In light of my return to DV, I offer you the record of what happened when I came into DV Chat immediately after joining. The chat log is annotated at parts by.. MoS? I think. Anyhow, a lot of old faces are in this log and it's kinda funny. Also, this is in MoS's time zone, it was actually an hour or two later by my time.
Spoiler for chat transcript of my first time on DV:
[DV Chat]: lbennington has entered at 12:52 am
[Dallian] 12:52 am: kudos
[Wanted] 12:52 am: bennington
[Out of the Blue] 12:52 am: Alllo!
[] 12:52 am: hiya bennington
[Wanted] 12:52 am: its been a while man
[lbennington] 12:52 am: hello
[Wanted] 12:52 am: how are you doing
[Man of Steel] 12:52 am: Bennington!
[Man of Steel] 12:52 am: Long time no see!
[lbennington] 12:52 am: what?
[Man of Steel] 12:52 am: Where the hell have you been?
[Dallian] 12:52 am: Bennington, man
[Man of Steel] 12:52 am: I missed you?
[Brandon Heat] 12:52 am: Asher is like a rock in control of a city
[Man of Steel] 12:52 am: !
[Dallian] 12:52 am: where've you been?
[Brandon Heat] 12:53 am: He just sits there
[lbennington] 12:53 am: im sorry
[lbennington] 12:53 am: youve got the wrong person
[Pastro] 12:53 am: I LOVE BENINGTON
[Brandon Heat] 12:53 am: And lets the city do as it pleases
[Pastro] 12:53 am: no man
[Pastro] 12:53 am: I remember it
[Dallian] 12:53 am: you were supposed to call, remember, benny?
[Out of the Blue] 12:53 am: Bennington is the MAN!
[lbennington] 12:53 am: i just created this account
[Spartiate] 12:53 am: but maybe the rock will trip the odd thief?
[Man of Steel] 12:53 am: No, pretty sure you're the one, bennington
[Out of the Blue] 12:53 am: I love you man
[Wanted] 12:53 am: rofl
[Dallian] 12:53 am: you are the One
[Man of Steel] 12:53 am: Why did you never AIM me?
[Wanted] 12:53 am: Bennington!
[Pastro] 12:53 am: lol ootb
[Out of the Blue] 12:53 am: The Chosen
[Wanted] 12:53 am: We go wayyy back.
[Out of the Blue] 12:54 am: HE HAS RETURNED TO US!
[Out of the Blue] 12:54 am: The Enlightened
[Dallian] 12:54 am: Finally
[Out of the Blue] 12:54 am: He is reborn!
[Dallian] 12:54 am: Bastard.
[Pastro] 12:54 am: sOME SAY TEH SECOND COMING
[Out of the Blue] 12:54 am: Praise the Bennington!
[Wanted] 12:54 am: Hey bennington, what happened last week?
[Dallian] 12:54 am: No no
[Spartiate] 12:54 am: lol this guy really did register today
[Wanted] 12:54 am: I thought we were going to hang out at my place, just kick back, you know?
[Out of the Blue] 12:54 am: Mayhaps he doesn't remember who he once was?
[Man of Steel] 12:55 am: No, bennington's been around forever, Spartiate.
[Man of Steel] 12:55 am: He's cool.
[Out of the Blue] 12:55 am: The reawakening might've changed some things
[lbennington] 12:55 am: oh
[Spartiate] 12:55 am: oops, my mistake
[lbennington] 12:55 am: hey guys
[Dallian] 12:55 am: FINALLY you remember us
[Out of the Blue] 12:55 am: Hey man, welcome back
[lbennington] 12:55 am: hows the salvia, wanted?
[Wanted] 12:55 am: ...
[And then everyone gets confused....]
[Out of the Blue] 12:55 am: Hahahaha
[Wanted] 12:55 am: Who the fuck are you
[Out of the Blue] 12:55 am: Saliva?
[Spartiate] 12:55 am: lol
[Dallian] 12:55 am: Salvia?
[lbennington] 12:56 am: blech
[Dallian] 12:56 am: Damn, we don't do drugs
[Wanted] 12:56 am: That's bad shit.
[Dallian] 12:56 am: You are such a bastard
[Spartiate] 12:56 am: dreams not drugs!
[Man of Steel] 12:56 am: Messede up shit, ben
[Wanted] 12:56 am: Anyway, we should chill sometime.
[Dallian] 12:56 am: How can you sleep at night?
[Out of the Blue] 12:56 am: That'll screw you up for realz0rz
[Dallian] 12:56 am: I bet you sleep with your mom.
[lbennington] 12:56 am: hey, mot
[lbennington] 12:56 am: hows texas?
[Spartiate] 12:56 am: who doesn't?
[More confusion... who is this guy??]
[Out of the Blue] 12:56 am: Hahahahahahahah
[Wanted] 12:56 am: lo
[Wanted] 12:57 am: ll
[Wanted] 12:57 am: lmfao
[Dallian] 12:57 am: New Zealand
[Out of the Blue] 12:57 am: He remembers everything!
[Spartiate] 12:57 am: Dallian's a kiwi?
[Dallian] 12:57 am: New Zealand is fine, thanks.
[Dallian] 12:57 am: yep.
[Man of Steel] 12:57 am: Ben, seriously, man, you never got in touch.
[lbennington] 12:58 am: slipped my mind
[Out of the Blue] 12:58 am: We were throwing that thing, you know? We were hoping you'd be there.
[Spartiate] 12:58 am: hey did you know that in NZ there are 3 types of kiwis?
[Dallian] 12:58 am: There are green kidns
[Out of the Blue] 12:58 am: How many of them are Dallian?
[Dallian] 12:58 am: and Pink kinds
[Dallian] 12:58 am: And DARK green ones
[lbennington] 12:58 am: hey MoS, get any new knives lately?
[Out of the Blue] 12:58 am: Like MoS?
[Man of Steel] 12:58 am: Not a good excuse, Benny, man.
[Spartiate] 12:58 am: no there are the fruit, the nirds, and the people
[Spartiate] 12:59 am: birds*
[Man of Steel] 12:59 am: Not in the last few days, nah.
[Dallian] 12:59 am: nirds?
[Wanted] 12:59 am: He remembers everything.
[Spartiate] 12:59 am: birds*
[BiVixen] 12:59 am: feels left out. I don't know who Bennington is
[Out of the Blue] 12:59 am: You're new
[lbennington] 12:59 am: im bennington
[Out of the Blue] 12:59 am: Bennington's been around forEVER
[lbennington] 12:59 am: thats all there is to it
[Out of the Blue] 1:00 am: pats bi on the back and says there there
[BiVixen] 1:00 am: Oh, alright
[Wanted] 1:00 am: Word.
[Pastro] 1:00 am: Bennington is awsome
[Out of the Blue] 1:00 am: He basically invented the night
[Wanted] 1:00 am: I'd do him.
[Man of Steel] 1:00 am: Bi, Ben is hella cool
[Dallian] 1:00 am: It's okay, Vixen
[DV Chat]: lbennington has entered at 1:00 am
[Dallian] 1:00 am: Bennington = win
[Out of the Blue] 1:00 am: Damn, who posted that elucidate thhing, it's tight
[Dallian] 1:00 am: Haha
[Dallian] 1:00 am: Leave us already?
[Wanted] 1:00 am: Woah, for a split second I thought the benning man had left us.
[BiVixen] 1:00 am: wb bennington
[Wanted] 1:00 am: I didn't think I could bear the pain.
[Spartiate] 1:00 am: nope he's back
[Man of Steel] 1:01 am: Ben, WB!
[Out of the Blue] 1:01 am: I panicked
[Out of the Blue] 1:01 am: I feel complete again
[lbennington] 1:01 am: its alright
[Wanted] 1:01 am: Thank god for bennington.
[Wanted] 1:01 am: Where would we be without him?
[Out of the Blue] 1:01 am: Thank Bennington for God
[lbennington] 1:01 am: no
[Spartiate] 1:01 am: what happened to brandon?
[Man of Steel] 1:01 am: Some fugly chick is on an infomercial
[lbennington] 1:01 am: thank bennington for bennington
[Out of the Blue] 1:01 am: Amen
[Dallian] 1:01 am: XD
And, also, I wish I'd saved the quote where Mark75 and MoS scared off a noob who walked in on them talking nonsense in the chat. Or the time that Xox and Wanted had hilarious cybersex to freak out a noob. Something about "A few gray hairs stick out of my tight thong. I smile mischievously..."
The first one is buried somewhere in the quote thread and the second one is unfortunately lost to the sands of time.
-Ben
"In watermelon sugar the deeds were done and done again as my life is done in watermelon sugar. I'll tell you about it because I am here and you are distant."
Three of us decided to post a mock thread paralleling the same format as spirit's (and based on equally "convincing" evidence). My post was modeled after one in which another member attempted to offer a "scientific" explanation for telekinesis. The video we posted has unfortunately been removed, but basically it was a very cheesy clip of a cat morphing into a man (complete with "whoooosh" sound effect): Morphing?!?!?! Plz read
Incredibly, the joke seemed to go right over many peoples' heads - including spiritofthewolf! But perhaps the funniest part was when spiritofthewolf walked in on us planning the hoax out in chat. The chat software at the time was set up so that when you joined, something like the last 5-10 minutes of conversation was loaded into the window. Right at the height of our planning, spiritofthewolf enters the chat - and we absolutely lost it laughing even though we were busted by the man himself, he still took our thread very seriously. Good times.
Leo Volont was a beast. It's a shame he was permabanned before I really got involved here.
-Ben
"In watermelon sugar the deeds were done and done again as my life is done in watermelon sugar. I'll tell you about it because I am here and you are distant."
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