15 years of the Playground!

[2D8HP]

I noted that the earliest post that I can find was 15 years ago today!:


This is a test post


For the curious, here's a collection of early threads:

Test (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?9014-Test)
(2003-08-06 to 2006-06-03)


Time After Time (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?9329-Time-After-Time)
(2003-08-08 to 2004-10-28)


1 suggestion & 1 question (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?9367-1-suggestion-amp-1-question)
(2003-08-09 to 2003-08-20)


*Avatar Images!* (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?9255-*Avatar-Images!*)
(2003-08-10 to 2007-06-12)


The Blackout (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?9368-The-Blackout)
(2003-08-17)


Pixies No More! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?9369-Pixies-No-More!)
(2003-08-18 to 2003-08-22)


Form? Not while posting! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?9370-Form-nbsp-Not-while-posting!)
(2003-08-18 to 2003-08-19)


YaBB (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?9371-YaBB)
(2003-08-18 to 2003-09-17)


Messages Color (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?9372-Messages-Color)
(2003-08-20)


Let's track the footprints! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?9373-Let-s-track-the-footprints!)
(2003-08-21 to 2003-08-22)


Messages? (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?9374-Messages)
(2003-08-25 to 2003-08-27)


Posting Pictures?!?!!? (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?9375-Posting-Pictures-!-!!)
(2003-09-02)


The first barbarian (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?9376-The-first-barbarian)
(2003-09-03 to 2003-11-05)


A message for Ray (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?9377-A-message-for-Ray)
(2003-09-10 to 2003-09-11)


The Rules of Posting (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?9304-The-Rules-of-Posting)
(2003-09-21 to 2005-02-17)


Sticky topic? (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?9378-Sticky-topic)
(2003-09-24 to 2003-09-25)


The Order of the Stick (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?7333-The-Order-of-the-Stick)
(2003-09-25 to 2004-04-13)


new javascript for games??? (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?9379-new-javascript-for-games)
(2003-10-05 to 2003-10-06)


Reading to Posting Ratio (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?9380-Reading-to-Posting-Ratio)
(2003-10-07 to 2003-10-10)


Bold (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?9381-Bold)
(2003-10-11 to 2003-10-13)


Ray: View issue? (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?9383-Ray-View-issue)
(2003-10-18 to 2003-10-19)


Justice League (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?7347-Justice-League)
(2003-10-18 to 2007-03-18)


Re (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?9384-Re)
(2003-10-22 to 2003-10-23)


Outage (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?9385-Outage)
(2003-10-27)


Server Maintenance (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?9386-Server-Maintenance)
(2003-11-03 to 2003-11-07)


The creeping "New" tags... (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?9387-The-creeping-quot-New-quot-tags)
(2003-11-03 to 2003-11-08)


AGAIN??? (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?9345-AGAIN)
(2003-11-13 to 2004-08-07)


Mailing List (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?9388-Mailing-List)
(2003-11-13)


Avatars (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?9389-Avatars)
(2003-11-15 to 2003-11-18)


Minor issue with Auto-Censor (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?9391-Minor-issue-with-Auto-Censor)
(2003-12-09 to 2003-12-10)


The Ogre Cometh... (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?9392-The-Ogre-Cometh)
(2003-12-18)


Comic Book Questions (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?15302-Comic-Book-Questions)
(2003-12-18 to 2005-02-20)


IMPORTANT: Boards Meltdown (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?9363-IMPORTANT-Boards-Meltdown)
(2004-01-02 to 2004-01-08)


Na na na na, hey hey hey (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?9365-Na-na-na-na-hey-hey-hey)
(2004-01-02)


Linux Woes (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?9364-Linux-Woes)
(2004-01-04 to 2004-01-05)


Forum Reorganization! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?9362-Forum-Reorganization!)
(2004-01-09 to 2004-01-11)


Ask the Order of the Stick (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?7341-Ask-the-Order-of-the-Stick)
(2004-01-09 to 2007-04-10)


Problems with the Comic Book Trivia Thread (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?9361-Problems-with-the-Comic-Book-Trivia-Thread)
(2004-01-13)

Happy anniversary!

[Tvtyrant]

Congrats everyone! We did it!

Also I have been on here almost as long as I have been an adult.

[Peelee]

Time After Time (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?9329-Time-After-Time)
(2003-08-08 to 2004-10-28)

He noted it wasn't a shameless Cyndi Lauper plug, but never denied that it was a shameless Ozzy Osbourne plug. The Blizzard strikes again!

[Jormengand]

Well, damn. Happy birthday, playground. And a reminder:


Please do not hack the software
What kind of world do we live in where a man can't display a rabbit with a pancake on its head freely?

[gooddragon1]

It's been a while. I remember playing runescape back then.

[RabbitHoleLost]

My original account was registered 7/7/07, which means I've been registered on this hellsite for 11 years. I missed my anniversary this year-- probably because I've moved all my favorite people onto the facebook group.

To fifteen more.

[Imladir]

Happy Birthday :)
It's funny, I'm quite new on the site, but I've played my first P&P RPGs almost fifteen years ago :)

[Rockphed]

Well, damn. Happy birthday, playground. And a reminder:

There are too many to pick just one (https://www.google.com/search?biw=1600&bih=763&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=3feDW_mNE4vz0wLwrq7wAQ&q=rabbit+with+pancake+on+his+head&oq=rabbit+with+pancake+on+his+head&gs_l). Ah, Giant, you truly are a font of wisdom for the ages.

[danzibr]

Wowza.

Happy birthday!

[Lord Magtok]

I missed my anniversary this year-- probably because I've moved all my favorite people onto the facebook group.

Except the coolest dude of them all, he doesn't use Facebook. :smalltongue:

[Yuki Akuma]

...Huh. The site was only just over a year old when I first joined?

That can't be right

[AuthorGirl]

This site is younger than me! Not many things are :smalltongue:

[Peelee]

This site is younger than me! Not many things are :smalltongue:

Too many things are younger than me. Including you. Ugh. Youths.

[AuthorGirl]

Too many things are younger than me. Including you. Ugh. Youths.

I offer you an insincere apology for my own existence :smalltongue:

[druid91]

Huh. I've been on this site for over a decade. A little bit more time, and I'll have spent half of my life posting on this website occasionally.

[Peelee]

I offer you an insincere apology for my own existence :smalltongue:

I would expect nothing less!:smalltongue:

Also, my baby is younger than you. At least,
I hope so.

[AuthorGirl]

I would expect nothing less!:smalltongue:

Also, my baby is younger than you. At least,
I hope so.

1. Awww, I'm happy for you!

2. I was just about to say the "I hope so" part . . .

[Rockphed]

Too many things are younger than me. Including you. Ugh. Youths.

You would get along better with the rising generation if you didn't hurl their lack of experience in their faces constantly.:smalltongue:

[Peelee]

You would get along better with the rising generation if you didn't hurl their lack of experience in their faces constantly.:smalltongue:

It's not their lack of experience that disgusts me. Hell, I'll go to bat for 'em on that. It's their health. Their stupid, non painful backs. Youth really is wasted on the young. Really, I just wanna be 27 again forever.
1. Awww, I'm happy for you!

Thanks! Hes the best baby ever.

[Rockphed]

Eh, eating nothing but pizza for 3 days takes practice, not the gut of a young-un. And I much prefer the income boost that comes with decent age to the ability to stay up all night without repercussions from when I was 20.

[2D8HP]

...Their stupid, non painful backs...


I envy that too, but at least my back is better now than it was 16 years ago.


...Youth really is wasted on the young....


And wealth is wasted on the old.

My younger self really could've used the cash!

[Peelee]

And wealth is wasted on the old.

My younger self really could've used the cash!

Ha! I hadn't heard that, but it's perfect.

[Cealocanth]

And here I was thinking I was a grizzled veteran at just over 8 years. You know, D&D changes, media changes, the internet changes, the world changes, but the Playground, as silly as it is, has always stayed the same for me. I appreciate it being what it is and nothing more, a place for PBP games, silly message board nonsense, discussion of my long-time favorite webcomic, and discussion of my favorite games. IDK where else I will mention this but the skills that my avatar-making days in the Arts and Crafts thread taught me is actually what I do for a living now, so I'm grateful for what the Playground had to teach me.

[Maelstrom]

Aw, back in the waning heyday of 3.5.... Darn website is almost old enough to yell out ' get off my lawn!!'

[Togath]

Wow! 15 years is a big milestone. :smallbiggrin:
I only joined about eight years ago, but it's been a blast.