EXcessum

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Originally an alliance formed by QuantumG and daddy inbetween r3 and r4 of planetarion, eXcessum has since developed into a thriving chatting channel on netgamers with many of its members thoroughly addicted.

PA Origins

QuantumG started playing planetarion in r3 with various real life friends, one of whom was newt. After a few failed attempts at creating alliances (notably, amorebaabaa (ABB) and Suicide), QuantumG held talks with daddy - the result of which was a merger and the founding of eXcessum, with the immediate induction of newt and haz as HCs. Other important founding members include JC, pommeh, trigger (iDLEKiD), Cheek, appocomaster and serra - with JC and trigger being members of the real life QuantumG posse.

From the very outset, eXcessum's chances of winning r4 were dealt blow after blow by first QuantumG becoming inactive and secondly the presence of two rival factions in its member-base - one led by daddy & pommeh, the other by newt. Although never proved, it is highly suspected even to this day that both Cheek and trigger were unfaithfull to newt during the in-channel wars, playing him for a fool. It should be noted for historical purposes, that newt eventually won when he realised (thanks to appocomaster and serra) that his side had more access to P than the other.

Despite eXcessum quickly reaching 30 members, its future as a PA alliance was doomed and indeed before the end of r4 the alliance disbanded. Both daddy and QuantumG, wearing their hearts on their sleaves, immediately announced their resignations from PA together with pommeh & trigger. As for the other HC, haz went on to achieve fame and not so much fortune as a dedicated NoS member, whereas newt proceeded to jump from alliance to alliance with every coming round. JC joined virus before eventually becoming t&p in r7, his last round of PA before becoming a dedicated forums spammer and as a result a not so dedicated pa team member. Cheek formed formed his own alliance called synaptid which, despite having a few high profile members, never reached the same dizzy heights as eXcessum and quickly disbanded, with him joining WPO as an officer at the end of r5.

Other notable eXcessum members from that era include Byronious (awesome american geek), clau777 (romanian guy who kept getting girls pregnant), theflyingdutcham (top100 member), ... (needs adding to)

The transition from an alliance to a community channel

At the end of round 4, QuantumG, newt and JC moved to the same university where their friendship blossomed. Since MSN is rather shit, they continued to use #excessum as a means of chatting to each other online. With daddy quitting IRC, pommeh soon realised he had to change allegiances and accordingly joined the "we-love-newt" bandwagon. Trigger also stayed on IRC, as well as Cheek whom newt and pommeh had grown a special internet-bond with. Also during this phase, treelo joined the channel who, together with trigger, played the part of eXcessum slut very well and kept the hormone levels in the channel satisfactorilly high.

It should be mentioned that during the in-channel wars (frequently involving P) #eXcessum was banned by cservice and so QuantumG lost his ownership. After many failed attempts by newt & co, eventually JC struck gold, reaching the pinacle of his life achievements by becoming "the channel owner".

As an aside, it was also during this period that QuantumG fell madly in lvoe with trigger. The rest of this story is top secret, but needless to say it resulted in QuantumG quitting IRC forever unless forced at gunpoint, and trigger's reputation as the eXcessum bicycle firmly intact.

Perhaps the single most important event in the history of eXcessum also took place during this transition phase - being the induction of Mooseh into the channel. He was also at nottingham university, and by finding newt & jc on IRC he became the first person in #eXcessum who was elite at the internet - with him being both an officer in discordium and a member of TPE, as well as a God at Quake II. His sharp and merciless wit, though revolutionary back in 2001, has now become common place and the foundations upon which #eXcessum is built.

eXcessum slowly became a real life discussion channel for the nottingham university posse, and as such entirely dependent on newt & jc for conversation. A high proportion of the old alliance player-base left the channel in disgust. At the start of 2002 Mooseh's gf decided she didn't want him living with a bunch of geeks - so he decided to live with newt, JC and QuantumG (Geoff) instead.

• Gives you all a chance to scratch your head in confusion

So anyway, they moved in together - and Mooseh became a different person in #excessum taking much joy in ridiculing and belittling everyone in sight in a not so friendly way. Unfortunately for his eXcessum life span and one real life friendship, this involved newt. It must be said that new and mooseh had never seen eye to eye online - with mooseh being e-cool, ungimp-like and newt being the opposite. Its hard to say whether these differences came about through real life squabbles, or vice versa.

By the summer of 2003, mooseh had left netgamers IRC, only to be found on quakenet. Trigger had also become inactive, presumably since being on IRC reminded her of the sordid night when she got it on with newt. QuantumG and daddy were never to be seen again, but #excessum had made a few new recruits...

The transition from community channel to the best channel on netgamers

By now it was r7 of planetarion....