Comments on: So… Torchwood, eh?

By: Thad Ritchards

Thad Ritchards — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 19:53:14 +0000

You’d prefer “Torchies”? Or “Jackobites”? How about “Gwenophiles”? Are you an “Owenist”? Do you like to “gosh” about “Tosh”? Or are you into “Iantony”?

By: Peter A

Peter A — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 07:24:57 +0000

Ah yes, but surely if there’s a solid definition of ‘fanboy’ to be seen in action, then crowbar-ing a reference to a throaway line from City of Death (the link above) has to be close! Fanboy schmanboy – I’d rather be that than a ‘nerd’, and as the missus rightly says, all men in some shape or form are trainspotters/geeks whether it’s TV programmes, cars, sports statistics or music.

Now, to get slightly back on topic, if we’re talking about unfortunate names for ‘enthusiasts’, the touted one for Torchwood fans, ‘Woodies’ has to be one of the less livable ones I’ve come across!

By: Paul Scoones

Paul Scoones — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 12:02:41 +0000

Hmm, I’ve posted a grand total of three times to Public Address and G2 combined – and two of those three postings were rewordings of the same message, so I stand by my claim to forum obscurity… although I expect this message counts towards my obligatory pitch-in of fanboy enthusiasm here at Zeus Blog!

As an interesting sidepoint, what’s the current feeling about the use of ‘fanboy’? It’s one of those words that has both positive and negative connotations in context. I usually steer clear of using it for fear of being interpreted the wrong way.

By: Peter A

Peter A — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 17:37:51 +0000

Popping up over the internet Paul? Infrequent poster? How about this amusing burst of fanboy enthusiasm then matey: http://www.publicaddress.net/system/topic,153,hard_news_the_true_meaning_of_tutaekuri.sm?p=5085#post5085

The defence rests, M’Lud.

I see a future slogan for us Jono – ‘ZeusPlug: better than yer average bar menu’!

By: Paul Scoones

Paul Scoones — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 02:51:27 +0000

Thanks for taking notice of my comments on those blogs (I’m a frequent lurker on Public Address as one of the guys who set it up is a mate). It’s nice to know we frequent the same places.

But… “obligatory pitch-in”? That suggests I’m popping up all over the Internet. As it happens I’m a such an infrequent poster on the forums I read that you’d barely know I was there (perhaps barring the TSV message board, and even in that case I’m hardly in the running for the most prolific poster award!).

I’m looking forward to ZP9 – its absence was discussed at the latest Auckland Chapter meet last weekend, and we were reduced to nominating the table menu as the most worthy substitute to hand!