First newsgroup post
 

Feeling a bit nostalgic (and trying to avoid writing this history paper), I did a quick google search and found this:

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=ji...g.net&rnum=262

From what I gather, this is the first mention of Front Office Football on usenet. I found out about it 2 months later:

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=wi...ews.com&rnum=8

Who else was part of the "pre-FOFC" community?

and my aborted attempt to create the first FOFC (just kidding):

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=wi...ews.com&rnum=5

i was. I think i read Jim's initial announcement and purchased FOF shortly thereafter.

How did we find info on the internet before Google?

usenet and/or irc. or some other pay service for forums (ala GEnie)

I was...kind of. I read about FOF on the newsgroups but never posted. I kind of forgot about FOF for awhile and then found FOF again during The Sideline days.

Ah, yes, The Sideline. I didn't join it until late 1999 or so. Are those posts archived?

Nope, The Sideline is gone forever... :(

I wasn't part of the community until after FOF2 came out...

still bored...

Was FOF originally a java application?

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=ji...co.uk&rnum=271

damn! Those archives would certainly be entertaining. Does Tony Wyss have access?

I'm pretty sure that everything got erased when Dave Dial and Stix took over and The Sideline was abandoned for FOFC...

which begs the question: what happens if Sportplanet folds...

Here.....me, me. I was. I made one of the very first purchase's of FOF ever and still have the CD.

No, but i did jump on board sometime during the Sideline period........i think towards the last few months ......