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Price
  
location:
Houston,TX
Gender: Male
Urbex: Keeping record of things most people have forgotten.
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<Reply # 20 on 1/31/2011 9:49 PM >
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Best.
Post.
Ever!
Stars and FM mean nothing... The enjoyment you draw from exploring matters, not what strangers on the internet think.
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thank you sir maypost. thank you. i shall tell the king of your kindess!
blessing be upon the lad.
now back to reality...
everyones right. you cant judge someone on a website cuz ther new. they might have been doing UE for 56 years and discovered over 9000 locations. but JUST now found out about UER.
give err'one a chance.
“It still amazes me how many millions goes to discovering another star in the galaxies when, for all we know, we are still sitting on top of another undiscovered world beneath our feet.”
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FilthCity
 
location:
Johnson City, TN
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 21 on 1/31/2011 9:51 PM >
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how do i rank up? Ive been raiding and doing daily's here for the past 2 months and i still haven't seen my bar go up. do these instances even matter? Ive lost so much manna the past 3 trips that all the hogs meat in the world wont cure my fatigue.
but ill carry on, knowing that one day,one day ill be as good as the others. and i too will have a skull and crossbones above my name and kids will go wow...what level is he? and ill proudly smile and look at them and say, here's looking at you kid.
one day...
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i agree. this is classic.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/filth_city/
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Garutachi
location:
MA
Gender: Female
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<Reply # 22 on 1/31/2011 10:22 PM >
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how do i rank up? Ive been raiding and doing daily's here for the past 2 months and i still haven't seen my bar go up. do these instances even matter? Ive lost so much manna the past 3 trips that all the hogs meat in the world wont cure my fatigue.
but ill carry on, knowing that one day,one day ill be as good as the others. and i too will have a skull and crossbones above my name and kids will go wow...what level is he? and ill proudly smile and look at them and say, here's looking at you kid.
one day...
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LOL...WOW. That was funny!
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AnAppleSnail
location:
Charlotte, NC
Gender: Male
ALL the flashlights!
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<Reply # 23 on 1/31/2011 10:27 PM >
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this may be a "n00b" question but if everyone wants to keep locations and stuff a secret because vandals and cops can read the threads how come the mods haven't changed a setting where you have to be a member to view them?
maybe it costs too much?
just wondering why that hasn't happened yet.
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Because if you don't keep secret things secret, they won't stay secret. It's your responsibility, and no one else's.
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Intrinsic
  
location:
Collingwood
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 24 on 1/31/2011 10:33 PM >
| | | | Posted by FilthCity
this may be a "n00b" question but if everyone wants to keep locations and stuff a secret because vandals and cops can read the threads how come the mods haven't changed a setting where you have to be a member to view them?
maybe it costs too much?
just wondering why that hasn't happened yet.
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Costs too much? The website is owned, coded and web-hosted by Avatar-X, a member of the site. There is no cost other than time to modify code.
Having said that (I use that phrase way too often), there ARE settings where you cannot view threads and locations. This is how full member and basic member work. Full member locations and threads cannot be seen by the regular public nor search engines. So people put their locations as "full member" to keep the public from seeing them.
In time, the taggers and vandals who have obtained full access visit them anyway thus defeating the purpose and thus defeating the purpose of my explanation blah blah and blah/ Long story made short, if you care about a location not seeing any mischief - DON'T add it to any database.
[last edit 1/31/2011 10:34 PM by Intrinsic - edited 1 times]
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Weapon X
location:
Around
Gender: Male
"You might remember that 'annoyed' is my natural state"
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<Reply # 25 on 1/31/2011 10:43 PM >
| | | | I may have a simple and plausible answer at least pertaining to my region. There has been a hell of a lot of snow and bad weather in general lately. Keeping lots of people (both previous explorers and aspiring explorers alike) indoors. Being stuck indoors they have far more time to sit at the computer and decide they are going look for places to explore; given that they eventually wind up here.
Such was my case. CaptainSqueakyhttp://www.uer.ca/...asp?posterid=46561 and I were looking for some new places to explore and we wound up here.
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AnAppleSnail
location:
Charlotte, NC
Gender: Male
ALL the flashlights!
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<Reply # 26 on 1/31/2011 10:47 PM >
| | | | Posted by Ma'ii
I may have a simple and plausible answer at least pertaining to my region. There has been a hell of a lot of snow and bad weather in general lately. Keeping lots of people (both previous explorers and aspiring explorers alike) indoors. Being stuck indoors they have far more time to sit at the computer and decide they are going look for places to explore; given that they eventually wind up here.
Such was my case. CaptainSqueakyhttp://www.uer.ca/...asp?posterid=46561 and I were looking for some new places to explore and we wound up here.
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We tend to get a summer surge and a winter break spike. The weather is just extending the isle weeks of people 14-30 years old.
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FilthCity
location:
Johnson City, TN
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 27 on 1/31/2011 10:59 PM >
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Because if you don't keep secret things secret, they won't stay secret. It's your responsibility, and no one else's.
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I agree. but even if just browsers couldn't see the threads ideally people on here would still use code names for places and not give P.O.E. and locations away. just a step up to make sure. i don't mind either way as long as people are careful with what they post. but it's just surprising that such a small, tight knit, and rather secretive community would let people just browse without an account and turn up in search engines if they could easily control that.
Posted by Intrinsic
Costs too much? The website is owned, coded and web-hosted by Avatar-X, a member of the site. There is no cost other than time to modify code.
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i did not know that. hell i even had someone set up a wordpress for my photography site. so I'm no HTML expert or tech geek about this stuff, but if the site is not costing anyone money how come i see headlines recommending i donate to help keep the site running?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/filth_city/
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AnAppleSnail
location:
Charlotte, NC
Gender: Male
ALL the flashlights!
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<Reply # 28 on 1/31/2011 11:08 PM >
| | | | Posted by FilthCity
i did not know that. hell i even had someone set up a wordpress for my photography site. so I'm no HTML expert or tech geek about this stuff, but if the site is not costing anyone money how come i see headlines recommending i donate to help keep the site running?
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Uer is about ten different forums. Play with the fid=1 in the url to see. It is not closeknit, it's too big for that.
The donations cover hosting each month, and if hosting is covered by donations then the banner goes away that month.
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\/adder
 
location:
DunkarooLand
Gender: Male
I'm the worst of the best but I'm in this race.
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<Reply # 29 on 1/31/2011 11:39 PM >
| | | | Posted by AnAppleSnail
Uer is about ten different forums. Play with the fid=1 in the url to see. It is not closeknit, it's too big for that.
The donations cover hosting each month, and if hosting is covered by donations then the banner goes away that month.
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or donate $25 for the year and be done with it.
"No risk, no reward, no fun."
"Go all the way or walk away"
escensi omnis... |
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Intrinsic
location:
Collingwood
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 30 on 1/31/2011 11:54 PM >
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but if the site is not costing anyone money how come i see headlines recommending i donate to help keep the site running?
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I said that it doesn't cost money to modify the code - hosting a site though does cost money.
Either that or AV is working towards a new Porsche.
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Price
location:
Houston,TX
Gender: Male
Urbex: Keeping record of things most people have forgotten.
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<Reply # 31 on 1/31/2011 11:59 PM >
| | | | Posted by Intrinsic
I said that it doesn't cost money to modify the code - hosting a site though does cost money.
Either that or AV is working towards a new Porsche.
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or this...1.
“It still amazes me how many millions goes to discovering another star in the galaxies when, for all we know, we are still sitting on top of another undiscovered world beneath our feet.”
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Rinzler
location:
New Jersey
Nomad
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<Reply # 32 on 2/1/2011 12:05 AM >
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or this...1.
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Eh those arent all that much. You can pick one up for like 45 grand. Or about that. Why not go with the new Ford GT?
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Price
location:
Houston,TX
Gender: Male
Urbex: Keeping record of things most people have forgotten.
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<Reply # 33 on 2/1/2011 12:10 AM >
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Eh those arent all that much. You can pick one up for like 45 grand. Or about that. Why not go with the new Ford GT?
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cuz...though the GT is powerful and american... id rather have a car i can take around corners,drift,go fast,be cheap,have really good milage for its type.
but yes. he can save up for a GT =]
if he really wants a beefy american car he can go for the new zr1 corvette
only a mere 110,000 dollars.
“It still amazes me how many millions goes to discovering another star in the galaxies when, for all we know, we are still sitting on top of another undiscovered world beneath our feet.”
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location:
DunkarooLand
Gender: Male
I'm the worst of the best but I'm in this race.
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<Reply # 34 on 2/1/2011 12:13 AM >
| | | | Nah his next project is gonna be an STI swap into his legacy wagon.
"No risk, no reward, no fun."
"Go all the way or walk away"
escensi omnis... |
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The Seeker
location:
Greater Toronto Area
Gender: Male
Time's Person of the Year for 2006
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<Reply # 35 on 2/1/2011 4:38 AM >
| | | | Posted by FilthCity
this may be a "n00b" question but if everyone wants to keep locations and stuff a secret because vandals and cops can read the threads how come the mods haven't changed a setting where you have to be a member to view them?
maybe it costs too much?
just wondering why that hasn't happened yet.
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you can only view demolished, or active lcoations ;)
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Wiccan
location:
Hamilton Ontario
Gender: Female
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<Reply # 36 on 2/1/2011 5:07 AM >
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you can only view demolished, or active lcoations ;)
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Not quite so. A basic member can view any location (active or abandoned) in the database that has been set to publically viewable by the creator. Once a location has been deemed demolished,it becomes publically viewable by default.
Just sayin'. 
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sizzler
location:
Alberta
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 38 on 2/2/2011 4:54 AM >
| | | | Posted by The Seeker
They're EVERYWHERE!!!! So many posts from < 1 month members, are showing up everywhere, on every thread I look at!!! Was there some like ad in the newspaper recruiting more UER members???
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Haha poor Seeker. I was barely into your first sentence when my eyes pried themselves away from the flow of your words to the color of your star number. But I get what you mean. You're not saying that the quality of the site has depreciated with all us noobs, you're merely stating a fact, as you've noticed it.
Like I said on the introduction page I stumbled across UE as a culture when I read a 3 year old copy of Readers Digest at Christmas. Until then I had no idea there were so many people who love exploring... I thought I was unique. Had I known of the existence back in 2003 or prior, I would have been here.
Posted by Played
That is true. Ive only been on UER for not even 3 years, yet ive been exploring for 10. And i know thats the deal with many other members on UER.
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Amen brother.
Posted by Price
everyones right. you cant judge someone on a website cuz ther new. they might have been doing UE for 56 years and discovered over 9000 locations. but JUST now found out about UER.
give err'one a chance.
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Word.
please insert girder |
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jerm IX
location:
Somewhere, Ontario, Canada
Gender: Male
If you can't find something nice to say...say it on UER.
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<Reply # 39 on 2/2/2011 10:13 PM >
| | | | i'm a UER noob but i've been on the exploration tip for decades now.
nice to stumble upon a network of like-minded travelers.
here's my blog, but be warned that i'm also a street artist and a lyricist.
http://jermalism.blogspot.com/
http://myabandonmentissues.blogspot.ca/ |
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