What happened to forum member x?

Lammetje · #1

Where did Local go? He hasn't posted for a couple of weeks.

Armoreska · #2

Another victim of the X?

Actually he was online 2 days ago

joachimt · #3

Speaking of losing members...

Serriform hasn't been here since October.

Lonewolf2003 · #4

SkilledLunatic is also a member I haven't seen around here in a long time. But just to be quite active.

joachimt · #5

Lonewolf2003 on Jan 16 2016, 07:31:57 PM wrote:SkilledLunatic is also a member I haven't seen around here in a long time. But just to be quite active.

He already went offline during the first World Cup, in which he has to abandon his job as manager. He came back one day, explaining he was too busy and not watching a lot of movies anymore (or something like that), so he wasn't going to be active anymore. So at least he didn't go AWOL.

Pretentious Hipster · #6

joachimt on Jan 15 2016, 04:35:45 AM wrote:Speaking of losing members...

Serriform hasn't been here since October.

I know he's on a few other sites. He just lost interest here.

iCheckMovies · #7

It's probably kind of sad but I keep a track of who has posted (only for members with 100+ posts). Just to see how active we are/who is still posting.

You can see here who has posted this year (admins/mods don't count as they are in a separate forum members group): Link

and who hasn't: Link

There is a feature in the admin section that allows you to see who has posted in the last X number of days so it's automatic to see who has posted or not in a particular year.

Hopefully Local Hero will be back posting again soon. Serriform seemed a bit different to me in recent posts so I wasn't too surprised that he disappeared from here (or went on a break). I personally miss members like Pain, SkilledLunatic, lampa, Jeroeno, George Bailey etc. although I think the majority of the regulars have all contributed something over the years so it's nice when people return here.

I haven't really been posting much (and I've watched close to zero films in the last six months) but I've been busy with other stuff and I still check the forum daily.

funkybusiness · #8

Pain D; even changed his name.

I think edit: serriform [lowercase] got a lady or somethin. what. don't look at me like I'm some weirdo who googles people.

Gershwin · #9

funkybusiness on Jan 17 2016, 08:51:50 PM wrote:(...)

I think edit: serriform [lowercase] got a lady or somethin. what. don't look at me like I'm some weirdo who googles people.

Nah, he has been involved with someone for years. I don't think that would change his forum behaviour. Guess he's just been bussey.

iCheckMovies · #10

Gershwin on Jan 19 2016, 06:20:19 AM wrote:
funkybusiness on Jan 17 2016, 08:51:50 PM wrote:(...)

I think edit: serriform [lowercase] got a lady or somethin. what. don't look at me like I'm some weirdo who googles people.
Nah, he has been involved with someone for years. I don't think that would change his forum behaviour. Guess he's just been bussey.

That pun makes me sad.

iCheckMovies · #11

Quite a few regulars seem to have largely disappeared by this point. Especially:

Local Hero
burneyfan
George Bailey
serriform
Pain
lampadatriste
SkilledLunatic
3rd
insomnia
ormazd
Sir Plebeian
CMT
SeanMX12
Nuclearplanet
jgwr

Pretty surprised and disappointed that Local Hero seems to have suddenly vanished from the forum.

Burney has barely posted on the forum for months either.

funkybusiness · #12

maybe there's a magic spell to bring him back. what was that line from the movie? MARINA MARINA~~

iCheckMovies · #13

Has anyone actually heard from him at all? He's been a regular all of the time since the forum started and seems to have randomly stopped posting completely this year. Seems very abrupt. I sent him a message on iCM a while ago but he never read it. He's still checking on iCM.

Lammetje · #14

AdamH on Feb 9 2016, 12:19:37 AM wrote:Has anyone actually heard from him at all? He's been a regular all of the time since the forum started and seems to have randomly stopped posting completely this year. Seems very abrupt. I sent him a message on iCM a while ago but he never read it. He's still checking on iCM.

I sent him a message too, but he didn't read mine either. However, I remember him complaining about his inbox getting full all the time. Could it be that the messages just keep piling up and he doesn't check them anymore, assuming that they're top list updates, awards updates etc.?

Kasparius · #15

joachimt on Jan 15 2016, 04:35:45 AM wrote:Speaking of losing members...

Serriform hasn't been here since October.

He's like the Joker, he can't live without his nemesis, Batman (Local Hero)

metaller · #16

Serriform stepped down his internet and film time a bit. He still occasionally posts on another forum we attend.

Kasparius · #17

Local and Burney are fine, by the way.

Lammetje · #18

Kasparius on Feb 22 2016, 01:16:06 PM wrote:Local and Burney are fine, by the way.

Pretentious Hipster · #19

Yea I assumed they were fine. I'm guessing burney just lost interest here, and probably the same with local too. Shame because they were some of my favourite members, but whatever, nothing you can do.

Kasparius · #20

We could use a good three way Local & Sebby vs Serriform in the Political lounge right now.

funkybusiness · #21

Kasparius on Feb 22 2016, 01:58:29 PM wrote:We could use a good three way Local & Sebby vs Serriform in the Political lounge right now.

see my recently posted jif in the off topic lounge.

Kasparius · #22

funkybusiness on Feb 22 2016, 02:27:48 PM wrote:
Kasparius on Feb 22 2016, 01:58:29 PM wrote:We could use a good three way Local & Sebby vs Serriform in the Political lounge right now.
see my recently posted jif in the off topic lounge.

Well this thread is called whatever happened to Member X. I think Monty's lil mom knows...

3eyes · #23

Ettinauer226XL on Feb 22 2016, 01:50:54 PM wrote:Yea I assumed they were fine. I'm guessing burney just lost interest here, and probably the same with local too. Shame because they were some of my favourite members, but whatever, nothing you can do.

I guess the Philadelphia meetup after Thanksgiving was just too much for them. Now that they've seen Birds of a Feather Gather no Moss, where else is there to go?

HVM · #24

3eyes on Feb 22 2016, 04:47:02 PM wrote:
Ettinauer226XL on Feb 22 2016, 01:50:54 PM wrote:Yea I assumed they were fine. I'm guessing burney just lost interest here, and probably the same with local too. Shame because they were some of my favourite members, but whatever, nothing you can do.
I guess the Philadelphia meetup after Thanksgiving was just too much for them. Now that they've seen Birds of a Feather Gather no Moss, where else is there to go?

In other words you've ruined them for the forum, right, 3eyes?

3eyes · #25

HVM on Feb 22 2016, 05:32:34 PM wrote:
3eyes on Feb 22 2016, 04:47:02 PM wrote:
Ettinauer226XL on Feb 22 2016, 01:50:54 PM wrote:Yea I assumed they were fine. I'm guessing burney just lost interest here, and probably the same with local too. Shame because they were some of my favourite members, but whatever, nothing you can do.
I guess the Philadelphia meetup after Thanksgiving was just too much for them. Now that they've seen Birds of a Feather Gather no Moss, where else is there to go?
In other words you've ruined them for the forum, right, 3eyes?

Yup, first I got together with Burney in April 2014.... Maybe it was my son's Aldophus Mekas stories that time....

Kasparius · #26

3eyes on Feb 22 2016, 10:42:53 PM wrote:
HVM on Feb 22 2016, 05:32:34 PM wrote:
3eyes on Feb 22 2016, 04:47:02 PM wrote:I guess the Philadelphia meetup after Thanksgiving was just too much for them. Now that they've seen Birds of a Feather Gather no Moss, where else is there to go?
In other words you've ruined them for the forum, right, 3eyes?
Yup, first I got together with Burney in April 2014.... Maybe it was my son's Aldophus Mekas stories that time....

I told her Jonas Mekas stories, maybe it was all a bit much.

Pretentious Hipster · #27

Do you tell the Jonas Mekas stories to every cinephile you meet

Kasparius · #28

Ettinauer226XL on Feb 22 2016, 11:46:31 PM wrote:Do you tell the Jonas Mekas stories to every cinephile you meet

Most "cinephiles" don't know who he is, so no.

sebby · #29

Kasparius on Feb 22 2016, 01:58:29 PM wrote:We could use a good three way Local & Sebby vs Serriform in the Political lounge right now.

I already feel my blood pressure rising.

Kasparius · #30

sebby on Feb 23 2016, 10:43:40 AM wrote:
Kasparius on Feb 22 2016, 01:58:29 PM wrote:We could use a good three way Local & Sebby vs Serriform in the Political lounge right now.
I already feel my blood pressure rising.

It's all for the greater good.

Local Hero -- aka MestnyiGeroi · #31

Reading this thread is a little like sitting in the back row at your own funeral.

Thanks, guys, for your nice words there.

Circumstances kept me off the site for a bit, but I didn't think people would notice a little hiatus (albeit one that became extended), but I apologize for going AWOL, as one of you put it. I'm back now and can resume my crucial duties, unless in the interim you recruited some scab ersatz Lokul Heero, who isn't the real thing but is made with artificial Local Hero flavoring.

iCheckMovies · #32

Lilarcor · #33

3eyes · #34

funkybusiness · #35

yayy~~

joachimt · #36

Hooray!

iCheckMovies · #37

Local Hero -- aka MestnyiGeroi on Feb 27 2016, 09:02:45 PM wrote:Reading this thread is a little like sitting in the back row at your own funeral. Thanks, guys, for your nice words there. Circumstances kept me off the site for a bit, but I didn't think people would notice a little hiatus (albeit one that became extended), but I apologize for going AWOL, as one of you put it. I'm back now and can resume my crucial duties, unless in the interim you recruited some scab ersatz Lokul Heero, who isn't the real thing but is made with artificial Local Hero flavoring.

Ew, don't remind me. I accidentally bought some coffee last month that had artificial flavoring (small print, totally missed it). Hazelnut so it could've been worse, but blech!

Lammetje · #38

funkybusiness · #39

Lammetje's signature on wrote:
Kowry
Thanks, Art Garfunky.

yeah I liked that one too.

Local Hero -- aka MestnyiGeroi · #40