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2020-05-14, 09:39 AM (ISO 8601)
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How Old Is Giant In The Playground?
I've been here since 2004. I was new then, but I don't know how long these forums have been around. Well?
I am ArlEammon. I've been here since 2004, but I've lost access to my other account.
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2020-05-14, 09:55 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Jun 2009
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Re: How Old Is Giant In The Playground?
The earliest post I could find anywhere in the forums dates from 2003... and it's about a blackout that caused the loss of previous data from the site. So, it's definitely older than 2003, but it's hard to tell by how much, at least from information still on the forums. So I think that's up to the oldest posters to reply...
edit: according to whois.net, the giantitp.com domain was registered in July 8th, 2003, so there's that. The site could still be older and under a different domain, but anyway.Last edited by SirKazum; 2020-05-14 at 09:58 AM.
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2020-05-14, 10:05 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Dec 2009
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Re: How Old Is Giant In The Playground?
Last edited by Peelee; 2020-05-14 at 10:05 AM.
Cuthalion's art is the prettiest art of all the art. Like my avatar.
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2020-05-14, 11:03 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Nov 2006
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- England. Ish.
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Re: How Old Is Giant In The Playground?
According to the introduction in Dungeon Crawling Fools, the comic was started in September 2003, about three months after the website itself was started, so that's June 2003 ish?
From the description, the forum was part of the original site (described as a ghost town of a message board). It's grown a bit since then, obviously...Warning: This posting may contain wit, wisdom, pathos, irony, satire, sarcasm and puns. And traces of nut.
"The main skill of a good ruler seems to be not preventing the conflagrations but rather keeping them contained enough they rate more as campfires." Rogar Demonblud
"Hold on just a d*** second. UK has spam callers that try to get you to buy conservatories?!? Even y'alls spammers are higher class than ours!" Peelee
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2020-05-14, 11:09 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Jan 2007
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- Switzerland
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Re: How Old Is Giant In The Playground?
Sadly, google trends doesn't go back before 2004
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2020-05-14, 12:34 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Mar 2007
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- Oregon, USA
Re: How Old Is Giant In The Playground?
That timing seems right for the initial launch.
"That WOTC contest" would be the Fantasy Setting Search that eventually resulted in Keith Baker's Eberron, and the selection of the winner was announced in February 2003 (as near as I can determine).FeytouchedBanana eldritch disciple avatar by...me!
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2020-05-17, 09:55 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Aug 2009
Re: How Old Is Giant In The Playground?
The oldest post I can find is from August 6 2003 (slightly older than the one about the blackout SirKazum linked to above).
OOTS launched later, on September 25 2003.