10 years of ENW

[LightPhoenix]

It's been almost ten years? Wow.

I don't think I've been here since the beginning, but I know I first started coming here before 3E came out. At least long enough to recognize "C'mon August!" Though I think I first saw Henry's sig on one of the newsgroups.

[EDIT]This gave me the idea of trying to track down the birth of the site via newsgroup postings, which are forever archived. I have not found a source as of yet that mentions the site, but I did find this post: Prescience!

[MORE EDIT]This post lists a website on mailbag.com that is of course no longer there.

[EVEN MORE EDIT]I found this posting on July 29th, 1999 that does not contain the Mailbag link. The first link I can find is on August 22nd, 1999. I'll see if I can do a more complete search between those two dates tomorrow. Or, if someone wants to get really nostalgic, there you go.

[FINAL EDIT... I PROMISE]Well duh. I was reviewing the links, and the very first one I posted has the site listed on August 13th, 1999. That narrows it down to a couple of weeks.

 

[EricNoah]

The oldest scoop I have in my news archive is August 10, 1999. I probably started the site a day or two before that but I don't know for sure.

 

[Jack99]

10 years already? That's a while. I can still remember the rush I felt when I found the page for the first time, around the time when the speculations and previews for 3e were starting to roll in. Finally some more people with the same interest as me, who like to talk about it (my players love to play the game, but talking about game mechanics and the like isn't their thing).

Cheers

 

[Morrus]

The oldest scoop I have in my news archive is August 10, 1999. I probably started the site a day or two before that but I don't know for sure.

Well let's adopt August 10 as the official birthday, then!

 

[Mark]

Well let's adopt August 10 as the official birthday, then!

Time for a banner/artwork contest?

 

[Morrus]

Time for a banner/artwork contest?

That could be a great idea. Make an event of it, see if we can rope in some celebrity judges, offer a cool prize...

 

[Crothian]

I can supply gaming prizes if you want.

 

[Mark]

There might need to be a list or pool of elements/components you definitely want incorporated into any banner or art piece. Might even be that a t-shirt design could be created and sold to help fund continued operations. You might want to get one of the local lawyer-types to scratch out some release forms for you, too, just to CYOA on the art usage down the line. I know of CafePress.com but what was the place that had the D&D shirt vending license a while ago?

 

[Umbran]

Might even be that a t-shirt design could be created and sold to help fund continued operations.

This is an excellent idea.

 

[thalmin]

I remember discovering the site during GenCon. August 10 was a Tuesday, 2 days after the Con closed. Does that fit Eric's timetable?