Who'd been here the longest?

It occurs to me that I've been a member of "Gameboomers" for 17 years, "Jeeeze" Ive been through 2 wives since then. Oh well, at least "Y'all" still love me.

Of course we do, Gordon

You've got me beat by 4 years...I showed up in 2004.

11 years for me.

January 2004 for me so it's been 13 and a half years.

Ana

17 years in exactly three days! I registered on July 4, 2000. I'm ahead of you by about 10 weeks, Gordon.

I can't believe it's been that long!

I thought we were pretty close.

11 years and still going

Next December will be 14 years.

Chief

13 Happy years on Nov. 29. I went through 2 hubbies but it was before I signed up for GB. Actually I think GB kept me sane, or sorta sane.

This is my 13th year at GB! Hard to believe it's been that long. So much has changed with gaming! First we had several cds for one game, then we went to one DVD and now we download games and store them in the clouds or somewhere out there! Amazing changes in such a short time!

GameBoomers was one of the first gaming sites that I joined when I started "surfing the net".

Wow 15 years, July 12, 2002. Time sure does fly.

10 years for me.

I think you must be one of the earliest registered members still posting on GameBoomers, if not *the* earliest!

LadyLinda is #111 of the members!

I've got LadyLinda beat by a few months. I registered in June and she in November 1999.

Sorry LadyLinda.

Take care all.

Mr. Bill

Fantastic, Mr. Bill!

It has been 18 years for me (6/1/1999) and I am member #18, just before Mr Bill. I wonder where the first 17 are now. I know that I miss a lot of them.

It's great to see the really longstanding GameBoomers members posting here.

I miss a lot of those posters too, Pokey.

I registered a few months after you, Marian, and so very soon I will have enjoyed 17 years here at Gameboomers

I found listing of members by date joined under "Status". Of the first 20, only a very few have posted in the last 5 years. Nice to see all the names and remember many of them.

February 10, 2000.

Gameboomers was the first ever forum I registered with when I first had access to the internet. I joined in January 7, 2001. So over 15 years.
I knew nothing about registering, and when asked about a user name, I thought they meant my email name set up by the computer guy. That's why I ended up using the short form of my business name. I didn't realize I could choose anything. It was a good mistake, as I have continued to use this name on gaming forums (only AG and Mystery Manor, now that JA has disappeared). Gameboomers was also responsible for giving me my pictoral identity across the forums. Pandora made up my avatar for me when I joined.

I am still a relative newbie from 2004, and the biggest change I notice is the relaxation of the censorship from my earliest days: some people may have felt that it was too strict but I valued the attitude even if it did sometimes make me laugh.

I recall once sending a mock complaint about lawyer jokes (being a lawyer) only to receive a genuinely concerned response from a moderator!

You have no idea how many complaints we'd get because someone was offended. It was constant. I guess compared to the rest of the internet people have stopped complaining because we are still very civilized. Thank goodness the days of having to literally watch every moment is over.

Ana

And thank goodness Gameboomers IS still civilised !!

It's one of the joys of coming here for me

It won't change, Mad.

Lex I've always tried to make fun of myself, as much as any other group of people...ie lawyers, or blonds.

Lately though I find myself looking inward, and becoming more aware of my past predjudices, and judgmental attitude towards others, and I try to always be aware of the feelings of whoever might be reading my post, and it has caused me to sensor myself. I now exclude a great many jokes that I might have posted without a second thought in the past.

I don't always succede but I try,


joe

I'm a person that uses the word hate a lot for whatever reason but find myself trying very hard not to use it here because it just doesn't belong here.

I.... ...don't want to admit it but....guilty.


joe

This is my kind of game site

There I was, posting on the UnOfficial Tex Murphy website, when someone named Witchen posted a reply and said I should check out GameBoomers. The rest is history, and I’ll never leave as long as Ya’ll are around. It looks like some of you have me beat by a few months.

Albert

Nice to see you, Albert, and we are glad that you are still here.

I was a member of another game site very similar to Gameboomers when this site appeared in 1999. That site disappeared shortly after. Does anyone remember anything about it?