When was ePlaya born?
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When was ePlaya born?
I was just wondering when ePlaya was started & is there anyway to do a search to look at posts from the beginning? I think it would be fun to read all the old posts & see if much has changed or is everyone is rehashing all the same stuff.
Who made the first post? Who replied with the first snark (guessing that was the 2nd post)?
Who made the first post? Who replied with the first snark (guessing that was the 2nd post)?
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Re: When was ePlaya born?
In the beginning there were some dirty hippies that REALLY loved each other....
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Re: When was ePlaya born?
hmmm... oldest posts I can find are 1 Sept 2003 posts from dorkfish and CAPSLOCK. nothing has changed...
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Re: When was ePlaya born?
ePlaya existed before 2003, but it was in a different format, and I found it very hard to use. Very unorganized. The flame wars were epic, wide spread, and personal. Different platform, I don't think it was archived. Just as well, it was not pretty.
I began on the old Dioxin email group in 2001. Great people, and great cocktail parties on playa.
People like the immediacy of Reddit, and it is mobile friendly unlike eplaya, but personally I find it hard to use for research and information.
Whatever happened to 3playa?
I began on the old Dioxin email group in 2001. Great people, and great cocktail parties on playa.
People like the immediacy of Reddit, and it is mobile friendly unlike eplaya, but personally I find it hard to use for research and information.
Whatever happened to 3playa?
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Re: When was ePlaya born?
I was on 3playa until just last year. It's, IMHO, turned into a "puppy puddle" where most everyone agrees, for the most part. Lots of politics and intolerance for opposing views......well, I guess sort of like society in general...AntiM wrote:ePlaya existed before 2003, but it was in a different format, and I found it very hard to use. Very unorganized. The flame wars were epic, wide spread, and personal. Different platform, I don't think it was archived. Just as well, it was not pretty.
I began on the old Dioxin email group in 2001. Great people, and great cocktail parties on playa.
People like the immediacy of Reddit, and it is mobile friendly unlike eplaya, but personally I find it hard to use for research and information.
Whatever happened to 3playa?
When I came here to eplaya, I sorta feel it was a transition period, from many of the "next Gen" ( I think I missed the originals for the most part) to "Deep playa 9.". I'd say I was on the tail end of "deep playa 9", which seemed to last till a couple of years ago, when I feel the present iteration might be "voyagers"? There is of course some overlap of folks, and every once in a while I even note an "O.S." character popping in.
I miss the "original Bar" thread. it was my "initiation by fire" and what a, snarky, witty, snarky, smart, snarky, friendly, snarky, "hard to break in" place, it was.
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Re: When was ePlaya born?
Back in the day it was "bbs.burningman.com".
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Re: When was ePlaya born?
There’s actually a few of us from the start of ePlaya still around.
Why, I don’t know...
Why, I don’t know...
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Re: When was ePlaya born?
Hey we joined up nearly 15 years ago, can you believe it? Been fun over the years, miss many of the old timers. I don't post much here anymore but still in love with the event.
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Ah, Tiahaar, so lovely to see you checking in ...
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Re: When was ePlaya born?
It's in our blood - that fucking dust attaches itself permanently. Even when we miss years.Captain Goddammit wrote:There’s actually a few of us from the start of ePlaya still around.
Why, I don’t know...
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Re: When was ePlaya born?
No kidding. When I first started going, my beard was red. Now it's almost entirely the color of playa, and getting more so every year.Eric wrote:It's in our blood - that fucking dust attaches itself permanently.
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Same issue, with the same color beard!Papa Bear wrote:No kidding. When I first started going, my beard was red. Now it's almost entirely the color of playa, and getting more so every year.Eric wrote:It's in our blood - that fucking dust attaches itself permanently.

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Re: When was ePlaya born?
that's the nice thing about souls......they stay black no matter what...Eric wrote:Same issue, with the same color beard!Papa Bear wrote:No kidding. When I first started going, my beard was red. Now it's almost entirely the color of playa, and getting more so every year.Eric wrote:It's in our blood - that fucking dust attaches itself permanently.
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I'm a ginger - no soul to blacken.ygmir wrote:that's the nice thing about souls......they stay black no matter what...

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