Jarmo Posted November 14, 2000 Share Posted November 14, 2000 When did the infection begin? I'm getting really curious. I remember a time when this board wasn't filled with 'em. But I don't remember when they started ariving. Search doesn't help, you only get 200 hits max, and with hamsters, that just doesn't cut it. Searching with "hampster" gives better (but not correct) results. Must have been sometime -99. If I recall, they were first mentioned only in Monty Python quotes, as in: http://www.battlefront.com/discuss/Forum1/HTML/001055.html But I'm really seeking the first time the hamsters are mentioned actually doing something. As is the case here, where an undercover hampster, sent by Bauhaus, spied on Berlichtingens penis: http://www.battlefront.com/discuss/Forum1/HTML/002762.html But I'm sure this was not the first hamster mention. I remember they were already strongly present by that time... [This message has been edited by Jarmo (edited 11-14-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterNZer Posted November 14, 2000 Share Posted November 14, 2000 It seems that the 'SS are overpriced Hamsters' may be the first, or close to first thread where the whole army-hamsters thing happened. However, I do recall a thread where a variety of animals were mentioned and then the Hamsters became popular and often mentioned. I cannot recall date of this thread or the topic. We need a thread historian PeterNZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarmo Posted November 14, 2000 Author Share Posted November 14, 2000 The SS thread http://www.battlefront.com/discuss/Forum1/HTML/007449.html Might be where the hamsters where finally drafted/militarized, but it still came about half a year later than the Berlichtinging thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted November 14, 2000 Share Posted November 14, 2000 I have always assumed that the Hamsters arrived after the Gerbils. The Gerbils would have arrived after people noticed that one of the german troop types (Mountain Infantry) ALMOST looks like Gerbil Jagers, hence started calling them 'Gerbils' for short. Then it started to get silly... Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarmo Posted November 14, 2000 Author Share Posted November 14, 2000 Gerbiltheory is good, but the hamsters arrived approximately half a year before the final game, and there were no gerbils in the demo. Too bad so many old timers have left the board. And many of those remaining rarely leave the cesspool anymore... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximus Posted November 15, 2000 Share Posted November 15, 2000 Yeah, I looked back on an old thread and noticed, "Hey, where's so and so been?" ------------------ --"We want information." --"Information." --"Information." --"Who are you?" --"The new Number 2." --"Who is Number 1?" --"You are Number 6." --"I am not a number, I am a free man!" --"Hahahahahahahaha." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turret Ring Posted November 15, 2000 Share Posted November 15, 2000 I mentioned this in another thread one time but they must of thought I was trying to be cute or something. Remember when East Front and West Front were put together in "Europe In Flames?" Well, there was a WAV file in one of those games that played at the end of a loss that said something to the effect...... "Another performance like that and we will have to shoot you and your HAMSTER too!" Could this be part of the myth? ------------------ "Then we shall fight in the shade." (Greek general's comment upon being told that the Persian archers could blot-out the sun with their arrows.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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