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Started by tyrannosaurus vex, September 17, 2010, 07:06:37 PM

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Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 12, 2011, 08:41:41 PM
Quote from: Science me, babby on December 12, 2011, 08:40:11 PM
Quote from: Nigel on December 02, 2011, 06:26:46 PM
What was the deal with Vex, anyway? I always liked him, but then it seemed like something went awry.

Didn't he go completely batshit shortly (4-6 months shortly) before CU did, had a couple of failed flounces, and then one last and final flounce?

Yeah, he suddenly dumped on me & exploded.  I am like a walking piece of litmus paper, I swear to fucking God.

I think you are.  :lulz:

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Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 12, 2011, 08:41:41 PM
Quote from: Science me, babby on December 12, 2011, 08:40:11 PM
Quote from: Nigel on December 02, 2011, 06:26:46 PM
What was the deal with Vex, anyway? I always liked him, but then it seemed like something went awry.

Didn't he go completely batshit shortly (4-6 months shortly) before CU did, had a couple of failed flounces, and then one last and final flounce?

Yeah, he suddenly dumped on me & exploded.  I am like a walking piece of litmus paper, I swear to fucking God.

True story, man.
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Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 12, 2011, 08:41:41 PM
Quote from: Science me, babby on December 12, 2011, 08:40:11 PM
Quote from: Nigel on December 02, 2011, 06:26:46 PM
What was the deal with Vex, anyway? I always liked him, but then it seemed like something went awry.

Didn't he go completely batshit shortly (4-6 months shortly) before CU did, had a couple of failed flounces, and then one last and final flounce?

Yeah, he suddenly dumped on me & exploded.  I am like a walking piece of litmus paper, I swear to fucking God.

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Quote from: Science me, babby on December 12, 2011, 08:40:11 PM
Quote from: Nigel on December 02, 2011, 06:26:46 PM
What was the deal with Vex, anyway? I always liked him, but then it seemed like something went awry.

Didn't he go completely batshit shortly (4-6 months shortly) before CU did, had a couple of failed flounces, and then one last and final flounce?

Wait.  Was he Mr. Arial?

AFK

No, that was someone else.  And I don't recall the particulars of what lead Vex to leave.  But I didn't have an abnormal amount of negative encounters with him so as far as I'm concerned he's still a good Joe and I think it would be cool to have him around again. 
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Nephew Twiddleton

Yeah i thought vex was pretty cool too but i remember him making quick and subtle jabs at roger and then all of a sudden boom. I think at this point its sacrifice for the board god. It seems to happen every 4 to 6 months that someone has some sort of meltdown with roger and then leave. And the board god uses roger as a magnet for the sacrificial victim.
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Cramulus

Vex rocked. He wrote some awesome pranks, and he was the first one to run with the Intermittens idea. He edited one of my favorite Intermittens issues, and had a big role in creating OMGASM. Vex has an amazing talent for taking a joke and turning it into a slick graphic. I miss his presence here.

When Vex decided to stick a fork in it, he wrote a goodbye to the community which talked about how he didn't feel like he was cliquing with us anymore.  There were a lot of hostile reactions to it, but I don't think it was really about Roger.


The Good Reverend Roger

Quote from: My Lady is a Cantaloupe on December 13, 2011, 12:58:52 PM
No, that was someone else.  And I don't recall the particulars of what lead Vex to leave.  But I didn't have an abnormal amount of negative encounters with him so as far as I'm concerned he's still a good Joe and I think it would be cool to have him around again. 

I talk to him on Facebook now and again.  He's in Phoenix now, which explains his absence from the board.

I thought he was fucking hilarious most of the time, but he had a habit of pulling a "rong" when he was fucked up (either inebriated or fucked in the head, not sure which).
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Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on December 13, 2011, 12:56:09 PM
Quote from: Science me, babby on December 12, 2011, 08:40:11 PM
Quote from: Nigel on December 02, 2011, 06:26:46 PM
What was the deal with Vex, anyway? I always liked him, but then it seemed like something went awry.

Didn't he go completely batshit shortly (4-6 months shortly) before CU did, had a couple of failed flounces, and then one last and final flounce?

Wait.  Was he Mr. Arial?

I'm flattered you mixed me up with Vex, but no, I'm the Arialtard.

I don't have a fraction of his caustic writing skills.
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Quote from: Cramulus on December 13, 2011, 02:31:13 PM
Vex rocked. He wrote some awesome pranks, and he was the first one to run with the Intermittens idea. He edited one of my favorite Intermittens issues, and had a big role in creating OMGASM. Vex has an amazing talent for taking a joke and turning it into a slick graphic. I miss his presence here.

Second all of this.  Dude really did bring the thunder when he put stuff together.  There's a lot of talent in that one. 
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Triple Zero

I liked him too, and then at some moment he could suddenly become really different, like depressed or something, and get into arguments (about his own rants mostly). He was on PD for quite some time before that started happening and I think it happened like 2 or 3 times before he actually left. I have no idea what was up with that.
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Freeky

Quote from: Triple Zero on December 14, 2011, 08:49:15 PM
I liked him too, and then at some moment he could suddenly become really different, like depressed or something, and get into arguments (about his own rants mostly). He was on PD for quite some time before that started happening and I think it happened like 2 or 3 times before he actually left. I have no idea what was up with that.

The last one was really serious, like someone close to him keep an eye on him for his own safety type serious.  Perhaps that was CU, but I'm pretty sure it was Vex.

Freeky

Quote from: Cramulus on December 13, 2011, 02:31:13 PM
Vex rocked. He wrote some awesome pranks, and he was the first one to run with the Intermittens idea. He edited one of my favorite Intermittens issues, and had a big role in creating OMGASM. Vex has an amazing talent for taking a joke and turning it into a slick graphic. I miss his presence here.

When Vex decided to stick a fork in it, he wrote a goodbye to the community which talked about how he didn't feel like he was cliquing with us anymore.  There were a lot of hostile reactions to it, but I don't think it was really about Roger.



I remember reading the OP before the edit, it wasn't near as nice as the one you quoted when you first responded in that thread.  It was pretty douchey, and it was a dick move to delete it after a few people responded to his douchebaggery with hostility, and from there it sort of went downhill.  So it wasn't, you know, completely unwarranted.