~*~ 35. Tombs ~*~
"Tombs was the only one I could have a decent conversation with" - Vlado on Board 8's attitude to serious discussion topics.
Tombs influence on the board was somewhat of a shared one alongside the likes of fellow 2004 newcomers Steinershocker, but Tombs being the most prominent will get the most credit for how this new wave of users impacted the board. The 2004 newcomers were a very different breed of person migrating to the board and easily the most striking the board had ever seen. The board for the first time had experienced an off season where it wasn't shut down and for the first time the contest board was becoming less of a temporary event full of anonymous users and more of a community of people that was permanent. The new wave of users were far more social and brought about a different line of discussion, the kind of face to face sort of chats and real life observations that board 8 never really touched previously. The downside was the board slowly becoming less and less spectacular as these guys came in and others left for pastures new on LL or GFA.
Tombs was a cornerstone of this change and while initially was a boiling over pot of britisms hilarity he later became one of the more mature culture residents. Sparking music/drinking/soccer/social discussion. What he did all sounds very mundane and it is by todays standards but at the time when the board was a raving bunch of lunatics with the rest of the numbers made up by people who wanted to run or vote in contests 24/7 being the normal guy wanting to talk about normal things made him the outright weirdo and the one pushing the board in a new direction.
Points of Impact
-> A major contributor to the rap battle fad in its early stages.
-> A social user who engaged in all areas on the board, lacking the usual hangups of users prior to 2004.
The Poor Mans Tombs? - XIII is Cool
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