Sanderson Memes

[Left he/him]

2 hours ago, Oversleep said:

This must have been truly ancient times. How old is this forum, anyway?

I'm not an expert, but I believe the original iteration of This forum was made somewhere in-between the release of Hero of Ages and The Gathering Storm. The core and founders of the 17th shard came from a subset of a different forum. The Mistborn Inquisition RP site was still a big deal back then. The Coppermind Wiki was started some time later. For a better understanding of the history older members like Quiver, Kurkistan were around then ish. Chaos, Rubix, and other staff members have been on since the beginning obviously. 

I joined around the release of Alloy of Law, when the cosmere was really starting to open up. We had found out about the Shards and Hoid by that point obviously, but our WoB library was still shallow and we didn't have as many books as we do now. Most of our WoB gathering and theorizing were about very functional parts of the magic or lore, and not so much about the grand scheme of the cosmere I think. 

The Only Joe and Del joined close to the same time as I did. Kobold a few months later I think, or maybe a month earlier. Too lazy to look it up. If I remember correctly, Delightful, Twilyght, and Kaymyth didn't join for quiet a while after that. 
The beginning of the more casual parts of the forums becoming Very active was when Queen Elsa joined, had an introduction thread that ran in excess of twenty pages, and than formed the Newcago Court. The formation of the Newcago court allowed for much more lighthearted and less strict roleplaying that SE allows, and encouraged other guilds to form, culminating in the ultimate showdowns between Chaos's Lords of Chaos and the Newcago Court, primarily led by Elsa and I, although Joe and Quiver among others were prominant players. The guilds continued, and more and more and more started popping up. The Dark Alley, first founded by Kurk and Swimmingly, but inherited by Voidus hasn't changed much from those days. 

Many of the roleplayers got tired with running around in circles in the guild halls, and started the Rechoners RP. Kobold King was instrumental to this, but as I wasn't terribly active over there I can't give a good history of it. 

Somewhere between the guildwars and Reckoner's RPing, the game threads started to hit it big with Nightwatcher, Eastern Street Slang, and several others. When I introduced the Hurt'n'Heal game to the forum it exploded in popularity faster than anything except perhaps the Reckoners RP, but than fell off, and has since gone through one, maybe two revivals. 

With Reckoners came the era of the Pony. *Shudders* Those were dark days. EVERYONE was being ponified. It was very scary. 

The discussion threads like Random Stuff, Bad day/Good Day, and the others got established and I think really helped keep many members engaged when they got bored with other sections of the forums. Unfortunately, others like Swimmingly and Queery retired. Many of the early staff who were less active let newer more active members take much of the responsibility for moderating. 

Reputation points were probably flowing fastest at this point, but there was also quiet a lot of wasted time spent on discussions about upvotes/downvotes, largely due to accidental downvotes being impossible to get rid of. 

The most prominant current members were starting to emerge as very popular and influential posters, and second tier prominance members were  joining. 

Basically, nothing outrageously interesting happened until the big update in the forum. 

*realizes that no one asked for what is probably a pretty garbled and narrow view of the history of the shard* 

*Meh, who cares.* 

[Brightness Enna she/her]

@Left Well, that was helpful. and made me feel very, very small in relation to things, but okey dokey

[Oversleep]

8 hours ago, Left said:

*realizes that no one asked for what is probably a pretty garbled and narrow view of the history of the shard* 

I happen to enjoy forum stories of ancient times. It's like modern mythology. "In the beginning there was Time-Waster's Guide forum..."

[Borio Singaldi he/him]

Well, back on the topic of memes, which this thread was originally designed for:

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[Koldun he/him]

As an apology to any Reckoners fans I may have unwittingly insulted, I'm giving all of you a choice on which series I'm going to turn my sharp wit towards next. Think of me as an Imperial Fool, only you can direct my witticisms.

http://www.strawpoll.me/12720976

[Faceless Mist-Wraith he/him]

On April 8, 2017 at 9:15 PM, Firerust the Terris Gyorn said:

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"I'm so storming pure, I practically belch rainbows"

-Lift

[Borio Singaldi he/him]

10 minutes ago, Faceless Mist-Wraith said:

"I'm so storming pure, I practically belch rainbows"

-Lift

Yup. All too easy.

[Ironeyes]

On 4/8/2017 at 9:15 PM, Firerust the Terris Gyorn said:

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While reading Mistborn Era 2:

 

Um... sorry? I was busy at the time. Also, definitely not all-powerful. 

[Borio Singaldi he/him]

5 minutes ago, Ironeyes said:

Um... sorry? I was busy at the time. Also, definitely not all-powerful. 

Whoa. Wasn't expecting a response from the big man himself.

[Koldun he/him]

Lift and Wayne are quite similar, actually. Both use rather strange metaphors and....oh no. What have I done?

[Zennix he/him]

 

Edited April 12, 2017 by Zennix

[Jondesu he/him]

2 hours ago, Koldun said:

Lift and Wayne are quite similar, actually. Both use rather strange metaphors and....oh no. What have I done?

 

Not Wift? Wait, yeah, Layne is better. 

[Ironeyes]

14 hours ago, Firerust the Terris Gyorn said:

Whoa. Wasn't expecting a response from the big man himself.

Well hey, when you join the forum like six years ago, you get prime pick of screen names  

[Zennix he/him]

 

Edited April 12, 2017 by Zennix

[Borio Singaldi he/him]

In relation to Hoid:

Spoiler

Despite being so "hidden", he's really easy to find:

Oh, the irony on Roshar:

And I know why the Kelsier thing didn't count, but I had to do this anyway:

 

 

[Koldun he/him]

Seeing as it tied with Stormlight, here's the first White Sand meme.

Spoiler

 

[Assassin in Burgundy he/him]

Getting back to the Shard like

WHAT

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

Most of them are prolly status updates...

[Zennix he/him]

Just made these a few minutes ago... 

[Staphylococcus she/her]

On 10/5/2016 at 10:45 PM, thegatorgirl00 said:

The funny thing is, this actually happened to me.

[Borio Singaldi he/him]

Spoiler

Here's a casting idea (maybe he could play Bendal):

Oh, Shallan:

I'm pretty sure the Overly Manly Man is a Horneater:

I know someone who did this (so disappointing):

Denth and Tonk Fah:

 

[Meannadarie]

On 4/20/2017 at 9:43 AM, Staphylococcus said:

The funny thing is, this actually happened to me.

I totally did this too, at the Library two weeks ago. I did a double take, took it down from the shelf and opened it to see if it was in extra large print for the elderly. Nope. Ha ha ha! That book is HUGE.

[Zennix he/him]

Another meme duo from moi... 

 

Edited April 27, 2017 by Zennix

[Staphylococcus she/her]

7 hours ago, Meannadarie said:

I totally did this too, at the Library two weeks ago. I did a double take, took it down from the shelf and opened it to see if it was in extra large print for the elderly. Nope. Ha ha ha! That book is HUGE.

IT IS!!!

When I started WoK I was like "why am I only 30% in after 4 days spent mostly reading?" so I talked to my friend who has a physical copy and who told me "well, it's huge. It looks daunting. I've had it for a year and still haven't got the courage to read it." So yeah. And then I saw it. It looks like a brick.

[Rasarr she/her]

23 hours ago, Meannadarie said:

I totally did this too, at the Library two weeks ago. I did a double take, took it down from the shelf and opened it to see if it was in extra large print for the elderly. Nope. Ha ha ha! That book is HUGE.

It is!

Funny thing is, the size of WoK is the only reason I'm a Sanderfan today. If it wasn't the biggest book I've ever seen in a bookstore, I would probably never buy it in the first place, and thus never discover the Cosmere...