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Post by halohippy on Mar 23, 2021 19:39:12 GMT -6
8/06/03, almost 18 years ago, I joined Halo.iBonk.com. My best friend Matt (laagmatt) was also a member, and we played the absolute hell out of Halo.
I saw a Halo CE video on Youtube that made me search the "waybackmachine" archives for iBonk. After reading some of the intro posts and seeing how many members were in their mid to late teens, I thought it would interesting to recreate the old forum and see how many of us are still out there.
Edit: Matt did more research and we actually joined in 2003. I think some things got messed up on Waybackmachine or the move to Haloib.com caused some issues.
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Post by laagmatt on Mar 24, 2021 10:01:55 GMT -6
I'm still out there (somewhere).
It's crazy that this was 17 years ago. That's further back than my age at the time. This is the first forum I signed up for, and still the best. Halohippy and I played Halo like crazy, by far more than any other game.
How far back on the Waybackmachine can you go?
Also, I might be able to dig up an old backup of the site that I got somehow. Combine that old backup with a low-cost developer from Fiverr and we might could get the original site up and running again! Assuming I still have a database backup, everyone's old logins would still work.
We should post a little on Reddit or somewhere to see if we can find others that remember halo.ibonk.com
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Post by brian on Mar 25, 2021 13:05:00 GMT -6
It feels like I just stepped back in time! Halohippy and Laagmatt, thank you for reviving this site, it fits like a glove. I was about 13 years old when the Halo bug bonked me, and discussing gameplay and (moreso) life in general on these boards was a blessing. My first video editing projects were trick compilations (I'll upload and link some here for nostalgia!), and I've been polishing those skills ever since. SO many philosophical discussions happened here, webdev lessons learned, etc. Hope you guys don't go back to your CSS editing ways and 'gleemonize' us!
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Post by halohippy on Mar 25, 2021 18:48:02 GMT -6
It feels like I just stepped back in time! Halohippy and Laagmatt, thank you for reviving this site, it fits like a glove. I was about 13 years old when the Halo bug bonked me, and discussing gameplay and (moreso) life in general on these boards was a blessing. My first video editing projects were trick compilations (I'll upload and link some here for nostalgia!), and I've been polishing those skills ever since. SO many philosophical discussions happened here, webdev lessons learned, etc. Hope you guys don't go back to your CSS editing ways and 'gleemonize' us! Glad you made it over! Matt told me he was able to get in touch with you. I've done my best to try and get the theme of this forum as close as reasonably possible to the old one with my poor CSS skills lol. It's funny looking back at how stupid and immature I was back then, as I'm now in a corporate management role. I'm the quintessential "old man" nowadays.
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Post by bluewolf on Mar 27, 2021 9:09:06 GMT -6
Jeez. Had to pull out the old username. Can't remember when exactly I joined. Played halo on a shitty Dell computer that could barely run it. Don't know how I got interested in all the glitch/trick stuff but somehow made it to ibonk. Met Matt and Scott there who happened to live in the next town over. Did stupid crap constantly. Did videos with Silverspoon (rip brother) and pinkpanther. And generally had a good time back then. I still sometimes think back to everything from time to time. Good to see a couple nostalgic names.
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Post by laagmatt on Mar 28, 2021 19:44:03 GMT -6
Met Matt and Scott there who happened to live in the next town over. Did stupid crap constantly. Did videos with Silverspoon (rip brother) and pinkpanther. And generally had a good time back then. I still sometimes think back to everything from time to time. Good to see a couple nostalgic names. Yep, met up at the Parks Mall to watch the first Alien vs Predator movie. I googled the usernames you mentioned, a few clicks later I found this iBonk video: youtu.be/z6L53-CkMOUWhy did you say (rip) Silverspoon? What's the story behind that?
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Post by james on Mar 30, 2021 6:08:53 GMT -6
Can honestly say I never thought Id see iBonk around again
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Post by halohippy on Mar 30, 2021 8:49:03 GMT -6
Can honestly say I never thought Id see iBonk around again There were a few forums after the original ibonk forum went down. None of them as popular of course. I believe some of the last “catching up” posts there were done back in 2011-12, but it didn’t get much traction. I spent a bit more time on this one, as I figured if we got the look and feel close enough, it would attract more former members. Hell, Matt still has a lot of the old code from iBonk, and if it’s affordable, feasible, and safe from a cyber security standpoint, we may even try to get the original code up and running again. Obviously that’s very dependent on engagement and activity.
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Post by james on Mar 30, 2021 16:53:19 GMT -6
Im gonna message "Jabronigamer" and see if he wants to join
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Post by halohippy on Apr 2, 2021 16:26:53 GMT -6
Im gonna message "Jabronigamer" and see if he wants to join Sweet. If you've got any connections with anyone else from back in the day, let them know. I have access to an older member list from late 2003 or so, but I really doubt anyone still uses an email they had 18 years ago when they were a teenager.
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Post by infectedshadow on Aug 3, 2021 8:12:03 GMT -6
Was going down memory lane looking at old halo videos and wanted to see if IB was still around and came across the forums! I remember all ya'll and having a blast back in those Halo 2 days.
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Post by halohippy on Aug 3, 2021 16:48:53 GMT -6
Was going down memory lane looking at old halo videos and wanted to see if IB was still around and came across the forums! I remember all ya'll and having a blast back in those Halo 2 days. Awesome man, glad you made it over. If you haven’t viewed the forum from a computer or in “desktop mode” on your phone, check it out. We tried to make it look as close as possible to the old forum but unfortunately mobile view looks like a generic forum.
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Post by rawnblade on Sept 18, 2021 18:57:48 GMT -6
Just stopping by to sign the guestbook; really glad to see iBonk simply will not die.
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Post by halohippy on Oct 10, 2021 14:50:40 GMT -6
Just stopping by to sign the guestbook; really glad to see iBonk simply will not die. Glad you made it over!
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Post by legend on Feb 14, 2022 20:29:31 GMT -6
Hope I don't get banned just yet! Wow...Fricking memories... Was playing Infininte and looking up midget porn on the web and it directed me to here... Yeah, I wasn't playing Infinite, just watching midget porn... Really, props for bringinig this to life fellas! Came across this looking up some new Halo shit, and here is the old gang! Yeah, much has change since being a teen and F-ing around on forums, but still a kid to the core. Hope you all are successful in your lives and staying safe in these crazy times? Look forward to chatting on here now and then. Your ol buddy - I Am Legend.
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Post by halohippy on Feb 22, 2022 21:29:23 GMT -6
Hope I don't get banned just yet! Wow...Fricking memories... Was playing Infininte and looking up midget porn on the web and it directed me to here... Yeah, I wasn't playing Infinite, just watching midget porn... Really, props for bringinig this to life fellas! Came across this looking up some new Halo shit, and here is the old gang! Yeah, much has change since being a teen and F-ing around on forums, but still a kid to the core. Hope you all are successful in your lives and staying safe in these crazy times? Look forward to chatting on here now and then. Your ol buddy - I Am Legend. Glad you found us, regardless of how lol. It's really hard to believe that much time has passed. Hell, tomorrow will be a year since I made the new forum.
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Post by brian on Apr 7, 2022 13:18:48 GMT -6
Been thinking of the good ole days a whole lot lately, enough to buy a refurbished xbox pre-modded. Have downloaded the archive of Xbox-scene.com and a buncha halo modding software haha. Hope xbconnect is still a thing for competitive play, otherwise will be playing locally. Anyone still play?
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Post by halohippy on Apr 10, 2022 17:49:36 GMT -6
Been thinking of the good ole days a whole lot lately, enough to buy a refurbished xbox pre-modded. Have downloaded the archive of Xbox-scene.com and a buncha halo modding software haha. Hope xbconnect is still a thing for competitive play, otherwise will be playing locally. Anyone still play? I generally stick to MCC these days. It's hard to say no to 60fps and 4k resolution. They've done a lot of updates to it over the last two years (it is based on the PC port that was plagued with graphical problems after all) to make it look more like the original Xbox version. I miss the original menu system, but the gameplay is more fun at 60fps than 15. Matt and I play MCC on Xbox Live every now and then. I'm getting over the Flu (damn it tore me up) but I'd be down to play.
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Post by brian on May 6, 2022 10:23:24 GMT -6
Been going down the rabbit hole of buying displays for my modded xbox. 480p Halo looks really nice. About MCC: My friend has a giant 4k screen, we play Halo Anniversary Edition on it sometimes, but to me it feels like absolute garbage. Like I can't aim for shit, have to get lucky with grenades or seeing enemies first. Maybe related to how many adapters he has plugged into it. I did find out he has 4 OG xboxes and 4 copies of halo. Considering having a LAN in the future like old times.
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Post by halohippy on May 11, 2022 21:38:18 GMT -6
Been going down the rabbit hole of buying displays for my modded xbox. 480p Halo looks really nice. About MCC: My friend has a giant 4k screen, we play Halo Anniversary Edition on it sometimes, but to me it feels like absolute garbage. Like I can't aim for shit, have to get lucky with grenades or seeing enemies first. Maybe related to how many adapters he has plugged into it. I did find out he has 4 OG xboxes and 4 copies of halo. Considering having a LAN in the future like old times. The master chief collection is MUCH better than the anniversary edition that came out first. If you have an Xbox One or Xbox Series S/X, you really need to get MCC. Also, input lag on the display can really make for a crappy gaming experience, which might explain some of it as well.
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