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A plotted history of House Price Forums
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heathcote123 wrote: »Yes, you should be calling for his banning mein fuhrer.
Heathcote!! It's you!! Are you the one geener has been talking about? Or am I confused?
Kinda reminds me of wuthering heights. "Heathcote, its you, oh Cathy oh come home now.... oh wooo oh oh ho..."0 -
Heathcote!! It's you!! Are you the one geener has been talking about? Or am I confused?
Kinda reminds me of wuthering heights. "Heathcote, its you, oh Cathy oh come home now.... oh wooo oh oh ho..."
:cool: shh... I'm here on a secret mission to act my part in a centuries old battle between good and evil. No-one can know.0 -
heathcote123 wrote: »:cool: shh... I'm here on a secret mission to act my part in a centuries old battle between good and evil. No-one can know.
Blimey, this gets more and more interesting. In all seriousness, are you old enemies from some other site? It's mind-boggling to me that this all goes on over a variety of sites, I genuinely didn't know that was going on.0 -
Blimey, this gets more and more interesting. In all seriousness, are you old enemies from some other site? It's mind-boggling to me that this all goes on over a variety of sites, I genuinely didn't know that was going on.
I'm actually Geneers therapist. By giving credence to his delusionary epic battle, I am hoping we may achieve a breakthrough.
Think Shutter Island, but lower budget.0 -
I thought it would be helpful to give my plotted history of House Price Forums through the ages, as my account differs somewhat from geener's views.
The year was AD543. A profit, JD of Baha'u'llah, rose from the dead and formed Syrian-Egyptic Hpcism, a faith centred around worship of falling property prices in the eastern area of Egypt, specifically in the Ras Gharib region. Worshiping the twin-headed goat God of Heathcote and Fubra, the movement attracted hundreds of thousands of followers over the next five centuries, mainly recruiting from those disillusioned with previous failed faiths such as All'sopism and the largely Israeli-based Be'eney-haqulam movement which had famously swept forward through the middle east during the 'Bukhara Dwelling Bubble' of AD239.
Although originally centred around the Middle East, Hpcism quickly moved both east and west, making strong headway in to areas such as China and India and slowly creeping through early Europe. The movement was particulary popular in the gaulish Merovingian dynasty in what would become modern France, with a group known as Hpcleauralier. Known for being a more militant, extreme version of the faith, we will encounter them again during the 'splinter years' of the early 18th century.
As Hpcism moved up through England during the latter part of the 17th century and the early part of the 18th century, we saw our first resistance movements. China and many parts of the east were accustomed to more easily taking on new ideologies, as the peoples were of a more accepting nature (as seen during the Spencerite dynasty that swept almost unchallenged through the mahority of middle-ages Asia during the 4th and 5th Century). The people of England and Ireland were less accomodating. Buoyed by the rising industrialisation of many parts of Northern England and Scotland, many saw rising property prices as a key part of wealth generation in a region that had seen economic stagnation throughout the greater part of the 16th and 17th century. A land-owner of some repute, Baron Earl Hamish Wallace MacTavish III was seen as a key turning point against the onset of Hpcism. From a Anglo-Norman background, the Baron MacTavish was based in the south-east of Scotland and was a speaker of Gaelic, Norse, English and French and it was this lingustic versatility which many felt was the key to MacTavish's relative success to being the central figure behind the uprising we see to this day. Through a mixture of writings and sheer propaganda, MacTavish formed the Mse'!'u'll!h teachings as a direct opposition to the spread of Hpcism. Using a mixture of tactics and drawing upon his large resources bestowed on him from a wealthy list of descendants, MacTavish was instrumental in the Greandeus Designious wars of the mid-18th century. Although largely fought on the Anglo-Scots border, fighting also broke out in areas of Western Europe, the Balkans, large parts of the Middle East and even some parts of Asia, although historians still dispute whether this can be substantiated.
The areas of conflict are rendered largely unimportant. Unbeknown to his followers, MacTavish's goal was never to 'defeat' Hpcism. Knowing full well that an ideology could never be fully eradicated through physcial weapons and brute force, MacTavish may have looked to keep the movement at bay through warfare but his main aim was to replicate the Devonisim tactics of the 16th century: confusion and obfuscation. Through a mixture of propaganda and false ideology, MacTavish and his followers were able to do what no one before them had managed, which was to break the steely ideology of Hpcism. Throughout the late 18th century and early 19th century we saw the splinter years. Various groups within Hpcism begame to form, many disillusioned with what they saw as a lack of leadership. Over a period of just forty years we saw the formation of over two dozen splinter groups, including Cc'talizi, Australian HPC'gdaayism, Geendiyadah (largely based in eastern europe), Downey-e-Hadith, Davis-Wa-habi (a much more extreme version of Hpcism, actually disowned by many original Hpcers which led to in-fighting during the 19th century) and a variety of other groups.
Over the early 20th century we saw battles rage across the globe. MacTavish's goal of creating an unstable force within Hpcism had been largely successful. But a seperate, much more substatial, issue started to affect all groups during the late 20th century. Simply put, people just stopped caring. The general population, who throughout history had found that having a housing faith was essential their way of life, were now finding that they simply didn't give much of a t*ss any more. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s all remaining splinter groups on both sides saw membership numbers dwindle, often by up to 95% as people decided to do other things like going for a walk or reading a book. The formation of the internet in the 1990s spelled the end for all groups. Forced to spread their message through little known internet forums, all groups became a characture of themselves and became largely forgotten about by the rest of the world. A number of figures remain infamous in the niche world of the forums, including a Hamish McTavish (who claims to be a descendent of the famous MacTavish, although the few historians still looking at this subject debate this) and an organism simply known as 'geener' (not much is known about this individual). Modern historians have attempted to estimate the number of people still active in the house price scene, but it's hard to put a number on it as many of the usernames are thought to be the same people. However, all are agreed that the number active is in the hundreds, compared to the hundreds of millions during the peak of the mid-15th Century.
heathcote123 wrote: »Cripes, someone forgot their anafranile this morning.
:j:cry::j:wave:_party__pale_:hello::j:think::silenced::j
Long, deep breaths....
:rotfl:Not that your selective or anything heathcote123(fubra)0 -
Blimey, this gets more and more interesting. In all seriousness, are you old enemies from some other site? It's mind-boggling to me that this all goes on over a variety of sites, I genuinely didn't know that was going on.
Short answer to that is yes Cleaver.
Heathcote123 (fubra), pimperne1 and Rinoa (Columbo) used to be part of a Bull triumverate of mental, their primary focus being my good self.It's just a joke geener, just some light-hearted humour. Nothing whatsoever to do with any type of moral high ground.
An hour or so cobbling together a bit of light hearted humour eh.
If you say so chappie. :rotfl:
If you carry on like this, the lads will be offering you membership cards to their special club.0 -
Blimey, this gets more and more interesting. In all seriousness, are you old enemies from some other site? It's mind-boggling to me that this all goes on over a variety of sites, I genuinely didn't know that was going on.
Yeah there I was feeling a bit nerdy for logging on here every day to read a bit of discussion about house prices and the economy and occasionally get involved, and it turns out there's a whole frickin underworld to this sort of thing going on across different sites.
Scary, but makes me feel slightly better about my life.
You should hand in that OP in place of your MBA work btw.0 -
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