But she's doing great overall, besides her disdain at taking the pill twice a day.
I need to try promoting this place again, but I've just been in such a funk the past few months. Part of it is just my standard season depression, other parts are the world, my work, my personal life. Trying to stay off the current day internet lately (IE all the various social medias) and be outside more, or coloring. If I need to be on the internet lately, I feel like it's better if I'm on some website NOT owned by the big 5 or 10, whatever it is.
Blaaaaaaaaaaah. Ugh.
River
12:32:27 PM MST, Sunday, February 16, 2025
Wow, it's been a long time since I checked here... River - sorry to hear she had such a hard time! Glad to hear they at least have some treatment. Does she have to rest during the 8 months, or can she do whatever she feels like? When we foster-to-adopted Ivy she had heartworm which also takes many months to treat and get verified as healthy. For chunks of that she was supposed to rest and definitely not run or jump. Tell an active young dog that!? There were a few days of abject misery right after shots but other than that she did NOT follow doctor's orders much... we had to take her on a leash into our fenced yard to stop her from running around,.
gedoena
05:08:19 PM MST, Thursday, February 13, 2025
gedoena> Yeah, I think she was hiding whatever pain she was in for quite a while as she tested high for the disease. She was limping and cowering and she's normally chasing deer. She'll be on the antifungals for the next 8 months, but there's a possibility it could be the rest of her life. I'm hoping the 8 month dose knocks it out, and I'm hoping by then the Valley Fever vaccine for dogs will be out. They've been working on it the past 7 years or so. Today is her last day on prednisone, so no more super hungry/thirsty dog. She's getting better day by day, she's starting to play again, but she's still hiding/chilling/sleeping more than usual. She turned 2 this past Wednesday ^_^
River
05:55:47 PM MST, Friday, January 24, 2025
River - just checked this again. Hope she is all better now! It is horrible when they are hurting - even more so if we can't figure out what is wrong. I do think it is helpful to have a dog that shows their pain rather than hides it (though I think my dog has perhaps exaggerated at times...)
gedoena
10:54:24 AM MST, Thursday, January 23, 2025
gedoena and Nick> Thank you ^_^
She's an almost 2 yr old Aussie and started limping and then just yelping and crying. She spent her time shaking and hiding. 2 vet visits, but the second time we got sent home with antifungals and a steroid after testing very positive for valley fever. She's not 100% but she is a hungry hungry hippo and no longer crying and hiding. My heart couldn't take the crying.
River
05:24:29 PM MST, Monday, January 13, 2025
Yay healing dog!
Nick
01:00:24 PM MST, Monday, January 13, 2025
River - poor dog! Glad she is doing better now!
gedoena
10:44:03 AM MST, Monday, January 13, 2025
Popping by after being gone from chat for a while. My dog got seriously ill with valley fever and I've been an anxious mess since New Years. Luckily she's on meds and doing better now. Linked my favorite picture of her for reference.
River
08:53:42 PM MST, Wednesday, January 08, 2025
It's New Year's Eve! If you party, remember your DD if you plan on going out!
Nick
11:56:27 AM MST, Tuesday, December 31, 2024
Happy Honda Days, and a Merry Toyotathon to one and all!
Adam
03:37:54 PM MST, Friday, December 27, 2024
Happy Boxing Day!
Nick
09:01:26 AM MST, Thursday, December 26, 2024
Merry Christmas everyone!
River
01:16:53 PM MST, Wednesday, December 25, 2024
Hope everyone is having a great Christmas, and is staying off Excel for the day!
Adam
12:18:34 PM MST, Wednesday, December 25, 2024
Adam> I love that one. For the first year of my job, we kept track of our contracts and leads on awful buggy shared spreadsheets. We ended up moving that stuff to Salesforce, but I still get reports to work my spreadsheet magic on.
Though looking at the weekly Salesforce data exports, it's all Excel, still.
River
08:49:12 PM MST, Monday, December 23, 2024
Okay, let's try that again:
Adam
02:01:25 PM MST, Monday, December 23, 2024
My company running SAP, Tableau, PowerBI, AfO, and everyone knowing that it all still boils down to Excel.
Adam
02:00:35 PM MST, Monday, December 23, 2024
Adam> Yes! I fucking love Vlookup.
Included a link to one of my favorite memes.
River
10:47:12 AM MST, Saturday, December 21, 2024
Live by the Pivot Table, die by the VLookup.
We'll be visiting my father-in-law in Gilbert, AZ in a couple of weeks. I live in upstate South Carolina for the last two years, after living my entire life in Charlotte, NC.
Adam
11:32:07 PM MST, Friday, December 20, 2024
I am living in the same place I was back in HS after 20 years in Tucson, not far from Tombstone AZ and the Mexican border. Married for 2 years with 2 stepkids (14 and 17 year old girls). I also have 3 cats and an almost 2 y/o Aussie (Rhaenys Targaryen) who is my first dog and the light of my life.
I work in health insurance (Medicare side) helping coordinate the contracts between providers and the insurance company. I don't love working in this industry, but it works well with my Excel and Salesforce skills. I love Excel so much I post memes about it to social media LOL
River
04:10:59 PM MST, Friday, December 20, 2024
I work for a large Germany-based multinational tire company, married for 17 years with a 13-year old daughter and a 3-year old pit bull. Before my daughter was born, my wife and I tried our hand at libertarian political activism for a few years, but it's now more of a spectator sport for us.
Adam
03:01:52 PM MST, Friday, December 20, 2024
So, what is everyone up to now? I am a faculty member, married 26 years, have 2 "neurodivergent" boys (12-nearly-13 and 15), and a dog who really, really thinks I should play with her instead of working on the computer on the bed right now. My older son does FIRST robotics and I volunteer there. Great group.
gedoena
01:03:50 PM MST, Friday, December 20, 2024
I don't know if anyone would remember me, or vice-versa, other than one person I've kept in touch with (well, and my husband, who I met on a gargoyles listserv!)
gedoena
09:14:31 AM MST, Thursday, December 19, 2024
My last post was typo City. I'm regressing.
Carlemot
09:14:55 PM MST, Wednesday, December 18, 2024
I only went to one as well, Montreal in 2004. Roomed with Isa and a couple other people.
Adam
08:26:34 PM MST, Wednesday, December 18, 2024
I went to just one: Williamsburg in 2002. That was fun.
Nick
07:55:20 PM MST, Wednesday, December 18, 2024
I attended two - 06 in Los Angeles and 07 in Pigeon Forge. Each had their unique quirks but I enjoyed both quite a bit. Not sure if I'd do it these days - it would be more like a reunion than a convention at this point LOL
River
04:12:19 PM MST, Wednesday, December 18, 2024
I think I only went to one Gathering (my mind keeps telling me 2, but can't remember any other than NY). It was nice. I remember Greg Weismann saying in his speech to us that it was too much of a private club (I think he was referring to the expense to attend).
I wonder if this would have held up over the years as we all got older and had/have a lot of other things going on in our lives.
My kids have watched Gargoyles, but I don't know if I would take a family trip to another city (much less make costumes, etc) though I can imagine some people still would.
gedoena
01:32:25 PM MST, Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Though, I mean, I joined a little after formation, but I remember one main thing was a serious line in the sand of tolerance of that happy horseshit from that crew.
Nick
12:17:09 AM MST, Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Car> I believe every generation has unhinged drama.
But I also remember us over in Twilight Clan forming, basically, because of and in solidarity against that whole clique in total.
Nick
12:15:32 AM MST, Wednesday, December 18, 2024
They chatted like mean girls during a panel, made it hard to hear the guest. They seemed really rude during the 2nd Gathering I went to, in Pigeon Forge. It seemed like they had less respect when not running the convention.
River
09:48:03 PM MST, Tuesday, December 17, 2024
They always completely hijacked roleplays and sometimes tried to make them inappropriately horny and was fairly homophobic. I vaguely remember getting into the early creation of the gathering and then being really tyrannical she also unnecessarily shooting down everyone's ideas . They had gotten involved just by dint of having been around an extremely long time
Carlemot
08:04:47 PM MST, Tuesday, December 17, 2024
I am somewhat relieved my generation wasn't the only one with unhinged drama llamas here and there. I actually think I might have known crazypants. Their behavior sounds eerily familiar to an old or I had extremely negative interactions with.
Carlemot
08:01:22 PM MST, Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Adam> Yeah, in the thread linked to by the hobby drama post, I think someone mentions his reddit handle.
River
09:53:38 AM MST, Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Which means the other main member of the Crazy Crew must have been Greg Bishansky.
Adam
07:12:09 AM MST, Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Ok. Haze lifted. Everything clicks now.
Nick
04:45:06 PM MST, Monday, December 16, 2024
Nick> Replace one of the words in the name with Demona.
River
04:36:27 PM MST, Monday, December 16, 2024
*Reads the new links.*
Wait... who's "Crazypants" in all this? I know I'm gonna know who it is once someone drops even part of a name. Just trying to figure it out with my THC, CTE, and AGE addled brain is not producing any results.
Nick
04:09:09 PM MST, Monday, December 16, 2024
This thread is fascinating and has so much fandom history/drama.
River
09:57:41 AM MST, Monday, December 16, 2024
Ok, here was the comment, different thread than I remembered. Gonna post the other one though cause it's interesting too and has some chat history.
River
09:56:47 AM MST, Monday, December 16, 2024
Adam> Gonna have to dig through some saved Reddit comments. Someone gave a brief explanation in a post about why there aren't Gatherings any more.
River
09:53:01 AM MST, Monday, December 16, 2024
River> When DID the S8 chat shut down? And why?
Adam
09:27:37 PM MST, Sunday, December 15, 2024
Added in some more S8 logs. Skipped the ones that seemed to be all spam messages back in 06, then it doesn't pick back up until the smartphone era. Still have some more years before the shutdown of the chat.
Carlemot> One thing this whole chat room has taught me is I remember WAY less than I thought LOL
River
03:23:01 PM MST, Sunday, December 15, 2024
Adam> .... and nowadays I'm old enough to where I wouldn't care, as long as they're at least 18 and human. :P
Nick
12:15:21 PM MST, Sunday, December 15, 2024
Finally found myself. Do NOT remember still being that goofy so late into my twenties lol. I remember all of us had aini reunion that switched over to Myspace before we all drifted apart again
Carlemot
07:51:59 PM MST, Saturday, December 14, 2024
Reno...I remember that chick.
At least, I think she was a chick. Who can really say,though?
Adam
06:40:41 PM MST, Saturday, December 14, 2024
River> What can I say? I had no life.
Nick
02:23:26 PM MST, Saturday, December 14, 2024
Nick> Yeah, you showed up a lot.
River
08:58:53 AM MST, Saturday, December 14, 2024
I'm almost afraid to look.
*Randomly clicks one.*
OH GOD THERE I AM... X_X ... *reads.* Jesus Christ...Reno. That just unlocked some memories.
Nick
11:28:32 PM MST, Friday, December 13, 2024
Adam> ;)
Katman
05:14:09 PM MST, Wednesday, December 04, 2024
Kat> The amusing thing about that is the notion that that would have been some kind of odd, isolated incident.
Adam
09:40:02 PM MST, Tuesday, December 03, 2024
Oh good, in the logs I can see that in 2003 I made a dick joke out of nowhere. Quite the wit I had 20-odd years ago. ;)
Katman
04:26:14 PM MST, Tuesday, December 03, 2024
I'm disappointed that there aren't more logs from GFW archived. Although I started out in S8, I migrated over to GFW sometime in '98 and was most active there. Bummer.
Adam
09:16:35 PM MST, Monday, December 02, 2024
Just started adding in some for Station 8. Holy crap there's more than I thought...
Only two for GFW though :( Those will be last.
River
10:35:22 PM MST, Sunday, December 01, 2024
I am adding in snapshots/logs of the old chat rooms. Starting with Miniclan since they have the most on the Wayback Machine. If you view the Miniclan version of the chat there's a link for OLD logs. Found Katman on there ^_^
River
12:19:18 PM MST, Sunday, December 01, 2024
Can't get more classic than that. @_X
....
Leo? That you? :P
Nick
07:49:21 PM MST, Saturday, November 30, 2024
I just checked the website statistics for this site and 3 people are viewing this site from Windows XP or Windows Vista..... I want to know who you are LOL
River
12:50:38 PM MST, Saturday, November 30, 2024
Dragon's Lair in Austin usta be a blast on Free Comic Book Day, but it's been a few years since I made it out there.
Blue
03:10:21 PM MST, Thursday, November 28, 2024
I live in an absolute comicbook desert out here. It's been a bit of a bummer. Hopefully a friend can nab me a copy. I had to resort to ordering the last issue of Quest online. Cost me twice cover price with shipping, but at least I don't have to drive two hours to a shop that probably wouldn't have an extra copy. And I got to pick the cover I wanted.
Blue
03:09:33 PM MST, Thursday, November 28, 2024
Kate> Me too! I don't think I've done one of those since 04!
River
07:20:14 PM MST, Friday, November 22, 2024
That Demona comic is gonna pull me out to Free Comic Book Day.
Really excited for it!
Kate
05:47:26 PM MST, Friday, November 22, 2024
Hi Gargolin!
River
10:04:54 AM MST, Thursday, November 21, 2024
hello everyone
gargolin
08:26:42 PM MST, Tuesday, November 19, 2024
Glad to be here!
Kate
08:46:01 AM MST, Monday, November 18, 2024
Kate> I'm so pleased new fans are finding their way here and seeing what the fandom was like long ago ^_^
River
08:54:26 PM MST, Sunday, November 17, 2024
Chances are I'm not any Kate you know, I'm a pretty new fan after all :)
Kate
04:09:59 PM MST, Sunday, November 17, 2024
Well, it ain't Beckinsale, Bush, or Winslet....
... though it'd be cool if it was, not gonna lie...
Nick
02:18:29 PM MST, Thursday, November 14, 2024
Kate?
Backman?
Adam
09:28:05 PM MST, Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Hi Kate!
River
05:02:59 PM MST, Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Hello there!
Kate
08:45:58 PM MST, Tuesday, November 12, 2024
Hello!
Nick
08:14:02 PM MST, Tuesday, November 12, 2024
What's good?
Kate
08:05:38 PM MST, Tuesday, November 12, 2024
Well, if people are interested in RP again, we're working on trying to get something rolling over at Twilight Clan (it's been slow, but since there's only a few of us, it's not hard to catch up). If anyone wants to get involved and/or has questions, go for it. *adds link*
Nick
05:37:30 PM MST, Tuesday, November 12, 2024
Nick> Indeed.
River
07:09:52 PM MST, Saturday, November 09, 2024
Blargh.
Nick
09:52:12 AM MST, Saturday, November 09, 2024
Also, Stormy and Dylan are not the same person.
A Fan
11:06:57 PM MST, Saturday, November 02, 2024
I remember Merlin Missy. I wonder where she is in 2024.
A Fan
11:05:56 PM MST, Saturday, November 02, 2024
I know I wrote a few and posted them, but I'm definitely not going back to look at them. I'll be horrified by how bad the stuff I wrote was. I can remember what a lot of it was, but it was so much pop culture... and completely horribly unreadable when compared to what Adam is talking about. *L*
Nick
08:08:07 PM MST, Saturday, November 02, 2024
Adam> Direct story linking doesn't work on GFW unfortunately. I think it's php and works on a table system kinda like this chat. But easy enough to find by author and title.
River
05:56:37 PM MST, Friday, November 01, 2024
The most memorable fanfiction story I ever read was one called "All Through The Night" written in 1995 by Melissa "Merlin Missy" Wilson. It was a crossover of Gargoyles, the X-Files, Batman TAS, and Beauty and the Beast (the 80s version with Linda Hamilton and Ron Perleman).
That sounds like a chaotic mess of nonsense, but whoever Melissa Wilson was, she made it work surprisingly well.
It's still hosted over at GFW. I linked to it in my name.
Adam
08:21:09 PM MST, Thursday, October 31, 2024
I never fell prey to A Fan's genius marketing scheme, unfortunately. I mostly read Christine Morgan and The Gargoyles Saga collaborative fanfic. I also read some Dylan P Blacquiere (Stormy?).
It's kinda crazy how many people in the early days used their own names. I looked up Christine Morgan and, of course, she's an author. Looked up Dylan and he's a neurologist. Crazy stuff.
River
06:13:06 PM MST, Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Haha, I remember A Fan. ;)
Katman
12:38:54 PM MST, Tuesday, October 29, 2024
I'm pretty sure I read a number of the stories, NGL.
Nick
12:06:40 PM MST, Tuesday, October 29, 2024
A Fan> The plan seems to have worked since I recognize your name 25+ years on and I don't personally know you. The weird things we remember ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
River
11:14:17 PM MST, Sunday, October 27, 2024
It was my secret plan to be #1... alphabetically
A Fan
04:49:50 PM MST, Sunday, October 27, 2024
That might be it lol... seeing it in the GFW fanfic list back in the day. Nice to meet you!
River
03:22:15 PM MST, Sunday, October 27, 2024
I don't know if a lot was accurate... but I was around...wrote some stories I'm not always 100% proud of...
A Fan
01:23:45 PM MST, Sunday, October 27, 2024
A Fan> Hi! I don't think I know you but I feel like I remember seeing your name a lot. One of the comment rooms?
River
12:32:08 PM MST, Sunday, October 27, 2024
Way before everyone's time I think
Chat used to be eat more dramatic in phase one. In retrospect it was nuts!
Carlemot
06:08:46 PM MST, Saturday, October 26, 2024
Dude, I can't believe nobody from my gen in miniclan n back in the early to mid 90s have popped in. So lonely ;;
I just also remembered I was the leader o miniclan for like a week until I was dropped because it came out I was having an affair with another member. Ahhh teenage fandom drama
Carlemot
06:05:35 PM MST, Saturday, October 26, 2024
Haven't used this alias in a while. Gedoena told me about this. Miss the days where talking in Station 8 was my sanctuary.
A Fan
05:33:10 PM MST, Saturday, October 26, 2024
Nick> I had a Razr but by that point wasn't chatting on here any longer. I only ever chatted on a computer originally. I hate the chat submit form on my phone, it's harder to look for errors before submitting.
River
09:40:32 AM MST, Saturday, October 26, 2024
Yeah, Auto-reload only made it to s8 and TCG.
Though accessing this on a Smartphone has to be way easier than trying to access it on an original Motorola Razr.
Nick
08:04:45 PM MST, Friday, October 25, 2024
Sounds fun ;). I am terrible on cell phones. Half the time I think I live in the 90s still. Like when I can't figure out how to do something on my data phone... or when I am shocked (and unwilling) to be expected to use an app to do something like use coupons. One store's app was called something like "clip coupons". I kept asking where the coupon flier was so I could clip them. Of course...my husband does most of the shopping!
gedoena (s8)
06:23:01 PM MST, Thursday, October 24, 2024
gedoena> It does work on a phone, but it's a weird and slightly unsatisfying experience. I've had to do it a few times on a busier days when I'm walking the dog.
River (GFW)
06:07:21 PM MST, Thursday, October 24, 2024
Ok... I try to stay off the computer on the weekends but I might check in :). Does this site work on a cell phone? (Although I should stay away from that too and focus on my kids!)
gedoena (s8)
05:41:03 PM MST, Thursday, October 24, 2024
Yeah, I didn't figure today would be busy, it really only picks up on the weekends. There wasn't anything planned for today so much, I was just trying to promote the room again before the 30tha anniversary.
I created the room about a year ago and then didn't do anything with it until after Carlemot found his way in here. Then I figured I'd start promoting closer to he anniversary of the show premiere.
River (GFW)
05:29:23 PM MST, Thursday, October 24, 2024
Too bad today was slow...my husband found something on reddit or somewhere saying that there was going to be a big get-together here for the 30th anniversery. I notice he hasn't showed up either... I can't blame him for spending the day cleaning the garage though!
gedoena (s8)
04:46:55 PM MST, Thursday, October 24, 2024
gedoena> nice to meet you as well! It seems like there's a good mix between the chat rooms so I don't know most people as well lol. I'm still in touch with one other chatter on a regular basis myself - they were the best man at my wedding.
River (GFW)
04:32:49 PM MST, Thursday, October 24, 2024
But it is nice to "meet" you! I don't do a lot of gargoyles-related interaction nowadays - other than having met my husband on the listserv! But we watch it every few years and our kids love it too.
gedoena
04:15:51 PM MST, Thursday, October 24, 2024
Ok :). I was only on s8 and a listserv so probably did not know you.
gedoena
04:15:03 PM MST, Thursday, October 24, 2024
I was originally Baby Fey in GFW, but eventually I stopped writing the name, and my IP at the time included the word river so people started calling me that. So mostly River :)
River (GFW)
04:04:19 PM MST, Thursday, October 24, 2024
Hi, River! Was that your original handle?
gedoena
03:42:09 PM MST, Thursday, October 24, 2024
Happy 30th birthday Gargoyles!
gedoena> yeah it's an oddity these days, you're either actively on it or not, no notifications lol
Hi Springsprite!
River
02:34:11 PM MST, Thursday, October 24, 2024
Lurking s8 since around 97, seldom posted. Great to see people chatting again.
springsprite
01:49:18 PM MST, Thursday, October 24, 2024
And...now I recall the drawback of this system.... you have to come back to reload and because you are obsessed with it, you come back every 30 seconds or so.
I am in work crunch, so not the BEST idea...
gedoena
08:38:13 AM MST, Thursday, October 24, 2024
My husband said he saw somewhere that today was to be a get-together here, but looks like the messagews are back through the last month or so...
gedoena
08:33:48 AM MST, Thursday, October 24, 2024
Whow.... *climbs up into the rafters, much less nimbly than last time she was in here*.
I used to enhabit s8...usually stayed on all night until the Europeans got up. Sounds exhausting...
gedoena
08:28:31 AM MST, Thursday, October 24, 2024
Man. Facebook seems more and more useless by the day. I usta use it mostly to keep up with the semi-local nerd squad, to make plans and whatnot, but steady social media attrition has whittled the gang down significantly. Now I just sort of ramble about comics into the void.
Blue
05:18:08 PM MST, Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Thanks to the wrestling shit, I really don't know a lot of people by their real names. Just their "Gimmick" names.
The Garg chats fall into that category for me.
Nick
02:14:05 PM MST, Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Adam> Ok. I shoulda said: "Chat Handle".
Nick
02:12:44 PM MST, Wednesday, October 23, 2024
2002: Williamsburg, Virginia
June 28 - June 30
Con Chair: Laurean Leigh
Special Guests
Greg Guler, character designer
Greg Weisman, series creator
Adam
07:44:26 AM MST, Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Might sound like a stupid question, but remember:
Now I'm 41. I've spent the last almost 20 years getting concussed and smoking weed. This chat room is actually bringing back some memories and whatnot I haven't thought of since before I actually got into the wrestling industry.
Who was it that was head of the group that ran the last Gathering in Williamsburg?
Nick
06:44:36 AM MST, Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Adam> I mean... found out of a refusal to play by others' rules... It's almost poetic we're still going while everywhere else has either faded into the ether of (if lucky) the Wayback Machine or is a weird shell of what it once was.
The comfort of the hardheaded among each other. Yet, we still plug along, even if now we more split time between the chat room and the Discord channel.
Nick
06:41:43 AM MST, Wednesday, October 23, 2024
I still find it amusing that the last surviving HTML Gargoyles-themed chatroom was started simply because one person was dissatisfied with any chatroom she herself didn't control, and picked her favorite people from the other chatrooms and took them with her.
It's obviously not that now, and hasn't been for years, but still, that was how it started, and now (aside from this bit of nostalgia-bait), it's all that remains.
Adam
07:37:45 PM MST, Monday, October 21, 2024
Nick> No, strictly GFW for me. I was in Emanon clan back in the day
River
06:57:03 PM MST, Monday, October 21, 2024
River> Yeah, because you mostly were in Mini, right?
Nick
05:15:55 PM MST, Monday, October 21, 2024
YellowBerry> Yep! At the top of it's internet popularity, there were several chat rooms with similar designs for different groups (and in some cases "Clans"). (All pretty much derivatives of the person who did the original design. Gotta word it right because we do have a guy under the name Whoever. He'd probably reply, but he was in a part of Florida that got hit by the 'canes.)
s8 was the one that was, for the most part, the "Official" chat room for Gargoyles. A number of people who had been involved with the show were regulars for quite a while. Gargoyles Fans Website (or GFW for short) was the big fan website with loads of user-made content. (Mostly stories or art and whatnot.) But it also had a chatroom, which had it's own collection of people. Then there was the original biggest of the "Clans", Mini-Clan. They had their own chat and whatnot. (I, honestly, rarely went there.) And the last one not represented in the chat version options, is the Twilight Clan (TCG for short, and NOT named for the f'n book/movie series). We started in 2004-5ish, and are still chugging along with "our own thing".
The differences in the chats were mostly that s8 was an out of character chat. Role Playing was mostly discouraged. The other three had their own RPing universes. GFW was pretty normal. Can't really speak on Mini. And in TCG... we've always been the renegades. :P
Nick
05:11:56 PM MST, Monday, October 21, 2024
River> I know. It's easy to feel dirty using the tools of the evil digital alien sentient AI overlord Mark Zuckerberg, especially since the loss of time traveling interdimensional overgenius and ACTUAL rocket scientist John Carmack from Meta.
Nick
04:44:30 PM MST, Monday, October 21, 2024
Nick> I'm gonna do it... gonna post a link on FB. I don't think I've used it in 10 years since the Legend of Korra ended, pretty sure that was the last thing I posted on my timeline -_- I feel weird.
River
01:10:56 PM MST, Sunday, October 20, 2024
Hi Ami, Gabriel! Where did you guys chat?
River
11:54:43 AM MST, Sunday, October 20, 2024
This is amazing! I spent so many hours here as a kid.
Ami
08:17:10 AM MST, Sunday, October 20, 2024
Damn this takes me back.
Gabriel
09:33:30 PM MST, Saturday, October 19, 2024
Yellowflowerevy> That is so cool! When I made this chat, I always hoped at least one new person would wander in here :) This is pretty much what it was like back in the day. I tried to faithfully recreate the style of the main three chat rooms. To further enhance the experience, just imagine viewing this on an old desktop computer, probably with a screen resolution of 800x600, on dialup. Those were the heyday of the web based chats lol
Normally I'd recommend going to the Internet Archive and searching for the three chats, they have some days archived. But it seems they're still suffering from a DDOS and most pages won't load.
River
01:28:11 PM MST, Saturday, October 19, 2024
I never did these before actually I was always interested in the fandom, but I was not aware that these kind of things existed. I wish I’d been a part of them sooner. I just really love the series.
Yellowflowerevy
01:09:51 PM MST, Saturday, October 19, 2024
Hi Yellowflowerevy! Which chat room did you use back in the day?
River
12:43:41 PM MST, Saturday, October 19, 2024
Wow this is exciting
Yellowflowerevy
10:46:51 AM MST, Saturday, October 19, 2024
Nick> I just can't get into the non-chronological order of current day social media. Give me a timeline, not an algorithm :/ I've been trying to stay to websites in the style of Web 1.0 when I'm killing time. I've found Wiby, Neocities, and Tildeverse are pretty good.
River
09:35:54 AM MST, Saturday, October 19, 2024
There is definitely a line between eras with advertising this.
And I don't blame ya about Facebook and social media.
Nick
06:06:00 PM MST, Friday, October 18, 2024
Nick> Yeah, once the chat rooms are set up, there's not really much in the way of maintenance LOL. And no, nothing on Facebook. This past year I've been trying to stay away from traditional social media and stick more to simple websites. If you're on facebook and want to post a link on Saturday, go for it. From the website statistics, it looks like the link has been shared somewhere on there as a few people have been redirected from the site.
I was pondering how to promote the site with my stepdaughter and she said "what about instragram and snapchat?". I just shook my head and had a hard time explaining that was not the most likely audience to find former chatters.
River
01:50:46 PM MST, Friday, October 18, 2024
... Just gotta break the spell... once the castle rises above the clouds....
*Takes a rip on the dab rig.*
Nick
03:20:36 PM MST, Thursday, October 17, 2024
Mentioned it on any of the FB groups yet? I know a number of them actually have more of the old chatters attached than anything.
Nick
03:11:30 PM MST, Thursday, October 17, 2024
I mean, Twilight Clan has continued to run for 15-20 years now. Isa's kept us up and running the last 5 years alone just by herself, if my time framing is right... THC, CTE, and AGE are getting to me and whatnot...
Nick
03:09:29 PM MST, Thursday, October 17, 2024
Not a ton. Web hosting is pretty cheap, I just have to throw in the VPS for the php which is only a bit more. Was pretty interesting to build, and I have to imagine much less complicated than the old chat room scripts.
River
08:08:18 PM MST, Sunday, October 13, 2024
Okay, good to know. I'll keep checking it.
Is having this here costing you anything?
Adam
07:57:40 PM MST, Sunday, October 13, 2024
Adam> Well yeah, web-based chats just aren't the rage anymore ;)
I plan on promoting the chat one more time, the weekend before the 30th anniversary. Which should be next weekend now LOL
River
04:13:41 PM MST, Sunday, October 13, 2024
Well, this petered out.
Adam
11:10:27 AM MST, Friday, October 11, 2024
Hello Enyo
Nick
08:39:16 PM MST, Monday, September 30, 2024
I'll write up a blurb about myself soon. I wanted to pop in and say hello first. :)
Holy shit, what a blast from the past. 😎
Enyo
08:03:53 PM MST, Sunday, September 29, 2024
River> I got mushy when I saw it, thank you very much. ❤️🙂
Enyo
07:53:53 PM MST, Sunday, September 29, 2024
Enyo> Katman just pointed out to me that your name is one of the specified by name in the Miniclan chat submit form (I'm usually using GFW). I copied each sub form's color options from the Wayback Machine and tried to grab them all. So cool to see someone that's named on the Miniclan chat ^_^
Adam> Arizona time is superior. No daylight savings!
River
07:49:17 PM MST, Sunday, September 29, 2024
River> Bah. ;)
Katman
07:46:18 PM MST, Sunday, September 29, 2024
Hi Enyo!
Katman> Website owner gets to choose the time zone. Not sure, hopefully it won't do daylight savings lol.
River
07:43:52 PM MST, Sunday, September 29, 2024
Agreed. This is BUSH LEAGUE.
Adam
07:42:20 PM MST, Sunday, September 29, 2024
Waitaminute, this is in Mountain Standard Time? Literally unusable. ;)
Katman
07:36:42 PM MST, Sunday, September 29, 2024
O.o
Enyo
07:31:49 PM MST, Sunday, September 29, 2024
River> Yeah. The logo for the good guys side. Looks exactly like linked (but with shading to look like it was stamped into my chest as opposed to drawn).
Nick
08:55:26 PM MST, Thursday, September 26, 2024
Nick> Whats the Autobot tattoo? Is it their symbol? I'm not the hugest Transformers fan, but I'm firmly of the mind that the opening to the 80s movie was one of the best starts to a movie ever. Haunting, beautiful, scary.
River
07:32:01 PM MST, Thursday, September 26, 2024
I always wanted to get a Gargoyles tat. Might still at some point. Add it to my Autobots and Chicago Cubs tats.
Nick
11:28:40 AM MST, Thursday, September 26, 2024
You should! I have always liked your art.
Beauty
07:12:52 PM MST, Tuesday, September 24, 2024
I never could commit to a tattoo. I sketched up a nifty arrangement of fantasy swords that meant something to me, the shards of Narsil, a 40k space nuns chainsword, Leonardo's katana, He-Man's sword, et al. But I never did anything with it. I think it'd at least make a fun graphic tee one day.
Blue
06:22:00 AM MST, Tuesday, September 24, 2024
My Demona tattoo is now 25 years old. Please stop the relentless march of time. It's showing its age a bit (unlike the real thing) but since it's on my lower back the sun hasn't contributed. It's the only fandom tattoo I ever got, though I've entertained the idea of Buffy or ATLA/LoK tattoos.
River
06:02:40 PM MST, Monday, September 23, 2024
My geekery (aside from a handful of tiki mugs and vintage fast food glassware) is currently confined to my library (I am so happy to finally have a dedicated space for it). Which means not nearly enough room to keep my figures on display; those gargoyle wings are especially egregious space hogs. That'll change when I clear out the workshop, though. Currently full of old furniture and tractor.
Blue
04:46:03 AM MST, Monday, September 23, 2024
So far, I've just gotten the first Goliath and Angela figs. But that's it so far. Bills and existence and whatnot.
Nick
08:51:40 PM MST, Sunday, September 22, 2024
Beauty> yeah, they're all showing for me. I'm using the gfw version and see the link below your name.
River
06:04:02 PM MST, Sunday, September 22, 2024
River> Oh, you can see it? For some reason it won't work in Firefox. I am using these lil plastic ones I found on Amazon. Since winter is approaching, I think I will pick up a few hoodies!
Beauty
05:47:12 PM MST, Sunday, September 22, 2024
*sighs in resignation*
Beauty
05:45:33 PM MST, Sunday, September 22, 2024
Beauty> I love it! Which stand are you using for Goliath? And teepublic has fantastic stuff. I've bought hoodies, tanks, and t-shirts. The prints don't hold up forever if you dry them, but it just makes them look aged in my opinion. The tri blends and super soft hoodies are particularly nice.
River
05:43:59 PM MST, Sunday, September 22, 2024
Oh drat, you cannot see my collection...
Maybe this link will work?
Beauty
05:39:20 PM MST, Sunday, September 22, 2024
I have been faithfully collecting the comics as they come out, and have a few shirts and all the current NECA figurines. I wish some of the comic covers could be posters because they're pretty awesome and I would love to hang them behind the figurines. Until recently I didn't have a dedicated space for the geekery but since I bought this house in 2022 I have been filling it with my hobbies and such. I don't collect much, apart from gargoyles and plants.
I didn't know that tee public had shirts, but now I'm going to give them all my money!
Beauty
05:36:50 PM MST, Sunday, September 22, 2024
I've been collecting some of the NECA figures. Currently I have Demona, Bronx, Xanatos (not in armor), and Hudson. I asked for Xanatos for Christmas and my husband got me Hudson as a bonus. I think Hudson probably looks best out of all of them. I've thought about getting others, but I don't really like the way some of them look :/ I'm really hoping for either an Owen or a Puck figure. I feel like that would complete my set. I haven't found a good way to have them set up without awkward posing or falling over though. And my elderly cat, Tori, is constantly knocking them over like some god descending from the heavens as she passes over the shelf to her resting spot.
I try to buy any new t-shirts, tanks, or hoodies from Teepublic so I can be a nerd. I have a Goliath Gym tank (linked) that I like to wear. Unfortunately, I haven't had anyone mention knowing the show, whereas when I wear my Firelord Iroh shirt, I get way more comments.
River
12:12:04 PM MST, Sunday, September 22, 2024
Nick> I have been buying the Gargoyles toys and comics as they come out (the toys are starting to get surprisingly deep into the roster), so I'm glad Disney tried floating it back out there.
I'm really not sure it'll go anywhere outside of a little wave of nostalgia though. It seems like all the studios thought the streaming well was a lot deeper than it is.
Blue
10:15:25 AM MST, Sunday, September 22, 2024
In a hardware store, not on. Cue disappointed muppets on top of a building.
Blue
10:08:57 AM MST, Sunday, September 22, 2024
Man. I feel lucky (so-far) to've not had any major health issues; nothing that's kept me from going a little harder than I probably should. I know I should get my diet together since there's a family history of various heart and blood pressure issues hanging over my head.
I did recently move to the ol family estate (a creaky farmhouse on a nice bit of acreage) where I shall continue being a bit of a bohemian weirdo working on a hardware store just more rural. And honestly being out here in the trees with room to spread out and start projects has done a lot for my mental state.
Blue
10:07:27 AM MST, Sunday, September 22, 2024
46 here.I suffered a compression fracture in my spine about 10 years back and get flareups now and then. I also went bald, although that started in my 20s.
One weird thing that happened earlier this year was that my toe started hurting badly enough that I was having trouble walking. I had no idea what could possibly be going on until my doctor said it was gout. I was floored, but then remembered that my 13-year old had recently developed a taste for livermush and I'd been indulging myself. So much for that, I guess.
Luckily, I've had no need for head meds, but I'm a guy. As you know, none of us are self-reflective enough to develop neurosis.
Adam
08:43:33 PM MST, Saturday, September 21, 2024
Adam> I'm lucky, I've made it to 43 without much issue. Joint wise I'm maintained by running and yoga, so I still feel 20. However, my stomach is not with it, and is much more finicky than when I was young. She tolerates my paramours, the cheeses, much less these days :*( Also, I am addicted to the truly spicy, but my stomach is not fond of that hobby. I've been on and off the head meds, but these days with being outside a ton with the dog, I've been able to white knuckle the depression/anxiety.
River
05:51:18 PM MST, Saturday, September 21, 2024
Adam that seem particularly accurate!
Rosanna
03:02:05 PM MST, Saturday, September 21, 2024
All of these fan types are now united by the experience of joint pain and long-term medication schedules.
Adam
02:46:39 PM MST, Saturday, September 21, 2024
Nick> That seems about right LOL
River
09:58:48 AM MST, Saturday, September 21, 2024
How it breaks down (my theory) :
GFW: Disney World (With the occasional person flashing the in-ride camera)
s8: The office building staff... but they've been told their pizza party has been cancelled
Mini: What happens when you put a buncha monkeys with ADHD in a barrel with a single Rubik's Cube
Twilight: THE Wretched Hive of Scum and Villainy of the fandom.
Nick
09:38:16 AM MST, Saturday, September 21, 2024
I remember my RP arc was long sfw to>nsfw to in private chats that existed on s8 at the time that you needed a private url to access>too busy playing quake or being a furry
Carlemot
10:48:21 PM MST, Friday, September 20, 2024
RP was always a big thing for me, though I didn't mind just chatting. I still RP in the Twilight Clan with the few people who still visit there.
Rosanna
05:54:29 PM MST, Friday, September 20, 2024
Yeah I never really roleplayed either. I just liked to hang around to chat. I remember a group chatting in IRC and slapping each other with trout I believe.
I agree that the chat room just seemed to be for people who like Gargoyles, rather than about Gargoyles. I feel like I appreciated the fandom almost more than the show itself, especially as the years went on. I've found other favorite pieces of fiction, but Gargoyles always holds a special place because of the community.
River
10:21:56 AM MST, Friday, September 20, 2024
I also never really got into roleplaying all that much. I know it was the main thing for a lot of people, though.
Adam
08:18:26 AM MST, Friday, September 20, 2024
Gotta say, it was only nominally a gargoyles chat for me since I couldn't maintain any RP. The cartoon seemed to be a common ground for a bunch of generally creative folks I could vibe with.
Blue
06:34:46 AM MST, Friday, September 20, 2024
River> Hell, I feel ya there. I just ended a personal deactivation of my Facebook account just because of some personal shit having to do with a friend of mine (as seen in the TCG Discord). I seriously was surprised by how much it helped my mental health. To the point my memory was becoming clearer and better outta nowhere. (I don't think there's a DIRECT correlation between the two, but I also highly wouldn't doubt it.)
You really do gotta sometimes just remove social media from your life. I know I replaced it with funny dog video shorts on YouTube and random documentaries on varying subjects. A lot healthier for the mind.
Nick
12:29:23 AM MST, Thursday, September 19, 2024
Beauty> I missed websites that you could step away from and then come back to instead of being another thing along my status bar to check. And I also missed being part of a smaller group, like a fish in a pond, rather than a drop in the ocean in the case of social media.
I've been trying to stay away from doom scrolling on the standard big 5/10? big websites since January. I still doomscroll on Reddit too much since it's just too easy to do on my phone. But I try to get onto my personal PC and look at actual websites. I've found Neocities which is like a modern day geocities with a sliiight social twist. And my favorite is Wiby, which is a search engine/surprise me site that links to Old web style sites (gonna link this).
River
10:08:43 PM MST, Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Honestly, that's what I miss most.
Beauty
10:01:12 PM MST, Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Adam> Yeah, I never created this with the intention of it becoming what it once was, an active chat - the world it came from no longer exists. A web-based chat room isn't going to be visited as much as stuff that sends you notifications. Hell, even I forget to check for new messages for weeks at a time LOL. But I'm still pretty pleased that anyone showed at all, and it's nice to chat this way again even for a while and maybe help people reconnect. It is nice to read stuff linearly and not from an algorithm for once.
River
08:06:56 PM MST, Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Nick> That was before they blew their wad on "The Acolyte" and had it tank. That's the POWER OF MAAAANYYYYYY.
Adam
07:30:09 PM MST, Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Yeah... Disney made news a few months ago because they were gonna bring it all back... and now....................... silence.
Nick
05:49:02 PM MST, Wednesday, September 18, 2024
*angrily shakes fist at the sky*
Beauty
03:17:50 PM MST, Wednesday, September 18, 2024
After the initial burst of nostalgia-driven interest, this appears to have tapered off.
It's almost like there's nothing new to say about the old show, and little appetite for discussing podcasts and back pain like the middle-aged people we are.
Adam
12:27:48 PM MST, Wednesday, September 18, 2024
I have been absolutely terrible at maintaining any presence in online communities. I think the Gargoyles bunch was the only place it was relatively effortless.
Blue
07:38:44 PM MST, Tuesday, September 17, 2024
Ha! Better than me. I don't even remember what I did yesterday...
Beauty
07:20:22 PM MST, Tuesday, September 17, 2024
Hah, well, I have a slightly better grasp on yesterday's events than those twenty-some years ago. But this text box sure is comfy.
Blue
07:14:26 PM MST, Tuesday, September 17, 2024
*wave wave* Feels like yesterday, eh?
Beauty
07:03:17 PM MST, Tuesday, September 17, 2024
Man, I've missed the ol' joint. Though I think most of my more robust memories are from the Twilight years.
Blue
07:03:12 PM MST, Tuesday, September 17, 2024
A post, perhaps!
Blue
06:48:57 PM MST, Tuesday, September 17, 2024
Leo> That makes sense. I read the comment rooms but almost never dropped a comment. The only time I did was when I found out another girl in my high school knew someone in the chat. Coyote was the person that she knew I believe.
Hi Whoever!
River
06:37:00 PM MST, Tuesday, September 17, 2024
I first started out in TGS / Station 8 around 2001. I participated more the “comment rooms” which were slower paced. I think Chat rooms were a little more intimidating, My brain isn’t wired to keep track of the multiple convos and I don’t have the talent for on the fly role playing either so I more of a chat lurker
Leo
05:56:07 PM MST, Tuesday, September 17, 2024
