The Lamonster
Member
I'm a big nub and I'd say there's so many newbies because of the great games coming out this fall.
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Graph-Age: GAF membership growth since 2002
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I just realised why this forum is awsome:
1) Mods ban fanboys left, right and center. I seriously got tired of the fanboy invasion that was taking over in most gaming forums. gamespot being the worst.
2) All members need to have some sort of nasty, sarcastic sense of humour. if you're stuck up and boring...you suck at life
1) Mods ban fanboys left, right and center. I seriously got tired of the fanboy invasion that was taking over in most gaming forums. gamespot being the worst.
2) All members need to have some sort of nasty, sarcastic sense of humour. if you're stuck up and boring...you suck at life
TheRipDizz
Banned
I thought there were more fucking noobs around than usual.
joined May 2007
I would've joined a lot earlier but at the time i neglected to read the TOS about banning email addresses from certain providers.
I know you guys must dislike most newbies, but all this new traffic IS great news. Its good to see that there are so many people interested in posting here.
I know you guys must dislike most newbies, but all this new traffic IS great news. Its good to see that there are so many people interested in posting here.
TransTrender
Gold Member
I gave them $25 and all I got was a GIA wallpaper and three more weeks of "No, really, we're still alive"UltimaKilo said:
I dont remember when I joined(Like 1 1/2 years ago)but I lurked at GAF for years. I never joined, and when I did try, I could never get "in", so I gave up for years. I then tried again, on a whim knowing that there was no way in hell I would get a response.
I did. I almost shat my pants. It's one of those things that you dont remember, and you do it almost for a laugh, and when it actually works, your like, "holy shit man"
I loved this place just reading it over the years, and I felt like I got to know many of the posters just by reading what they had to say.
It was wierd. Tis place was like a news site that you read every day for years , but never bother to join.
I wish I had joined way back in the day now. Oh well.
I did. I almost shat my pants. It's one of those things that you dont remember, and you do it almost for a laugh, and when it actually works, your like, "holy shit man"
I loved this place just reading it over the years, and I felt like I got to know many of the posters just by reading what they had to say.
It was wierd. Tis place was like a news site that you read every day for years , but never bother to join.
I wish I had joined way back in the day now. Oh well.
I'm a big newbie myself. I just joined within the last month.
I remembering checking out the old Gaf forums like back in 2000 and 2001 like a handful of times. Back then life was *very* different for me. Anyway, since I was always hearing about Gaf from some of the 1up guys and I kept reading news that originated from here I decided to join. And the fact that there are some very cool people here is a big plus. I lurked for like a week and then I signed up.
I remembering checking out the old Gaf forums like back in 2000 and 2001 like a handful of times. Back then life was *very* different for me. Anyway, since I was always hearing about Gaf from some of the 1up guys and I kept reading news that originated from here I decided to join. And the fact that there are some very cool people here is a big plus. I lurked for like a week and then I signed up.
Stapler Gonzales
Banned
I started posting here because I got sick of posting at a different gaming site.
Pimpwerx said:Looked through the Goodcow archive, and found the earliest post he has of mine was from 9/27/2000. I posted a lot more back then (3000 posts in a year? damn). It says I registered in June 1999 as "Duane" but I know I registered with a couple of different usernames before that. Maybe my memory is bad, but I remember the forum always having some sort of server/database problem all the way until NeoGAF. I think that's got a lot to do with the somewhat exclusive membership we had here in the past. And to be honest with you, this place was already unbearable at times back then. The stupidity has literally multiplied over the years.
Anyway, here's the earliest post I can remember. I thought my posting style changed a lot more than this:
Ah...the ill-conceived, ill-fated spinned.com. Sorry guys, I was the worst tech writer since...since...Panajev.Actually, he did fine. I was just lazy.
And for the haters, note that I've been using PEACE. on here since at least '99, and god knows I've been using it on usenet since like '94. I will never change.
Wait are you "Pimpin Dwayne" from the old Enix Forums?? and posts on the slimeknights and Woodus Forums?? if you are?? I thought I recognized you, as that username posted on almost every message board.
As for me, I migrated from IGN to here, as I could give a rat's ass now for the IGN boards, and I wasn't mesmerized by Jess Chobot's behind, that every IGN user worships her now. I remember visiting the Gaming-Age Forums back in 2003, but didn't bother to join, cuz of the shitty board layout and spyware, and nowadays I think being part of neogaf is an honour to most newbies as word gets around that it's the coolest gaming board to hang around, next to the LUE.
Square2015
Member
A thread like this needs a bump. Can you believe it? We're over 150,000 members now!?
edit: sticky keyboard FTL sry
edit: sticky keyboard FTL sry
Man what?
daTRUballin
Member
I was about to ask the same thing before he edited his post lol
xDUMPWEEDx
Banned
I got a laugh out of OP being banned. I looked at his recent posts before he was banned and didn't see anything banworthy.
Anyways, yeah, this forum has gotten huge compared to what it once was.
Anyways, yeah, this forum has gotten huge compared to what it once was.
daTRUballin
Member
How do you become a member? Is it after you have been a junior member for awhile? Or is it after you post however many times or something?
You have to PM a mod and ask to become a member. Bishoptl usually responds the fastest.
Pretty sure you have to have 300 posts and have been a member for 3 months.
Square2015
Member
Old-GAF goes back to the 90s my dear.
grandjedi6
Master of the Google Search
Did you just bump a Square2005 thread? Haha
Did the internet even exist back then?
lol
daTRUballin
Member
It has existed since the 80s. Lol
blame space
Banned
good bump
Square2015
Member
Here's an update, eight years later! Look at us!
If anyone has any more significant "callout" moments in GAF history let me now, I'll add it to this chart.
If anyone has any more significant "callout" moments in GAF history let me now, I'll add it to this chart.
I think I signed up around the time it was still a private forum using my isp email (freemail sites were banned, are they still banned?) but had to change to a freemail when I moved and cancelled my interwebs. Can't believe how long it took for my submission to be accepted.
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
the_batman
Banned
some may be dead.
Caayn
Member
When I registered in early 2013 a "payed" mail account was still required. Or alternatively you could use a university mail account.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
A valid near decade old bump, I never thought I'd see that one.
Rough head maths but with a total of over 150,000 members we will be losing several members a day. Unfortunately due to the age range involved and high male make up typically one gaffer a day will be committing suicide.
the_batman
Banned
i wonder who bought the farm tonight?
Dr. Feel Good
Banned
Are profiles with older start dates worth anything on a resale market?
Xaero Gravity
NEXT LEVEL lame™
hemtae
Member
Here's an update, eight years later! Look at us!
If anyone has any more significant "callout" moments in GAF history let me now, I'll add it to this chart.
When did we stop getting NPD numbers entirely?
efyu_lemonardo
May I have a cookie?
I assume it was just something that happened in 2007 before they eventually gave up and just accepted some people were in fact going to leak NPD numbers.
Unless someone from the good ole days wants to report back. Maybe people were leaking the actual entire analyst reports, lord forbid.
rokkerkory
Member
I wonder the drop off around 2002 and 2004? Gen 6 era? Wii winning early (360 too) had something to do with it?
the Wii didn't even exist when that drop happened.
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