People change their names all the time for all sorts of different reasons. Me myself personally I changed mine because RC1 (Arsey One) was given to me by somebody else and I didn't really like it. And my name is Blakjak, not Blackjack, I'm not a friggen card game, please get it right.zebulon wrote:It does and is interesting to read some of the history of exploration in Sydney/NSW.
Why did you change your name Blackjack?
You're an active Cave Clan member and a defector from Red Hands and also active here?
That leads to my next question, is UEGA just a front for the Cave Clan or entirely separate?
Would it be worth constructing a Wiki/Sticky for the history of Urbex in NSW?
Would an option to enable members here display some form of logo/badge to demonstrate membership of other groups be worth the effort ?
Why the non standard spelling of your name Blakjak ?blakjak wrote:People change their names all the time for all sorts of different reasons. Me myself personally I changed mine because RC1 (Arsey One) was given to me by somebody else and I didn't really like it. And my name is Blakjak, not Blackjack, I'm not a friggen card game, please get it right.
And no, I was looking to join CC since around 1997 when I first came across their website on a wall during an official St James tour by the ARHS. In the time it took me to join CC (which was harder then than it is now if you can believe that) I joined and explored RH. I hope this explains it for you.
And this has been answered before in another thread, but UEGA is like an online coffee lounge where urban explorers from all walks of life and different groups can discuss our hobby, sort of like an Aussie UER. It was started by Titan who is NOT and never has been a CC member. There a few CC members here, but that's nothing unusual as there are CC members in most urbex forums. Nobody has any problems with that, we co-exist in harmony.
As for an urbex Wiki, there's already plenty of those, it's just that they are not public, and rightly so. And doing something like that would probably ostracize you in the urbex community as most urban explorers prefer privacy, not exposure.
Logos? Well I don't mean to sound arrogant here but in all reality there's really only one organised (disorganised?) urbex group out there and that's the Cave Clan. I don't mean any disrespect to UEGA but this place is more of an online community that is loosely connected via this forum. It serves an important role, but it's not a united group like CC. So in saying that, apart from Scarecrow, Flex (who joined 4 days ago), and myself (see my sig), who are loyal CC members with UEGA accounts, everybody else here is strictly a UEGA member. Titan, the owner and admin of this website, has been given a guest CC account in return. It's called co-operation, in this game it helps to get along with your colleagues.
Clued up, no.blakjak wrote:I'm pretty sure you're more clued into things than you show. But it's good asking questions, that's how we lean things. As for my name, I like simplifying things, and those 2 x C's are just not necessary.
And if you need to know anything, just ask, IMHO it's better than posting the info in public. We could even meet up in a tunnel or bunker somewhere and talk there.
Any time you want, I'm always up for a random bunker meet-up. lolzebulon wrote:Might hold you to that tunnel/bunker offer one day if genuine
It appears as much heyNuggs wrote:Excellent thread.
A great example of the group dynamics here =)
Have not heard of the Drainiacs before.Dynamite wrote:I was wondering if anyone was keeping the 'Drainiacs' name alive?
Zebulon, if you see any spam posts/accounts please report them. Makes keeping the forums tidy easier for all involved
True, however one must assume that we have a few 'long time listener, first time caller' accounts on here. Any actively spamming accounts are dealt with pretty quick.blakjak wrote:You will find spam accounts usually have zero posts. When somebody joins they should introduce themselves (and usually do). Any accounts older than 2 weeks old that haven't posted should be removed or at least restricted.
I agree that people should be strongly encouraged to introduce themselves before being able to access the site.blakjak wrote:You will find spam accounts usually have zero posts. When somebody joins they should introduce themselves (and usually do). Any accounts older than 2 weeks old that haven't posted should be removed or at least restricted.
Can't really help ya there mate but I have heard of them in passing. You probably know more about them I do. I can ask around though.Dynamite wrote:Blakjak, in the interest of this thread, do you have any info on the Drainiacs? I read an article about them a while back, Damned if I can remember where. From what I recall they were active pre cc?
That would be them! I've never seen any of their tags here in bris but your pic does suggest they were pretty old school - could have faded away or maybe they just didn't travel up here.ThatLb wrote:These Drainiacs? If so, not sydney.
There were a dozen and more groups like these in Melbourne in the 80's and 90's, mostly consisting of a small group of friends. A lot of them found each other by messages written in drains (the main one being Northcote Golf Darkie) and meeting up, and eventually all (or most) becoming Cave Clan, with many of those members still around in Melbourne today.Drainiacs:
Only explored one or two drains in Northcote, NGC and maybe Northcote High? They were around in the 70's, and would be unknown to this day if it weren't for their use of housepaint.
