OT: FOFC Super Veterans [Archive] - Front Office Football Central

Dutch

07-20-2003, 01:42 AM

Okay, I've been around these communities since about FOF being around about 7 or 8 months or so...I think the first patch or the 1999 draft had just been published.

Who here are our super veterans that have been around since the earliest stages of FOF? Out of curiosity.

NoMyths

07-20-2003, 01:47 AM

I came in just before FOF2 was released, but was suitably scared by the regulars into just lurking. But damnation was that a pretty site. :)

Neuqua

07-20-2003, 01:59 AM

I think I came in at the same time as NoMyths.. I was lookin for a text sports sim and almost bought the original FOF until I visited this board and found out the new release would be coming out shortly..

Good times..

mckerney

07-20-2003, 02:00 AM

Well, I was the first person to register who wasn't involved with sportplanet and the creation of the board. Just look at the number.

cartman

07-20-2003, 03:13 AM

I don't remember when I signed up with the original board. I think it was shortly after the original batch of FOF sold out, and I was trying to find a used copy to buy. I just remember I was shocked to run into Dave Dial again, after being in a FPSBB '96 league with him. Z²+ was in that league also, and in this board. So I guess it's been over 4 years since I first starting hanging out with this pathet... oops, I mean great group of guys. :D

Julio Riddols

07-20-2003, 03:50 AM

If I remember correctly, I've been around since somewhere in early 1999.. Of course I've never been much of a poster, but thats because I'm not made of paper, or exciting. All together I've been around probably 3.5 years. Its been a very interesting ride, to say the least. Watching this board grow and evolve as much as it has has been both a mild surprise and a case of serendipity.

And speaking of posters and the like, thats two for me today.. Damn this carpal tunnel..

Darkiller

07-20-2003, 08:00 AM

hum...I came here a long time ago...in a galaxy far, far away (namely : frontofficefootball.com)

Blackadar

07-20-2003, 08:18 AM

I think I qualify as a super veteran. I came on shortly after the first site was launched - so much so that Tony made me a mod before the launch of FOF2.

condors

07-20-2003, 09:27 AM

i used to take part in the newsgroups jim was a part of before fof1 was released and was a member of frontofficefootball.com for weeks just was a screen that said coming soon

Cuckoo

07-20-2003, 09:40 AM

Count me in with NoMyths in the group that came just before FOF2 came out. I bought FOF2 the first day it came out and lurked a bit on that old site. If I remember correctly, I had a few political-type debates with NoMyths back in the day. :)

Draft Dodger

07-20-2003, 09:41 AM

I came here right after FOF2001 was released and right before it was temporarily unrleased by EA Sports

Marmel

07-20-2003, 10:52 AM

I came here just a couple of weeks after the FOF2 release.

ice4277

07-20-2003, 10:54 AM

I came right after the release of FOF2 but didn't really post much until last year.

Rich1033

07-20-2003, 11:19 AM

I dont post much, but I have been around. I think I came over to the original site when it first opened. I was an irregular poster over at the high heat baseball forums when Tony told us about a new site he was going to open about a football text sim. Before that point I didnt even know that text sims existed.

tucker342

07-20-2003, 11:27 AM

wow you guys are old farts:D;)

The Afoci

07-20-2003, 12:13 PM

I lurked for a long long time. I remember frontofficefootball.com some. I have just kinda stuck around and now I post because I get bored at work.

vtbub

07-20-2003, 12:41 PM

I played the demo for FOF and remember the board before it moved out on it's own. For the most part, I've been a lurker until close to a year ago.

Bad-example

07-20-2003, 01:12 PM

I started frequenting The Sideline just before Jim patched the first FOF. My posts back in those days were limited to a couple rants against EA and Digital River.

sjshaw

07-20-2003, 01:19 PM

I read a review of FOF and found this place around March 1999.

damnMikeBrown

07-20-2003, 02:08 PM

I've been around since the original FOF. I read about it in the Newsgroups & that lead me to the boards. I registered under a different name back then. I think it was tradermatt or something. At any rate, I never posted, just lurked. Didn't join here until I got involved in Hattrick, in January I believe.

JeeberD

07-20-2003, 02:14 PM

I found FrontOfficeFootball.com not long after FOF2 was released...

Killebrew

07-20-2003, 02:56 PM

I came in right about the time FOF2 was released.

McSweeny

07-20-2003, 03:15 PM

i'm in the crowd who showed up right before FOF2 came out. I remember reading about the origanal FOF and thinking how cool it sounded. I was going to buy it until i heard that FOF2 was well on it's way. I lurked for quite awhile after that and the rest is history i suppose

GrantDawg

07-20-2003, 03:47 PM

Originally posted by NoMyths
I came in just before FOF2 was released, but was suitably scared by the regulars into just lurking. But damnation was that a pretty site. :)

Ditto.

Fonzie

07-20-2003, 04:19 PM

I've been around since shortly after the original FOF release. Ah, I remember those good ol' Sideline days well.

sabotai

07-20-2003, 04:34 PM

I've been around since '99, but just lurked for awhile until I eventually registared. I came to FOF after the whole FBPro 99 fiasco.

BishopMVP

07-20-2003, 05:53 PM

Originally posted by mckerney
Well, I was the first person to register who wasn't involved with sportplanet and the creation of the board. Just look at the number.

Based on this, the number of posts you have made and your posts per day average, we are within 2 or 3 days of the 1000th day of this board.

Honolulu_Blue

07-20-2003, 06:40 PM

I was around on the first board. I had a different handle or whatever you call it. I bought FOF1 waaay back in the day, before there was even a board for it.

Honolulu_Blue

07-20-2003, 06:46 PM

I must be honest though. I haven't played any FOF (or FOF-related product) other than FOF1 and FOF2 for more than 30 minutes. FOF2001 crashed my computer every time I tried to play it (and I got Champ Man for the first time). TCY. I tried it, but never got into it. I felt that managing the time and all that was too much effort and I never really got to "know" my players or get a feel for the team. If there was a "coach" mode I could have, but since they were only around for a max of 4 years, I just couldn't do it. FOF4. Haven't had time.

Weird how the amount of posting I do here is inversely proportional to the amount I play the games.

panerd

07-20-2003, 06:51 PM

I joined when TCY first came out. Not that this makes me any sort of veteran, but what makes it interesting is that some guy came around the same time I did and was always posting about how great University of Texas football was. The sad thing is that I think he scared off a guy named Devaneyfan who was a very strong contributer to the board. (I dunno, maybe Devaneyfan left for other reasons)

Blackadar

07-20-2003, 06:51 PM

Originally posted by Bad-example
I started frequenting The Sideline just before Jim patched the first FOF. My posts back in those days were limited to a couple rants against EA and Digital River.

That couldn't have been the first FOF, which was never delivered via Digital River.

Blade

07-20-2003, 07:00 PM

I have been around for quite a while, but I definitely do not qualify as a super veteren...

Anrhydeddu

07-20-2003, 07:12 PM

Me neither. I came around 10 months after FOF2, assuming it was released September 1999.

Vince

07-20-2003, 07:26 PM

Bad-example

07-20-2003, 07:41 PM

Originally posted by Blackadar
That couldn't have been the first FOF, which was never delivered via Digital River.

I am sorry. I was not very clear there.

I bought FOF1 and started lurking at the Sideline just about the time Jim released his patch.

I refused to buy FOF2 when it was released because I trusted neither EA nor DR to support the product. That is when I started actively posting there...just a few rants for the most part.

Karim

07-20-2003, 08:29 PM

comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.sports

kcchief19

07-20-2003, 09:33 PM

I stumbled on to FOF not too long after the original game came out. I was looking for info on football games while waiting for the much-delayed and plagued Football Pro '99. In 1998, I couldn't justify spending that much money sight unseen on a football game published by a guy out of his garage. So I waited for Sierra's game. Good call.

I finally decided that I would take a chance and order FOF1, but that was just after the game sold out. I lurked on FOF.com for a long time. I don't think I first posted until shortly before FOF2 came out. I also started visiting comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.sports about that same time.

Swaggs

07-20-2003, 10:19 PM

I came in around the same time as kcchief...observed for awhile, decided to buy the original and then found out it was sold out. :)

Spent a lot of time reading, and a little time posting, the original sideline. Good times. I still remember how excited I was when FOF2 finally came out. I broke a date w/ my girlfriend (now wife :) ) so that i could play all night. :)

PineTar

07-20-2003, 10:54 PM

I've been "rabidly posting" on the FOF forums since the first thread on Tony Wyss' frontofficefootball.com forums.

panerd

07-21-2003, 12:20 AM

Originally posted by Vince
I joined shortly after TCY came out, and I echo these sentiments as well. DevaneyFan did a bunch of great things with TCY, and then took off after the whole Horns fiasco. It was too bad...

Were you in Devaney's Notre Dame challenge? Man, he was so much more useful than HM's idiotic flame wars!

TroyF

07-21-2003, 01:25 AM

I was in early on. Not sure of the exact date, but I did get into the game early.

TroyF

Blackadar

07-21-2003, 06:11 AM

Heh, FOF "super" veterans.

Sounds like a FOF version of the Justice League of America.

Senator

07-21-2003, 06:50 AM

FOF2 was a dream and and a hope I remember.

MIJB#19

07-22-2003, 04:43 AM

Originally posted by Anrhydeddu
Me neither. I came around 10 months after FOF2, assuming it was released September 1999. Actually, you're still a newbie
Buccanneer on the other hand...

You joined later then me? I'm more veteran then you? taht sounds so improbable, almost impossible.

For your interest, I know I'm not a super veteran, joining FOF.com boards about a month after the Rams over Titans Super Bowl in 2000.

Blackadar

07-22-2003, 06:16 AM

I wonder who's been around the longest who's still pretty active. Tony obviously would be #1, but he's not around much anymore.

Anrhydeddu

07-22-2003, 09:16 AM

Originally posted by mckerney
Well, I was the first person to register who wasn't involved with sportplanet and the creation of the board. Just look at the number.

I call BS. The member ID thing came about in October 2000. It was the order in which we registered that weekend after the switchover, if I recall.

MIJB, seems a lot longer, huh?

Dutch

07-22-2003, 10:50 AM

I wonder who's been around the longest who's still pretty active.

I always figured you as that "Grumpy old dude..." :) even though your younger....but I think you have been around the longest that I can remember.

3ric

07-22-2003, 11:09 AM

I lurked on the Sideline after buying FOF2, but never registered a name there.

Ksyrup

07-22-2003, 11:17 AM

I honestly don't remember a specific month/year, but I know that I was registered at The Sideline and lurked on and off for a while. I recall not being very active and being totally in the dark when the whole move happened. I know I joined after the original FOF was sold out, but don't recall if I joined before or after FOF2 was released.

What was the timeline? When did The Sideline revolt occur, and what version of the game was released at that point and for how long? It all seems like a blur to me now...

Buzzbee

07-22-2003, 11:51 AM

Originally posted by panerd
I joined when TCY first came out. Not that this makes me any sort of veteran, but what makes it interesting is that some guy came around the same time I did and was always posting about how great University of Texas football was. The sad thing is that I think he scared off a guy named Devaneyfan who was a very strong contributer to the board. (I dunno, maybe Devaneyfan left for other reasons)

I started lurking right after TCY came out. I can remember Devaneyfan and several others (I think Hell Atlantic, SackAttack, Godzilla Blitz, and others that I can't recall) doing some intensive testing on how the time management aspect of TCY worked. If I remember correctly, they were waiting for the first patch to come out, and while they were waiting decided to do some serious testing. I think they identified a study hall bug (among others) where setting study hall to 14 was actually more effective than setting it at a higher rate. I missed the whole Devaneyfan vs. Horns segment, but wish that someone knew how to contact him and invite him back since Horns is banned.

I actually registered so that I could defend my state's honor. WSUCougar started the Place of Places Tourney. Unfortunately the great state of Georgia was eliminated by "lowly" West Virginia. Damn you Swaggs and Anxiety!!

Franklinnoble

07-22-2003, 11:51 AM

Originally posted by sabotai
I've been around since '99, but just lurked for awhile until I eventually registared. I came to FOF after the whole FBPro 99 fiasco.

Same here... I think I posted once or twice (under a different handle - can't remember it now) whining because the original FOF was sold out, and I had to wait for FOF2 to come along. :D

Franklinnoble

07-22-2003, 11:52 AM

dola... I was basically a big-time lurker until I found this was a good way to look busy at work when I had time to kill.

Buzzbee

07-22-2003, 11:54 AM

Damn! I HATE it when my post is the last one on a page. I figure most people will just go to the last page and miss my pearls of wisdom. Therefore, all you who have only read the posts on the second page of this thread, go read the last post on page one.

If you want to, of course. :D