How long have you been a member of this community?

[Dodgerchick]

poll forthcoming

Antmeister and I were talking about how long we've been with FOFC. I've been a part of the community since 2004 and Ant joined in late 2003 but was a lurker since 2000.

So what brought you here? For me, it was listening to Ant busting up after reading some story on the board, or I'd give him what I thought were breaking news and he'd say, "That's old news, it's been on the board for hours". So I had to check it out and I'm glad I did. You guys are a bunch of unique, sarcastic, quick-witted characters and I'm glad to know you.

[Antmeister]

Not sure how to answer this. I wrote 3 posts on the old board in total and was mainly a lurker. So not sure if that qualifies as 11+ years. Because I didn't officially post on this board until 2003.

[Marc Vaughan]

I joined this board around the time my daughter started Primary school in England .... she's now at University in Florida.

(so thanks for reminding me I'm now OLD ;) )

[Draft Dodger]

where is the "too fucking long" option?

[Izulde]

I'm also not sure how long I've been here. I know I had an original account that I forgot the password for.

[MacroGuru]

since 03. I joined for Hattrick and also the ability to push my indoor soccer sim, well the sim died and my love for the game or the community didn't.

[MizzouRah]

September will be 11 years.. wow. Where is my cane?

[Eaglesfan27]

Coming up to 11 years as well.

[judicial clerk]

I think I came here looking for a good football simulation after Front Page Sports Football Pro sort of imploded. I started on the old Sideline board.

With kids, work, and incompatible technology, I have not played FOF in many years, although it is still one of my favorites. I still come to the board because I enjoy the conversation more than other message boards or blogs I have read.

[Young Drachma]

I had an account on the original board but forgot that user name and created Dark Cloud we moved to the other site. Didn't really leave the dynasty forum for years.

[M GO BLUE!!!]

I go back to when Ben was Skydog & Pumpy posted pictures.

2 words tell whether you are a true veteran or not: Patriotic Undies.

[molson]

Since a few months before FOF2 came out, so definitely 11+ years. Though I only had a couple of posts here and there until around 2004-2005

[Lathum]

Over 11 years. I think I was also a member of the prior version of the board but took a while to migrate over.

[Suburban Rhythm]

Yikes!

<------12 years already?

Like most, looking for something more than console gaming, more stats/strategy based. For the first few years, I posted sparingly, and only in the FOFC forum.

Then, being in SW PA, I learned of the legend of the Pumpy, migrated to the OT forum, and have been hooked ever since.

[Honolulu_Blue]

A long time.

My join date here is October 2000, but I feel like I first posted on an older message board, but it was only like one post.

It's pretty crazy to think how long it' been. Still, this is really the only message board/community I have ever really been involved in any kind of way. It meets all of my needs: sports, news, pop culture, video games, board games, etc.

I bought the first FOF and loved it. That's how I found this place. I believe the first post I ever had on any FOF message board was about how I enjoyed to infusing some aspect of "role playing" into the game to make it seem more real or something like that.

[Buccaneer]

Youngsters. :rolleyes:

:)

[MrBug708]

Whenever FOF2 came out...my favorite version of the game

[lungs]

May of 2002 was my join date but I know I had another screen name that I never really posted under and forgot the password. May of 2002 would have been the end of my freshman year in college. But I know I've at least been reading since high school.

[vex]

TCY brought me here.

[claphamsa]

I came to play WW... Im shocked it was only 5.5 years ago!

[PilotMan]

Yeah, I officially registered back about 11 years ago, but I was a lurker for a few months before that. I was looking for a football game like OOTP and found this.

I've been thinking that this board has been moving into its golden years, but it's still the place I frequent the most throughout the day.

And yes, I feel old too, not Bucc old, but old as compared to, you know, the 20 something I was when I started here and had only 1 kid.

[spleen1015]

10 years when September gets here.

I found out this place and FOF because someone from here came over to the OOTP boards and was posting a bunch of crap over something. Then, someone told them to take their BS back over to FOFC and I had to find out what FOFC was.

[BYU 14]

Will be 11 in June......Hell I was young when I joined here:)

[DaddyTorgo]

Splitting the difference between when I registered on this board (2002) and when I first started posting (2004 - i forgot my password and couldn't get access to it for a long time...i wish i could remember what actually compelled me to finally post).

[PackerFanatic]

Been around since 2005...stuck around because of the awesome song Ant made about me ;)

[Antmeister]

Definitely been here too long. Here is a picture I posted in the Kid's Thread about 6 1/2 years ago:
http://www.almarks.com/images/1lanlar.jpg

And here they are today:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/4356992/IMG_1259_1.jpg

[Antmeister]

Been around since 2005...stuck around because of the awesome song Ant made about me ;)

LOL....caught somebody cheat at FastFL.

[Alan T]

You can blame Celeval for me being here. Back in the late 1990s he was my source for Text sports sim games on the computer. He introduced me to FOF way back when, and eventually I created an account here. It is all his fault.

[DanGarion]

Let me post first and then I can answer.

[mauchow]

Gotta post to see

[mauchow]

Thats wild dan g. We both posted that and we had the same join dates.

[DanGarion]

The guys from the RWBL brought me here. They kept talking about FOFC and I knew nothing about it. So once I figured out what it was and saw how great of a community it was I joined. Even through all the years and the complaints I still love this community more than any other and am happy to still be part of it.

[OldGiants]

The old board for me. Was that FOF2?

I miss those days, the discussions were almost all about the game.

I can still remember the exact day this board was ruined. I checked to see if a TCY patch had been posted, but the first several threads were all from that cocksucking turd of a screen name Kodos, such as "How popular were you in high school?"

Jim's link to the patch was well down the page.

I knew then this forum would never be about Jim's games again.

[Edward64]

6 years but was a lurker for a while.

[EagleFan]

2 words tell whether you are a true veteran or not: Patriotic Undies.

Great, now I have that picture in my head...

[BillJasper]

The members page lists my join date as 12-16-2001, which sounds about right. But it also lists my last post as 12-31-1969. :lol:

EDIT: Looks like I have two accounts somehow, the join date for this one is August 13,2001.

[Kodos]

I just started today.

[RedKingGold]

I think I came here looking for a good football simulation after Front Page Sports Football Pro sort of imploded. I started on the old Sideline board.

This, although I lurked a few years before registering. FOF brought me to the community when I was 15 and had to buy the game with my mom's credit card.

[RedKingGold]

I actually discovered FOF through a review on IGN. I wonder if that website even still exists?

[EagleFan]

I started at Sideline but posted very little there. The I received an email about FOFC and signed up and somehow over 12 years have passed since.


When I joined FOFC:
-My oldest daughter was 1 month old.
-I had just turned 31 and was working as a program analyst.
-Had been married for 6 years.
-Had only flown twice in my life (vaction with wife in Vegas and vacation with wife in Jamaica).
-Had only left the country one time, Jamaica.
-Had worked just 2 jobs since high school, a retail stint for a while before getting into casino/IT.
-Ran a site simleague.net in which I had a BBPro 98 league running on the site.


Since joining:
-Oldest daughter is 12 and youngest will be 9 on Monday.
-Now 43 and a Program Manager for a third party casino ccompany.
-Have been married for 18 years.
-Not even sure how many times I have flown at this point, though almost all for work reasons.
-Have now been to India (multiple times), Germany, China, Canada as well as the original Jamaica.
-Not including the job I had when I started, I have worked 4 different jobs (though it really endes up being the 2 playces two times) and unfortunately had a year and a half of being out of work and having medical problems during that span.
-Expanded simleague.net to include two different BBPro leagues (one that I ran and one that someone who was in my original league ran), an OOTP historical league, a NASCAR Racing league, a Pro Basketball league and was trying to start a college basketball league. EA attempted to strong arm me to give up the site, threatening a lawsuit because of the game The Sims, saying I was trying to use the popularity of that game to "sell" the site. They didn't do much research to see that not only had I run the site since well before that game came out but that I was not making any money on the site but was doing it as a hobby. Have since stopped running that site and I see that WhatIfSports has since gobbled up the name.

[Abe Sargent]

I came here from Madden. Someone on the MaddenMania boards, where I was, recommended EA Sports's FOF 2k1 for me, since i Loved the GM Mode of Madden so much. That led me to play it, check out FOF, and so the story began.

[Ryan S]

I was a member of the Sideline at GA Sports since it opened, and I even remember when Tony Wyss posted a message at the GA High Heat board (was it called The Dugout?) announcing the creation of the site.

I was originally member #67 here, and became #1 when I moved the board over to vBulletin.

[revrew]

Long enough to remember patriotic undies. I still refer to Ben as Skydog, and my wife still chuckles as the SWMBO moniker.

Hey, how about that? Kodos and I joined the same month.

[mckerney]

Whenever FOF2 came out...my favorite version of the game

My favorite of the series, probably due to the abundance of great corners late in the draft.

May have to install that again.

[MrBug708]

Anywhere to get the original file?

[MizzouRah]

Whenever FOF2 came out...my favorite version of the game

That was one fantastic game.

[britrock88]

Hmm... FBCB brought me here, actually. I probably started lurking from around the time FBCB2 came out (April 2010).

[Blackadar]

I think Ryan S and I are two of the originals...something like 15 years or so now.

[Dodgerchick]

Thats wild dan g. We both posted that and we had the same join dates.

*queue Twilight Zone music*

[Fidatelo]

I've been here over 10 years, I believe FOF2001 was my first stab at the series. Still always my most-visited web site aside from Google.

[mckerney]

I've been here since member #4.

[MrBug708]

Sack was 3

[Blackadar]

The top order of the top member numbers don't mean much - I loaded the database during the exodus and tested with a small sample size. I don't remember how to look at member numbers anymore, but if I remember correctly I think I registered myself 8th. I know my intention was to register Tony as #1 as a tribute to The Sideline, but I don't recall if that happened.

[Suicane75]

Long enough to have seen divorces, deaths, childbirth, marriages, graduations. Long enough to consider this place a home. Nerds.

[kcchief19]

Here's a coincidence ... ranked by Join Date, I'm the 114th person to join FOFC. Ranked by total number of posts, I'm 114th.

I may be the most average person on FOFC.

[Groundhog]

I first came here in about 2001, but I can't remember what user ID I used. I was mainly a lurker, and came here after seeing the boards linked from the fbbgames.com boards.

[HeavyReign]

Been around since the Sideline. FBB was released just after the migration to this forum on Oct 26, 2000.

[AnalBumCover]

I wonder if the Patriotic Undies pic would be mod-deleted these days.

[sabotai]

I wonder if the Patriotic Undies pic would be mod-deleted these days.

Only one way to find out

[MrBug708]

It's of a guy, so no

[Coffee Warlord]

I lurked for at least at year before I bothered to join. Been a long, long time.

[Ben E Lou]

Whenever The Sideline opened (1998? 1999?). I still have a few printouts of dynasties I posted from there. Got kicked off of there by Styx for defending Blackadar during that fiasco, but reinstated a few days later.

[Abe Sargent]

Whenever The Sideline opened (1998? 1999?). I still have a few printouts of dynasties I posted from there. Got kicked off of there by Styx for defending Blackadar during that fiasco, but reinstated a few days later.

What fiasco?

[PackerFanatic]

LOL....caught somebody cheat at FastFL.

Too funny :)

[Buccaneer]

What fiasco?

Can. Worms.

Wasn't it Stix? And he was indeed an angry, young man.

[QuikSand]

It was STIX, just for the record.

[QuikSand]

...and I've been here a good long while. I don't recall what my holdup was when we relocated to this board amidst "the fiasco" (I think that should stick) so I might have registered here a day later than many others.

But since we're remembering days long gone... I remember when it was proper etiquette here to use the letters "OT" in the title of a post that wasn't going to be about the FOF game.

[QuikSand]

In 2001, I remember committing to stay away from this forum for a while (partially on vacation in Vegas) as I was concerned that I was spending too much time and attention here.

[korme]

I voted 9-10, because I'm dumb and was thinking I signed up in 2004. I'm over 11, I was 14 or 15 when I signed up.

[Buccaneer]

Yeah, I remember being out of town that weekend and didn't register until late. Some people wondered if I had gotten the message and wondered where I was. Sometimes, esp. in the 2002-2004 timeframe, I really wish I stayed away (too much time posting at work).

[Professor58]

Just posting to see my join date.

Also come here almost everyday, but sit back and enjoy the group

[JonInMiddleGA]

We are, for better or worse, kinda growing old together around here.

[PilotMan]

Holy Shit, I just remembered that I got here because of Darkiller's Dynasty about Brock Sheriff. And then he left for good after the whole Freedom Fries/French Fries thing post 9/11. FnA.

[PilotMan]

dola

http://membres.multimania.fr/frontofficefoot/press_room.htm

[IlliniCub]

I recently joined but have read the board almost everyday since a little before the the ea sports version of fof

[Subby]

I think I am #5.

I'm just here for the occasional carnage.

[Subby]

Biggest accomplishment:

Chubby 10-20-2000 8,799 Today May 12, 77 35
Subby 10-20-2000 8,787 Today February 5, 77 36

[cuervo72]

Biggest accomplishment:

Chubby 10-20-2000 8,799 Today May 12, 77 35
Subby 10-20-2000 8,787 Today February 5, 77 36

Since when is lying about your age an accomplishment?

[Autumn]

Going to post here to find the answer to this question.

[Autumn]

It was 10 years ago.

[Autumn]

So basically we've added 2 members to the forum in the last 3 years. Hi Britrock!

[Peregrine]

Pretty crazy to think our core group here has been around so long and so few newcomers (at least ones that answered the poll.)

[Icy]

I came in 2003 after reading about FOF at sigames forums. I remember emailing Jim asking if he could ship a FOF cd to Spain before fof2k4 was released and available digitaly.

I must admit fofc has been an important thing in my life, helping me to improve my English a lot for example, along with a better understanding of the USA culture and way of thinking outside text books, that has helped me a lot in my work career in the internet business. Thanks to Fofc i now can think and even dream in English, something you can usually only accomplish after living for some time in a new country.

[Ryan S]

The top order of the top member numbers don't mean much - I loaded the database during the exodus and tested with a small sample size. I don't remember how to look at member numbers anymore, but if I remember correctly I think I registered myself 8th. I know my intention was to register Tony as #1 as a tribute to The Sideline, but I don't recall if that happened.

The top numbers got messed up when we moved over to vBulletin. I had to create an account for myself before I could import the board, so I ended up with account #1, and everyone else in the first 60 or so fell back by 1.

[Dodgerchick]

I came in 2003 after reading about FOF at sigames forums. I remember emailing Jim asking if he could ship a FOF cd to Spain before fof2k4 was released and available digitaly.

I must admit fofc has been an important thing in my life, helping me to improve my English a lot for example, along with a better understanding of the USA culture and way of thinking outside text books, that has helped me a lot in my work career in the internet business. Thanks to Fofc i now can think and even dream in English, something you can usually only accomplish after living for some time in a new country.

That's awesome and inspiring, Icy!

[cartman]

I too was back around during the Sideline days. I stumbled upon this group from the Sierra boards around the time of the NFL Football Pro '99 fiasco. We were all looking for a new alternative, and FOF was mentioned. I remember seeing the newsgroup articles in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.sports about the game and shortly thereafter joined the Sideline iteration of our community.

For those wondering about the "incident", it was almost exactly 13 years ago. Here is a link to an earlier thread, with more info and insight.

10 year landmark in FOFC history - Front Office Football Central (http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?t=76825)

[Ironhead]

Been many years at this point. I think I originally joined to ask a question about TCY. Then I stayed because you are all so cocky and funny.

[Fidatelo]

There is something bizarre about having been visiting a message board for over 10 years and yet still not being among the top 60% of longest-tenured members.

[Antmeister]

What is crazy to me is that through all the drama that happens in life, and the strong opinions that have been expressed on this board regarding religion, politics, Katrina, 9/11 etc. It amazes me the same core of people have consistently come back year after year. Stuff like this sometimes tears families and friends apart but to see a majority of us are in the 9+range is quite remarkable.

For whatever reason, I thought this was a way smaller group.

[cody8200]

12.3 years ago. Meaning when I signed up after the Sideline days, I was 18, in my senior year of high school and working at Staples making 7.07/hr. Since then I have graduated college, got married (5 years), have had 4 jobs that have lasted two years or more, and have a 3 year old daughter and a son who turned 1 today.

[Lathum]

What is weird is looking through some of the familiar names that haven't posted in months, or maybe years. Wonder where they went. Got tired of the board or something worse?

[britrock88]

So basically we've added 2 members to the forum in the last 3 years. Hi Britrock!

I miss Grover. And CF (who I think is within the <6 year timeframe that's the tail of this curve).

[sabotai]

I too was back around during the Sideline days. I stumbled upon this group from the Sierra boards around the time of the NFL Football Pro '99 fiasco. We were all looking for a new alternative, and FOF was mentioned

Same here. I was pretty active on the Sierra boards and looked for FOF when it was mentioned there after Football Pro 99 was recalled.

[Dodgerchick]

What is weird is looking through some of the familiar names that haven't posted in months, or maybe years. Wonder where they went. Got tired of the board or something worse?

I often wonder about st.cronin

[GrantDawg]

Same here. I was pretty active on the Sierra boards and looked for FOF when it was mentioned there after Football Pro 99 was recalled.



This,

[MrBug708]

I often wonder about st.cronin

Ksyrup
Rizon
Greyfooroo
daedelus
Huckleberry
Nomyths
GodzillaBlitz
Hornspurplefrog
rkmsuf
blade
theafoci
cringer
sachmo

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Coming up on 12 years for me. I know, you all must think it's been at least 15 years.

[Blackadar]

Ksyrup
Rizon
Greyfooroo
daedelus
Huckleberry
Nomyths
GodzillaBlitz
Hornspurplefrog
rkmsuf
blade
theafoci
cringer
sachmo

You forgot HornsManiac

:lol:

[Buccaneer]

I'm trying to remember what the interim forum was after The Sideline and before GameSpy. According to Blackie's timeline, we revolted and move elsewhere before Tony landed on his feet. Where was that elsewhere?

[sabotai]

If I recall correctly, st. cronin got married. I remember someone mentioning that before. Not sure why that led to him not coming here, but given that he posted here a lot, maybe he thought it took too much of his time and simply cut it off cold turkey. I can understand that thinking because I've quit MMOs in the past for the same reason.

[sabotai]

I'm trying to remember what the interim forum was after The Sideline and before GameSpy. According to Blackie's timeline, we revolted and move elsewhere before Tony landed on his feet. Where was that elsewhere?

I completely forgot about that. I forget what they called it. I also remember that on that board when they were getting ready for this one, the mods announced "a surprise" and everyone went "A NEW FOF GAME!?!?!" and they then said "uuhhh....no, new board....sorry."

[Buccaneer]

I remember my first post on the Sideline and the first reply was from ColtsFan who welcomed me and hoped that I would fit in. Never did. :)

[RendeR]

I joined in the Fall of 2001. Now I look at the results of this poll and I just sit back and say "Wow, guess all those policies are just bringing in the newbies in DROVES"

Almost 2/3 of the membership that answered the poll is over 11 years here. Its kind of disturbing.

[MrBug708]

I'd say a lack of a new game from Solecismic has prevented any new blood

[RendeR]

I don't doubt that plays into it too. No argument there.

[britrock88]

Ksyrup left after an image thread-related boxing, no?

[MIJB#19]

I must admit fofc has been an important thing in my life, helping me to improve my English a lot for example, along with a better understanding of the USA culture and way of thinking outside text books, that has helped me a lot in my work career in the internet business. Thanks to Fofc i now can think and even dream in English, something you can usually only accomplish after living for some time in a new country.Most of this applies to me too, ignoring the fact that I have little use of English in my work. We (the dutch) always claim we're so good in teaching our kids foreign languages and about cultures in (high) school, but the reality is that I would have still struggled with the English languauge without my time at FOFC. Ditto concerning culture in the USA.

[Lathum]

Ksyrup left after an image thread-related boxing, no?

yeah

[korme]

What is weird is looking through some of the familiar names that haven't posted in months, or maybe years. Wonder where they went. Got tired of the board or something worse?

Somehow we usually find out about it if it's unfortunately "something worse."

[yeah826]

3 years apparently but I know I was a lurker for a good 2 years.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Most of this applies to me too, ignoring the fact that I have little use of English in my work. We (the dutch) always claim we're so good in teaching our kids foreign languages and about cultures in (high) school, but the reality is that I would have still struggled with the English languauge without my time at FOFC. Ditto concerning culture in the USA.

FWIW, I generally feel like both you & Icy are virtually seamless with your English here.

What I suspect has happened with both of you is that you've picked up common usage rather than technically perfect English, which prevents you from standing out.

(although in the quote above the phrase "little use of English" would probably most frequently be said as "little use for English" ;) )

[korme]

Front Office Football Central (http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/member.php?u=691) <--STIX

[korme]

Any relative newbies not know where "Dola" comes from?

[molson]

I read as much FOF content as I could on the board in the early days but skimmed completely over all the board politic stuff. In retrospect, I'm kind of fascinated by that stuff and the evolution of these boards over the last 15 years. But then I try to take a peek back, maybe at the web.archive, or just now looking at STIX's last post in the forum from 2001 and I just can't follow it. I have no idea what he's talking about. I mean, I get the modern disputes involving photos and general asshattery, but for some reason I just can't stay with whatever the hell was going on back then.

It's interesting to look back at the evolution of threads from being all-FOF to what it is now.

I wonder how it'll all end. I guess there'll be a snowball effect eventually where there's fewer and fewer posts, and then you reach that critical point where the board so longer seems "active", and that causes people to stop coming, and then the death spiral. But how long until that happens? Are we talking 10 years? It's probably more likely that operation sports eventually goes away, and then there's maybe some half-ass attempt to establish a new site, but only a few people make the jump, and then things just never get going and instead die out. It's kind of an interesting social-internet dynamic, how message boards "die".

[Bad-example]

It was a mini review in a magazine (Video Games and Computer Entertainment?) that first alerted me to the original FOF and I started lurking The Sideline soon after that. I don't think I started posting until FOF2k1 was in the pipeline.

[Blade]

Ksyrup
Rizon
Greyfooroo
daedelus
Huckleberry
Nomyths
GodzillaBlitz
Hornspurplefrog
rkmsuf
blade
theafoci
cringer
sachmo

Not sure if you mean me or Blade6119, as I wonder where he went. It has been over 12 years for me here, though I obviously lurk way more than I contribute!

[Marmel]

It was a mini review in a magazine (Video Games and Computer Entertainment?) that first alerted me to the original FOF and I started lurking The Sideline soon after that. I don't think I started posting until FOF2k1 was in the pipeline.

You have the oldest thread on the board, at least according to the board statistics. It was a goodbye post and you said you were never coming here again. :)

I remember the green sideline days. I left for a number of years and have been back for a couple now I guess.

[General Mike]

Sometime in 2001, looking for something to take my mind off the passing of my mother I found OOTP and shortly after FOF.

[britrock88]

Any relative newbies not know where "Dola" comes from?

I see JeeberD is cited in the Urban Dictionary definition...

[mckerney]

I see JeeberD is cited in the Urban Dictionary definition...

I think he sort of got the nickname since he posted a lot, but it comes from a poster Dolamite who posted a bunch of short posts in a row in several threads to shed the title of Rookie or whatever it was.

[Young Drachma]

Changing to Sideline Green as an homage.

[mckerney]

I still use Sideline Green. Change is scary even a decade later.

[MIJB#19]

(although in the quote above the phrase "little use of English" would probably most frequently be said as "little use for English" ;) )Hah. This gramatical error was a result of text restructuring, rather than misuse of the words of and for. :p

Which reminds me of something harldy related. I think I never commented on your previous signature, the one that included the name of Abraham Kuyper. I suspect that is the same Abraham Kuijper (original spelling) of whom a statue was revealed in Maassluis a couple of years ago. I actually attended the revelation and ride by on a daily base, purely because it's located on my route to work.

Completely off topic, clearly, but for whatever reason it felt appropriate to mention. :D

[cartman]

Hah. This gramatical error was a result of text restructuring, rather than misuse of the words of and for. :p



How solecismic of you... :D

Solecism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solecism)

[thealmighty]

Slightly over 11 years, though I had a different moniker in 2001.

[JediKooter]

Is FTB ever going to come back?

[JeeberD]

I've been around since the Sideline days, though I was computerless for a while and missed the migration to GameSpy. It took me a while to find where the board had gone, but found it again in 2000 (though my handle back then was "JeeberDMack").

I think I first found the Sideline by doing an AltaVista search about FOF when I first discovered FOF2. MIJB and I were both newbs at the same time over there...

My posting has cut dramatically over the past few years thanks to marriage and kid(s). I'm sure some of you *cough*Bucc*cough* are happy about that... ;)

[Lathum]

I's funny to think there was a time when Jeebers post count was thought to be surpassed by anyone and now he is 9th.

[Senator]

Since Sideline. Since HornedFrogPurple left, my participation has lessened over time. We were like a wrestling tag team.

Seeing Shorty and Noop grow up on here has been something I really remember.

[JeeberD]

I's funny to think there was a time when Jeebers post count was thought to be surpassed by anyone and now he is 9th.

I know, right? I just checked, a mere 419 posts since my son was born just over three years ago. I used to post that much in a month...

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

I know, right? I just checked, a mere 419 posts since my son was born just over three years ago. I used to post that much in a month...

Kids do that to post counts. New jobs will do that as well.

[Pyser]

i was on the old board, but dont remember specifics about what went down. i found this from being upset at madden's stats. must of been late 90s if i had to guess?

this is still the only message board i check regularly, and certainly the only one i consider myself to be a part of.

it really is remarkable to think how long we have all been here. i guess we'll mostly all be here in another 12-15 years, too. crazy.

[Suicane75]

I know, right? I just checked, a mere 419 posts since my son was born just over three years ago. I used to post that much in a month...

Laura Prepon To Pose For Playboy - Front Office Football Central (http://operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?t=40219&highlight=Prepon)

Maybe my favorite thread I ever started.

[JediKooter]

Laura Prepon To Pose For Playboy - Front Office Football Central (http://operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?t=40219&highlight=Prepon)

Maybe my favorite thread I ever started.

I have to agree, feet are not sexy.

[stevew]

Laura Prepon To Pose For Playboy - Front Office Football Central (http://operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?t=40219&highlight=Prepon)

Maybe my favorite thread I ever started.

It seems like Mr Skin does suggest hr topless in the movie "Lay the Favorite"

[DanGarion]

Laura Prepon To Pose For Playboy - Front Office Football Central (http://operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?t=40219&highlight=Prepon)

Maybe my favorite thread I ever started.

And it never happened.

[sabotai]

It seems like Mr Skin does suggest hr topless in the movie "Lay the Favorite"

Confirmed.

(Google is your friend in these situations.)

[ISiddiqui]

2001 it seems. I guess it'd be strange to have many newbies considering the last time an FOFC game was released.

[britrock88]

It's a valid point, but people also come for Werewolf, the FBB threads, and so on.

[Subby]

STIX FX Entertainment - Marketing and Web Development (http://www.stixfx.com/)

https://twitter.com/jasonstix

[Subby]

And gamespy closed up shop last week:

GameSpy: PC Games, Reviews, News, Previews, Demos, Mods & Patches (http://www.gamespy.com/)

[SackAttack]

Sack was 3

Yeah, that sounds right.

[Senator]

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[tucker rocky]

I remember doing a search for football sims back then.
FOF was one that came up, read the bio about the game,
looked interesting, so I downloaded and bought a license for the full game.
Became hooked ever since.
I came across FOFC, by way of doing searches about strategy and whatnot.

EDIT:
I lurked for about 2 years, before making my first post in 2003 though.

[finketr]

I remember the FOF posts in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.sports ..

i'm so old...and i typed that from memory... :(

[JediKooter]

Sports Digs joined two weeks before everyone else did.

[Radii]

I remember the FOF posts in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.sports ..

i'm so old...and i typed that from memory... :(

That's what brought to FOF and to FOFC.

[samifan24]

My join date here is April 15, 2001 and I migrated here from the old site. I remember visiting the site on my 21st birthday and I'll be 30 next month. FOFC has been such a huge part of my online life--and for so long--that I can't imagine what it would be like if the site ceased to exist.

[kcchief19]

I remember the FOF posts in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.sports ..

i'm so old...and i typed that from memory... :(
Yep, that's how I found FOF. I was looking for an alternative to FPS, and saw the raves about FOF. But I was making $20,000, so spending money on a game from a guy selling them out of his garage seemed crazy. The day I finally decided I should take the plunge was the day Jim posted FOF1 had sold out.

[Sweed]

10 years when September gets here.

I found out this place and FOF because someone from here came over to the OOTP boards and was posting a bunch of crap over something. Then, someone told them to take their BS back over to FOFC and I had to find out what FOFC was.

10 years for me come October. Also first heard of fofc on the OOTP boards and IIRC what a badass place fofc could be:) Lurked a bit and found it an interesting board to hang out at. I think I joined when I bought my first FOF.

Unless I am away from home I probably log in here at least once a day.

[Buccaneer]

I remember reading about FOF1 in Computer Gaming World in early 1999 but didn't think about that until I bought Football Mogul. I enjoyed that game but it was lacking and then I remembered the review in CGW. Unless I'm mixing up reviews, it mentioned QuikSand and his challenges.

[Autumn]

I heard about FOFC on Sportsdig.

[Vince, Pt. II]

I got here because I found TCY through IGN or GameSpy or something back in college. Hard to believe that was almost 12 years ago.

[Raiders Army]

I think I'm lucky member 69.

[Matthean]

I still find it interesting that I'm one of four in the last 5 years. I knew about both football text sims for some time and finally broke down and got the pro one.

[DaddyTorgo]

Long enough to surpass a whole lot of people in post counts (including EF27 - when the fuck did that happen?!?!?!) who I never thought I would.

Yikes. Lurked for like 2 years (after registering) before I started posting too, or you all would be in trouble!!

[Pumpy Tudors]

I don't really visit here much anymore, but I've been here basically twice as long as forever.

[The Afoci]

After leaving Canada, I discovered the internet near Fargo. Sadly, in Canada we did't have days, months, or years like civilized people so I figure I got here around 1400 or so. No real way to know for sure though.

I got nothing.

[britrock88]

After leaving Canada, I discovered the internet near Fargo. Sadly, in Canada we did't have days, months, or years like civilized people so I figure I got here around 1400 or so. No real way to know for sure though.

I got nothing.

Hey, a member within 200 miles! Sweet.

[PilotMan]

Hey, a member within 200 miles! Sweet.

Bismarck?

[britrock88]

Yessir.

[zums]

fun trip down memory lane..... although I'm a pretty infrequent poster, this place has been a nearly daily stop for me from the beginning and as someone else mentioned has really shaped my Internet experience for many years. this is the only forum I've had this regular connection with and although none of you know me I do feel like I know many of you very well.

I have been around since the sideline days and was a proud owner of FOF1, which I begged my mom to purchase for me as an early birthday present. I remember her *calling* in the order, and as a high schooler without a credit card I was overjoyed.

many many hours of enjoyment with all versions of the game and even more from lurking the forum... from a 16 year old high schooler on dial up internet to a 30 year old professional, from ice weasels to the grassy knoll discussions, it's been a great ride.

[PilotMan]

Yessir.

I graduated from Century and NDSU.

[britrock88]

I graduated from Century and NDSU.

Ahh, nice. I'm new to this part of the world (moved up last fall), but know a handful of Century kids and NDSU grads, as you might expect. Any secrets I should know about this place?

[Glengoyne]

Just checking to see if I remember correctly.

Edit:Yup Join date of 2003 for Glengoyne. Prior to this account I posted as "ThirdandLong" or something like that.

[atatange1]

July 19, 2001.

[korme]

Hey, a member within 200 miles! Sweet.

you should do yourself a favor and lookup old posts by The Afoci.

[Vince, Pt. II]

Holy crap, an Afoci sighting.

you should do yourself a favor and lookup old posts by The Afoci.

This.

[PilotMan]

Ahh, nice. I'm new to this part of the world (moved up last fall), but know a handful of Century kids and NDSU grads, as you might expect. Any secrets I should know about this place?

It gets cold and it snows and blows a lot. ;) It takes about 100 miles to get anywhere. It's been 16 years since I lived in ND, I'm sure it's changed quite a bit, but it holds a special place in my heart. I may make it back for my 20th this year. Unlikely, but time will tell.

[frnk55]

It gets cold and it snows and blows a lot. ;) It takes about 100 miles to get anywhere. It's been 16 years since I lived in ND, I'm sure it's changed quite a bit, but it holds a special place in my heart. I may make it back for my 20th this year. Unlikely, but time will tell.
ha, I'm from Minot the coldest place on earth. I remember taking trips to Bismarck just for something to do. :)

[PilotMan]

ha, I'm from Minot the coldest place on earth. I remember taking trips to Bismarck just for something to do. :)

I grew up there, lived there for 13 years. Fargo is colder though, actually Grand Forks is colder, lol.

[Blackadar]

It's nice seeing some of these old faces. For internet communities, this one is probably the most mature and stable one I've experienced.

[Fidatelo]

I grew up there, lived there for 13 years. Fargo is colder though, actually Grand Forks is colder, lol.

And Winnipeg is colder still :)

[Buccaneer]

I love and thrive in cold weather (compared to hot) but even I got to admit that North Dakota or Winnepeg is a bit too extreme for me.

[Neon_Chaos]

Joined as PsychoCop in 2002. Forgot my account details and joined as NeonChaos in 2004. So roughly 11 years. Jeeeez.

[Blackadar]

Joined as PsychoCop in 2002. Forgot my account details and joined as NeonChaos in 2004. So roughly 11 years. Jeeeez.

More than one account is against the rules. Sorry, we're going to have to ban you.

:lol: