Final Fantasy Insider, must have been when I was about 13 years old, I think it was just a bit after the launch of FF9. Those were the days :-)
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What was the first forum you ever signed up to?
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Prodigy in early 90s .Local bbs really active in 1993-96, had a friend who ran one...the day we went from 2400 to 28.8 was a great day. Wow!
First really active website was apolyton civilization board. Loved the game from 1 through 4 but the time required to be good at it is too immense for career and family me.
First really active website was apolyton civilization board. Loved the game from 1 through 4 but the time required to be good at it is too immense for career and family me.
The official Ubisoft Prince of Persia forums in 2004. Was on the post Sands of Time Warrior Within hype train at the time.
I was on Bungie.net until around the time of Destiny, then I moved over to Gaf, and now I'm here.
Neowin.net
Was incredibly active there, at one point I was a Moderator, at one point I was a news writer. We also did 40 episodes of a gaming podcast before they really were a (big) thing.
Was incredibly active there, at one point I was a Moderator, at one point I was a news writer. We also did 40 episodes of a gaming podcast before they really were a (big) thing.
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Can't remember which one was really the first but the first one that I actually posted on was an asian movie site called FantasticSuperClub. Still love the name of it.:D
VGChartz.
Took me a while to realize that the charts were full of shit.
Surprisingly, its still going.
Took me a while to realize that the charts were full of shit.
Surprisingly, its still going.
Was on Bungie.net for the longest time but relocated to Gaf after they destroyed their forum layout. Made the right choice.
1up discussion boards.
It was a joke that the 1up Yours podcast pretended to be based off that community for so long when everyone on the actual podcast just surfed GAF anyway.
Off topic though had a small community I really got into. Can't forget those days. Some real characters.
It was a joke that the 1up Yours podcast pretended to be based off that community for so long when everyone on the actual podcast just surfed GAF anyway.
Off topic though had a small community I really got into. Can't forget those days. Some real characters.
My first forum was Gamefaqs, which I signed up for about a month before I turned 13. Kind of weird to think I've been an obsessive internet forum poster for 15 years now.
I remember my signup date particularly well because I was technically breaking TOS. Before that it was AOL chatrooms. At Gamefaqs I orbited around LUE, the PS2 social board, and The Couch. After Gamefaqs I spent time in the Gamefaqs spin-off scene, a lot of young users were learning PHP and it was pretty popular to attempt various Gamefaqs clones. Gamefaqs Hell, Aqua Boards, Twisted Legacy, Outboards, Special Ops, etc. One of the seedier and more popular was Luelinks, which basically existed solely to circumvent Gamefaqs TOS but became it's own thing. From there I ended up discovering places like Something Awful and 4chan, for better and for worse. Mostly for worse. I was a dumbass and have grown up a lot since then and wouldn't go near places like that today, but as a young teen that kind of "no rules!!!" space was appealing to me. Eventually discovered NeoGaf, did a lot of growing up in late high school and college. Moved from NeoGaf to ResetEra.
I remember my signup date particularly well because I was technically breaking TOS. Before that it was AOL chatrooms. At Gamefaqs I orbited around LUE, the PS2 social board, and The Couch. After Gamefaqs I spent time in the Gamefaqs spin-off scene, a lot of young users were learning PHP and it was pretty popular to attempt various Gamefaqs clones. Gamefaqs Hell, Aqua Boards, Twisted Legacy, Outboards, Special Ops, etc. One of the seedier and more popular was Luelinks, which basically existed solely to circumvent Gamefaqs TOS but became it's own thing. From there I ended up discovering places like Something Awful and 4chan, for better and for worse. Mostly for worse. I was a dumbass and have grown up a lot since then and wouldn't go near places like that today, but as a young teen that kind of "no rules!!!" space was appealing to me. Eventually discovered NeoGaf, did a lot of growing up in late high school and college. Moved from NeoGaf to ResetEra.
Vgboxart back in 2009, unless we count Kongregates old chat rooms. Was fairly well known there.
I spent a lot of time on IGN's forums when I was in high school. During college I made the switch to gaf, and ten years after that I am here.
Add me to this list
Gamefaqs as for sure. Still visit almost everyday to chat with longtime members on obscure boards.
https://forum.wiwiland.net/
It was the main forum for the Morrowind french modding community back in 2002. Even became part of the moderation there was a while.
It was the main forum for the Morrowind french modding community back in 2002. Even became part of the moderation there was a while.
eyesonff.com with the username sephiroth_clone
it was a fun place, and I have staff seemed to caeea lot and have a lot of fun with it, but i mostly just lurked. i probably made fewer than 100 posts
it was a fun place, and I have staff seemed to caeea lot and have a lot of fun with it, but i mostly just lurked. i probably made fewer than 100 posts
The forums for a defunct Nintendo site (TendoBox) just before it died in early 2002. I was 10 and went on some Nintendo fanboy rant against Xbox, LOL
Became a regular frequenter on Starmen.net, Gamefaqs and Smashboards soon after.
Became a regular frequenter on Starmen.net, Gamefaqs and Smashboards soon after.
IGN, specifically the Resident Evil boards. Good times with the RE4 reveal meltdown. I remember obsessing over the Game Informer scans just utterly mindblown that it was even a Resident Evil game at the time.
It was a forum for exchanging Friend Codes with others (I think it was straight up called friendcode.com?) when I was around 9 or 10. I can't imagine it's around anymore.
At some point, both my sister and I had our copies of Animal Crossing: Wild World deliberately destroyed by some dude with Action Replay. That was not a fun day.
At some point, both my sister and I had our copies of Animal Crossing: Wild World deliberately destroyed by some dude with Action Replay. That was not a fun day.
FF Online. It was an old Final Fantasy database with impressive (for the time) coverage and polish. I downloaded MIDI soundtracks for a couple of weeks and then I decided to join the forums. It was my first exposure to roleplaying, too. I roleplayed as, like, Cloud or something.
I still remember some of the user names, but I haven't talked to any of them in like 16 years. Crazy.
I still remember some of the user names, but I haven't talked to any of them in like 16 years. Crazy.
It actually didn't die then, just became Cloudchaser Nintendo.