AO Anniversary

[Load SM5]

Originally posted by wyn1370

aren't you older than him??

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

I was around for a while before it Andy sold the forums. I did have to re-register after my account was lost.

[cphilip]

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.

Happy birthday AO!

[wyn1370]

Originally posted by cphilip
Well some of these folks are here longer than me for sure.

tee hee, I registered 2 days before you

[Dayspring]

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]

here it is......the 1999 version of AO!!

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

[kosmo]

I bet Ive got the lowest post per day rating of anyone...

[Halliday]

I've been here a while. I remember the old layout too.

[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.

[alkafluence]

Originally posted by DJBacon06
here it is......the 1999 version of AO!!

http://web.archive.org/web/199911271.../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]

I got you beat kosmo...mine is .10 posts per day but this post will prolly shoot it up a little.

[dinger]

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


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]

Im guessing AGD bought AO and they had to reset the server or something and all the accounts got lost?

[LaW]

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]

*sigh*
the good ole' days

[dinger]

over here in NE ohio, it just turned midnight!!


HAPPY 3RD BIRTHDAY, AO

::applause::