The .org's early days

DeinReich · Post by **DeinReich** » Wed May 24, 2006 3:39 pm

amvwizard wrote:omg this is before my time

That was kind of the point, to show people who are newer to this site what it used to be like.

Inuyasha the 3rd · Post by **Inuyasha the 3rd** » Wed May 24, 2006 6:10 pm

Wow, that must have been fun times back then.

I wish I could have gotten into the AMV scene alot sooner. Hahahah

SarahtheBoring · Post by **SarahtheBoring** » Wed May 24, 2006 6:11 pm

Somewhat before my time, but I remember those forums. They switched over not long after I got here. I posted some severely newbish ideas before I made any myself, and people actually didn't flame my ass off, even though I totally deserved it.

Funny thing is, in the real world 2001 was not that long ago. I was 24. It's not like it was before we were all born. (OK, some of you, maybe, but...)

Lol internet. ;P

Nightowl · Post by **Nightowl** » Wed May 24, 2006 6:58 pm

Kusoyaro wrote:
Ladymercury wrote:A bunch of stuff I wrote back in the day.
A bunch of shit.

Goddamnit.

-N

Flint the Dwarf · Post by **Flint the Dwarf** » Wed May 24, 2006 10:33 pm

Oh man, nostalgia.

YouTube · Post by **derobert** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 8:02 pm

LantisEscudo wrote:I don't remember if I ever posted anything there; does anyone know if the data was saved when Phorum got dropped in favor of PHPbb?

I'm pretty sure all the Phorum tables are intact in the database....

Lyrs · Post by **Lyrs** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 11:12 pm

the site and it's companions use to breakdown every once in a while because ppl had just discovered the awesome power of download accelerators

U_U

Cornwiggle · Post by **Cornwiggle** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 10:15 am

Hmm, can't say I don't remember that particular layout, but I was still checking this place out in 2001-2002 (I recall you didn't need to be a member to download, or maybe because I just downloaded everything Directly) I can vagely remember the search page, but yeah, that was quite a long time ago.

It seemed like everything back then was direct, not local.

http://web.archive.org/web/200106040236 ... search.php

YES! I REMEMBER THAT. Hahaha, I remember looking for "Beast Wars" on it, and there was 2. Hahaha. That was cool how it said how many was there though.

Kai Stromler · Post by **Kai Stromler** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 10:23 am

Cornwiggle wrote:Hmm, can't say I don't remember that particular layout, but I was still checking this place out in 2001-2002 (I recall you didn't need to be a member to download, or maybe because I just downloaded everything Directly) I can vagely remember the search page, but yeah, that was quite a long time ago.

It seemed like everything back then was direct, not local.

That's because the local server didn't go up until like March 2003...before that people were entirely on their own. It's only been a little over 3 years, it just feels like forever.

--K

Thorblitzer · Post by **Thorblitzer** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 10:57 am

Kai Stromler wrote:That's because the local server didn't go up until like March 2003...

Yes, and that's why so many people didn't join until then. If I remember right, the biggest reason to join was either because you had an AMV to post or you were in the forums. And then there were people like me, who didn't make anything and didn't post on the forums, and had no real reason to join. I've actually been lurking around here since 2001 (when I was still in high school), but I didn't join until 2 years later.

Now I feel really old...