What Has Mercury Server meant to you?

[Garrick]

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not sure what i'd do without MS at work and i'm not sure where i'd get most of my sets from if this place ceased to exist. i've been around since just about the beginning and i've seen tons of people come and go, met a half dozen or so folks and some i still keep in touch with to this day. i remember when the board was a lot more active, but regardless, i'm here pretty much every day whether i post or not. if i didn't have this place, i'd have probably gone off the deep end by now.

[KiwiTollway]

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When I first stumbled upon MS, for me it was a bit like winning the lottery because of its enriching quality, almost daily. As far as human interaction or personal growth, it's not like a pub for me, although I can see how that would apply. I imagine it's either a significant substitute for in-person interaction (a supportive crutch) for some or a supplement for others, both have value. Either way, (even at it's worse) for growth I think it's for those who prefer growing in a very gentle, quiet, slow-stepping way, which I can see the value of, most definitely. For those who have met people and formed relationships with them from here, that's amazing, and I imagine pretty rare. Thus far, it has enriched my life and for that I am very grateful. It's like a worldwide open portal you can tap into at your leisure, although a bit too "men's club" at times. haha

Sometimes for me it's difficult to see the value of online interaction because you can't see the look in someone's face or the tone of their voice, you can't glean a glance that says so much, or a touch that communicates something words can't, and yet, there is something intangibly significant & freeing in anonymous expression & questioning, especially when it includes music. It's that freedom & freedom (usually) of judgement I just find very enjoyable, almost addictive.

The music aspect [of ms], well.... meaningful words escape me for description on that aspect, it's immense.

ok-well, that was deep enough lol, geeeeeez guuurl

[simonr]

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I found [ms] being mentioned for Digweed Kiss100 discussion, it was like unearthing an Aladdins Cave and I've never looked back. I remember the pre P&R days when hidden mixes used to appear after you had sufficient posts to access ... it was like waking up on xmas morning and waiting to see what Santa left.

12 Years and countless posts later, it's great to have participated more over the year - I've made some life long friends through the site and its great to keep on bumping into others.

The internal bickering aside (which has always been there from Chem to Beanz) it's a relative sea of tranquility.

I guess we have all changed and many have moved on with our busy lives, family commitments etc. and facebook has taken over the more immediate social networking side of things ... but this place is still unmatched for music and a unique little place on the web.

[floridaorange]

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it's not like a pub for me, although I can see how that would apply.

that part might take years to develop, not months . a lot of us have gotten rather used to each others quirks, hangups, nonsense, strengths, etc. so it's sort of like an online pub, as we also enjoy beer .

[Micko]

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we also enjoy beer .

I've been known to talk nonsense after one too many scotch

[KiwiTollway]

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that part might take years to develop, not months . a lot of us have gotten rather used to each others quirks, hangups, nonsense, strengths, etc. so it's sort of like an online pub, as we also enjoy beer .

Ha!! I see now.... ok.. I can't really see myself here for years. Don't know why. Seems more like a wonderful stopover to me on my way somewhere else.

[KiwiTollway]

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I've been known to talk nonsense after one too many scotch

Nonsense after scotch is great too!!

[KiwiTollway]

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I guess we have all changed and many have moved on with our busy lives, family commitments etc. and facebook has taken over the more immediate social networking side of things ... but this place is still unmatched for music and a unique little place on the web.

Idk about that... I, for one, dislike Facebook more & more lately... preferring more "unique little places on the web."

[nelinho]

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It's a site to access decent electronic music with the option to engage in conversation in the forums on various topics.

[nelinho]

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playing it safe ^

[DIDI]

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I've been buzzing around this site for 10 years now and think of it as essential when it comes to discovering new music. While I never actually met any of the gang, it certainly feels like I did Some quality people around these parts.

Alas, after 3 great kids, a full time job and some study along the way, I don't frequent here as much as I used to. Having said that I make a concerted effort to keep the ambient thread alive.

I always get excited when a new Luke Fair/Ricky Ryan/Hisham Zahran set comes along

You have three now ?? you snuck another child in. I surprised you haven't actually met anyone from here. I always felt I knew you even though we haven't had conversations. It's the true music thing . You are always there with lovely music.

I did a whole thread recently about what MS used to mean and what it does mean to me, but it got deleted Says it all really

[diegoff]

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I've been buzzing around this site for 10 years now and think of it as essential when it comes to discovering new music. While I never actually met any of the gang, it certainly feels like I did Some quality people around these parts.

Alas, after 3 great kids, a full time job and some study along the way, I don't frequent here as much as I used to. Having said that I make a concerted effort to keep the ambient thread alive.

I always get excited when a new Luke Fair/Ricky Ryan/Hisham Zahran set comes along

micko = good music

I still check out weekly all the music blogs you recommended me 4 years ago.

[Kamal]

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MercuryServer, I didn't even come up with the name, the name, the domain, and the orange ball logo was the creation (and subsequent gift) from one of my best college mates. We used to jam out to Astral Projection, Quake 2 and 3 and an endless flow of Tanqueray.

There's so many different inputs that contributed to its birth, having just moved to Massachussettes, me being invited to NY for S&D at Twilo (Aug 28, 2000), how life altering it was, several months later, discovering that Diggerz had a radio show, googling Kiss 100, running into Ahmed's Audiogalaxy group until AG was given the boot. I told Ahmed I'd be happy to find a place to host the mixes but he should supply the mixes, getting on the hunt for webhosting, and Algy came to the rescue, we formed a meaningless page with a link to the downloads, until webhosting, forums, technology, domain name, site logo + identity, all of it fell together and the site was born May 2nd, 2002. The rest as they say, is history.

I miss the twilo days, the friends that were on here (original crew i.e. Ahmed, Sheppie, Kelly, Beaner, Stevo, chemicalbeavis) and now those who barely make it anymore (Tomtom, shpira, 88Mariner, skahound, asdf_admin, MJ, digger, gatz, and so many other names on this list) although Tom and MJ I still speak to on a regular basis and even had the opportunity to meet Mike last weekend, for the first time in 10 years since the site went live and the site and webhosting would not be alive without his help and support.

It's no surprise MS is aging, I just hope she passes on smoothly when the time comes.

[Jenks]

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MercuryServer, I didn't even come up with the name, the name, the domain, and the orange ball logo was the creation (and subsequent gift) from one of my best college mates. We used to jam out to Astral Projection, Quake 2 and 3 and an endless flow of Tanqueray.

There's so many different inputs that contributed to its birth, having just moved to Massachussettes, me being invited to NY for S&D at Twilo (Aug 28, 2000), how life altering it was, several months later, discovering that Diggerz had a radio show, googling Kiss 100, running into Ahmed's Audiogalaxy group until AG was given the boot. I told Ahmed I'd be happy to find a place to host the mixes but he should supply the mixes, getting on the hunt for webhosting, and Algy came to the rescue, we formed a meaningless page with a link to the downloads, until webhosting, forums, technology, domain name, site logo + identity, all of it fell together and the site was born May 2nd, 2002. The rest as they say, is history.

marshall.edu!

I miss the twilo days, the friends that were on here (original crew i.e. Ahmed, Sheppie, Kelly, Beaner, Stevo, chemicalbeavis) and now those who barely make it anymore (Tomtom, shpira, 88Mariner, skahound, asdf_admin, MJ, digger, gatz, and so many other names on this list)

[MJ]

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Music was my first love but what has became more apparent over the years is that without MS I would not have met the great people I have. It gave me the chance to fly over to Miami for the winter music conference and stay with people who made me one of their own. I can honestly say, hand on heart, there are people on this board that would be a part of my everyday life if they lived closer to me. Bless him, Steve still is.