Old timers?

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I remember being on usenet in the 1989-1991 era, including rec.games.frp.misc ... It took effort to follow the threads... I don't miss uselessnet all that much.

Other than wishing more of it was archived for posterity, there's not much of an argument for usenet anymore.

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

Having come across some of my Usenet posts from when I was a teenager, I don't know that I'd want more of that out there!

But seriously, yeah, there's a whole lot of Usenet discourse that is an important record of the time.

Other than wishing more of it was archived for posterity, there's not much of an argument for usenet anymore.

 

[ShinHakkaider]

I was here early. I dont remember how early but I remember that this is my second account. Something happened with the site and I had to create this account. I know that I was around before 2002 because my son was born at the beginning of 2002 and I was on this site some time before that.

With all the talk of the OGL I just wanted to say that in those days this site was an AMAZING resource that I used to discover new products and help weed out the garbage and point me toward things that I would up either liking or loving. Until fairly recently I had a good amount of the books (physically) that I bought during that time. I was a BIG fan of Malhavoc Press, Necromancer Games, Frog God Games and Green Ronin (still am) and at the time the PDF boom was right up my alley.

I might be a rarity but I don't look at the d20 glut as a bad thing. Over time I think the garbage products mostly went away and the good stuff stayed in one form or another. I'm pretty sure that I first heard about Paizo's Age of Worms AP HERE on this site which prompted me to start picking up Dungeon regularly and even subscribing eventually. Something that in my years of reading it sporadically I'd never done before. This eventually led me to Pathfinder and away from here as this continued to focus more on D&D as it always had.

Still, I pop by every now and then to check in on an old acquaintance. It's nice to see it's still around even though my own involvement and activity is at a minimum.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I still own a bunch of d20 books, even though I'm unlikely to ever run 3E again. There's a ton of great ideas and settings that came out of the boom/glut.

 

[Lazvon]

I was reading probably starting in 2004 or so, my account was created 17 and 1/2 years ago in June 2005 when I had to post something or other. Then I left for like 15-16 years and came back last June when I started running D&D for my kids.

 

[Reynard]

This thread reminds me that my username Reynard started with this board and is what I use across many different boards and platforms now. I don't even recall why I chose it, other than I like the foxy fairy tales.

 

[el-remmen]

Hi Will!

Really longtime, my friend...

I was surprised reading this thread and seeing that a bunch of us, old timers from Eric's board, are still here.

It says something about a community when it keeps members for more than 20 years!


Oh, and Planescape forever, of course!

In a way this forum reminds me a bit like Sigil, it's the real life center of D&D multiverse, where people come and go as it remains for ages...

Hola, compai!

 

[Enkhidu]

Everytime one of these threads pop up I get the warm fuzzies when I see familiar faces usernames.

 

[Old Fezziwig]

Everytime one of these threads pop up I get the warm fuzzies when I see familiar faces usernames.

I agree. It's a lot of fun to see old faces — I really enjoyed EN World and the Circvs back in the late 00s. I'm enjoying it now, too, but I also enjoyed it then.

 

[Yenrak]

I've definitely been around since the early Morrus days, which I think were the early oughts. Used to read the original EN message boards but do not remember if I actually commented. Participated a bunch on the Necromancer game boards also, back in the day. Weirdly, my account says I only joined in 2017, so perhaps I used to post under a different handle. The memory plays weird games as the years add up.