The Newbie Lounge

The Newbie Lounge existed until November 2002, when in was shot down in a ball of flames largely at the behest of Charles, who was at that point the moderator of the Sony forum. It was a forum dedicated to Introduction Threads, and had been in place since v2. Posts in the forum did not count towards a post count (which was still visible in the postbit at that time); the only other forum to do the same was Suggestions and Feedback.

There had been several ‘rounds’ of welcomers in the Newbie Lounge. The first included Justin, jc, ssj chic and Sara. Later, groups including Mist and D_A were posting. During the last incarnation of the Newbie Lounge, posters such as Sere Tuscumbia, Lady Asphyxia, Dues Ex Machina [Now Dan L], Rain, Lalaith Ril, and Duo Maxwell rounded out OtakuBoards’ welcome wagon. It was the home of in-jokes that steadily evolved until new members no doubt had no clue what was going on when they were greeted with posts such as:

Lalaith Ril:
Hey whats up! Hope you enjoy your stay! Please follow the rules! If you need help with the rules you can PM SERE TUSCUMBIA, and if you want some insane person to talk to you can PM me! (PM means Private Message by the way) If you plan on staying here I must warn you that many people are like me, insane.

Pleaing Insanity,
Bryan

P.S: Beware of Lady A…she’s scary!

P.S.S: Ha I beat everyone to here!

Circeus:
A little messed up? That’s an euphemism…

For future reference, I doubt you’ll get one welcome even remotely sane.

Welcome here, have a nice stay around. Need anything? PM the mods! Need help? PM the N.F.P.!

Beware the bewares, and please look out for funny smelling goudas!

Lady Asphyxia:
*pokes her tongue out at Bryan* Meenie! I am not scary! *fwaps you over the hea with the Rolling Pin of Justice*

The N.F.P Circeus is talking about is the Newbie Forum Patrol…Sere Tuscumbia and myself. And he’s right. PM me if you need help, obey the rules, and don’t spam, or I’ll fwap you over the head with the Rolling Pin of Justice!

*hands you a green bee*

The title of Newbie Forum Patrol was given to Sere Tuscumbia and Lady Asphyxia in the Role Models of OtakuBoards Thread, and the in-jokes kept on evolving. Jokes included Green Bees, rubber duckies that stole virginity, the Rolling Pin of Justice and the Frying Pan of Justice, socks and even sheep. It was a badge of honour to the N.F.P. that they posted in every thread in the Newbie Lounge, and, as they did, the posts became crazier and, coincidentally, spammier. Together, the two leaders in a matter of months posted over 250 times, in a forum that was relatively slow.

On the 5th of November, 2002, Charles created the Down with Newbie Lounge: The Petition thread. A heated argument ensued. Charles began using a “political” banner (created by Shy) that bashed Newbie Lounge; other members on both sides followed the example. Amid much controversy (including that generated by Mnemolth – who still maintains that the Clown and Businessman analogy was misrepresented by everyone), the Newbie Forum was deleted, and with it, the last spam hub of Otakuboards.

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