The HISTORY OF ZILVIA/ Geopolitical Analysis of Silvia culture
 

While it is relatively unknown when Zilvia was first founded, our anthropologists believe it to be sometime in the early 2000's possibly the year 2001. This early history is rampant with strife and contest, as can be examined by impartial analysis of old threads of the ancient early 2000's era. It is unknown who was king of Zilvia at this time, put subtle examination demonstrates it is difficult to know for certain.


Early Zilvia history appears to have been dominated by a few major figures, Agammenmon, Mr. Mesistopheles, Yuri, and a few others. These are key figures who we can see in the ancient beginning pages of the forums major threads.
Warnings like:
Don't shit up this thread !
Don't quote pics!
Don't post mediocre wheel fitment!
Etc
Seem to give premise to the idea that the culture of a majority of the people of zilvia hasn't changed, but rather the silvias themselves have.

Many of the original Zilvia members are long dead, and we must therefore be careful in our observations as a result, as they are not available for interview at this time.
Vital to the understanding of Zilvia history is the proper timeline of events and the observations of how Zilvia culture has changed over time.

Therefore, we can split Zilvia eras up into a concise timeline of events and cultures. Starting here

The Era of OEM aero, and 15' Aftermarket wheels 2001-2005
This era is characterized by sr20 swaps being literally the only element necessary for a "built vehicle" and the holders of said swapped cars being the nobles of the Zilvia hierarchy.

2001: Zilvia is born out of contention with rival forum NICOclub over the amount of shitty cars , and questions about turboing a mothers sentra.

2002: Zilvia becomes the capital of aftermarket Nissan car culture, though its early kings are unknown

2003: Zilvia grows, but growing migrants from rival NICOclub cause the need for the creation of an ideology called "noob flaming"
It is believed that the jester of the Zilvia court, username: Soapgun, is believed to have come into existence at this time

2004: The birth of kouki 180sx aero in the american market being the only acceptable aero for 240 hatchbacks hands down.

2005: the end of an era of relative peace and tranquility dominated by flourishing Tech Threads, and the overall foundation of vital Zilvia knowledge.

**There also appears to have been some members of zilvia who joined for 300zx reasons, but upon retrospect on how much these vehicles suck, appear to have died out by late 2005. **

The Era of Zilvia Enlightenment, 2006-2010

This era is characterized by the advent of what can be described as modern tuned Nissan Culture, and the belief in fully modified vehicles being that which should describe any proper 240, but this ideology was never fully oriented, even in the present day.
2006: Pepperoni nipples coilovers appear to have revolutionized the coilover market. Known for their superb stiffness, and excellent response to driver stimulation, these coilovers appear to have seen widespread use, with some Zilvia nobles being buried with or in them.

2007 Death of username Mr Mephistopheles:
The Zilvia noble, Mr Mephistopheles appears to have begun to die of in this era. After years of Zilvia ruling he appears to have died, either by the hands of rival yakuza members or by his own sileighty having negligence. he is never heard from again.

2008 Absorption of Yuri into the very fabric of Zilvia.net .
Username: yuri is believed to have succumbed to Zilvia forces sometime during 2008 ( or later, sources vary), and become a Ghost in the Zilvia Shell. He exists even now as an entity, spinning the very connections of Zilvia wiring, more wire than man.

2009 It is believed that several Zilvia factions have resolved their differences, and begun to work together for a new Zilvia order. This alliance broke down upon criticism by leading Zilvia nobles of each others cars.

2010 This year is unimportant, but a recollection of Zilvia culture can be had.
It would appear that a very large % of Zilvia nobles appear to be some sort of military entity, that have been living among Japanese people, adopting the ways of their car culture and dragging them back to the United states along with a new found obsession for black hair and hot thighs.

The era of boredom, and end of the nujabes listening early 2000's hegemony of Zilvia nobles 2011-2012

Nothing really happens in this era other than a few key events.
2011 The advent of a disease known as LS.
This disease is known to have claimed many a poor silvia, and the effects of this pestilence still appear today. By foolishly not stamping out this menace at its very beginning , the Zilvia nobles appear to have allowed it to fester, and become the GM fanboy pestilence you see today.

2012 The death of username: soapgun
Causes unknown

The beginning of the golden age, marked by the birth of username:kashira kureijii. 2013-present.
The new master of all Zilvia kind, but apparently not the japanese language, appears to have been born at this time. His name appears to by mistranslated by 16 year old japanese language skills, and is absolutely meaningless. He is unable to change it however, further marking his utter incompetence.

2013 Begginning of the kashira kureijii dynasty

2014 The world is cold and I have to much spare time/ am alone.

2015-present
It would appear that the sons of ancient Zilvia have become spoiled by their fathers newfound wealth, leading to a disease Zilvia biologist have named mhubeny180sx syndrome. It is unknown whether or no this will spread throughout Zilvia upon the production of more sons by original users, but it is a looming threat to all things good in the universe.

Yay Zilvia Yay! history changes and 40 minutes of spare time irrevocably lost

Beautiful.... just beautiful.

Didn't you forget about the time with the premie trolls deleting faqs, effectively stifling some of the growth of the up and coming 240sx owners?

I hope the mhubeny180sx syndrome comes to an end real fast.......

^ Perfect Gif

and now we know

OP, you were 8 (maybe 7) when I joined.

I lived through the history you read. I remember when all the drifters were sparkly.

just kinda think its funny when I read all the old threads lolz
fun to imagine the old school silvia history, to becoming what they are today.
I obviously was not a part of this, and is was meant more has a funny view into what you can discern about Zilvia from its old threads

Good read LMAO

Dude you were only like 9 when I joined zilvia.

I too have lived through most of it too and it was the good old days.

I miss when the tech section was more lively. Oh well thats what NRR is for now.

i dont know if you guys remember, but Zilvia went through dark times, when the forum format allowed you to like posts just like FB does, it was brief but it happened. The horrors, we were pretty close to become like them

Cute thread but not really factual.
Zilvia started in the early 2000s
a forum update wiped a lot of accounts and some of the true OGs started afresh.
The capital of the 240 Empire was really freshalloy - this is where the first wave of tech knowledge came from
When freshalloy went full Nico many (myself included) migrated over
I would characterize the eras as:
2001 - 2004: social days, quality meets, tech days, driftdays, stock drifting, figuring out the SR swap
2004 - 2006: the golden era, quality builds, D1 invasion, bandwagon left the station, rep system
2006 - 2010: Version Select and Stance opened the gates on the flood of rebranded products, bandwagon on full swing, demise of the golden unmolested cheap 240s, mentality of "it's ok to use cheap/no brand name parts because of drift car", OGs start to move on
2010 - on: the missile era, balling on a budget

MakotoS13, Mercer, Viceroy, RDM, ixfi, Chewbacca, Udon, Nemesis, Jack, Aaron, Pink Godzira, Mark and West posts, and a few that escape me at this time....
you don't jack about zilvia history if you don't know these names and the lore behind them

I agree, I am cute
haha old guards
thanks for the tech info

BHWolrd


that is all.

I miss the old days, things sure have changed

what is this is what

This thread is missing so much info.

How is someone who's been on this forum for barely two years talking about its history?

That's like a Korean trying to teach Japanese history.

Also there has been no mention of the mailing list which preceeded Zilvia.net

Yeh if we're talking about Zilvia as a forum specifically, there's a lot missing. The Premium Member section was a whole different world years and years and years ago. It ultimately died when the Rep System died. There's still disagreements on whether that was a good thing or not. That'll never be decided. But as the person with the second highest rep on the site (I was pretty fucking useless later on when it came to 240's but I kept the OT area filled with car threads and other pop culture stuff, some still going today). The rep system was really a reward system for activity, 240 related or otherwise. I pretty much say it as a fun game to be played that kept me busy at work.

I am still FB friends with many old school members. One I regularly text (he happened to be the the Rep LEADER. lol) even though we've never met and he lives across the country.

Ah them were the days.

It was sorta a joke, most of the info I put was bullshit, I obviously don't know what happened back then,
my goal was to get a bunch of OG's to talk about the old days of Zilvia, because it is interesting to me.

Nothing felt as good as when you logged in and saw your rep score had increased for a post you made. I agree it made the content better as people actually tried instead of the *post pic of XXX* threads we have now.

You kept OT popping back in those days man. The transformers thread (I remember you and stiizy ran that thread), the thread of the dead, the 2011 240sx thread (now renamed to just to the future rwd coupes thread for you newbies) just to name a few classic ones, plus countless marvel universe and other movei threads.

I must say those OT threads mentioned above keep me checking in for new content daily. Good stuff!

yes yes yes yes yes

Wow. I just rememberd Chewbacca. That was funny as fuck.

Why is S13Teddy not mention or his Mulsanne crew..

Good ol' Zilvia back in the days.

Thou must affectionately recall the eve of the Chmercer Revolution, when all the provincials without lavish wheels and deluxe ride height were lined up in the town square and shamed to their demise.

Was just about to say, what about Viceroy T-shirts? Lolol
Man cant believe its 2015 :eek:

S13silviagirl threads were fun.

That guy sounds pretty damned cool.

I do find it hilarious how someone who was in first grade when I joined here thinks he knows or remembers what the real history is. He failed to mention when Barry and I became Moderators, then Admins.
No one believes you!

Fucking children these days. Clueless little shit.

My name was misspelled.

Ya this shit is funny seeing as I have been here since nov 2001. I was here before Kevin aka mrmeph joined. We knew each other from Socal240 and FA. Kevin joined a year or two later and then became a mod. Now he is admin.

You'll have to take that up with spell check, I as a millennial can't be held accountable 4 my actions


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I want you all to know that............the killer was me all along muhaha


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I guess this was worth it .......cuz i got to meet all the admins????

Go ahead admins lock it!
Lock it like the threads of old

Holy shit, look at all these big wigs up in here!

All this talk and not one mention of RJF nor West.

Sad.

I snuck that v8 sucks sign in for teddy, was working the sonic motor booth that year lol.



but man, i really miss the old days. it was so fun hanging out back then

Back when Teddy cared about cars.

Holy shit, as lame as this thread is, it brought out some posts from accounts that i haven't seen in a while. Bravo.

That is pretty sad. :-/

West was actually mentioned twice, as both Mark and West.

Failing to mention RJF is un-excusable though. Without Bob, Zilvia would never have survived financially. He has done so much behind the scenes, on top of actively working within the forum.

I know right? there are Zilvia patricians everywhere

This thread is making me sentimental thinking back 10-12 years ago.

Man I really miss Freshalloy. Didn't realize I've been on this site for so long....

We had the likes for about a week or two.. that was cool

I miss my old screen name kalypso123

lol I remember Yuri and the epic coupe that slid into a barn and never came back.

no one ever mentioned those viceroy guys tho haha

I've been lurking around for the past week or so. I went MIA around 2010 when I got a "serious girlfriend" whom 4 years later cheated on me with her ex, soooooo here I am lol.

I had Yuri's wheels, he told me they were like super rare, they were ugly and didn't sell though. ThatGuy, shit there he is, in broad daylight, I always used to wanna be like him. Every post I saw was like, man he is so cool. Anyone socal guys remember the premium member meetup? Or the ZOMGBBQ's? I think I'm going to lurk some more in the shadows. I gotta change my damn sig and av though haha

Kid zelda?

I think you missed the great REP wars of 2007

Also when premies were able to change their user name and i went from Kndacomplx to tacoburritoconcarneensaladaaaaaaa and got shafted with tacotacotaco because my name was to long and fucked the format.

What about the great Chewbacca burn thread that was wiped from history

R.I.P. Hot girls thread

Or back in the day when being a premium member meant something...

Seriously. Once i went black, i'll never go back

It was a spur of the moment post, I couldn't remember his handle since I been gone for a while.


I miss the quality tech discussions back then
the Sentra vs 240sx "kills" threads were hilarious
Russ at the height of his powers roasting noobs...

Premie meet was cool, I was one of the organizers. I'm still e-friends with a lot of those guys.
What became the OMGBBQ meet starterd out as the "Official Socal DAYTIME" meet back in 2007. The idea was that a lot of S-chassis owners - due to obligations, work, family, etc. - couldn't make the typical night meets.

#/f/showthread.php?t=148246

The party at Johnny's also needs to me mentioned as a pretty cool moment in zilvia history.

Dude! You're Kalypso!?! I was wondering where you went. All you guys with lost legendary screen names need to put them in your sigs...

You got that bit about the first era being proliferated by flourishing tech threads right :s101:
Not a whole lot of that going on lately... I vote we try and get a renaissance of sorts going

And I did like that bit about the V8 plague lol good shit.
Mark my words real men drive I-6 turbos

That's what I told my buddy who keeps insisting on TT'ing his VQ35HR. Talking about forged internals & shooting for 500hp... /facepalm

In Japan there was a guy rolling around with a VQ35TT pushing 500 in a Gloria unforged. Possible for how long meh unknown.

Accurate or not I like the post bringing memories back. Although I log on occasionally it good to see something other than BOTs posting.

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Yeah, it's pretty common amongst VQ enthusiasts. My point was (aside from creating what is sure to be one clusterfuck of an engine) that the HR didn't need forged internal to sustain 500hp. But he's one of those 'I hate forums' guys, so I'll let him figure it out on his own.

I did not know that. I thought VQ's hated boost. I kind of like the idea of a G37 pushing 500hp. I hate the vq sound though...........:down:

&quot;Hate boost&quot; is kinda relative... The general consensus is that DE's safe limit is at 400whp. Rev-ups @ 450whp. 3.5L HR's @ 500whp & 3.7L HR's @ 550hp. I dunno, I'm just not super impressed with that output when it's got soooo much more displacement over an SR or over competitive 4 bangers. Plus, I wouldn't wanna recreate a Z32TT-like nightmare of an engine bay. N/A VQ's are nice. Boosted? I guess a supercharged or single turbo rear-mounted setup might not be too bad, but I just think there are better options available. I4 or I6 turbos for me.

I remember meeting you and Fintel at a local event, had to have been 05 or 06. Stockbody, pignose, red paint if I recall correctly.

So much missing in here. This thread makes me feel old.

means you are one of the old ones.

welcome brother
lulz

the spraypainted awesomeness

yup its me, im right here.

I'll put it in my sig. I got locked out when I changed emails.

I might change my screen name to kalypso456 it only costs 5 bux

The screen name switch really sucked. It was sort of fine at the time because we were all ousting so often we knew who was who, but now years later I don't know most of the people that switched names that I communicated with so often on here.

I've still got a Zilvia monkey sticker in the envelope in came in. Don't remember if they were sold by the forum or a member, but it's postmarked 2006.

some of them just leave... I miss soapgun and his cool ass blog

I left nico to come to zilvia and havent been back since. i know people looked for me for a little while. I had well over 7000 posts.

Ditto. I'm pretty sure I left Nico soon after you. I lurk over there every now & then to see how things are going, but it just hurts my head.

Damn, I was under the impression from all the old threads that Almighty SO is Soapgun, I did a lot of soapgun bashing because I thought they were the same person,
Almighty SO and SOapgun are very similar names, I had just figured this soapgun fellow had reached his post limit or lost his name, and renamed himself Almighty SO.
Shows how much bullshit I don't know
Sorry Zilvia, feel free to fire me from my job as Zilvia historian

I'm a terrible historical detective, so I'll go back and edit that out

I still have my Zilvia bottle opener that RJF sent me as a thank you for being a moderator. It's used constantly.

Didnt see anything in here about NITEKIDS

this is awesome
didn't start lurking til 08-09 though :hide:

there's just no sense of style on nico... I rarely ever saw a car that actually looked good.

the tech articles are well organised but thats about it.

2006-2009

Bardabe
team mulsanne
ZOMG BBQ
Teddy Dahn
Driftfreak Dave
Icedsole
anything Risky Devil
cool car blogs like Auto-ataku
phase2motortrendlkgasdfluheauhckjsdcnnashcloasdjca sodifh

missing a ton of stuff

Risky Devil ran the show for a while that was a great era of zilvia

You make it sound past tense... Aren't they the main driving force behind Final Bout?

^you're thinking of proceed

not to say RD isn't relevant

Wow... all the OG's were brought back. How I miss Rep Club.

I haven't had an s-chassis since 2008, but I always check Zilvia at least 3x a week, mostly for the OT stuff.

I dunno if you guys remember me, but I was AkademikONE before.

For what it's worth, I remember you bro. :brofist:

Yeah I definitely remember you as well.

:2f2f:

Where's PHLIP? revat619? sochbat? Inland180?

Where's Russ???? Dude helped me out with my stupid questions all the time. Miss the old grump

I guess you're right... i dont keep up to date.

Risky devil turned into junkhouse from what I remember, not sure if they still even use that name anymore.

ya i remember :)

Oh, I remember that SN.

RD is still around. RD won Final Bout2.

Some of the old RD people are in Proceed.

Shit 2006-2009? I have been here since 01 and ya he sucks at his history, he puts newer knowns up higher than a lot of the older well knowns.
Which were all the foundation people, there are a lot of SN's he has missed.

Dave

I like the vinyl these guys use...

http://image.superstreetonline.com/f...eam-proceed-08

IKR

I supplied the forums big wheel market for like 4 years lol.

Grant held it all down with the rims.
I was there. I remember

So many old heads in here. It's nice seeing all these old screen names, and I'm relatively new. I don't think I've seen a post from ThatGuy in years.

Hello world, I'm new here. What's going on :3

This OG wins the screen name game

All these dudes be returning to the zilvia dimensional plane

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Please continue to come out of the wood work OG's its kinda awesome