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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#64526: Sep 21st 2017 at 6:37:57 AM

Do please.

It sounds like a fun story

Many centuries ago, when man first learned how to shitpost on two fingers, the Naruto thread was a wondrous haven where the children frolicked and dinosaurs roamed the grassy plains. When the sun rose each day, the olden tropers would gather there to discuss memes, put each others' names into a love calculator, and form all black power ranger teams. At sundown, the tropers would scurry back into their warrens, fearing the time when the mods would come down and tell us to actually talk about Naruto for once. It seemed like peace would always last.

And that's when the Fourth Shinobi World War broke out.

Oh, it was an absolute bloodbath - the thread, that is, the actual war in Naruto was weak af. But as the series' writing quality took a nosedive, so did the warm atmosphere of the thread. Troper turned upon troper, people who had previously received a 97% match in the love calculator now tore each other limb from limb. Desperately, we began to consult the ancient scrolls, trying to find some explanation for where things went wrong - only to learn that maybe, just maybe, these flaws we were seeing had been present from the very beginning, and allowed to grow unchecked until they became a hideous hydra that threatened to devour all.

The thread got really fucking caustic, is what I'm trying to say. But for some, that was the only way to enjoy what the series had become, and for others, the thread was even better when everyone was mocking the everloving shit out of the series. It was definitely not a good time to be a participant in the thread who actually liked the War arc, that's for sure.

Eventually, the series ended, and the flames of war died out. However, legend has it, that if you visit the thread on a full moon you can still hear the whispers of those who perished in the dumpster fire the thread had become: "why the hell is Zetsu behind everything" "holy fuck Madara is so OP" "Obito is still a whiny bitch" the lingering souls cry out into the misty night.

Shlugo_the_great King of Burgers from Far Far Away (On A Trope Odyssey) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
King of Burgers
#64527: Sep 21st 2017 at 7:13:52 AM

Oh man, that brings back memories. People who weren't there at the time might think you're exaggerating, but no it really went like that.

MightyMatilda Mr. Clueless from New Jersey, USA Since: Jan, 2015
Mr. Clueless
#64528: Sep 21st 2017 at 7:25:37 AM

[up]I didn't go to the thread, but near the end of the manga's run, the Dethroning page (or maybe the now-gone Wallbanger page, I forget) became more or less a chapter-by-chapter summary. So, I can imagine how bad things got.

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MsCC93 Since: May, 2012
#64529: Sep 21st 2017 at 7:39:58 AM

[up] It's a shame how the wall bangers page is gone, because while some of them had pointless complaints, there were a few legitimate points.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#64530: Sep 21st 2017 at 8:07:18 AM

Wait, my post was Thumped. People knew we were joking right?

Mine too. Guess we must have crossed a few lines without even realizing it. I'm a bit disappointed in myself, as I thought I was better than that.

Apologies Saiga. Never meant to insult you.

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BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
CHADhan Player.
#64531: Sep 21st 2017 at 9:03:35 AM

I remember the olden Naruto threads. Legend of one particular troper, IANCE. his rallies against Naruto were the best seen around.

A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.
slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#64532: Sep 21st 2017 at 9:07:49 AM

[up] Hey I remember him.

Heh, yeah his posts were pretty crazy. tongue

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Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
The Cat Knows Where It's At
#64533: Sep 21st 2017 at 9:14:18 AM

Jeez. Knowing what IANCE was like, I can't even begin to imagine them.

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Ssj3Gojira Arashi Shigehito from The Event Horizon Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Arashi Shigehito
#64534: Sep 21st 2017 at 9:27:36 AM

Still don't understand why the mods left that thread up when that was going on for years...

Let's see if you can get past my Beelzemon. Mephiles, WARP SHINKA!
randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#64535: Sep 21st 2017 at 9:30:30 AM

Maybe Naruto is just that uninteresting...?

Too many flashbacks...and crud.

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Larfleeze Agent Orange Since: May, 2009
Agent Orange
#64536: Sep 21st 2017 at 9:52:35 AM

You sweet summer children will never know the pure shitshow that was the Narutofan forums from the Sasuke Retrieval Arc onward.

Do you know what people want the most? Something somebody else has.
Shlugo_the_great King of Burgers from Far Far Away (On A Trope Odyssey) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
King of Burgers
#64537: Sep 21st 2017 at 9:55:58 AM

[up]Been there, seen everything, still have PTSD.

ComicX6 (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#64538: Sep 21st 2017 at 10:14:01 AM

Man at another forum I mod at for years the various Naruto threads were treated as nests of controlled chaos and moderation was traditionally much more lenient towards random off-topicness and non sequitors within its confines. Then the Pain arc happened followed by the world war and things just got so toxic and so much of a cesspool that we had to bring an end to that behavior.

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Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#64539: Sep 21st 2017 at 11:42:40 AM

Still don't understand why the mods left that thread up when that was going on for years...

Probably because cleaning up the thread would require going into it first, and who would willingly do that except the twisted creatures created by it in the first place?

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EpicBleye drunk bunny from her bed being very eepy Since: Sep, 2014 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
drunk bunny
#64540: Sep 21st 2017 at 11:44:02 AM

they were very wary of the Those Who Fight Monsters trope.

"There's not a girl alive who wouldn't be happy being called cute." ~Tamamo-no-Mae
Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#64541: Sep 21st 2017 at 12:10:30 PM

At that point they should have just locked the thread.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#64542: Sep 21st 2017 at 12:11:39 PM

I often wondered why the thread wasn't locked either. There was no way you couldn't call it a complaint thread for years at that point.

VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#64543: Sep 21st 2017 at 12:25:52 PM

I don't remember my time in the Naruto thread here that much, but I do remember posting in it near the end of the War Ac itself, and the tone Saiga spoke of was very much true to reality. I'm pretty sure I contributed to it.

Good times.

I didn't go to the thread, but near the end of the manga's run, the Dethroning page (or maybe the now-gone Wallbanger page, I forget) became more or less a chapter-by-chapter summary. So, I can imagine how bad things got.

Oh, they were. Nearly every new chapter had some dumbass plot point or revelation to critique at length about, and Naruto being at its most popular still there were many people who wanted to be the ones to point them out.

edited 21st Sep '17 2:13:44 PM by VeryMelon

Jedi1113 Since: Jun, 2009
#64544: Sep 21st 2017 at 2:11:11 PM

So...Dragonball?

Idk what to say

VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#64545: Sep 21st 2017 at 2:13:08 PM

Then you probably shouldn't have bothered without having anything to discuss.

edited 21st Sep '17 2:14:14 PM by VeryMelon

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#64546: Sep 21st 2017 at 2:16:41 PM

Who do you think will be the next to dropout of from Universe 7?

Shlugo_the_great King of Burgers from Far Far Away (On A Trope Odyssey) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
alekos23 Since: Mar, 2013
Shlugo_the_great King of Burgers from Far Far Away (On A Trope Odyssey) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
King of Burgers
#64549: Sep 21st 2017 at 2:24:35 PM

Someone else then.

VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love

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