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Can some of you old timers give us some history of the board. Personally. I’ve been here since 07. Left from The Ranch because a member stalked me and actually found me then followed me around town one day LOL. He had a family member who was a local media member who was part of that place that hated me, go figure. Anyways, once I came over here I never went back there or any other Cowboys forum.

IMO CZ is not only the best Cowboys board, but the best Pro Team Fan board on the internet.

With that being said, can some of you old timers give this old timer some history of CZ. Maybe include a few HOF zoners, or worst of all time guys. Longest thread ever, Most discussed ever, most controversial ever that was allowed to stay a while?

What was the best time to be a member? How about worst? I don’t believe the internet was around the last time the Boys one anything worth talking about , so in this thread “moral victory’s and accomplishments” will be fine...

Finally, let’s pay tribute to some of our buddies who have passed on but had good times here..CBZ40 is where the list beings today.
I'm at work. Best thread in awhile. Hope to contribute when I have time to do so.

Old Zoner out.
 

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I came over from the old Cowboys Forum, but I honestly don't remember why the old board closed. I just went on there one day and there were messages posted that this site was going up and to jump on over. That was a whole lotta years ago!
I believe josh was eventually bought by a bigger brand. The upkeep was costing him a lot
 

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Can some of you old timers give us some history of the board. Personally. I’ve been here since 07. Left from The Ranch because a member stalked me and actually found me then followed me around town one day LOL. He had a family member who was a local media member who was part of that place that hated me, go figure. Anyways, once I came over here I never went back there or any other Cowboys forum.

IMO CZ is not only the best Cowboys board, but the best Pro Team Fan board on the internet.

With that being said, can some of you old timers give this old timer some history of CZ. Maybe include a few HOF zoners, or worst of all time guys. Longest thread ever, Most discussed ever, most controversial ever that was allowed to stay a while?

What was the best time to be a member? How about worst? I don’t believe the internet was around the last time the Boys one anything worth talking about , so in this thread “moral victory’s and accomplishments” will be fine...

Finally, let’s pay tribute to some of our buddies who have passed on but had good times here..CBZ40 is where the list beings today.
I wish I could remember what year I joined this board. I remember searching the internet for Cowboys forums because I wanted to start one myself. I found this site and decided against it. This site was too great to go up against. I was on here on a different account in my early years. All I remember is that Nors was around. He some how predicted that Romo was going to be great, he rubbed some people wrong and got booted or left the forum heck he might be back under a different name for all I know. I remember the Batman signal with the word Nors in it was used for him. I rarely posted until recently. There was a guy who used to do reports from training camp. The effort that guy put in was incredible. And Adamjt used to be a regular poster that man has more knowledge than any of us combined. And Pittman the "Buccaners fan" is probably my favorite all time poster.
 

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Coming over when the main forum closed made me wish I'd have joined sooner. Great place here.
 

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Anyone remember sly? Way back when during the Keyshawn Johnson days. I forget which board it was though.
 

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I'm an OG from The Ranch who used to hate the cowboys-forum site because I thought the place was too uptight. Yet now I think the moderators here are a pretty fair group haha.

The Ranch slowly deteriorated, and this forum became the more enjoyable place to post with more quality threads and posters.

My memory is super fuzzy, but Hostile, boozeman, and dale were the main posters I remember from the cowboys-forum days. There was one other really funny poster whose name escapes me as well.

I am he. Thanks for the propers. and yes that is moo goo gai pan sauce on Dak's wife beater
 

Jake

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Can some of you old timers give us some history of the board. Personally. I’ve been here since 07. Left from The Ranch because a member stalked me and actually found me then followed me around town one day LOL. He had a family member who was a local media member who was part of that place that hated me, go figure. Anyways, once I came over here I never went back there or any other Cowboys forum.

I used to be on the Ranch. I only left it a few years ago to come here. There was a mod on that site who apparently had a lot of time on his hands. He'd literally go around one-starring everything I posted (they had a five-star system).

I must've gotten under his skin at some point, but at least he never stalked me in real life. :muttley:
 

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If you really want to go back to the days before electricity, that board had a version in the 1990's that got shut down because a girl in Colorado made a death threat. The FBI shut it down and that board just disappeared one day.

There was also a girl who was abused by her boyfriend who was a forum member.
IIRC, She posted to let us know about him.
 

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It's crazy seeing the change here over the years. Very few still post from the 04-05 years.
Still have my Juke99 signature saved on my home laptop.
Also, quite a few got banned years back lol.

Remember the days WoodysGirl and YakuzaRich would post excerpts of press conferences before Twitter was a thing.

Used to post on both sites but stopped posting a lot at the Ranch after Mike took over.
 

Jarv

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Giving you a like for that.
When did the like feature start?...lol. People look at your like to post ration to judge you, when some had thousands of post before that feature ever started.

I know I was one of the first to sign up, when they moved the board to a new URL maybe? Use to post on the old DMN boards that I don't think are around anymore. I remember Iceberg, Ice back then. HOS and Scott David was always good for a few laughs.
 

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I've been around since the beginning, came here when the other board shut down or split up or whatever. I don't remember why it happened, maybe a feud or something? Anyone remember Boozeman? I didn't always agree with Hostile but he was a knowledgable and loyal Cowboy, and always kept things interesting. EMBRACE THE HATE!
 

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Found this site in early 2003. Didn't post a lot as I was at work, and would read though. As I didn't want to draw too much attention on the web hits from work.
But it was and still is a place to get all the news and links without needing to search for it if one doesn't want to.

Was out of town on work assignment and they wanted 24 / 7 coverage on the project. They wanted Engineering coverage in case some issues came up and needed resolved. So I decided instead of switching off days and nights every other week, I just did the 10 to 12 hours night shifts. So had plenty of time to read and post sometimes. LOL.

Didn't spend a lot of time on here at first, but in the last 5 to 6 years since being retired I have a lot of time. LOL.
 

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It's crazy seeing the change here over the years. Very few still post from the 04-05 years.
Still have my Juke99 signature saved on my home laptop.
Also, quite a few got banned years back lol.

Remember the days WoodysGirl and YakuzaRich would post excerpts of press conferences before Twitter was a thing.

Used to post on both sites but stopped posting a lot at the Ranch after Mike took over.
Juke99 is/was a classy guy. Miss him.
 

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When did the like feature start?...lol. People look at your like to post ration to judge you, when some had thousands of post before that feature ever started.

I know I was one of the first to sign up, when they moved the board to a new URL maybe? Use to post on the old DMN boards that I don't think are around anymore. I remember Iceberg, Ice back then. HOS and Scott David was always good for a few laughs.

LOL, I actually put someone on ignore that was insulting me. Then brought up that my likes to posts ratio was why my post to him didn't mean anything. He said since my ratio was bad I must be stupid. I explained to him, first I didn't care, and then about many on here posted long before that feature started.
I think my ratio was about 50% at that time.

He didn't like it, and called me ignorant, so he went on ignore. :laugh:
 
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