Topic: So, the forum stats reveal some fascinating factoids

[Jorge D. Fuentes]

Forum started at about 1998, from what I recall.
It was the old Threaded board.
Then, it went to EZBoard.
Then it went on hiatus.
Then the Forumplanet version opened up, when the board became part of Gamespy.  That's also when all the files migrated to Fileplanet.
Then, Gamespy started to go away, but we rode that Gamespy Train until they closed.
They helped us migrate the board to 'a version that still worked'.
Then, when that went, we opened up the Simple Machines version we're using now.

[Shiroi Koumori]

There you have it guys. The history of the forums from the source himself! 

crisis should have an award for being on all stat lists.

[VladCT]

Can't believe I've spent the third longest time online here, even compared to the old timers. C'mon guys, you need to up your idling game. :V

[Lumi Kløvstad]

Forum started at about 1998, from what I recall.
It was the old Threaded board.
Then, it went to EZBoard.
Then it went on hiatus.
Then the Forumplanet version opened up, when the board became part of Gamespy.  That's also when all the files migrated to Fileplanet.
Then, Gamespy started to go away, but we rode that Gamespy Train until they closed.
They helped us migrate the board to 'a version that still worked'.
Then, when that went, we opened up the Simple Machines version we're using now.

Mein gott Jorge, the place is older than even I could have guessed.

I'm also gonna guess all the media that was hosted on FilePlanet is gone forever, eh?

[beingthehero]

Kurt-kun won't upload that stuff again because it's illegal. Nobody really cared about video game music downloads back then, but things have changed and nobody wants to deal with C&Ds over vidya music.

[Donvermicelli]

A miserable little pile of FACTS

A miserable little pile of POSTS

[zangetsu468]

A miserable little pile of POSTS

"... Enough talk.."

[theANdROId]

"...Have......a good time conversing with others who share a similar love for Castlevania?!"
~ Dracula ~

[Lelygax]

People respect me...? What a twist! lol (obviously joking, being 3rd more respected user doesn't mean nothing and I love you all *hugs*)

[Gunlord]

-me hugs lely-

[X]

Kurt-kun won't upload that stuff again because it's illegal. Nobody really cared about video game music downloads back then, but things have changed and nobody wants to deal with C&Ds over vidya music.

Speak for yourself lad, I almost downloaded the entirety of the soundtracks page back then! I still have those mp3s and wave files on my computer, and I listen to them occasionally.

[zangetsu468]

lad

Lad, lol that's funny to me

I still have those mp3s and wave files on my computer, and I listen to them occasionally.

I still have all my old music from Napster/ WinMx days on ext hd's.... Ah I miss the winamp golden era.

[Lelygax]

Speak for yourself lad, I almost downloaded the entirety of the soundtracks page back then! I still have those mp3s and wave files on my computer, and I listen to them occasionally.

I think that he meant big companies more than users, like in "big companies didn't cared if we share teh musicz" lol

[Lumi Kløvstad]

I kind of wished that the main site would be updated with SOMETHING just so it doesn't look abandoned to anyone who wanders in.

I dunno, maybe we could adapt some long thread discussions into editorial format and post it on the main page? I do that with my blog all the time (taking lengthy editorial-esque posts I make on social media and adapt them into a blog entry) and it's a good trick for keeping it active with interesting stuff. Maybe something like that could work here?

It would also save people from digging through threads looking for something they wanted/needed.

[Lelygax]

I remember Jorge saying more than a year ago in a thread that he would be happy to post interesting articles if we did it here and asked him to... BUT I can be remembering it wrong.