Metropol

Chie wrote:Noooooo

I liked it. It had baubles and everything.

It must have been wrong then.

Well done Hyma for finally seeing sense and cancelling Christmas.

Bah humbug and all that...

Chie wrote:Noooooo

I liked it. It had baubles and everything.

I think this was the first warning sign

I think this website is fast becoming a parody of itself. No-one seems capable of anything resembling sanity any more. If you all want to live in a parallel universe, fine. Some of us have better things to do.

Alexia wrote:I think this website is fast becoming a parody of itself. No-one seems capable of anything resembling sanity any more. If you all want to live in a parallel universe, fine. Some of us have better things to do.

Like pontificating about it on said website?

I wasn't aware anything on this site was ever taken seriously

I wasn't aware anybody on this site was taken seriously.

Edit: Also, about the logo currently used for Metropol, I thought that was just for the London 2012 spoof theme, and has never been changed since. I also remember when this site was called Metropol 24))7, was there something wrong with that too?

Sput wrote:

Alexia wrote:I think this website is fast becoming a parody of itself. No-one seems capable of anything resembling sanity any more. If you all want to live in a parallel universe, fine. Some of us have better things to do.

Like pontificating about it on said website?

The irony may be lost on some.

Hymagumba wrote:I wasn't aware anything on this site was ever taken seriously

I try to avoid taking anything on the internet too seriously.

Philip wrote:Also, about the logo currently used for Metropol, I thought that was just for the London 2012 spoof theme, and has never been changed since. I also remember when this site was called Metropol 24))7, was there something wrong with that too?

The latter was because nobody ever called it by its full name and the only reason the 24/7 was tacked on was because metropol.com and metropol.co.uk were (and remain) taken at the date of the site's registration. If you look in the footer it still sneaks in a mention.

As for the logo, well yes it did come about as part of the olympics spoof, but given a bit of a sheen and the "crumpled" effect I think its a rather nice logo on its own hence it staying. It's certainly the most distinctive logo the site has ever had and quite possibly one of the longest running by now.

And since the "24/7" and "Online all the time" elements were removed, the site stability has gone from being altogether rather white to almost perfect!

cdd wrote:And since the "24/7" and "Online all the time" elements were removed, the site stability has gone from being altogether rather white to almost perfect!

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No? Sorry then.