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Poll Question: Was it better back in the earlier days of exploring or is it better now? | Total Votes: | 76 | 1. Yes | 32 | 42.11 % |
| 2. No | 3 | 3.95 % |
| 3. They were both pretty great | 13 | 17.11 % |
| 4. They both sucked | 0 | 0 % |
| 5. I wasn't exploring back then | 28 | 36.84 % |
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Bygone Era
Location: Tucson AZ. East Coast Boy At Heart Gender: Male Total Likes: 32 likes
| | | | Better in the old days < on 5/28/2020 10:01 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | I've recently just finished all 25 of Infiltration and Access All Areas, and honestly, it seemed like it was better back then, plenty more places to explore more relaxed law enforcement, less publicity, and notoriety. I would have been a small child back then, but it just seemed like I missed out on a better time. I understand there is now a bunch of better technology, but from everything I read from Ninjalicious, it just seemed like a better time to be exploring. I know a lot of those from Ninjalicious's time have moved on with their lives or have just stopped checking out the site, heck this site is almost 18 years old now but I guess for those of you still left, was it better back then or is it more just that Infiltration and Access All Areas painted it a bit cheerier than it really was? Just wondering your opinion -Bygone Era
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| mookster
Location: Oxford, UK Gender: Male Total Likes: 2377 likes
| | | Re: Better in the old days < Reply # 10 on 5/29/2020 9:27 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | In the eleven years I've been exploring, the 'scene' or 'community' has evolved into something totally unrecognisable, in that the sense of community has all but vanished yet the 'scene' is filled with more people than ever before. Instagram and Youtube have done a real disservice to what used to be a fairly well kept secret, certainly nothing, or comparatively little, is kept secret in the same way it used to be thanks to the sheer quantity of morons and level of exposure places get on those channels nowadays. A lot of the great places of yesteryear have gone, but there is still plenty out there to see now, especially if you don't follow the herd of social media sheep to the latest 'flavour of the month' spot and do your own thing with your own people. Just don't set your sights on finding an untouched time capsule asylum as, at least in the UK, any such newly closed hospital or asylum is stripped bare within a matter of weeks by contractors. Those sort of places don't exist any more but times changes and people are still discovering new things to do and places to go. To all the people who have just recently gotten into it - were there some amazing places around in the 'old' days? Yes. Are there still incredible places to explore now? Also yes. Just go out and find them.
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| Doug
Gender: Male Total Likes: 771 likes
| | | | Re: Better in the old days < Reply # 12 on 5/29/2020 12:49 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | One thing that was better was everything was still being formed. For example, using Ninj as an example; there were so few explorers around in those days. Ninj contacted us pretty early on. He mentioned he was making a zine and wanted to see a copy of Il Draino. You'd send a few emails to each other and then one day he'd email saying, "Got your Il Drainos. Cool thanks". Then a few weeks later I'd be checking our PO box and there it was... Infiltration #1 Then overtime a few of us got to meet him. He talked about coming to Australia but he did have ailments that made it hard and in the end he never made it. I've had dozens of examples where I spent months getting to know other explorers. A lot of my favourite memories are about the people rather than the explore. The scene was smaller & just developing so nothing was easy - you did everything yourself (of course people still do this today, however that's generally their choice. It seemed to me that the hunt made the explore more rewarding. With me, part of it may be a generation gap but the good times have always occurred in ebbs & flows regardless of age difference. I know this will probably offend many of you and you may not agree, however nowadays there are so many people involved that the vast majority are a bit like wham-bam "hi, got any locations"thank-you-mam "see ya". And yeah, pre-September 11 was cool as were the times before the property boom or liability- back in the old days if you went into an abandoned building and stood on a rusty nail or a bit of roof fell on your noggin, you'd be considered a dick head. Now days you'd be a potential claimant, so in certain cities they demolish an old power station because of liability or to make way for apartments. I could go on about this for hours but I think people have already stopped reading Cheers Doug
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| Freaktography
Location: Burlington Ontario Gender: Male Total Likes: 1881 likes
Freaktography
| | | | Re: Better in the old days < Reply # 13 on 5/29/2020 1:17 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by Doug One thing that was better was everything was still being formed. For example, using Ninj as an example; there were so few explorers around in those days. Ninj contacted us pretty early on. He mentioned he was making a zine and wanted to see a copy of Il Draino. You'd send a few emails to each other and then one day he'd email saying, "Got your Il Drainos. Cool thanks". Then a few weeks later I'd be checking our PO box and there it was... Infiltration #1 Then overtime a few of us got to meet him. He talked about coming to Australia but he did have ailments that made it hard and in the end he never made it. I've had dozens of examples where I spent months getting to know other explorers. A lot of my favourite memories are about the people rather than the explore. The scene was smaller & just developing so nothing was easy - you did everything yourself (of course people still do this today, however that's generally their choice. It seemed to me that the hunt made the explore more rewarding. With me, part of it may be a generation gap but the good times have always occurred in ebbs & flows regardless of age difference. I know this will probably offend many of you and you may not agree, however nowadays there are so many people involved that the vast majority are a bit like wham-bam "hi, got any locations"thank-you-mam "see ya". And yeah, pre-September 11 was cool as were the times before the property boom or liability- back in the old days if you went into an abandoned building and stood on a rusty nail or a bit of roof fell on your noggin, you'd be considered a dick head. Now days you'd be a potential claimant, so in certain cities they demolish an old power station because of liability or to make way for apartments. I could go on about this for hours but I think people have already stopped reading Cheers Doug
| Dougo, you're one of the OG's who I admire and respect the most. You generally don't look down on or talk down to newcomers, you support explorers of all kinds and all generations and you keep the spirit alive of the early days and of those we've lost while showing love and respect to newer generations You've got a million stories to tell and you tell them well, you post pics and tell tales from years past, not with a sense that it was better - but more that it HAPPENED and it was fun. And then, there you are still going in the drains now all these years later. Here is a virtual hug from across the world LOL
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