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100 years of TCTE!I can't believe that this messageboard is 100 years old
lets take a look back through time, with pictures of key moments.....
Here is Ninjadmin modelling with the computer that he used to set up the original forum in 1908
'they said it couldn't be done'
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Wraeth making one of the first ever polls on TCTE. this photo is probably from around 1912. Polls were illegal in England until 1910 because they 'smacked of Bolshevism
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Early uniform for admin and mods
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1916: Ninjadmin sets off to Korea, it is still debated wether he was really trying to bring TCTE to the far east as he claimed, or fleeing the war in Europe
(note Hiccup in front of the plane)
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1917: Strung Out becomes an admin at TCTE. He promises to achieve the 100 option poll within 10 years. Many snorted, but he achieved the feat in a mere 7
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more later, if i'm really bored 
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As the 1920s kicked off, a new era of optimism for TCTE dawned. Here is former poster Misskitty pouring money into the serverfund for the now practically defunkt CoolestWiki
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Here is a shot of hiccup and Lava smuggling booze into a 'speakeasy' for the inaugrual 'Coolest Drink Ever
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Another piece of history, tangerinebreem celebrating the creation of the 'fish forum'
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it's important not to forget that TCTE was not always just about fun. here is another sadly missed poster J, offering to shine shoes for a mod badge
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tomorrow, flick wins rights for women by jumping under a horse, but dark clouds gather on the horizon.....
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Early shots of DrCarnage at work
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wraeth and carmella attempt the first vbulletin upgrade
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Posters like DJ bombscare and Bristle-KRS were quick to make use of the latest technology and soon music was sweeping the parlours of TCTE users everywhere.
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| tangerinebreem wrote: | | Posters like DJ bombscare and Bristle-KRS were quick to make use of the latest technology and soon music was sweeping the parlours of TCTE users everywhere. |
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1925 women are allowed to vote in polls
wraeth, misskitty and coastloop celebrate
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as the 1930s began, here we see the historic building of TheCoolestBlogEver
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Soreenkid and Ninjadmin discuss whether Robots or Ninja's are the coolest whilst strolling in one of the many spacious and ultra modern forums.
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1935 - celebrated poster Mauvais earns fame for his drawings
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later, ninjadmin invades trashponyland....
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soreenkid in the 1930s
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1938 : that guy does look a bit like hiccup
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1940s: Ninjaboy's permaban from urban1664 deals a massive blow to TCTE. here we see J with 2 lasses and ninjadmin with a bottle of wine
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1941: Quite a sad photo here many of these posters are no longer with us
left to right : Wraeth, Misskitty, Fizzerbird and 2WheeledAtheist
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1942: The Doctor delivers bottles of wine to 'the server fund'
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1940 Japan invades Renegadedog
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REdJezza and Districtline set off on a suicide mission
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1943: Proffesor H launches his Den of Ecchi. a crucial moment
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In the 80s, Dr Carnage had an image rethink
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| renegadedog wrote: | In the 80s, Dr Carnage had an image rethink
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steady on, we are still in WWII
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1945 : someting important happens but noone can remember because of that incredibly futuristic image renegadedog just put up (which really did fuck with my head )
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Despite rationing, Snacks, Dippy Things and Drinks launches and is a roaring success. Here we see Isambard reminding thora of her civic duty:
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| Ninjadmin wrote: |
steady on, we are still in WWII |
I know. I just couldn't keep a quality contribution like that up my sleeve for another four weeks
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Mid 40s, DrCarnage off to work
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best thread ever 
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The 1950s begin. New advances in technology allow TCTE to go portable.
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1953 TCTE podcasts sweep a newly optimistic america
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1955 sees the invention of the spork. Carmella Chihuahua rejoices,
and soon the legendary spork forum is born.
here we see Carmella eating spaghetti with an early 3-pronged prototype,
surrounded by impressed onlookers
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Wraeth makes her first ever podcast to the nation
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ninjadmin (left) 'teaching english' in korea, in the 1950s
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1959: soreenkid and yourmum usher in a new era
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1960: black people in america fight for the right to post on TCTE. despite massive protests, and incredible support from americans and of course TCTE, no black person from america has ever posted
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1960 was also the year that ninjadmin returned from working in korea for the first time
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1962 Red Jezza, J, snouty, and tangerinebreem visit london as TCTEmania sweeps britain
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1965 : bob joins TCTE
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1963 : flick becomes the first woman in space
phwooooar
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meanwhile, ernestolynch is banned and denounced by TCTE's upper echelons
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"everyone remembers where they where when they heard that ninjaboy was banned from urban63"
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1966- ninjaboy casually announces
that he's now bigger than Jesus.
God-fearing Christians from all across
the internets flock to burn his radio podcasts
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Abroad, snouty win's first prize in a 'turboisland forum of the year' competition (annakey on the left there...)
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1070, and wraeth launches TCTE in full colour:
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hiccup circa 1971
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The first coolestgather takes place in 1975
(J in foreground, yellow shirt)
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1977, and troubled times loom for TCTE.
pictured here, disgruntled poster mauvais bins his computer in protest at TCTE's carbon emissions.
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in response, ninjaboy returns his O.B.E. to the Queen.
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the 70s were remembered as times of great mod inneficiency and poster discontent
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the infamous 'fish forum' riots of 1978.
this man is taking objection to tangerinebreem
describing dolphins as mammals, the fool!
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1979: TCTE's is rocked to the core by allegations that mods had been taking bribes to ban posters and lock threads
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It's 1980 and TCTE is given makeover advice from experts. One of the fellows below came up with the 'Happy Kristallnacht' image which allowed the site to dominate coolness and style throught the decade.
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