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dinger
10-13-2003, 10:06 PM
from all the posts i see, the little avatar on the left side tells the date people joined. and i believe that October 2000 is the farthest back one that i've seen.

so,

shouldn't an AO Anniversary be coming up shortly? :)

its been 3 years and still going strong, wouldn't this call for a celebration? :D
dinger
10-13-2003, 10:55 PM
aaaaaaanyone have aaaaaaaaany idea what im talking about here...
Caffiend
10-13-2003, 11:21 PM
i know what you're talking about. it's now october, oldest joined date you see is october 2000, it's been three years since the dawn of AO...or since the servers reset ;)
Albinonewt
10-14-2003, 05:50 AM
Or since..........'THE INCIDENT'
breg
10-14-2003, 06:11 AM
I think that they had spome server problems, and a lot of people were dumped from the server..
Beemer
10-14-2003, 06:47 AM
[QUOTE]Originally posted by dinger
aaaaaaanyone have aaaaaaaaany idea what im talking about here...[QUOTE]



I here ya Bro. I dont need no reason to party
but that sounds like as good a reason as any.
Muzikman
10-14-2003, 09:24 AM
That would sound about right for the time frame of AGD purchasing AO.
Load SM5
10-14-2003, 09:58 AM
AGD purchased AO on November 3, 2000.
Muzikman
10-14-2003, 10:05 AM
Hmm....so we might be reaching that 1,000,000 post mark around the 3 year anniversary. Man...it's been that long...where has the time gone?:)
Load SM5
10-14-2003, 10:14 AM
Yer an old man Muzik....;)
kosmo
10-14-2003, 10:19 AM
Who else here was a member of old AO?
Doobie
10-14-2003, 11:24 AM
ish!:)

I do believe I had to re-register after the "Incident"...hence the 2001 date under my name. :(
Dayspring
10-14-2003, 11:53 AM
I was here. Remember the old blue/black layout?
Dayspring
10-14-2003, 11:53 AM
You should talk... ;)


Originally posted by Load SM5
Yer an old man Muzik....;)
wyn1370
10-14-2003, 11:57 AM
Originally posted by Load SM5
Yer an old man Muzik....;)
aren't you older than him??
Load SM5
10-14-2003, 12:13 PM
Originally posted by wyn1370

aren't you older than him??

Only chronologically. I'm waaaaay less mature than him.:D

I was around for a while before it Andy sold the forums. I did have to re-register after my account was lost.
cphilip
10-14-2003, 12:39 PM
Oh the good old days. Well some of these folks are here longer than me for sure. Some of em from all the way back in the day before AGD bought the site from Andy.

Me? I started lurking around here in November of that year right after I heard AGD bought it or was buying it. Can't recall which. I had just bought my first Mag and found this site around the time it was being bought is what I can recall. And after it had turned over I waited a few months while before I actually joined. I read a lot of stuff here over a few months. Finaly settled in as this being the best place to go. And it still is.

Since then I have risen to the level of my incompetence. :D

Happy birthday AO!
wyn1370
10-14-2003, 01:09 PM
Originally posted by cphilip
Well some of these folks are here longer than me for sure.
tee hee, I registered 2 days before you:p
Dayspring
10-14-2003, 01:19 PM
I'm starting to feel older and older as I'm reading this thread...

3 years is a long time. And I'm willing to bet that a great deal of it was spent here on AO. ;)
DJBacon06
10-14-2003, 03:52 PM
here it is......the 1999 version of AO!!

http://web.archive.org/web/19991127111741/http://automags.org/
kosmo
10-14-2003, 04:22 PM
I bet Ive got the lowest post per day rating of anyone...
Halliday
10-14-2003, 04:34 PM
I've been here a while. I remember the old layout too.
Army
10-14-2003, 05:11 PM
I found Andy's original AO in 1997 when I bought my first 'Mag and did some web research to find out more about it. Been on ever since.
alkafluence
10-14-2003, 06:03 PM
Originally posted by DJBacon06
here it is......the 1999 version of AO!!

http://web.archive.org/web/19991127111741/http://automags.org/

The "Wayback Machine" rules!

Although, I wish I had found this sight earlier. But I have to admit this is one of the best places to stay current with 'mag stuff, as well as get knowledgeable responses about the industry and other technical paintball questions.
cletus
10-14-2003, 06:46 PM
I got you beat kosmo...mine is .10 posts per day but this post will prolly shoot it up a little.
dinger
10-14-2003, 06:56 PM
holy cow...
i didn't know that there was even a pre-2k AO :o

btw, whats this talk about an "incident?" :)
sounds like rather interesting history if you ask me :D


also,

technically, the AO birthday would be November 5th, right?
but then again, there's registered members since October 15th, and that just so happens to be tomorrow..

so, is it a big ol HAPPY BIRTHDAY! to AO tomorrow, or in 3 weeks? :)
tony3
10-14-2003, 08:46 PM
Im guessing AGD bought AO and they had to reset the server or something and all the accounts got lost?
LaW
10-14-2003, 08:48 PM
Originally posted by Army
I found Andy's original AO in 1997 when I bought my first 'Mag and did some web research to find out more about it. Been on ever since.


Same here Army!
spydervenom
10-14-2003, 09:19 PM
*sigh*
the good ole' days
dinger
10-14-2003, 10:57 PM
over here in NE ohio, it just turned midnight!! :D :D


HAPPY 3RD BIRTHDAY, AO :D

::applause::
shartley
10-15-2003, 06:24 AM
Happy Birthday…