10 Years Since WATMM Crashed

I realize we passed that point in November, (well technically 9 years and counting but lets just pretend) so congrats to Joyrex for the consistent work, I almost never get a dropped connection. Here's to another 10!

I remember that crash.

I had a job interview yesterday where I used watmm as a positive talking point about being involved in an online community.

The interviewer was aware of the forum and said we were all especially weird.

lest we forget

  On 1/7/2015 at 11:37 PM, Braintree said:

I had a job interview yesterday where I used watmm as a positive talking point about being involved in an online community.

 

The interviewer was aware of the forum and said we were all especially weird.

zole

  On 1/7/2015 at 11:37 PM, Braintree said:

I had a job interview yesterday where I used watmm as a positive talking point about being involved in an online community.

 

The interviewer was aware of the forum and said we were all especially weird.

LOL, really? What job were you applying for, Aphex Twin's sound engineer?

  On 1/7/2015 at 11:37 PM, Braintree said:

I had a job interview yesterday where I used watmm as a positive talking point about being involved in an online community.

 

The interviewer was aware of the forum and said we were all especially weird.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=xwJP7zazvy0#t=32

*knocks on virtual wood*

Here's hoping for another 10 years of uninterrupted WATMM!

Fucking hell, I'll be 51!

  On 1/7/2015 at 11:37 PM, Braintree said:

I had a job interview yesterday where I used watmm as a positive talking point about being involved in an online community.

 

The interviewer was aware of the forum and said we were all especially weird.

I tried this awhile back when Warp were advertising a role, surprisingly I never heard anything from them.

  On 1/7/2015 at 11:49 PM, Joyrex said:

 

  On 1/7/2015 at 11:37 PM, Braintree said:

I had a job interview yesterday where I used watmm as a positive talking point about being involved in an online community.

 

The interviewer was aware of the forum and said we were all especially weird.

LOL, really? What job were you applying for, Aphex Twin's sound engineer?

 

Yes. But the interview was cut short when he found me wanking on his Synton Fenix.

  On 1/7/2015 at 11:37 PM, Braintree said:

I had a job interview yesterday where I used watmm as a positive talking point about being involved in an online community.

 

The interviewer was aware of the forum and said we were all especially weird.

i take that as a compliment

  On 1/7/2015 at 11:37 PM, Braintree said:

I had a job interview yesterday where I used watmm as a positive talking point about being involved in an online community.

 

The interviewer was aware of the forum and said we were all especially weird.

lol that is utterly hilarious. I do feel that syro and the aaa and other recent stuff like online music publications constantly using watmm as an idm news source (edm news source depending on the dumb site) has bumped up the sites status quo a bit (largely thanks to joyrexs work of course of course!!).

the job interviewer no doubt knows which watmmer is you now you've made the connection. unless you outright told them "I am Braintree."

If I was having a job interview and they started asking "you post on watmm?? which watmmer are you??" i'd have to stop and think for a bit "if I was employing a watmmer who would I want to employ??".

Pretending to be joyrex would be pretty sweet. "I run the place."

  On 1/8/2015 at 12:37 AM, bitroast said:

 

  On 1/7/2015 at 11:37 PM, Braintree said:

I had a job interview yesterday where I used watmm as a positive talking point about being involved in an online community.

 

The interviewer was aware of the forum and said we were all especially weird.

 

lol that is utterly hilarious. I do feel that syro and the aaa and other recent stuff like online music publications constantly using watmm as an idm news source (edm news source depending on the dumb site) has bumped up the sites status quo a bit (largely thanks to joyrexs work of course of course!!).

 

the job interviewer no doubt knows which watmmer is you now you've made the connection. unless you outright told them "I am Braintree."

If I was having a job interview and they started asking "you post on watmm?? which watmmer are you??" i'd have to stop and think for a bit "if I was employing a watmmer who would I want to employ??".

Pretending to be joyrex would be pretty sweet. "I run the place."

 

 

"Tell us what the new shit is or say goodbye to the job!!!!!!!!!!!"

Didn't watmm fall over when Syro was first first announced back in August last year?

  On 1/8/2015 at 12:59 AM, psn said:

Didn't watmm fall over when Syro was first first announced back in August last year?

I don't think it fell over since there was still connection but it was definitely sitting on the threshold.

Also, the crash 10 years ago wiped out the whole board - everyone had to re-register, which is why my reg. date is from Nov05. I can't remember my real reg. date.. probably Mar03.

  On 1/8/2015 at 6:04 AM, bronchuseven said:

Also, the crash 10 years ago wiped out the whole board - everyone had to re-register, which is why my reg. date is from Nov05. I can't remember my real reg. date.. probably Mar03.

Oh, so it wasn't WATMM's fault, wherever the server was, and the info, was deleted?

Happy embolism day watmm

I'm looking behind us now. Across the long count of time... down the long haul, into history back.

I see the end what were the start. It's Pox-Eclipse! Full of pain! And out of it were birthed crackling dust and fearsome time. It were full-on winter, and Mr. Funk chasing them all....

  On 1/8/2015 at 5:33 AM, Brisbot said:

 

  On 1/8/2015 at 12:59 AM, psn said:

Didn't watmm fall over when Syro was first first announced back in August last year?

I don't think it fell over since there was still connection but it was definitely sitting on the threshold.

 

We've since upgraded the server's CPU and RAM, so any future big events should go smoothly. We'll know soon I hope...

  On 1/8/2015 at 8:00 AM, Brisbot said:

 

  On 1/8/2015 at 6:04 AM, bronchuseven said:

Also, the crash 10 years ago wiped out the whole board - everyone had to re-register, which is why my reg. date is from Nov05. I can't remember my real reg. date.. probably Mar03.

Oh, so it wasn't WATMM's fault, wherever the server was, and the info, was deleted?

 

No - at the time, we were on a dodgy budget hosting company, who one day closed up shop, and I wasn't as fastidious with my backups as I am nowadays - it was easier to start fresh, although painful to lose 4+ years of posts and valuable info.

nice ~ congratulations

  On 1/7/2015 at 11:51 PM, Joyrex said:

*knocks on virtual wood*

 

Here's hoping for another 10 years of uninterrupted WATMM!

 

Fucking hell, I'll be 51!

time to name a younger, more attractive successor -

THAT"S YA BOI D-LO

YAY!

Yeah scary to think I've been here on & off for like 12-13 years. Without that '05 crash I'd probably have about 10k more posts. I went in back in the day.

Many years and many lols, and while there might not be threads of nice shemale pics anymore this place is still ok in my book.

@Braintree ~~ How was "WATMM" said aloud? Did you & the potential employer say say "part of the We Are The Music Makers forum" or did you say "a WATTUMMER"?