August 14, 2024: The Forums Turn 20!

[RoboAdmin]

August 14, 2024: The Forums Turn 20!

Read this article on the Illuminator.

[Alden Loveshade]

Happy Birthday Steve Jackson Games Forums! You've passed the ten-age years!

"The 20th anniversary might be good for a Daily Illuminator post." I guess it is! (Note: that quote is not in the post.)

"If you spot someone with a 'Join Date' earlier than August 14, 2004, then congratulations – you've found one of the Illuminati!"

And I know who the HEAD of the Illuminati is! It's Forums User 1! (Or Forums User 0; I'm not sure. Neither one of them will reveal their name.)

Joyeux anniversaire!

[PracticalM]

Thinking about the birthday of the forums, reminded me of the Pyramid usenet discussions groups. And then I remembered John M. Ford's clever signatures and that was sad to remember his passing.

Here's the Evil Geniuses for a Better Tomorrow.

[Blind Mapmaker]

Only 20 Years? I must have discovered them pretty much at the time they were made then. And I only joined after years and years of lurking. I guess the questionnaire for GURPS 4th Edition came before that then. Didn't think that was the case.

Happy Birthday!

[SSlemmons]

Originally Posted by PracticalM

Thinking about the birthday of the forums, reminded me of the Pyramid usenet discussions groups. And then I remembered John M. Ford's clever signatures and that was sad to remember his passing.

I used to wish SJGames could publish a book (or at least a booklet) of Ford's .sig lines, but I think the old archives got wiped years and years ago...

[Alden Loveshade]

I chose to celebrate the anniversary of the forums in an ironic way. I decided to try something in exercising I've never done. I've thought about trying it for a month, but as this is an anniversary.... I did it!

[CaptainSnake]

Here's to another 20 years of gaming. Keep it going guys. Avoid the Real Illuminati by not accepting ESG.

[thorr-kan]

Originally Posted by PracticalM

Thinking about the birthday of the forums, reminded me of the Pyramid usenet discussions groups. And then I remembered John M. Ford's clever signatures and that was sad to remember his passing.

Here's the Evil Geniuses for a Better Tomorrow.

There's an archive of them somewhere. I'll find it when I get home.

[Kromm]

Originally Posted by Alden Loveshade

And I know who the HEAD of the Illuminati is! It's Forums User 1! (Or Forums User 0; I'm not sure. Neither one of them will reveal their name.)

Not me. I am #5.

[Anders]

Shoo! Shoo! You're on vacation. Back to sipping exotic drinks at the beach!