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Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by VooDooPope, Oct 11, 2019.

  1. VooDooPope

    VooDooPope Love > Hate
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    It was a Monday, the 284th day of 1999, 7,305 days ago when I re-registered on ClucthCity. Since that day Clutchfans has been a constant in my life. Funny watching the Rockets, the BBS and times change. The Rockets season ended up looking like this as we were at the end of the Hakeem Era and be beginning of the Stevie Franchise Era:
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    Rk                    Age  G GS   MP  FG  FGA  FG%  3P 3PA  3P%  2P  2PA  2P% eFG%  FT FTA  FT% ORB DRB  TRB AST STL BLK TOV  PF PTS/G
    1       Steve Francis  22 77 77 36.1 6.5 14.5 .445 1.4 4.0 .345 5.1 10.5 .483 .493 3.7 4.7 .786 2.0 3.3  5.3 6.6 1.5 0.4 4.0 3.0  18.0
    2    Shandon Anderson  26 82 82 32.9 4.5  9.5 .473 1.0 2.7 .351 3.5  6.7 .523 .524 2.4 3.1 .767 1.1 3.6  4.7 2.9 1.2 0.4 2.4 2.2  12.3
    3     Charles Barkley  36 20 18 31.0 5.3 11.1 .477 0.3 1.3 .231 5.0  9.8 .510 .491 3.6 5.5 .645 3.6 6.9 10.5 3.2 0.7 0.2 2.2 2.4  14.5
    4      Cuttino Mobley  24 81  8 30.8 5.4 12.5 .430 1.3 3.6 .356 4.1  8.9 .460 .481 3.7 4.4 .847 0.7 2.8  3.6 2.6 1.1 0.4 2.3 2.1  15.8
    5        Kenny Thomas  22 72 29 25.0 2.9  7.4 .399 0.4 1.7 .262 2.5  5.7 .440 .429 1.9 2.9 .660 2.0 4.0  6.1 1.6 0.8 0.3 1.6 2.3   8.3
    6       Walt Williams  29 76 66 24.5 4.1  9.0 .458 1.3 3.4 .391 2.8  5.5 .500 .533 1.3 1.6 .821 0.9 3.1  4.0 2.1 0.6 0.6 1.5 2.5  10.9
    7         Kelvin Cato  25 65 32 24.3 3.3  6.2 .537 0.0 0.1 .000 3.3  6.1 .543 .537 2.1 3.2 .649 1.6 4.4  6.0 0.4 0.5 1.9 1.1 2.7   8.7
    8     Hakeem Olajuwon  37 44 28 23.8 4.4  9.6 .458 0.0 0.0 .000 4.4  9.5 .461 .458 1.6 2.5 .616 1.5 4.8  6.2 1.4 0.9 1.6 1.7 2.0  10.3
    9       Carlos Rogers  28 53 15 20.8 3.2  6.1 .525 0.0 0.3 .071 3.2  5.8 .545 .526 1.5 2.6 .591 1.8 3.3  5.2 0.8 0.3 0.6 1.2 1.5   8.0
    10       Matt Bullard  32 56 27 18.3 2.5  6.1 .409 1.4 3.2 .446 1.1  2.9 .368 .525 0.4 0.5 .833 0.2 2.2  2.5 1.1 0.3 0.2 0.6 1.5   6.8
    11         Bryce Drew  25 72  5 18.0 2.2  5.7 .383 0.8 2.3 .362 1.4  3.5 .396 .454 0.6 0.7 .849 0.3 1.1  1.4 2.3 0.6 0.0 0.9 1.1   5.8
    12     Moochie Norris  26 30  0 16.7 2.3  5.3 .434 0.4 1.0 .414 1.9  4.3 .438 .472 1.9 2.4 .781 0.5 1.7  2.3 3.1 0.8 0.0 1.0 1.1   6.9
    13     Anthony Miller  28 35 14 13.6 1.5  2.8 .536 0.0      0.0 1.5  2.8 .536 .536 0.7 1.5 .510 1.4 3.3  4.7 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.5 1.9   3.7
    14        Bill Curley  27  4  0 12.5 1.5  2.8 .545 0.0      0.0 1.5  2.8 .545 .545 0.0      0.0 1.0 1.0  2.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 1.0 2.5   3.0
    15    Thomas Hamilton  24 22  7 12.4 1.6  3.6 .443 0.0      0.0 1.6  3.6 .443 .443 0.5 1.0 .522 1.4 2.7  4.1 0.7 0.2 0.6 1.3 1.1   3.7
    16    Tony Massenburg  32 10  0 10.9 1.6  3.6 .444 0.0      0.0 1.6  3.6 .444 .444 1.4 1.6 .875 0.7 2.0  2.7 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.9 1.3   4.6
    17         Devin Gray  27 21  2  5.9 0.7  1.8 .405 0.0      0.0 0.7  1.8 .405 .405 0.9 1.4 .655 0.5 0.7  1.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 1.0   2.3
    
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    Generated 10/11/2019.

    Anyway, Good times Clutch fans. Thanks @Clutch 20 years is a long time for anything and an eternity in internet years. I'm going to will my account to my son one of these days. Go Rockets. Lets win that championship for all the 99'ers still kicking it on the best fan site, best site, on the internet.
     
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  2. rockbox

    rockbox Around before clutchcity.com

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    It's amazing how so many of us have been here 20 years or longer. I was lurker for a long time before I joined. I was reading Clutch since he was in school even before the clutchcity.com days.
     
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  3. GIGO

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    Why not XI.X.MCMXCIX?
    10.11.1999
    Unless you're in Europe.​
     
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  4. heypartner

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    I'm a preseason '99er, too.

    @CriscoKidd is too. Actually, quite a few of us.

    technically, was a 98er registered as "batseye" pre-server switch ... then re-registered because I settled on hp for all my internet needs, and bought the domain for email. (batseye and hp came from playing bridge heavily at the internets, with hp winning out as both a Bridge-greeting and Texas-greeting too.)
     
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  5. VooDooPope

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    my understanding is in Roman numerals its day.month.year as it is in most of the world except the US
     
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  6. VooDooPope

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    Yeah I think a lot of us had to re-register.
     
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  8. VooDooPope

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    Hmmm. Well since the Romans had a completely different calendar there doesn't seem to be a clear cut answer... yes I just spent 10 mins trying to find out which way was correct. I should just go back in time and register a day in advance so it's X.X.MCMXCIX

    Now where did I put that time machine?
     
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    i also followed clutchfans pre-clutchcity. this was way back when we all got together at a diner to talk about rockets. clutch didn't even have a computer back then.
     
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    2001 because computers are expensive.
     
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    The site looks basically like it did 20+ years ago -- the BBS format will probably be with us forever.
     
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    I hope it is.

    because I love you.
     
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    Time flies!!!! Here`s to another 20 years VDP
     
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    Just noticed we don't have member #'s anymore.
     
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    Where are we and Rockets be in the next 20 years? It seems like such a long time from now, but as usual, it'll be here tomorrow.
     
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  17. boomboom

    boomboom I GOT '99 PROBLEMS
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    Thread about the Metric System?
     
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    I remember logging in back in 1998 at the latest. The clutchcity.com days. 28.8k modem and one of the very first AOL browsers. Good times. The handful of us that were around were so incredibly stoked when we had acquired Pippen.
     
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  19. VooDooPope

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    Boy were we wrong about that one.

    Pick one

    Pippen or Melo
    YOF vs LOF
    Cato’s Contract or Maloney’s contract
     
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    Nothing will ever beat the disappointment that was Quitten. We had such high expectations and rightfully so. He was supposed to be our new 3rd superstar since Drexler had just retired. At least we didn’t take the Odom package for Yao based off of Stevie and Cat’s suggestion.
     

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