Oppo Seniority Pissing Contest

"JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7" (jayzayeighty) 10/27/2013 at 22:24 • Filed to: None

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A question for you Opponauts:

How long have you been contributing to Oppo?

I lose this one to most, with a tenure of just over 9 months. However, that means I have passed the infamous "pregnancy time tenure," which I'm proud of. Sorry for bad formatting—I'm on my phone.

Kinja'd: The Movie
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Watch it for the cause!

Nibby > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 10/27/2013 at 22:25

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May 2010! I am sure there are others who have been around longer.

Velocity- Peuguette Connoisseur > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 10/27/2013 at 22:25

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Uhh a few weeks. I'm a newbie

POD > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 10/27/2013 at 22:26

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Not long. June this year (2013), I think. I'm a newb.

N/A POWAAAHH > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 10/27/2013 at 22:27

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I think I'm gonna win this one. I've been contributing for 6 days, lurking for a year before that.

Blondude > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 10/27/2013 at 22:28

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December 6th of last year.

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JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 > Velocity- Peuguette Connoisseur 10/27/2013 at 22:29

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And already like family :')

Corey CC97, MAZDA DPI IS STILL BAE JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV VISIT FLORIDA RACING LIVES FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 10/27/2013 at 22:30

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I've been posting since the later half of June, so about 4 months.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 10/27/2013 at 22:30

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Around this past spring.

Velocity- Peuguette Connoisseur > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 10/27/2013 at 22:30

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Aww well thank you sir. I definitely feel welcome here

JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 > Nibby 10/27/2013 at 22:32

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We need a Nibby day for your loyalty! On the anniversary of the date, every year.

GhostZ > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 10/27/2013 at 22:33

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About a year now. I lurked for a year before that.

Nibby > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 10/27/2013 at 22:34

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Thanks. Except I can't remember the exact date I joined :/

vdub_nut: scooter snob > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 10/27/2013 at 22:34

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Late 2008 I discovered Jalopnik, by mid 2009 I was a posting fiend. This is the third incarnation of my username, in fact, because of the Gawker design changes. Anybody else remember the facebook login debacle?

HOLY SHIT, I'm so old compared to nearly everyone else.

The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 10/27/2013 at 22:35

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It's not about how long you've been around, but the girth of your posts.

More Power!!and also some brakes. > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 10/27/2013 at 22:35

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I have been around since, shit, I guess late 2007. There are a few that have been around as long or longer than myself.

PRBot II > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 10/27/2013 at 22:37

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Maybe 10 or 11 months. I was indecisive on my screen name for several months and only until June-ish kept the TTV name.

Axel-Ripper > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 10/27/2013 at 22:39

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Uhh.... Fall 2009 or early 2010? And it used to be called "Off Topic"

SonorousSpeedJoe > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 10/27/2013 at 22:39

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I lurked Jalopnik before getting an account in June 2012, and I got author-ized for Oppo this past February when the previous iteration of Kinja debuted.

I don't post as regularly as some folks here, despite lurking a lot, so I don't expect people to be that familiar with who I am.

JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 > Velocity- Peuguette Connoisseur 10/27/2013 at 22:39

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Well, that's good. We take care of those who don't feel welcome, little ingrate sonsabitches!

pdthedeuce > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 10/27/2013 at 22:40

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spring of this year .

Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 10/27/2013 at 22:41

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December(ish) of 2009.

Lumpy44, Proprietor Of Fine Gif > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 10/27/2013 at 22:43

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I started sometime last week. Call me rookie if you wish.

MoparKetchup > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 10/27/2013 at 22:44

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May 2013.

JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 > Corey CC97, MAZDA DPI IS STILL BAE JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV VISIT FLORIDA RACING LIVES FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS 10/27/2013 at 22:44

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George McNally > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 10/27/2013 at 22:45

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I beat *all* the newbies....I just got authorship today :-)

JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 > More Power!!and also some brakes. 10/27/2013 at 22:45

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Wow, that's awesome!

Leadbull > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 10/27/2013 at 22:47

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Over a year—Aug. 2012

I can piss accurately, but not very far.

Agrajag > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 10/27/2013 at 22:47

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Probably a year or more, but I lurked throughout format changes, Jezebel reckonings, and cauterized fingertip wounds. Still have nigthmares of that one.

Corey CC97, MAZDA DPI IS STILL BAE JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV VISIT FLORIDA RACING LIVES FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS > Corey CC97, MAZDA DPI IS STILL BAE JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV VISIT FLORIDA RACING LIVES FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS 10/27/2013 at 22:48

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Just checked, and the exact day was June 22, 2013, so more than 4 months.

Sn210 > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 10/27/2013 at 22:49

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Only since early August this year. It was "Bad Joke Thursday".

JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 > George McNally 10/27/2013 at 22:50

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Welcome, King Newbie!
(Make that the surname of your screen name! Everyone needs one (J/K)). The one important thing to know: when people make reference to a "cool dude" or something along those lines, they're talking about me. Now that I look like an utter ass and blabber mouth, I'll stop talking. Really, though—welcome and enjoy your time here. We don't really consider anyone a "noob" in the negative sense.

Anon > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 10/27/2013 at 22:51

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I'm not too sure...2010?

fhrblig > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 10/27/2013 at 22:53

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January 2008.

JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 > Lumpy44, Proprietor Of Fine Gif 10/27/2013 at 22:53

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Welcome, rookie if you wish. ;)

f86sabre > Axel-Ripper 10/27/2013 at 22:57

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I remember Off Topic. I lurked there and started posting about the Time it was renamed Oppo, I think. I got my star shortly before Phil left.

m2m, apex detective > vdub_nut: scooter snob 10/27/2013 at 22:58

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Do you remember the stars ? :D

JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 > MoparKetchup 10/27/2013 at 23:01

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It shall always be remembered as Mayo, 2013

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > vdub_nut: scooter snob 10/27/2013 at 23:01

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I was reading Jalopnik then, but every time I tried to make an account, it froze up on me. Finally got one this year, so.... Thanks, Kinja?

vdub_nut: scooter snob > m2m, apex detective 10/27/2013 at 23:01

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A heartclick for that reference.

Always look to the stars.

I remember the birth of LeMons, The Junkyard radio (the first time), the screaming skulls brake light mod, and the posts about going through giant pick-n-pulls and obtaining tons of old Alfa and Jag lights, knobs, and switches for... reasons.

phenotyp > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 10/27/2013 at 23:08

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Oppo seniority I won't win. Jalopnik seniority, I might. Didn't comment until 2007ish, but regular since 2005.

Collin > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 10/27/2013 at 23:08

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I've been an active poster on Jalopnik since 2007 or so, but I've had authorship on Oppo for only 6 months or so. Comment frequency was sometimes higher and sometimes lower?

Remember the starred commenter thing they did a few years ago? I commented probably ten times a day for six months and never got a star, so my posts got buried. That was frustrating, so I stopped commenting for a while, but I couldn't stay away.

YSI-what can brown do for you > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 10/27/2013 at 23:09

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This March , but I have been hidden for about two months prior.

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99TandC > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 10/27/2013 at 23:11

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http://jalopnik.com/5614782/new-ph…

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This article brought me to Jalopnik, by chance. I've always been more of a lurker than anything. I remember the stars and I remember old gray webpage style. Maybe 2 or 3 redesigns ago, if not more. There have been so many

More Power!!and also some brakes. > m2m, apex detective 10/27/2013 at 23:11

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I had a star and I miss it dearly.

JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 > phenotyp 10/27/2013 at 23:12

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Holy Kinja! Someone, get this man an award! How many people commented on jalopnik articles back then?

MoparKetchup > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 10/27/2013 at 23:18

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I see what you did there sir.

Boxer_4 > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 10/27/2013 at 23:22

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I've been around since August 14th 2009.

Wow, has it been 4 years already?

TheLOUDMUSIC- Put it in H! > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 10/27/2013 at 23:23

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When they first released Kinja. Before that, I had tried to make accounts, but a bug kept throwing me off.

JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 > MoparKetchup 10/27/2013 at 23:24

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I now believe that all gifs should include Robert De Nero, haha. Also, we can use these phrases:
April showers bring Mayo Ketchup
The month of Mayo.
/ok I'm done

m2m, apex detective > More Power!!and also some brakes. 10/27/2013 at 23:27

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It's still up there ... somewhere ... :'D

When they took them away, I first resorted to painting it on the avatar image. At some point I let them go, I guess.

I don't really have an idea of when I stopped to just read Jalopnik & #oppositelock and started commenting, too. Ray was the big kahuna, Wes was about, "pretty sure that's a Lambo, duuude" wasn't born yet. To use a really crappy time scale: it should have been between Tokyo Drift and the fourth F'n'F movie.

JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 > TheLOUDMUSIC- Put it in H! 10/27/2013 at 23:27

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Excuse me, sir. Are you promoting Kinja? Haha
When did they release Kinja Oppo?

SpeedSix > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 10/27/2013 at 23:28

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I first discovered Jalopnik in late 2011, I believe, and first made an account maybe in the beginning of 2012, though I still lurked instead of posted. I think I found Oppo early this year, but only got authorship maybe in the summer. I'm still an extremely low-volume article poster though.

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 10/27/2013 at 23:30

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I was here more than a year before one had to log in with Facebook or Twitter, or whatever.

I think this the fourth revision of this website that I remember.

Has to be 2007-08 sometime.

gmctavish needs more space > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 10/27/2013 at 23:41

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Uhh I've neem regularly visiting Jalopnik and Oppo for around a year, but I've only been posting for a month or so.

phenotyp > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 10/27/2013 at 23:42

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Everyone knew everyone, but Jonny Lieberman wouldn't answer my questions about why Davey G's articles stopped. I was really bummed to see those two go. Their LA show coverage, Jalop-style, was fuckin brilliant. I was around when Loverman and DGJ were the new guys. Then came Wert, and I never really trusted that guy. But Spin and I had the same car, so I figured we both knew what was good.
You know that guy who writes the NPoCP articles on the FP? He was just a commenter.
Then Spiegel came on board and won every CotD ever for like a year straight.
I tend to lay low.

TheLOUDMUSIC- Put it in H! > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 10/27/2013 at 23:43

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According to my post history, I joined and made my first post on Feb. 12th this year, only to get front paged only 15 days later, which I still believe was the most Kinja'd post in history. Over a thousand replies, but only 16 show at the moment.

Edit: Link to Denton's

spawn masterpiece here.

Bandit > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 10/27/2013 at 23:46

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About a year and a half, I joined the day I bought my first car. I had been lurking for a few years though.

JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 > phenotyp 10/27/2013 at 23:48

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Wow, that's awesome stuff to hear! I accidentally shared to Oppo (was going to ask if I could), but I'm on my phone, so clicking stuff is tricky. I always wondered what it was like, so thanks!

Paul, Man of Mustangs > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 10/27/2013 at 23:49

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My first post was when the whole Because Racecar thing came about. I submitted this image:

In short, I don't remember. A couple years ago?

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 10/27/2013 at 23:50

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I had a star.

JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 > TheLOUDMUSIC- Put it in H! 10/27/2013 at 23:51

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Wow, that's really funny and kinja'd. I haven't even made Best of Oppo!

JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 > Bandit 10/27/2013 at 23:52

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phenotyp > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 10/27/2013 at 23:52

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Apparently sharing's fucked with the kinja update. As much as everyone has bitched for like, this whole year, the latest bullshit is the worst of the worst.

It's especially bad on ipad, which you'd think would be like their #2 platform.

JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. 10/27/2013 at 23:55

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What's this whole star thing? Is it was VS has on his profile pic?

ttyymmnn > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 10/27/2013 at 23:57

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First comment I can find through Google is on Jalopnik in July of 2009. I found my first ever post once, but I guess I didn't bookmark it. That was back when scrolling to the bottom of the page in Kinja caused the next page to load automatically. I rigged the page down button and went to smoke a cigar.

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Fred Smith > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 10/27/2013 at 23:57

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Didn't actually start reading Jalopnik until '09, but joined Offtopic during it's big upswing in interest in 2010, rode the wave up to the start of Oppositelock (TRIVIA: I had the first ever post in the Oppositelock tag) and was there through every incarnation of Oppositelock, all the way to the beta for what we now know as Kinja proper. I took over ownership of Oppo from the incumbent (TRIVIA: There was no incumbent) on day 1 of that beta and somehow still retain it nine months later.

JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 > phenotyp 10/27/2013 at 23:58

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Agreed; I've seen some past updates, but this one made me write an incredibly good documentary. You must learn the Kinja'd vocabulary policy by watching it! I'm on my iPhone and it makes me want to Kinja my phone.

ttyymmnn > m2m, apex detective 10/27/2013 at 23:59

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I remember the stars, and I remember getting my star from Murilee. I think the stars were important, and I would like to see them come back.

JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 > ttyymmnn 10/28/2013 at 00:01

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Like a sir.
(I'd put the meme in, but I am kinja'd while using this piece of Kinja phone layout.

JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 > Fred Smith 10/28/2013 at 00:04

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You, sir, should be in the Dos Equis commercials. Are you the very same Porsche914 as in the chat room?

phenotyp > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 10/28/2013 at 00:12

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Challenge: find the origins of the phrases

-because racecar.

-aluminum und schteel.

edit:

also, the Jalopnik fantasy garage.

And Davey's Fast as a Shark series.

Harrycarry250 > MoparKetchup 10/28/2013 at 00:23

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I love mayonaise

More Power!!and also some brakes. > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 10/28/2013 at 00:24

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Once upon a time if you were witty and smart and somehow pleased the Jalopnik overlords you would get a gold star. I got mine for a smartass comment I made, the dragoner Ray himself gave me mine.

Harrycarry250 > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 10/28/2013 at 00:24

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we have a chat room? SON!!!!!!!!

Harrycarry250 > YSI-what can brown do for you 10/28/2013 at 00:26

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I must ask. Are you actually a StereotypicalIndian?

nobody > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 10/28/2013 at 00:28

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The first week I read Oppo was the week of the final Jezebel panty-raid. I think that was about February 2012.

Fred Smith > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 10/28/2013 at 00:31

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I am pretty much any Porsche9146/Porsche914yr74 you know from pretty much everywhere.

YSI-what can brown do for you > Harrycarry250 10/28/2013 at 00:34

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I am Indian, but I don't know how stereotypical I am. I would saw not a lot. I like sports cars, hamburgers, and Asian women. These are things Indian people hate. . .

JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 > Harrycarry250 10/28/2013 at 00:35

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Yep, jalopnik on tinychat!

JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 > nobody 10/28/2013 at 00:38

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Cool! What was that, exactly? I keep hearing about this Jezebel thing.

Franzouse > phenotyp 10/28/2013 at 00:39

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Don't forget the reign of POLAR, who, before Ash78 and Speigel was the ultimate COTD monster. I think he may still be the GOAT aroung these parts.

P.S: lurker since '06 commenter since '08

JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 > More Power!!and also some brakes. 10/28/2013 at 00:39

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Thanks, that sounds cool.

phenotyp > Franzouse 10/28/2013 at 00:41

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Indeed. I always thought POLAR and Spiegel were the same person. Maybe I'm wrong. They were both the first to really fuck with the character set on commenter names.

Enginerrrrrrrrr > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 10/28/2013 at 00:45

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Around mid 2008 I was commenting here off and on. I even managed to get a star right before they took it all away...

damn you kinja. no one likes you.

Franzouse > phenotyp 10/28/2013 at 00:56

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That never occurred to me but it really makes sense.

Back then, commenting on Jalopnik was more like a small club: I remember having to audition several times until Murilee approved me. (Heck, I think Hardigree was like an intern back then or something.

You also couldn't post yourself, but if you had a good rapport with an editor, he'd publish your tips:

http://jalopnik.com/386447/absinth…

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Different times...

George McNally > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 10/28/2013 at 00:56

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It's all good...I'll try to mind my manners.

nobody > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 10/28/2013 at 00:57

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Jezebel posted an article about why guys watch barely legal porn, someone on Oppo posted a link and said "DEAR GOD TROLL TEH JEZZIES." Everyone involved got their account banned or suspended.

phenotyp > Franzouse 10/28/2013 at 01:00

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Yep. Commenting back then was kind of a novelty thing. Some people benefitted very much from it, and I was surprised last week when, stuck in another hotel room, I was looking through old posts in the JFG series and saw Raph in the comments a lot.

JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 > George McNally 10/28/2013 at 01:14

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Haha no need to mind your manners that's the beauty of Oppo. I was just trying to say I didn't mean to offend you in the title. Sorry for bad grammar, I'm on my phone. Be sure to watch kinja'd the documentary to find out about all about these "Kinja" shenanigans, too. It confused me for a while.

JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 > nobody 10/28/2013 at 01:18

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(Insert "let me tell you why that's bullshit" meme here)
That is really stupid. Commenting on articles got them banned? I can't believe my eyes/ears. That must be why so many long-timers post making fun of Jezebel (among other reasons).

Franzouse > phenotyp 10/28/2013 at 01:23

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About NPoCP, it was started by the brilliant Murilee and when he got too busy and moved to Colorado (or maybe it was when he quit as weekend editor) he started looking for someone to do NPoCP, which was a solid feature that got lots of individual hits.

There was a guy named Rob Emslie, aka Graverobber, who used to write super long, very funny car horror stories, full of hyperbole and super intricate car-nerd details, we all loved him and I remember one day talking with Murilee and asking him how the search was going for a replacement; long story short, he wasn't finding much and I remember telling him that Rob would be a good guy to do it. The rest is history.

The sad thing is that when I wrote Rob to tell him about the story (and to give him some cool tips to feature in the series) he never responded.

phenotyp > Franzouse 10/28/2013 at 01:29

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Yeah, I remember all of that. Awesome insight on the promotion. Robert Farago also used to contribute a bunch, and there was that weird time where TTAC and Jalopnik were kind of conjoined. Then Lieberman went there full-time, and I wouldn't know TTAC existed if it weren't for that.

I still miss Davey, though. That guy gets it like no other has, or will, so far.

phenotyp > Franzouse 10/28/2013 at 01:31

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Also, I hear Murilee is the hottest car chick in the history of ever but I've never met her in person.

Franzouse > phenotyp 10/28/2013 at 01:37

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Yup, Davey G. was the man. And the OG lineup of Jalopnik was just awesome with like you said, Lieberman, Farago (who kept his crazy antics to other publications) and Spinelli 1.0.

Nice to reminisce with another old jalop.

I blame Roy Wort for shit going downhill.

phenotyp > Franzouse 10/28/2013 at 01:50

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Fuckin a, man.

nobody > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 10/28/2013 at 02:14

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Well, for one, it wasn't the first time people of Oppo had trolled the people of Jez, and for two, it was a deliberate attempt at mass trolling. Doing such a thing today would likely get you banned.

JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 > nobody 10/28/2013 at 02:25

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Oh, I see. Still a funny story either way.

CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist) > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 10/28/2013 at 02:39

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Jalopnik. Since 2007 or 2008.

KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs > JayZAyEighty thinks C4+3=C7 10/28/2013 at 07:57

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I know I've been on Oppo longer than Kinja. Heck, I even remember the log in bug back on one of the old versions and Ash78. "Will the real Ash78 please sign in, please sign in, please sign in"

If you must, blame Sir Ramblin Rover. Its always his fault anyway for getting me started on this.

But not his fault, incidentially, for hooking me on track days.

Party-vi > nobody 10/28/2013 at 08:25

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Good times.