topic Re: Remember Mumber snipers? in The Round Table

Remember Mumber snipers?

cee-dee — Wed, 02 Dec 2015 09:16:07 GMT

Remember the "Mumber Snipers" thread?

Was it Phil who put an "M" (studio pots etc) instead of an "N"?

Anyway, very few seem to play the game these days so is it because the old hands (who knew about it) have gone to pastures new and "newer" members don't know about or is it something that posters either can't be bothered with or are simply fed up with it?

There was the obvious "00" but there was also the "69" and the highly prized "reversi" (= reads the same forwards as well as backwards). Were there any others?

Re: Remember Mumber snipers?

tommy.irene — Wed, 02 Dec 2015 10:03:09 GMT

Re: Remember Mumber snipers?

******lynda****** — Wed, 02 Dec 2015 10:17:36 GMT

An ex sniper, here. I have bagged a few snipes, but don't work at it. Snipers was more than just a sniping thread. It was a friendly haven and many of us met up in real life. At least 2 ex snipers have died, one very recently.

These boards ...the format...don't lend themselves to the spirit of sniping in the same way the boards did back then.

Re: Remember Mumber snipers?

tommy.irene — Wed, 02 Dec 2015 10:23:20 GMT

@******lynda****** wrote:
An ex sniper, here. I have bagged a few snipes, but don't work at it. Snipers was more than just a sniping thread. It was a friendly haven and many of us met up in real life. At least 2 ex snipers have died, one very recently.

These boards ...the format...don't lend themselves to the spirit of sniping in the same way the boards did back then.

The board is too slow to play now..I just seen i have 700 posts thats a snipe..

Re: Remember Mumber snipers?

tommy.irene — Wed, 02 Dec 2015 10:26:50 GMT

Re: Remember Mumber snipers?

******lynda****** — Wed, 02 Dec 2015 11:42:44 GMT

The boards are too clumsy for sniping. The snipes I have had have been as much by accident as design.

Re: Remember Mumber snipers?

tommy.irene — Wed, 02 Dec 2015 12:02:37 GMT

@******lynda****** wrote:
The boards are too clumsy for sniping. The snipes I have had have been as much by accident as design.

I see you just had a 800 posts Snipe..

Re: Remember Mumber snipers?

cee-dee — Wed, 02 Dec 2015 12:24:29 GMT

One thing which throws the number count is that this is #8 but on the front page it'll show as 7.

Re: Remember Mumber snipers?

******lynda****** — Wed, 02 Dec 2015 12:36:21 GMT

No fun in ones own posts. It's not as if anyone else can take it 😀 So they don't count.

Re: Remember Mumber snipers?

al**bear — Thu, 03 Dec 2015 06:13:30 GMT

I still manually snipe on ebay

But never on a Sunday - ebay too busy great feeling when you win after sniping with a couple of seconds to go

Remember sellers & buyers used to come on the RT for sympathy after being sniped - Wrong place

Re: Remember Mumber snipers?

tommy.irene — Thu, 03 Dec 2015 10:10:01 GMT

11 Snipe..