When was GA started i know i joined in 2000. Seems like yesterday.....
When was GA started i know i joined in 2000. Seems like yesterday.....
I dunno. I've been here since 2000 as well. I may be one of the few that know Apex's first name, though I've never met him myself.
"I know the pieces fit, cause I watched them fall away."
"Cold silence has
A tendancy to
Atrophy any
Sense of compassion."
MJK
FWIW, Apex and Leon have been here since 12-24-1999.
There is all the difference in the world between treating people equally and attempting to make them equal. - Friedrich Hayek
I started in August 2000, I think GA is a year or two older.
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The forums started after the website. I was getting college textbook deals through here Jan/Feb 1999
Am I alone here? Is that it?
Am I the only one who sees.
Maybe we can learn to be just like him.
Wear a little uniform.
Yes, sir.
No, sir.
Thank you, sir.
Ah yes, the memories. We did start sometime in late 1998 to early 1999 as just a plain HTML site that was haphazardly put together by either Frontpage or Dreamweaver. Neither Apex or I were programmers, so it was a really funky site. To add deals, we would just keep modifying the same page. Because of the horrible inefficiencies of Dreamweaver and Frontpage, the site ballooned to 600K, which was quite large back then. Remember, we were mostly all on 56K modems back then.
The first forum software we used was Ultimate Bulletin Board (UBB) but we didn't like how it was running on Cold Fusion. We then switched to vBulletin and have been using them since. Right now we just upgraded to vBulletin 4 CMS and are trying to work out all the kinks. It's still pretty buggy and laggy, but hopefully it all works out in the end.
We at GotApex? appreciate every single one of our longtime members. We're very lucky to have you guys around!
I read the site in 98 in my network tech job on campus but didn't register until much later.
Not me...I'm a pain in the ass.Originally Posted by Leon
We at GotApex? appreciate every single one of our longtime members. We're very lucky to have you guys around!
Speaking of which, where did Nija go?
"I know the pieces fit, cause I watched them fall away."
"Cold silence has
A tendancy to
Atrophy any
Sense of compassion."
MJK
He might be in FPMITAP
:p
It took the Urban Dictionary to translate that one for me.
Hey nickel, I'm surprised you recognized the place when you stopped back by here!
stay low... keep moving...
Hi ya'll!
I'm liking this neat look
Hey there! It looks nice, but it is finicky, moody, and unstable.Hi ya'll!
I'm liking this neat look
Tried to get in yesterday -- unsuccessfully. Now that I'm in, it does look nice. Fingers crossed on the stability issues. Another 2000 person here, though I did troll for deals for some time before that.
I'm thinking I also know his last name and the 'hood he lived in back in the day. Not too far from me. I might even know of a car he has owned. Geez I sound like a stalker!
I heard he has facial reconstructive surgery every six months and never stays in the same hideout for more than a week.
There is all the difference in the world between treating people equally and attempting to make them equal. - Friedrich Hayek
They missed my fav one. "Some say he only knows two facts about ducks....and they're both wrong"
Am I alone here? Is that it?
Am I the only one who sees.
Maybe we can learn to be just like him.
Wear a little uniform.
Yes, sir.
No, sir.
Thank you, sir.
I'm also a member of the "here since 2000" club. Glad to see FB and others haven't completely killed forums.
H
Hey Houdini, long time no see! Why not stick around and contribute to some of the few intellectual discussions still kicking around on here?! I always enjoyed hearing your opinion on various topics.
There is all the difference in the world between treating people equally and attempting to make them equal. - Friedrich Hayek
I have Apex' wife's digits.
Over a dozen years on G|A? Wow... I enjoyed the IRL get together I went to, gave names and faces to screennames and avatars.
So it's been a while since this site came out. We get it. The real question: Has anyone finally gotten Apex after all this time?! When will this game end?!
Here since 2000...still haven't gotten my shirt.
I was a little late to the party, and I don't post..... much....
Not by much! Good to have you around!I was a little late to the party, and I don't post..... much....
Thanks
I have a shirt. I found it a couple weeks ago.
"No one stands as tall as when
they stoop down to help a child" - Abraham Lincoln
Those who can do, and those who care teach.
Auntie Em, Hate you, hate Kansas, taking the dog. Dorothy
I've got a shirt, too. No comment on how it happened to come into my possession
stay low... keep moving...
Old picture of me taking care of business with the shirt on.
takingcareofbusiness by samlee79, on Flickr
Off in La La Land
I also have a shirt - it's one of the only one that manages to avoid being given to goodwill when I clean out my closet.
You all have no idea what I had to do to get that shirt, but it was not pretty....
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