I feel old now... [Archive]

Jonbo298

03-31-2008, 12:34 AM

I looked at my join date: 05-15-2001

Let's see..7 years ago. 7 years ago I was only 16. SIXTEEN! >.> So much has happened, and still, some things have not changed even from that timeframe.

Cheez-Its

03-31-2008, 12:41 AM

wow thats a loong time. u must really like this place or u just have alot of free time :D just kidding

DeathsHand

03-31-2008, 12:41 AM

I started on forums related to this one in what.... '99? '00?
Nintendodolphin... .net was it? Then Nintendose...

People like dropping those names once every couple of years... Fun times.

~13-14 years of age...
Crazy...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v233/DeathsHand/faggotry.jpg

Back in the day...

Jonbo298

03-31-2008, 12:43 AM

Yeah, I remember Nintendose also, that's where I came from. Didn't it split into AGB and GT? or something of that. I remember it splitting when it's downfall came.

DeathsHand

03-31-2008, 12:50 AM

Yeah, I remember Nintendose also, that's where I came from. Didn't it split into AGB and GT? or something of that. I remember it splitting when it's downfall came.

yep, AGB and GT...
Fella by the name of Goombastomper was one of the main advocates for AGB... I forget who actually ran it, though...
"Going from a forum focused on home console gaming to one focused on a hand-held? Poppycock!", I said...

Of course this one started out with Crash and good ol' CamFu.
If it weren't for their expertise and leadership, and Neo's determination to hold it together through tough times, GameTavern might not be the hole in the wall that it is today.

BreakABone

03-31-2008, 12:52 AM

Yeah, I remember Nintendose also, that's where I came from. Didn't it split into AGB and GT? or something of that. I remember it splitting when it's downfall came.

Yeah never did find the reason for the falling out.
I don't know anyone.

But I knew AGB people hated coming here.

Now one site is dead and the other is on life support.

If we had remained as one, I would have been leader in no time.

And let's see... late 99/00 I think for me. And won't bother doing the age thing, I feel old as it is.

Swan

03-31-2008, 01:02 AM

Man, I'm so young and awesome

The Germanator

03-31-2008, 01:12 AM

I remember joining around the Nintendose days...2000 I think. Certainly been around for long enough. Finally creeping up to near 5000 posts after 8 long years. I remember the whole AGB split being a huge deal. For a while I posted at both, but I can't do multiple forums. Too much work.

I'll just keep on the GT ship until it goes down.

Fox 6

03-31-2008, 02:11 AM

Man, I'm so young and awesome

We're the new breed.

Ginkasa

03-31-2008, 02:16 AM

I was 13 when I joined NDose in Dec. 2000. I also tried to do both this and AGB, but stuck with here...

Fun stuff.

Cheez-Its

03-31-2008, 02:27 AM

We're the new breed.

yea! go us! :D

Jonbo298

03-31-2008, 06:44 AM

We're the new breed.

Get off my lawn!

Bube

03-31-2008, 07:07 AM

Happydude

03-31-2008, 08:52 AM

Join Date: 04-16-2001

it's been a long long time...

manasecret

03-31-2008, 11:31 AM

'99 when I joined nintendodolphin.net, I was 13 years old - unbelievable.. I've known some of you longer than my current oldest friends (I usually "shed" friends, leaving old ones behind :))
AGB was run by Skouby Doo or something, I think. And somehow I think I remember his name and saw him on Facebook (never sent him a message though)..

Yikes. Yeah, that would be me, too, which would put me at 13 years-old when I joined. I think, anyway. I remember I was part of nintendodolphin.net, but I don't remember if I joined right when it started or what. I guess I found it after I heard about the codename for Gamecube, probably from Nintendo Power or Gamepro (wow, it's been awhile), and I guess I probably Yahoo!ed it (I don't think I used Google at the time). Who started that original site, anyone know?

I also think it's strange that you and I have some of the fewest posts while being two of the longest community members. Were you in Turkey the whole time, btw?

thehtownpoption

03-31-2008, 11:43 AM

Wow, I did a Google search for "nintendodolphin.net" and this old thread (http://www.gametavern.net/forums/archive/index.php/t-595.html) is the first listed. I had forgotten about this name I used before switching to manasecret. I think I switched because I realized how much of a douche name thehtownpoption was, back from my junior high wigger days. Ah gods what embarrassing memories.

Going to drop some names:
GameKinG
The_Dunadan
D-realJos
LoudHowardZERO

Ha, and guess who I got a private message from?? Hint: it's name is Patricia.

Bube

03-31-2008, 01:57 PM

I also think it's strange that you and I have some of the fewest posts while being two of the longest community members. Were you in Turkey the whole time, btw?

I always think about that too - and I sometimes even feel that I'm posting too much. But when I sit down and think (and yes, I've sat down and thought about this :)), I'm usually a quiet person who likes to observe and listen (or let my mind wander and try to find some nice looking girls around :)), and therefore, my character affects my post count directly. :)

And yes, I've been in Turkey the whole time.

jeepnut

03-31-2008, 02:15 PM

I'm old as well. Joined here on 9/10/2001, day before the terrorist attacks. I also remember nintendolphin.net and having to change the name to Nintendose. I'm not sure exactly when I joined nintendolphin. I know it was when I was looking for information on the then next-gen consoles and yahoo'd it. I was a Playstation fanboy at the time. I thought Microsoft was the worst thing that could ever happen to gaming. My how times have changed.

Jason1

03-31-2008, 03:09 PM

I joined GT on 4/16/2001. I remember I came over from Nintendose, one day I visited and found out they were shutting it down. I talked to someone on AIM I believe, and got the story about the AGB vs. GT thing. I picked GT for no other reason than it sounded better. And here I am today...

I wonder how many posts Deathshand would have if like half our posts hadnt got deleted a few years ago?

I also found this thread about the first ever Survivor: http://www.gametavern.net/forums/archive/index.php/t-6.html

Bond

03-31-2008, 03:50 PM

BlueFire

03-31-2008, 04:31 PM

I joined NDose around November/December 2000 (I was 13)... then moved to GT. I also lurked around AGB but I just stuck here. Now here we are... and I am 20 years old. Weird

And as Germy (or was it Haas the Spinto?) said, I'll probably hang around til this place is dead.

Dylflon

03-31-2008, 04:37 PM

I've been here since 2002. Seems like longer...

Angrist

03-31-2008, 05:19 PM

Joined Nintendose in May 2000, which must have been the launch month, because I had joined Nintendodolphin.net before that.

I've quit a few times, but I keep coming back.

Swan

03-31-2008, 10:15 PM

yea! go us! :D

HALT!

You are still an initiate. YOu still need to appease the gods before you are one of us

The Germanator

03-31-2008, 10:24 PM

HALT!

You are still an initiate. YOu still need to appease the gods before you are one of us

A pretzel junkie?

Cheez-Its

03-31-2008, 10:50 PM

HALT!

You are still an initiate. YOu still need to appease the gods before you are one of us

hey what more can i do? :D

have i already said that i beat mario galaxy? because i think that shoud apease the gods :rock:

Fox 6

03-31-2008, 11:04 PM

hey what more can i do? :D

have i already said that i beat mario galaxy? because i think that shoud apease the gods :rock:

Just stick around longer and youll fit right in.

KillerGremlin

04-01-2008, 12:36 AM

09-04-2001....but I was registered to AGB before I came here.

yep, AGB and GT...
Fella by the name of Goombastomper was one of the main advocates for AGB... I forget who actually ran it, though...
"Going from a forum focused on home console gaming to one focused on a hand-held? Poppycock!", I said...

AGB was run by Jordan (Goombastomper) and some other douche, Vincent. The GBA was awesome, it made up for the Gamecube's averageness :p

But I knew AGB people hated coming here.

I didn't hate coming to Gametavern...it was just daunting because this board at one point was getting over 100 posts a day, and that's a lot of stuff to read. AGB had a smaller more liberal community, kinda like this place is now. Either way, it's all good.

Forums...a true testament to how much of a nerd you can be.

Teuthida

04-01-2008, 06:53 AM

Nintendodolphin.net '99

Bond

04-01-2008, 11:02 AM

Welcome back, Teuthida!

jeepnut

04-01-2008, 10:47 PM

Jeepnut, since when do you go to Michigan? That's awesome, what are you studying?

I might have to put a 'Wisconsin' banner in my profile soon... ;)

I came here in the fall of 2006. I'm getting my MPH in Industrial Hygiene. It's a two year degree so I'll be finished in a month.

Bond

04-01-2008, 10:50 PM

Sweet. I'm thinking of eventually pursuing a MHA degree after undegraduate school...

what do you think of Michigan's public health department?

Fez2

04-09-2008, 10:39 AM

hahaha what the hell i haven't been on here for years

the last thing i remember is getting fired from AGB (from memory because i took a planetgamecube article and directly copied it pretty much) and gametavern fading out. then i look today and it's still going. and deathshands is still posting. what the hell.

and i saw zen! i still have his guitar samples he sent me years ago, they are still incredible, what can you do now zen?

jeepnut

04-09-2008, 10:54 AM

Welcome back Fez.

Fez2

04-09-2008, 11:52 AM

Thanks mate, I'll try and not get banned again :D

Angrist

04-09-2008, 11:52 AM

Welcome back! I remember you. :D

Bond

04-09-2008, 03:39 PM

Welcome back, Fez!

Cheez-Its

04-09-2008, 05:52 PM

welcome fez

um why did u get banned if i may ask? :D

Happydude

04-09-2008, 10:45 PM

fez...fez...fez....sounds familiar...welcome back!

Zen

04-10-2008, 03:35 AM

Fez, its been quite a while, to be honest ive gotten really rusty with my guitar playing so I am not any better than i used to be, in fact, I may be a lil worse now than I used to be :P

Are you still practicing taekwondo? I still am but I retired from doing it at a competitive level.

Fez2

04-10-2008, 07:00 AM

Nah man. I stopped when I moved out of home. Attended a club or two, but they were pretty lame, and most clubs seemed to be a mixture of lazy patterns and form stuff and flashy but no substance tournament fighting. So I let it go for a while, and now I've changed a lot, and really not into fighting. Sure it's self defence, but it's still practicing to fight, to kill, whereas I would rather put my mind to something more complex and relavent to the time we're living in right now.

EDIT: Thanks for the welcome guys, it is quite surreal to say the least..

EDIT2: Cheese-it: I honestly don't remember, but I suspect rampant trolling, judging by a post I read in some archive that I found this forum through.

Vampyr

04-10-2008, 09:07 AM

I was a writer for GamingNow whenever there was that short merger between GT and GN, then GamingNow kind of died, but I stayed here and went on to write for gamexc.com, which also died.

Still had some fun times with them though.

Angrist

04-10-2008, 12:02 PM

Ah yes, I'd totally forgotten about that merge. :) It wasn't half bad for a merge, they usually cause big problems.

Dyne

04-10-2008, 03:26 PM

Hahaha, Gamingnow. Cube turned out to be kind of a dick. We had a good website and good content, though.

Cheez-Its

04-10-2008, 05:44 PM

does gt have any writiers?? :confused:

that woud be cool if we wrote reports about new games and stuff :D

Angrist

04-10-2008, 05:54 PM

Check my blog, I sometimes post stuff there. Sometimes in Dutch, as you know.

Cheez-Its

04-10-2008, 05:55 PM

Check my blog, I sometimes post stuff there. Sometimes in Dutch, as you know.

i cant find your blog :baby:

is it on myspace??? :confused:

BlueFire

04-10-2008, 09:45 PM

Wow... what's with the return of all these veterans? o.O That's pretty amazing

The Germanator

04-11-2008, 01:51 AM

Yeah...I mean, Fez? That's rabbit ear antenna changing to HD shit right there.

Jonbo298

04-11-2008, 03:39 AM

I'll be around sparingly for awhile to FYI. Had to chop off internet at home due to budget being overly tight yet again. But nice to see all the 'vets' returning.

bobcat

04-11-2008, 08:30 AM

Man, I'm so young and awesome
but you're getting older so nya!
:p

ok i'm 28......i joined when i was like 21? I can't even remember....god damn

Swan

04-11-2008, 03:06 PM

but you're getting older so nya!
:p

ok i'm 28......i joined when i was like 21? I can't even remember....god damn

I will never grow old. I am still 10 years younger then you....not much has changed:p