SaysWho? Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 And as much as many of you irritate me with the status-quo doom and gloom, basically mimicking Mouse from the Poorly Drawn Lines comic strip: It's one of my favorite places to talk current events because we're all so used to each other and not questioning motives. Hope y'all are doing well in life. 5 2 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uaarkson Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 20 years this month since I first registered Uaarkson on IGN. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
best3444 Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 1 minute ago, Uaarkson said: 20 years this month since I first registered Uaarkson on IGN. 24 years since registering best3444 on IGN. I enjoy everyone on other sections of this forum but yea, it's been a very long time. Eventually it will end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 Nerds 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted April 11 Author Share Posted April 11 7 minutes ago, best3444 said: yea, it's been a very long time. Eventually it will end. Bro, don't remind me! C&H did that to me once and I haven't forgiven them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 @SaysWho? will decide when it ends. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
best3444 Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 7 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said: @SaysWho? will decide when it ends. My bad. This is very true. Please forgive me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firewithin Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 Poorly Drawn Lines comics can really hit deep sometimes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subzwari1987 Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 I remember lurking the CEB board on IGN, and I’ve enjoyed lurking this board since the move. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marioandsonic Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 1 hour ago, Uaarkson said: 20 years this month since I first registered Uaarkson on IGN. 20 years last month I registered on IGN 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 2 minutes ago, marioandsonic said: 20 years last month I registered on IGN 23 years in June for me 👴 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 It's been 23 years this months since I first signed up (and paid!!) for access to the IGN message boards. Good lord 23 years. I was 14 when I signed up and I am now 37 years old. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurricane Game Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 Ign boards were my first message boards 😢 been here since the beginning and I'm not leaving unless the boards do! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 I remember going to the IGN Boards in 2001 or so after Daily Radar closed down. It's been a great ride so far, let's keep it going until we're all 80! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarSolo Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 What the hell were we doing paying for the IGN Boards? We deserve refunds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 I don't remember when I registered but I know I was on the boards for a bit before 9/11 so at least 23 years, maybe 24. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 1 hour ago, MarSolo said: What the hell were we doing paying for the IGN Boards? We deserve refunds. Especially for the magazines that never came. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cusideabelincoln Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 I do not remember paying for IGN access back in December 2000 when I first registered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_MH Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 6 minutes ago, cusideabelincoln said: I do not remember paying for IGN access back in December 2000 when I first registered. Wasn't it free and then access to some features or some boards or maybe the whole thing was put behind a paywall or something? I remember it being fully free when I first registered and then it went to paid and I got to sneak in under the radar because I wrote a few terrible articles for them back when I was in college. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 54 minutes ago, Ghost_MH said: Wasn't it free and then access to some features or some boards or maybe the whole thing was put behind a paywall or something? I remember it being fully free when I first registered and then it went to paid and I got to sneak in under the radar because I wrote a few terrible articles for them back when I was in college. This is correct, as I remember it. It was initially free, but by the time I registered in April 2001 all the message boards I believe were put behind a paywall, alongside some additional features on the main website, etc. And yeah I never got a magazine, which I believe they had promised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 I mostly just lurked on IGN. I guess that might be true of me here too compared to the posting frequency of some others. But I definitely post here more than I ever did on IGN. I remember somebody posted a link to Bad Cartridge on IGN and I came here and never went back to IGN. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted April 11 Author Share Posted April 11 You could have an avatar and access certain boards if you paid for an IGN Insider thing, which was $20 for a year. People begged to be "adopted" by an insider, but like... shit, $20 even then for an entire year wasn't that much. The CEB and DVD General Board were behind the paywall, and I enjoyed those two boards the most, even if the Vesti had some really fun and memorably weird moments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLeon Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 I joined the IGN boards in ‘06, but I don’t think I really overlapped with most of you there. I spent too much of my time there with the maniacs of the Wii Lobby. I joined the BC migration I think mostly out of boredom, not because all my friends were leaving. Now I’m bored again, but there’s nowhere else to go. Oh well, I guess I’m stuck with you d1pshits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chakoo Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 I’m sure I’ve been an asshole to you* at one time since the IGN handheld days and I’m sure I’ll be an asshole to you again as I continue to get old and cranky. *each and every one of you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin King Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 I can't remember when I started going to IGN boards... I remembered when IGN was mainly just a N64 codes/walkthrough website. Probably boards around 2000 or 2001 as ShaneMcmahon006. Mainly lurker, but enjoyed the CEB, DVD, and Halo boards. I do remember paying $20 for insider too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 1 hour ago, SaysWho? said: You could have an avatar and access certain boards if you paid for an IGN Insider thing, which was $20 for a year. People begged to be "adopted" by an insider, but like... shit, $20 even then for an entire year wasn't that much. The CEB and DVD General Board were behind the paywall, and I enjoyed those two boards the most, even if the Vesti had some really fun and memorably weird moments. When you're 14 years old in 2001 and having to ask your mom for their credit card so you can pay for online features of one website, it's a lot of money. As most here know I was mostly on the Anime Community Board and Anime General Board only for many years before eventually jumping to the DVD General Board (which is where all movie and TV discussion mostly happened). Most of those peeps did migrate to Bad Cartridge and then to D1P though most I remember from that time have now left, unfortunately. The strength and diversity of conversations during those days were so good, I miss that vs. the very little to absolutely nothing we get on the board these days. Everyone just goes: "this is how I feel" and moves on, I miss the days of dissecting scenes and really breaking things down. Everyone just presenting their feelings and moving on isn't really discourse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oberon Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 Joined IGN back in early 2001 and was even adopted for insider by TheRealBruceCampbell . Joined the CEB then when I saw the link for this original board joined it. Been here since although I don’t post a lot I read here every day 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreePi Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 I don't know if IGN made all the boards subscriber-only, I thought they had all the platforms just had a free version and paid version. I paid for an IGN subscription to avoid the rabble in the free forums, and also because I wanted in on that weird meta browser Rock-Scissors-Paper game that IGN was running. I thought it was such a cool idea, but ended up barely getting any matches and then they shut it down. Forums-wise, I pretty much stuck to the PC boards and the GameCube board. I remember how much fun 3DMark01 benchmark leaderboards were. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nokra Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 I joined IGN in August of 2000. It's truly been a pleasure posting with you fucks the last 20 years! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reputator Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 16 hours ago, Greatoneshere said: It's been 23 years this months since I first signed up (and paid!!) for access to the IGN message boards. Good lord 23 years. I was 14 when I signed up and I am now 37 years old. Wow, same. April 2001 aahhhh that screenname ooooo here's the oldest image of Mr. Wade Steel that I have I just have a folder full of old message board stuff some of you guys that hung around the PC community board might remember this crap 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signifyin(g)Monkey Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 Registered at IGN in 2002, was a serial lurker forever until around the time of the D1P Great Migration. I just had my 40th… Holy fuck, I’m a grumpy old man. If you’re one of those early-to-mid-2000s-born whippersnappers, you better get off my lawn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamusha Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 Registered for IGN back in 2002 and discovered the CEB in 2009 I think. At first I mostly lurked because I was intimidated by how much everyone knew. When you grow up in a state with such a poor education system finding a place like CEB was such an important part of my intellectual development. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TUFKAK Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 I think I joined the boards in 03 and got sponsored, remember that shit, in like 04. Don’t remember when I found the CEB/got active but guess during the Bush administration in like 09/10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBladeRoden Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 I couldn't find when I joined, but I did find this sweet Angelfire page IGN Zelda Board RPG bio info: TheBladeRoden (Kinslyth) WWW.ANGELFIRE.COM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted April 12 Author Share Posted April 12 I remember a dude who made comics about the Vesti. Like he made this comic where somebody sees a crash and rushes home to post about it on the Vesti, that sort of stuff. He also made a comic about @Karld316 saying if 50 mods post in his thread, he'd stop posting on the Vesti, and the number 50 mod was some guy saying, "I did mj's mom last night," and mj was one of the mods. He complained that it wasn't fair, that some people were made temp mods to articifically bump up the numbers and people kept it bumped so mods could see, and then one of the mods said to stop complaining and that they were close to making him a mod so he could be the 50th mod to post and get himself banned from the Vesti. He was banned from the vesti. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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