I remember playing that. It was okay.
I think the first forum I ever signed up for was DDRFreak. GameFAQs would've been somewhere around the same time, but I'm not sure which came first.
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What was the first forum you ever signed up to?
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I think the first forum I ever signed up for was DDRFreak. GameFAQs would've been somewhere around the same time, but I'm not sure which came first.
I signed up for a forum for that Millsberry game that was a thing a while ago. I think it was millsberryguides.com?
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Who were you on there? I still post on GRcade
Ha, never posted on that board, I recall some kind of drama there back in like 2001 or 2002 that caused the entire board to be nuked or something...
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Never heard of you. You don't have the post count to pull this off ;)
http://www.gamershood.com/forum/forum.php
Back in 2007, when I was 13 (though I posed like I was 18, because I didn't want people to look down on me). It had a ridiculously friendly community, and was fairly active at the time. Plus it felt like the height of free online flash games, so there was no shortage of fun things to share with the people there. All in all, not a bad place to start, I think. I also love that the site hasn't changed at all since then, and probably since before then.
Anyway, the rest of the internet grew past it--for the worse, in many ways--and all the old popular topics get clusters of two or three posts every half year or so, but the old guard is still there. Some dedicated Moderators, I tell you.
Back in 2007, when I was 13 (though I posed like I was 18, because I didn't want people to look down on me). It had a ridiculously friendly community, and was fairly active at the time. Plus it felt like the height of free online flash games, so there was no shortage of fun things to share with the people there. All in all, not a bad place to start, I think. I also love that the site hasn't changed at all since then, and probably since before then.
Anyway, the rest of the internet grew past it--for the worse, in many ways--and all the old popular topics get clusters of two or three posts every half year or so, but the old guard is still there. Some dedicated Moderators, I tell you.
RI > CE
Mine was ZGeek I think. No idea how I came across it. Moved onto GameFAQs because whenever I would go online to look for cheats, I'd come across GameFAQs first. Spent a lotta time on RI, but left it for NeoGAF after 6, maybe 7 years. Still talk to some folks from RI, though. ^_^
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The Bioware Social Network. Had to sign up for content in Mass Effect 2. Ended up making some great friends there.
I see a few fellow Cloudchaser posters here. I signed up there in eh 2001 I believe it was?
But the first forum I signed up for was actually the Tomshardware Delphi PC enthusiast forum, which was I believe 1998. 20 years ago, Christ.
But the first forum I signed up for was actually the Tomshardware Delphi PC enthusiast forum, which was I believe 1998. 20 years ago, Christ.
For me it was the Matrix Community back in 1999/2000 I think. It was a great community but it just gradually faded out around 2009, not really much to talk about or grab new people at that point. The browser games involving the Neb, Logos and Hammer were an absolute blast to play as well. :)
I also joined Gamefaqs/Gamespot and IGN for a while, but man, those communities made me feel rotten!
I also joined Gamefaqs/Gamespot and IGN for a while, but man, those communities made me feel rotten!
Oh shit there it is a fellow n-philer.
What was your handle there?
It was either a Final Fantasy forum specifically about the newly announced FFXIII (XIII, Vesus, Agito) games, or conceptart.org back when it was cool and good. Both were around 2006.
If I'm not mistaken, Planet-Namek.com. I then went to the spinoffs, Shadows Of Namek and the other ones until they all died and consolidated to SoN. Then IGN, then to everywhere else on the internet.
It was a battle rap site back in the early 90s. You'd battle people through text. What was it called? Abyss Battle Forums I think?
I was a monster.
Second site was GameFAQs.
I was a monster.
Second site was GameFAQs.
I think it was some 2pac board... where I posted rap lyrics. Or Gamefaqs.
but the first board that played a significant part in my online life was http://www.soundcircuit.com/cboard/
but the first board that played a significant part in my online life was http://www.soundcircuit.com/cboard/
Gamefaqs in 2000. Ugh.
Shoutouts to the Star Ocean 2 board, we were so awful that iirc we caused gamefaqs to splinter their game boards into two different sub groups.
Shoutouts to the Star Ocean 2 board, we were so awful that iirc we caused gamefaqs to splinter their game boards into two different sub groups.
Probably Iron Maidens forum in about 1996. They already had a website the first time I used the internet in the summer of 1995.
Twas a Godzilla forum on a site called Gojistomp, which was primarily a Godzilla film fan page. At the time, it was one of the big four Godzilla sites along with Tohokingdom, MonsterZero, and Tokyo Monsters. RIP Maser City.
https://web.archive.org/web/20040701015613/http://www.gojistomp.org:80/indexm.html
I started posting there in 2002, ended up becoming a mod, started writing reviews for the site, ended up becoming a freelance film reviewer, eventually became a freelance games writer, now a translator.
Owe it all to that little site and its lovely group of posters.
https://web.archive.org/web/20040701015613/http://www.gojistomp.org:80/indexm.html
I started posting there in 2002, ended up becoming a mod, started writing reviews for the site, ended up becoming a freelance film reviewer, eventually became a freelance games writer, now a translator.
Owe it all to that little site and its lovely group of posters.
The RCTStation message board. At the time I was in the 5th grade, and I let it slip that we were going on a field trip to Geauga Lake (then Six Flags Worlds Of Adventure) soon, thus outing me as someone underage, and thus getting me banned.
It was probably wrestling related, do E-fed boards count? If no I'm still not sure but the one I can remember is GameFAQs which I also signed up for in 2000 IIRC my original account got closed and deleted and I had to redo it in mid-2001.
GameFAQs, i went back a few months ago to see what it was like these days, it was pretty painful to read.