Longest standing members.

[Phobia]

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I lurked OS and MM back in the early 2000s(didn't Madden Mania have a big Madden 2005 PC section?) , officially joined either late 03 or early 04, I remember ESPN College Hoops was what got me coming around a lot. Then once 2k5 dropped, it sealed the deal. I had some OS issues with voicing my opinion of Madden. Stayed gone for a couple years while in college, then in 2008 I asked permission from Steve if I could come back. A decade later, and many many memories. I still kinda miss Goh though

Blacklover memory cards, damn that's a throw back!!

[GAMEC0CK2002]

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I still remember sending off a memory card to blacklover for ncaa rosters.

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Like so many others, joined for the NCAA football rosters. That was 16 years ago....wow. I remember making it onto the Top 10 for long standing members that still weren't in blue. Blzer hooked me up.

RIP to the OS Babes thread(s). Those were pretty lively.

[Brandwin]

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Cook, Clay, Bdunn, Bryan who I believe had a rotating Transformers avatar. Lots of dudes over the years. I know they don't post here anymore but I sure hope those guys are alive and well. Unfortunately we really have no idea.

I know Clay is alive. I follow him on some other social media.

He has a podcast.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/remodeling-clay-podcast/id808843416

My join date is 10/11/02. But was here before that because if some yall remember O.S. Shut down and went out of business but was brought back so I had to re-sign back up. Thats why you dont see anything earlier then July 2002 but was around before that. I remember madden Mania slightly i keep thinking it was around in some form or fashion in maybe 1999. Steve will have to answer that. I found OS thru ign and Gamespot. Also, this site needs a wiki page.


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It shut down? As far as I remember they just switched servers or whatever and couldn't carry over the stats from the old forums. That's why a lot of us have the same join date.

Talking about members/mods from the past has me wondering...whatever became of TJDASportsguy? He was huge on here back in the day and I don't think I've seen/heard a thing from him in a decade or so.

I also think it's interesting how my usage of OS has evolved...when I joined I played video games. I now use it purely for the sports talk and haven't purchased a video game in nearly a decade. It is the most well modded site I've found with great people/discussion and I can't see myself NOT being involved.

I think TJ is still in talk/sports radio.

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[Brandwin]

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Oh, and there was another forum a lot of the order posters went too after some "issues" here, Clay, Sully, etc. Cannot remember what they were called though.

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[countryboy]

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I think its only fitting that my 40,000th post is posted in the longest standing members thread.

And I remember that site Dook, but I can't remember the name. I think I joined there.

[rockchisler]

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A correction here: OS and Maddenmania were two separate things. I was a member of both at the same time Maddenmania / Digital Sports Mania merged into OS in 2009, I think.



OS itself dates back to like 1998 in some form or another, but the earliest join dates you'll see for anyone on the forums is summer 2002.

Yeah I knew it was the late 90s . I knew i wasn’t crazy. Seems like i was lurking around during my Senior year in college.


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[Wasted Penguins]

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14 year member here. I remember lurking here before July 2004 though [emoji51]


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[ODogg]

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I was a mod at Maddenplanet before I had a falling out with a guy there who was also a mod, Rack, and AndyP banned me from there. So I reluctantly came here and have been here every since.

I was also a member of Maddenmania as well but I more or less lurked there and rarely posted.

I've too come a long way since joining, I used to be quite the drinker and get myself in trouble here on occasion when I was single but now I'm married so on the rare occasion I drink I typically don't come here (I've grown wiser LOL).

I would be remiss if I didn't say something though I haven't seen mentioned, Fairdale Kings! I used to work with Fairdale Kings on his NCAA rosters and met many people that way. My job was to secure an early copy for FK and I usually was able to come through for him since Ohio was a hotspot for it.

But I also helped him with tech support and that was pretty cool. I recall one guy who didn't understand how to load the NCAA rosters and I helped him get it loaded. Turned out he worked for Microsoft and I thought maybe, for a second, I was in trouble. But nope, in fact quite the opposite.

The guy gave me 3 years of Xbox Live codes and asked if I wanted a game. I couldn't think of any MS games I'd want so I told him instead of that I'd like a discount or used racing wheel if he could do that. I didn't figure he'd end up sending me a new racing wheel but sure enough about 6 weeks later this huge package showed up at my workplace and sure enough, a MS Xbox 360 racing wheel!

I still occasionally talk to FK on Xbox Live but his star, and by default mine, have faded since the glory days of the NCAA series.

Glad I found this place though, and I always wonder whatever happened to AndyP.

[mgoblue]

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Oh, and there was another forum a lot of the order posters went too after some "issues" here, Clay, Sully, etc. Cannot remember what they were called though.

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Yeah, PK500 and some people like that too, i forget the name of that forum though, i was there for a bit but eventually stopped.

Also, it wasn't an ocean, it was a intercoastal waterway

[tdawg3782]

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I was a mod at Maddenplanet before I had a falling out with a guy there who was also a mod, Rack, and AndyP banned me from there. So I reluctantly came here and have been here every since.

I was also a member of Maddenmania as well but I more or less lurked there and rarely posted.

I've too come a long way since joining, I used to be quite the drinker and get myself in trouble here on occasion when I was single but now I'm married so on the rare occasion I drink I typically don't come here (I've grown wiser LOL).

I would be remiss if I didn't say something though I haven't seen mentioned, Fairdale Kings! I used to work with Fairdale Kings on his NCAA rosters and met many people that way. My job was to secure an early copy for FK and I usually was able to come through for him since Ohio was a hotspot for it.

But I also helped him with tech support and that was pretty cool. I recall one guy who didn't understand how to load the NCAA rosters and I helped him get it loaded. Turned out he worked for Microsoft and I thought maybe, for a second, I was in trouble. But nope, in fact quite the opposite.

The guy gave me 3 years of Xbox Live codes and asked if I wanted a game. I couldn't think of any MS games I'd want so I told him instead of that I'd like a discount or used racing wheel if he could do that. I didn't figure he'd end up sending me a new racing wheel but sure enough about 6 weeks later this huge package showed up at my workplace and sure enough, a MS Xbox 360 racing wheel!

I still occasionally talk to FK on Xbox Live but his star, and by default mine, have faded since the glory days of the NCAA series.

Glad I found this place though, and I always wonder whatever happened to AndyP.

Oh man FK was awesome. Totally forgot about that dude.

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[HealyMonster]

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Yeah I knew it was the late 90s . I knew i wasn’t crazy. Seems like i was lurking around during my Senior year in college.


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yeah I was around a little before my time stamp here says, it was prob some time in 2001, then I came back a while later and the site was different so I resigned back up, been here ever since.

[roadman]

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I was a member/mod at Baseball Sim Central and remember interviewing the developer of HH Baseball, that was my thrill of the past and I also met him when the AS game was in Milwaukee.

I was also a member of MM, lurked MP and there was another Madden football site, but I can't remember the the name of the site.

I found out about OS through BSC and I recall some of the members of BSC were cautious of OS because there were serious sim players at OS.(Isn't that part of the name of BSC?)lol

Anyway, this is a great place and glad I made the decision to become a member.

[Phobia]

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The real thing that's a kick in the ***, how many of us were around in our late teens (Sim sports in general, 2k use to have a great forum) and we're still here closing in on our 40s and above. Time flies guys, but it's been a pleasure to meet and talk with many of you.

[jake44np]

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Oh man FK was awesome. Totally forgot about that dude.

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FK make NCAA Football a great game.
I tried too to get early copies for him so he could start on the rosters.
OS is such a great site and has my gaming so much better over the years!

[countryboy]

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Yeah I had met FK a couple of times as he lived near me. I would make that drive to Ohio, grab copies of NCAA football and then meet up with him at a McDonald's in Louisville to give him a copy of the game if he needed it. Great times.

I remember meeting up with fellow OS'er BrianFifaFan and ODogg on a trip to Ohio once, snagging an early copy of NCAA Football.

The good ol days.