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Originally Posted by MyKeyZ
I'm curious, how did this all start? What events caused Bully's hatred towards Netphoria? Was it the fact that this forum wouldn't cover up the Devi Ever incident like certain a forum filled with depressed robots? What is the history of Bully vs Netphoria? It is quite fascinating that even until this very day, he holds the grudge. Is it because we're not just a bunch of starry-eyed worshippers of thee? Share your stories.
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Nah, it was way before the Devi Ever thing.
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Originally Posted by Slygmous
I'm having a hard time remembering now. I joined Netphoria towards the end of 1998.
I know Netphoria latched onto the "Bolly" thing (that James actually started from a Gish chat) but it was otherwise mostly positive towards the band throughout the Machina era. Or at least a lot more positive than it is now. Hype here was through the roof during the Arising shows.
When the O-board launched around 2000 that attracted a lot of new suck-up fans that worshipped every official post by Billy, I don't think the people there were very critical of anything he did, which was something that contrasted a lot with Netphoria. Though I think they were more heavily moderated and didn't allow trolls or jokes (or fun I guess).
Also this forum did have a reputation of sharing leaked albums, pretty much up until we got that sticky. Not sure how he felt about Machina leaking as early as it did.
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I do think it started with the Bolly incident and the fact that he couldn't control the sentiment on Netphoria like he could the O-board. I'm not sure if there was something else specific though. I feel like I remember him disparaging the internet/internet forums back in the 90s but not sure where/when. Also, from what I remember even alt.music.smash-pumpkins had a bit of a cynical tone and lots of people from there ended up coming here.