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I remember when...

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Jul 01, 2006 RattMann link
57) Red Lasers
58) Green Lasers
59) Blue Lasers
60) Red Ions
61) Green Ions
62) Blue Ions
Jul 01, 2006 Whistler link
...yellow stars, blue stars, yellow moons, and...

Anyway:

63) WAYLON!

(Sorry dude, you should have been much sooner, but I think #63 is auspicious somehow.)
Jul 02, 2006 spectre_c_me link
64) the Original race tracks

65) the Precious Metals Cargo Ring (before the new universe was created)

66) Icarus, Phoenix, Eldrad, Uncle Dave, Arkon, Scuba Steve 9.0

67) the original stations in the 18 sector Universe

68) ec-88

69) Eff. engine

70) 2 sectors per nation

71) 1 variant of each Ship and weapon

72) SUPER LUBE!!!

73) the original 'Sign' in s9 with the giant frame around it

74) blowing up the Frigate in s16
Jul 02, 2006 MSKanaka link
75) CtF where carrying the flag meant you couldn't turbo...
76) CtF where you COULD turbo if you had the flag...
77) Being able to dock in enemy nations' stations without a faction system or triggering station guards
Jul 02, 2006 toshiro link
78) The mining station's restroom exhaust pipes...
Jul 02, 2006 yodaofborg link
79) You could turbo backwards forever with any setup :>
Jul 03, 2006 Touriaus link
80) Priceless...
Jul 03, 2006 Doukutsu link
81) When we discovered how to get -inside- a station and the s10 hidden station 'roid.
82) Stations in the middle of an asteroid 'ball.'
83) The pizza cutter.
84) You could /explode instantly next to someone else and get a kill from it.
Jul 05, 2006 smittens link
85) SAF! LOL! They were the biggest Serco guild, and the only one to make fun of, although they were at least halfway respectable. Its like instead of having a Serco guild that's partially respectable, we've now got ST6 and SCAR which averaged out...

86) I was Lt of ISP! ISP! Hahaha! (Itani Secret Police)
Jul 05, 2006 Phaserlight link
...I remember when I lost my mind. Does that make me craaayzaaay?

87) Explosions didn't rock your ship, they only did damage.
88) There were only three station models, and no waylonics.
89) You had to create a new character if you wanted a guild tag.
90) The universe was a pyramid/triangle.
Jul 05, 2006 MSKanaka link
91) Egos were mesasured in Phoenixes and StarFreezes, not Smittens or Shapes or Genkas.

92) Because of the lack of content/features, godmodding was the only way one could roleplay.
Jul 05, 2006 Phaserlight link
93) Turbo-tapping
94) Insta-nuking
Jul 05, 2006 MSKanaka link
95) Demolition derbies on the old-old sector 7 station.
96) Hunts for FiReMaGe's insanely high bounties
97) The Sadistic Family
98) The SM guild (which resulted in some rather amusing threads)
99) The manual was actually up-to-date.
100) The joy of getting the 100th reason in threads like this.
Jul 05, 2006 Scuba Steve 9.0 link
101) The glory of the Ghost Nation
102) Being able to do mineshows
Jul 05, 2006 RelayeR link
In reference to #90

[edit - credit where credit is due...that was a screenshot of ctishman's map which adorns his site listed below. I forgot where it came from - thx moofed! ;)]
Jul 05, 2006 Blacklight link
103) Earthly Summer Signs
Jul 05, 2006 Moofed link
In reference to the reference to #90
http://homepage.mac.com/ctishman/sectormap.swf
Jul 13, 2006 Jorus link
the joys of starfreezes bank cd's
Jul 13, 2006 moldyman link
That's awesome Moofed. I have one, fairly new by standards but always my favorite...

103) 16 sunflares per tube! SIXTEEN!
Jul 13, 2006 yodaofborg link
Moofed, I just cried!

104) Starflares being useless :P