Can someone remind me why so many of us old timers joined Peeg’s back in 2001?

[The Original Happy Goat]

I think I joined Peegs in 1997, freshman year. Once I was in the dorms, I discovered Yahoo, which at the time wasn't a search engine, but just an index of websites listed by category. I think the first two sites I discovered were probably Peegs and PK (IYKYK). This was after people started leaving the Star forums, but before Peegs merged with Inside Indiana. Can't remember when I first jumped on the Cooler, but Buzz was the dictator at the time. I did disappear for a while after 9/11, for whatever reason, but came back for the NCAA tourney, which is why I have the date I do on my account.

Of course, the one date I can't forget is April 22, 2003. That was when Peegs finally kicked us troublemakers off the basketball forums and created the OTF. For about a decade, that place was just absolutely wild. For a short while, it actually surpassed the hoops forum in traffic. This was a source of much pride for the old time OTFers.

Been a lot of fond memories on the various iterations of this website.

 

[mcmurtry66]

I think I joined Peegs in 1997, freshman year. Once I was in the dorms, I discovered Yahoo, which at the time wasn't a search engine, but just an index of websites listed by category. I think the first two sites I discovered were probably Peegs and PK (IYKYK). This was after people started leaving the Star forums, but before Peegs merged with Inside Indiana. Can't remember when I first jumped on the Cooler, but Buzz was the dictator at the time. I did disappear for a while after 9/11, for whatever reason, but came back for the NCAA tourney, which is why I have the date I do on my account.

Of course, the one date I can't forget is April 22, 2003. That was when Peegs finally kicked us troublemakers off the basketball forums and created the OTF. For about a decade, that place was just absolutely wild. For a short while, it actually surpassed the hoops forum in traffic. This was a source of much pride for the old time OTFers.

Been a lot of fond memories on the various iterations of this website.

Okay annoying I know so did we all start on inside Indiana? So many of us have Oct/nov 01 start dates

 

[The Original Happy Goat]

Okay annoying I know so did we all start on inside Indiana? So many of us have Oct/nov 01 start dates

No, Inside Indiana wasn't a forum. It was a recruiting news website. They merged with Peegs and combined news with message boards.

 

[larsIU]

For a short while, it actually surpassed the hoops forum in traffic. This was a source of much pride for the old time OTFers.

What does the cooler traffic look like compared to the bb and fb boards. The OTF is effectively dead. It migrated here. For better probably. On the whole. No board survives minimal traffic.

 

[Spartans9312]

No, Inside Indiana wasn't a forum. It was a recruiting news website. They merged with Peegs and combined news with message boards.

It was a paper mailed to your house

 

[The Original Happy Goat]

It was a paper mailed to your house

Oh man, I forgot about that. I never subscribed. I never cared much about recruiting, just wanted to talk shit with people in real time. I never even heard of Inside Indiana until Peegs announced they were joining.

 

[The Original Happy Goat]

What does the cooler traffic look like compared to the bb and fb boards. The OTF is effectively dead. It migrated here. For better probably. On the whole. No board survives minimal traffic.

I have no idea. Don't have access to that. But on the old Rivals system, it was public. There was a limit to how many posts would be retained in thread view, so the more active forums naturally had more posts, because the other forums would lose their oldest ones first. I may be remembering incorrectly, thanks to time and the fact that we all drank a lot back then, but I seem to recall that as we closed in on the hoops forum, we made a concerted effort to post as much as possible to see if we could pass them.

 

[Spartans9312]

Oh man, I forgot about that. I never subscribed. I never cared much about recruiting, just wanted to talk shit with people in real time. I never even heard of Inside Indiana until Peegs announced they were joining.

There’s a good chance there are still some of those stuffed away somewhere at my parents house

 

[hookyIU1990]

What does the cooler traffic look like compared to the bb and fb boards. The OTF is effectively dead. It migrated here. For better probably. On the whole. No board survives minimal traffic.

Coyle told everyone this fall that if he could he'd end the free boards on this site. Also told us he'd have a bunch of new content creators, game chat, game film breakdown, etc...

I let my premie expire a few months later when it became apparent that it was all BS and there would continue to be zero moderation on the paid boards

 

[ORG]

To me it was a logical extension of following IU on a free web-site that was run by an Indv newspaper. It was a better way to connect with fellow IU fans.

 

[Digressions]

I think I joined Peegs in 1997, freshman year. Once I was in the dorms, I discovered Yahoo, which at the time wasn't a search engine, but just an index of websites listed by category. I think the first two sites I discovered were probably Peegs and PK (IYKYK). This was after people started leaving the Star forums, but before Peegs merged with Inside Indiana. Can't remember when I first jumped on the Cooler, but Buzz was the dictator at the time. I did disappear for a while after 9/11, for whatever reason, but came back for the NCAA tourney, which is why I have the date I do on my account.

Of course, the one date I can't forget is April 22, 2003. That was when Peegs finally kicked us troublemakers off the basketball forums and created the OTF. For about a decade, that place was just absolutely wild. For a short while, it actually surpassed the hoops forum in traffic. This was a source of much pride for the old time OTFers.

Been a lot of fond memories on the various iterations of this website.

I would be interested to know if anyone else joined us for those pregames we had at Yogi's? I don't remember many(if any) students being there, but I remember several older guys joining. RMKFAN1 and Sagarin would have been the highlights. Anyone?

I was at IU 97-00, btw. Finance major. Lived in Gentry Quarters across from the mall/big red/blockbuster.

 

[UncleMark]

Coyle told everyone this fall that if he could he'd end the free boards on this site.

At the time he was sick of all the whining from all the butt hurt posters, many of them from here complaining about the moderators (or lack thereof on the sports boards). I think a lot of that has died down.

 

[larsIU]

Coyle told everyone this fall that if he could he'd end the free boards on this site. Also told us he'd have a bunch of new content creators, game chat, game film breakdown, etc...

I let my premie expire a few months later when it became apparent that it was all BS and there would continue to be zero moderation on the paid boards

I’m just paying so the cooler survives. It’s the least I can do. It’s either this place or PBS.

Sorry PBS.

 

[mcmurtry66]

I’m just paying so the cooler survives. It’s the least I can do. It’s either this place or PBS.

Sorry PBS.

You can get on our law school buds text and watch cortez insult me 50x a day

 

[zeke4ahs]

I would be interested to know if anyone else joined us for those pregames we had at Yogi's? I don't remember many(if any) students being there, but I remember several older guys joining. RMKFAN1 and Sagarin would have been the highlights. Anyone?

I was at IU 97-00, btw. Finance major. Lived in Gentry Quarters across from the mall/big red/blockbuster.

I met some people at pregame football tailgates, Hoosier Hysteria and Nicks. Went to several games with Peegs, RMKFan and others.

 

[Digressions]

I met some people at pregame football tailgates, Hoosier Hysteria and Nicks. Went to several games with Peegs, RMKFan and others.

Thanks, Zeke. I'm sure I would have remembered you had our paths crossed. I hope you're doing well!

 

[IUCrazy2]

Thread view really is missed. It was far easier to avoid the crazed rabbit holes.

The only issue with it was topics would get pushed off the front page too quickly.

 

[IUCrazy2]

PK (IYKYK)

Iranian Feline? Lol....

 

[The Original Happy Goat]

I would be interested to know if anyone else joined us for those pregames we had at Yogi's? I don't remember many(if any) students being there, but I remember several older guys joining. RMKFAN1 and Sagarin would have been the highlights. Anyone?

I was at IU 97-00, btw. Finance major. Lived in Gentry Quarters across from the mall/big red/blockbuster.

I don't remember Yogi's, but I went to a few tailgates with some old school posters. Couple of trips to Indy. Went to Manhattan once with some of them. Two of them got married.

 

[Digressions]

I don't remember Yogi's, but I went to a few tailgates with some old school posters. Couple of trips to Indy. Went to Manhattan once with some of them. Two of them got married.

IKIDK, what the hell was PK?

 

[IUCrazy2]

IKIDK, what the hell was PK?

Dial up internet Playboy basically.

 

[hookyIU1990]

I’m just paying so the cooler survives. It’s the least I can do. It’s either this place or PBS.

Sorry PBS.

Put the cooler on discord and call it a day.