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[MetalAlien]

For all of you old-school members: do you still have access to the email address you used to sign up? Better yet, do you even remember the email address you used to sign up?

Yes and it still works.. it's an aol addy.

We need a 16 years badge for all of us 2004ers.

You mean 98/99er. We all know you were here first and the forum was built around you.

 

[ManaByte]

For all of you old-school members: do you still have access to the email address you used to sign up? Better yet, do you even remember the email address you used to sign up?

Nope it was my ISP email at the time.

 

[Tesseract]

There's also Gaborn and the guy who had that anal lube avatar. The latter had cancer and posted all the way up to his death. It was heartbreaking. Was quite young as well, iirc.

who could forget garborn news inc.

 

[MetalAlien]

fixed that for you.
This is actually what made GAF so great 1999-2006

Absolutely hilarious.

I guess most people liked it for the NPD numbers and insider shit

 

[bronk]

Been lurking since like 04. I honestly cant even remember users from then.

 

[Ovek]

Joined around 2013 but lurked for a very long time before that because I could never get my account verified.

 

[lachesis]

For all of you old-school members: do you still have access to the email address you used to sign up? Better yet, do you even remember the email address you used to sign up?

It's still same for me. Been with the company for 20+ years... yikes.

 

[mango drank]

I'm interested in hearing from individuals like this. Those that have spent a huge chunk of their lives here, what keeps them devoted after a decade and will they ever leave?

I drifted in and out over the years. I mostly used GAF as a gaming news website early on. I'd rarely visit the big gaming news outlets of the time (GameSpot, IGN). And all the other niche gaming news websites I'd cared about in the early 2000s had died, along with their forums. I'd gotten used to loading up the GAF gaming side and just scanning the thread titles to see what was happening in the world of games. The 360 / PS3 gen was just around the corner, so there was a ton of activity back then. I also liked the goofy, jokey atmosphere--less serious than other places.

Over the years ... I guess I've used it the same way. As to why I'm still here: for the simple reason that GAF hasn't died. Other forums I've been an active part of since '05 have either died as part of the general forumpocalypse of the past two decades, or I've completely lost interest in their focus. I'll probably always play video games, though, and GAF is one of the biggest gaming forums around, and it seems to be able to weather just about damn near anything. And the people are still really funny.

 

[MetalAlien]

I'm interested in hearing from individuals like this. Those that have spent a huge chunk of their lives here, what keeps them devoted after a decade and will they ever leave?

 

[Stiflers Mom]

Started lurking in 2006. Like everybody else, I just didn't get approved with my shitty hotmail email account back then, and didn't want to use my corporate email addresses for this.

In 2012 I tried again with a non mass email address, and got approved.

Loved this place the minute I entered it. All the hilarity, discussions, drama, inside jokes.
And that you had opinions from both sides duking it out, whether it being on console warring or politics.

From 2015 on, it was a bit depressing with all that SJW shit going on.

But the way it is now, it's like late great 2000s again, imo.

 

[DogofWar]

I lurked GAF quite frequently already around 08-09 something. Was a great place for gaming news but I did not really even bother to register at forums back then. Already before the great downfall I was quite turned off by the resetera-esque threads popping up and even Reddit seemed better for a while.

But this place has really turned around, and splitting the user base in two (the REEErs going over there) was a great thing in the end. I now get all my gaming news and discussions as well as shitposting and the occasional political rant without having to read about how Pokemon is super transphobic.

Props to the people who have been active on here and earlier iterations since 04 and even before btw! That is just insane in a good way. You are an official part of video game history by now.

 

[teezzy]

No of coarse not everyone is like that.
All I'm saying is this place was one of the most despised sites on the internet by others even a couple years before it went bat shit crazy. I just wonder why people wanted to be apart of it back then.

My initial account was from 2012. The community here was sharp and funny, I'd keel over laughing at posts. Much like now. I couldn't believe it.

I was a 21 year old edge lord then. Lots of liberal and tolerance approved ideas made it into my head via GAF and I slowly became increasingly liberal until the exodus. I left along with them because the idea of a new forum seemed exciting. The site drama meant nothing to me, and I wasnt invited via Discord.

Then Era slowly nut surely became what it is now and I suddenly realized that funny forum I fell in love with back in 2012 didnt exist. I started posting here again this year and the rest is history.

Forgive me Foamy, for I have sinned.

 

[Bullet Club]

Not me.

I did try to join in 2008 though.

How dare you, EviLore !

It was probably for the best.

 

[Brian Fellows]

Looks like I registered June 7th 2004. But I have been here since late 99 or early 2000.

 

[sol_bad]

Member since January 2006.
Still love the place but sometimes it feels like there is a tad too much negativity and not enough love for the hobby of gaming. Almost every thread will have an argument about something. And I'm part of those arguments sometimes.

 

[Alex Anderson]

2004. Still here out of habit.

 

[Rentahamster]

who could forget garborn news inc.

He penetrated my world ™

 

[Slings and Arrows]

Lurked after Teamxbox shit the bed, i can't remember if it was 07?

Had three accounts, all banned. Thanks Bishoptl.

Re-registered after the great purge.

 

[Bernkastel]

The thing that gets me is that when you quote Evilore, you see that he’s the fourth member of Neogaf. Who are the other 3?

1. N NeoGAF Admin
2. H Hitokage
3. M maharg

None of them are active, so EviLore is the oldest active GAF member.

 

[Peter303]

2006. I even had an avatar back in the animated gif avatar days, but it was deleted by a mod for being in bad taste. (It wasn't)

 

[OmegaSupreme]

2006. I even had an avatar back in the animated gif avatar days, but it was deleted by a mod for being in bad taste. (It wasn't)

You got me curious

 

[Insane Metal]

Since 2006. Only started posting heavily after the crazies left.

Me too!

2006 represent.

 

[Porcile]

I`ve been reading GAF since the Dragon Quest 9 DS exclusivity announcement in 2006. Made an account in 2008 or so but was banned by Duckroll in junior phase. Re-registered in 2012.

 

[Peter303]

You got me curious

It was a cartoon puppy from Okami (i think) on PS2, behind view of it wagging it's tail. Must have been the 1 pixel anus that caused offence.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

It was a cartoon puppy from Okami (i think) on PS2, behind view of it wagging it's tail. Must have been the 1 pixel anus that caused offence.

Jesus, I'm glad we're past that.

 

[ManaByte]

2006. I even had an avatar back in the animated gif avatar days, but it was deleted by a mod for being in bad taste. (It wasn't)

The GIF avatar days were fun.

 

[jdforge]

Us Treebeards should be given special status. Or failing that a bus pass haha

 

[Typhares]

2013, lurked for a while before, never posted much (especially when things got crazy).
But I was active after the crazies left to try and rebuild. Now things run themselves again

 

[Stiflers Mom]

1 pixel anus that caused offence.

"1 pixel anus" would be a great user name.

 

[eot]

I was lurking since maybe 2007, remember the Denis Dyack thread lol, but only signed up in 2012 after other forums I were on kinda died

 

[pr0cs]

"Joined May 10, 2006"

Back then there was a 'waiting period' before you could actually start logging in/posting.
Starting lurking just before the 360 and PS3 launch.

I'm just glad I got to see such fantastic events like the 360 wine cooler, Dyack meltdown, FF "shame" thread and other legendary posts.

 

[TheContact]

I only joined recently so, I can't really say much about that. But if it's not Evilore... I think there were several users with thousands of posts, at least before 2017.

Yes, there was a vetting process. You had to use an authorized/independent email, as in something that wasn't Outlook or something. I still don't understand why was the registration like that, whereas now it's possible to register like any other forums.

I think it was to prevent bots from signing up, since it's more difficult to create accounts using a "paid" service. No idea about the backend of this all and why that's changed, though.

 

[MetalAlien]

1. N NeoGAF Admin
2. H Hitokage
3. M maharg

None of them are active, so EviLore is the oldest active GAF member.

I used to talk astronomy with Hito. He was good people. He was the only mod to offer me a tag but I turned him down. I still have that PM in my inbox. We only had one disagreement and that was about God. He was very level headed. I miss talking with him.

The OG Setec Astronomer.

 

[EverydayBeast]

Threads like this will make you feel old for sure, just an historic forum.

 

[Lady Bird]

I used to feel old around here, but this thread actually makes me feel young(er). So many accounts from 2004 and posters from the previous forum, yeesh.

Used to lurk before I created this account, not sure for how long. What I loved the most about gaf at the time was the famitsu scans and translations for all the juicy japanese RPG news.

 

[Christopher]

Hi! I’m pretty old too

I started this account in college now I’m married and have four kids, insane.

 

[Deleted member 1159]

I used to talk astronomy with Hito. He was good people. He was the only mod to offer me a tag but I turned him down. I still have that PM in my inbox. We only had one disagreement and that was about God. He was very level headed. I miss talking with him.

The OG Setec Astronomer.

Hito as an ex-Mormon a few years my senior helped open my eyes to how f’d up things were before I found out myself. I probably wouldn’t be who I am today if he wasn’t an example of a smart guy who did things right and still left it behind, because I wouldn’t have been as open to it without knowing him. He’s missed.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

You gotta wonder where some of the og's and vets who were super active went. I don't buy that all of them went to Re.

I was a lurker for a long time. Mid 2000's maybe? Only just joined to talk last year.

 

[iconmaster]

GreatLore, GoodLore, BadLore, EvilLore

Only one survived.

Deepest Lore lore.

 

[Pagusas]

14 years for me...

I've thought about retiring, but then who would be the pillar of sanity here? Cunth needs an opposite.

 

[Rentahamster]

Hitokage was a good dude. He always knew what he was talking about, and backed up his words.

 

[Cockles & Whelks]

july 2000

Gaming Age Forum

Oh EviLore and H Hitokage are on page 2.

Impressive, I was around in 2000.

I remember some of those names, especially Fishy - I think he owned a console shop in Belgium?

 

[Deleted member 17706]

I'm 2007, old by today's standards, but when I joined it was already such a vibrant community, I've never shaken the feeling that I'm a newbie.

 

[Fushitsusha]

The GIF avatar days were fun.

Bring them back! Make Neogaf great again.

 

[Scotty W]

I'm 2007, old by today's standards, but when I joined it was already such a vibrant community, I've never shaken the feeling that I'm a newbie.

I think we are supposed to feel that way, that’s why it’s called New Fag, right?

 

[Christopher]

The one thing I’ll say that’s different now is that there was legit more “community” then I knew half of the people posting here through their avatars and names...now it’s too many people to legit remember outside a handful.

EviLore ManaByte are the legit OGs I remember posting here