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Posted: Dec 28 2008 07:44 am

IceWarm wrote:

Also pro wrestling was awesome in 1998. nWo Wolf Pack, DX, Goldberg, Stone Cold and so on. Great year for pro wrestling.

True. But 1998 makes me sad because it was the last great year for WCW.

Title: Titlating Joined: Dec 17 2007 Posts: 5042

I turned 10 in 98.

Posted: Dec 28 2008 01:32 pm

1998... I'll never forget it. It was the year those grisly murders occured in the mountain town, Racoon City.

Posted: Dec 28 2008 01:58 pm

I became a man in 1998.

Posted: Dec 28 2008 03:38 pm

Blackout wrote:

I became a man in 1998.

you had your bar mitzvah and turned 13?

Posted: Dec 28 2008 04:07 pm

username wrote:

Blackout wrote:

I became a man in 1998.

you had your bar mitzvah and turned 13?

Or when you had your operation?

Posted: Dec 28 2008 04:26 pm

sidewaydriver wrote:

username wrote:

Blackout wrote:

I became a man in 1998.

you had your bar mitzvah and turned 13?

Or when you had your operation?

lol no I threw a hot dog down a hallway. You guessed the age though.

Posted: Dec 28 2008 04:26 pm

Syd Lexia wrote:

IceWarm wrote:

Also pro wrestling was awesome in 1998. nWo Wolf Pack, DX, Goldberg, Stone Cold and so on. Great year for pro wrestling.

True. But 1998 makes me sad because it was the last great year for WCW.

I would agree, it went downhill quickly in 1999. I remember the first day of second semester of my senior year and my friend and I were really disappointed with the whole Hogan just poking Nash and getting the title situation and that the Wolf Pack went from totally awesome to lame in like ten seconds. If they kept the nWo Wolf Pack VS the black and white nWo storyline going the way it was before that stupid poking incident it would have been so much better. It also sucked in the summer of 1998 when Macho Man got hurt. I would have loved to see more of him in the Wolf Pack since it was himself and Nash that formed it.

I stopped watching WCW in late 1999 and then got back into it with the New Blood storyline, but that got old quickly and then it was not long after that Vince bought WCW. I would have loved to see more WCW vs WWF when they bought it though instead of just consolidating the roster.

Posted: Dec 28 2008 05:11 pm

They blew the invasion angle big time. The problem was that many of the bigger stars in WCW had guaranteed contracts with Turner that lasted past 2001, so they got paid wheter they wrestled or not. And, if they signed or wrestled for WWF/E then they would have voided the contracts. Vince, had options to buy the contracts, but chose not to. Therefore, when the invasion angle began, you only saw low/mid carders and a couple main eventers who were willing to reneg thier contracts for the sake of being able to jump to WWE/F faster. (Most notibly DDP & Booker T.)

That's why after the invasion angle was over and done with, you saw the rest of the WCW big names trickle in over the next few years. (Flair, Goldberg, Hogan, Nash, Hall, Mysterio, etc.) They came in as soon as thier old WCW contracts expired.

Also, the angle was a joke, becasue all the WCW guys kept getting squashed, because the WWF/E main eventers were afraid they would lose thier spots and bitched and moaned to Vince, who had no option but to make it a very one-sided angle. That's also why at the end of the angle, the top members of the WCW/ECW side were Austin and Angle. So, the Alliance would have top wrestlers who could win matches without the roster complaining.

It was the greatest possible angle ever handed to Vince, and he completely blew it, and make a crappy and mostly forgettable story out of it for a quick buck. Whereas, had he been patient, and a longer outlook on it, he could have something incredible that would have made even more money, over a far longer term.

Posted: Dec 28 2008 05:24 pm

I made these YTMND's a couple years ago, they are all about the greatness that was 1998:

The Simple Minds song is used a lot on YTMND, that is why I used it for a couple of these sites.

http://thebestof1998.ytmnd.com/

http://remember1998.ytmnd.com/

http://remembering1998.ytmnd.com/

Yeah Knyte, they screwed that angle up badly. I still remember Stone Cold whooping Booker T's ass in a grocery store though, that was classic. The Austin/Angle feud was also really well done. I loved when Angle was eating some of Debra's cookies and told her they tasted like crap. He then grabbed one and said something like "Consider this cookie to be your husband's ankle." He then broke the cookie. Also the milk truck was hilarious since it was a parody of Stone Cold's beer truck bit from 1998.

Posted: Dec 30 2008 12:55 am

1998 was when I got my Game Boy Color, and Pokemon Yellow, which was basically my big introduction into the world of RPGs.

Posted: Dec 30 2008 01:23 am

I went through this thread and did not see Spyro the Dragon or Crash 3: Warped, I am shocked and disgusted by you people.

Good DAY sirs! *Walks out*

Posted: Dec 30 2008 02:43 am

Ba‘al wrote:

I went through this thread and did not see Spyro the Dragon or Crash 3: Warped, I am shocked and disgusted by you people.

Good DAY sirs! *Walks out*

Sorry, but I was just covering a few games in my copy/paste blog post. I didn't have a PSOne in 1998 so I couldn't speak from experience, except when playing my friends PSOne and he didn't have those particular titles.

Title: Alexz Aficionado Joined: May 21 2008 Posts: 2889

In 1998, on my class trip, I had 3 Jolts then went to Disney World for an all night party Very Happy

1998 was awesome.

Posted: Jan 01 2009 02:16 pm

I had a cooking class my senior year and there was a refrigerator in the classroom that had Cokes that you could buy for 75 cents each. I remember buying one and then my friends buying more and more and I ended up drinking a six pack that morning.

Posted: Jan 01 2009 03:57 pm

ThatGuy wrote:

1998... I'll never forget it. It was the year those grisly murders occured in the mountain town, Racoon City.

Thank you. I was looking through this whole thread going "Is someone going to do it? Will someone say the line?" Although I think it goes "those grisly murders occurred in the Arklay Mountains".

On the topic of Spyro, the first Spyro game I ever played (like, actually had a copy and played through for more than five minutes) was Enter the Dragonfly. That almost ruined the entire franchise for me.

Posted: Jan 01 2009 04:10 pm

Hahaha! I just found my old Labtec LT-830 stereo headphones I bought in 1998! Thry used to sound awesome. I tried them out just now and the sound quality was so bad. So bad it was kind of funny that they used to kick ass.

Posted: Jan 01 2009 05:03 pm

Bluey wrote:

ThatGuy wrote:

1998... I'll never forget it. It was the year those grisly murders occured in the mountain town, Racoon City.

Thank you. I was looking through this whole thread going "Is someone going to do it? Will someone say the line?" Although I think it goes "those grisly murders occurred in the Arklay Mountains".

On the topic of Spyro, the first Spyro game I ever played (like, actually had a copy and played through for more than five minutes) was Enter the Dragonfly. That almost ruined the entire franchise for me.

You're right, I knew it was wrong but I couldn't find a script and didn't feel like starting a new game because I've beat it 4 times over 2 months.

Joined: Sep 17 2007 Location: The Opium Trail Posts: 3475

Mr. Bomberman wrote:

That year, I was well... 8. had an N64 (actually, I remember me and my sister fighting over it taking turns with OoT) and a Saturn (not much use for that then), got a computer that Christmas with HL, was hooked on Pokemon like no other, and getting on the internet when it was awesome.

Yeah, it was a terrible in music, as it was basically the rise of boy bands and britney all that shit... ugh. it was alright for hip-hop, though.

Even the sun goes down, heroes eventually die... Cool

Posted: Jan 01 2009 09:59 pm

Yeah, they should have kept Wolfpac vs. nWo going longer. 2000 was the real low point for WCW, injuries ruined their roster, as did budget cutbacks.

The New Blood/Millionaire's Club was great, except that Vince Russo didn't know how to book. He brought in Bischoff to help him, but as soon as Bischoff tried to tell Russo that he was booking like an asshole, Bischoff was gone. Not that it mattered, by that point, the company was fucked. The ratings were in the toilet and WCW president Brad Siegel was a bean counter with no interest in running the company, let alone turning it around. He repeated refused to reinstate Scott Hall, despite Russo's constant teasing of his return, which made Russo look like an asshole and pissed off the fans.

What really fucked over WCW was the infamous Bash at the Beach incident where Jarrett laid down for Hogan, then Russo retired the belt, pulled Hogan off TV, and introduced a new world title belt which Booker T promptly won from Jarrett. It was probably a satisfying moment for some of the more jaded smarks, but to the average fan, Hogan was still a big draw and a popular character. Before leaving with his belt, Hogan remarked: "This is why the company is in the shape it is, because of bullshit like this." He was right. And for all his complaining that the older guys didn't want to put over young talent, Russo chose not to renew Macho Man's contract even though he was willing to put over the new guys. Speaking of which, why the fuck hasn't Macho Man been re-signed to TNA yet? He would be a fantastic nemesis for Jay Lethal.

The Invasion angle was beyond gay. McMahon didn't believe any of the WCW guys had drawing power, so he had Austin join the Invasion to help put it over. OK, whatever. Rolling Eyes

Posted: Jan 02 2009 06:49 pm

JRA wrote:

Mr. Bomberman wrote:

That year, I was well... 8. had an N64 (actually, I remember me and my sister fighting over it taking turns with OoT) and a Saturn (not much use for that then), got a computer that Christmas with HL, was hooked on Pokemon like no other, and getting on the internet when it was awesome.

Yeah, it was a terrible in music, as it was basically the rise of boy bands and britney all that shit... ugh. it was alright for hip-hop, though.

Even the sun goes down, heroes eventually die... Cool

its him and i, aquemini

Joined: Jan 19 2009 Posts: 56

was mk4 1997 or 1998?

Posted: Feb 02 2009 04:46 am

1998 started Pokemon hysteria. Other than that, it's not very memorable for me.

I was in 5th grade then. I had a Nintendo 64 and an old school Game Boy. The most popular bands were Britney Spears, Nsync, Backstreet Boys, and Spice Girls. I thought they were ok at the time, but now I think they all suck. I did get into Garbage and Everclear. I wasn't big into music though.

For me the year was more of a change in life experiences than it was about pop culture. It was a couple of years since I had moved, but I met some of the friends I had for a long time.

Damn, now I'm so nostalgic I'm a little sad I can't go back to 1998.

Joined: Jan 25 2009 Location: UK Posts: 6

In 1998 I was 4. I also experienced my first ever video game then, Super Mario 64 Very Happy

Posted: Feb 13 2009 05:17 pm

Actually, 1999 was a pretty good year, too, though probably not as good as 1998.

During that year, Super Smash Bros. came out on the N64.