AfterDawn Forums - 10 years

AfterDawn Forums - 10 years
Today we celebrate our discussion forums' 10th birthday.

It was exactly ten years ago today when the first public post was made to our forums. Since that post, more than 3.6 million messages have been posted to our forums -- and an additional 1.4 million posts to our Finnish language forums.



To celebrate the moment, here's our "Top 10 all-time" forum poster chart (excluding moderators and admins):
  1. sammorris
  2. sc0user
  3. larrylje
  4. steimy
  5. sly_61019
  6. attar
  7. arniebear
  8. Rotary
  9. gwendolin
  10. NoLimit04

I'd like to thank all of our users, no matter what your post count or forum "title" is, for keeping our forums alive and kicking for more than a decade. Thank you!

-Petteri Pyyny, webmaster
AfterDawn.com


P.S. We're running small "clearance of our storage room" project and as a result of that, we'll send out AfterDawn branded stuff, like towels, to a randomly picked forum poster every day during the next 14 days.

The lucky winners are:
2011-03-28 - shaffaaf
2011-03-29 - dweb175
2011-03-30 - bigo93
2011-03-31 - Joshewah
2011-04-01 - rd3k
2011-04-02 - NeteN
2011-04-03 - fredrych
2011-04-04 - whompus
2011-04-05 - mixfm
2011-04-06 - xerodaze
2011-04-07 - wabashman
2011-04-08 - KillerBug
2011-04-09 - MrGreaser
2011-04-10 - Jemborg

Winners have been contacted via forum PM.


Written by: Petteri Pyyny @ 28 Mar 2011 14:52
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  • 77 comments
  • Mrguss

    Happy Birthday Guys....Congratulations!!!
    And now.....back to work ;)

    +4000

    28.3.2011 15:04 #1

  • Mysttic

    Happy bday AD forums.

    28.3.2011 15:21 #2

  • xyqo

    YAY!!! I love AD glad these forums are around I'd have been lost lots of times without them!!
    Thank you

    XXYYQQOO!!! Yeah WELCOME TO JAMROCK

    28.3.2011 16:03 #3

  • hglez86

    Cool beans... i have only been around afterdawn for like 6 or 7 years... but i've had different accounts since i would loose e-mail addresses... but that's cool, when you find something worth the trouble you come back :=)

    so happy birthday :)


    X_x

    28.3.2011 16:34 #4

  • xnmalletx

    Happy Birthday AfterDawn forums!

    28.3.2011 16:34 #5

  • 3MUK

    congrats man, afterdawn is like home to me . first thing i do when i hop on da net is check out afterdawn news, even the forums ive learnt alot. lol its an addiction. fanks for this great service you guys , hope you run for another 10years :).

    28.3.2011 16:48 #6

  • molsen

    Congrats. I have been on 7-8 years. Happy B-day. Great site.

    28.3.2011 17:25 #7

  • binkie7

    Oh my 10 years - time flies when you're having fun! The top 10 posters of all times - another good one - I remember them all!



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    28.3.2011 17:47 #8

  • GryphB

    Congratulations!!!!

    28.3.2011 18:42 #9

  • POGK

    Been using this site religiously for 6 years or so, only recently (a year or two ago) created an account. this is one of the best sites for technical support/research (forums) and tech news.

    28.3.2011 18:52 #10

  • Jeffrey_P

    Congrats..
    I've been around for a long time. Just recently decided to join the forums to speak my peace.

    Maybe a Smackdown forum would be in order for people to speak their crazy minds, like me ;).
    Carry-on AD
    Jeff

    28.3.2011 19:12 #11

  • blueboy09

    Sorry for Afterdawn!! Here's to another 10 great years of news and comments (lifts beer bottle) Cheers!!!

    Edit: Sorry about that, meant to say Horray for Afterdawn!! (face palm) Have HTC Thunderbolt and still getting used to the keyboard.

    Chance prepares the favored mind. Look up once in a while and you might learn something. - BLUEBOY

    28.3.2011 19:44 #12

  • Dela

    After seeing the figures, I would be in there between steimy and sly for post count, although I more or less stopped using the forums in 2004 when I turned 18 and started working... bit of a shame really because I had a great time in the few years I was active on the forums. Oh well, that's life :-)

    Still remember all the folks from back then too... and the utterly horrible layout of course ;-) Early days of IRC as well were wonderful. Used to hang out on Liquid_IRC (IIRC) first and then went through a bunch of networks after that.... 2002 - ~2008, RIP #ad_buddies + #afterdawn. :-(

    I still have hundreds of megabyts of raw logs from IRC on an old HDD here from wayback too ;-) Should crack em out someday and embarrass myself and everyone else who was there ;-)

    But dRD... where's the f*#kin party at???? ;-)

    28.3.2011 20:20 #13

  • A5J4DX

    happy birthday :D

    28.3.2011 21:00 #14

  • KillerBug

    Happy birthday AD!

    Joust thinc of all bandwith waested on poeple correkting speling errorz ovur tha yaers.


    28.3.2011 22:56 #15

  • xboxdvl2

    happy birthday now wheres the cake and drinks??

    married to my car and computer.both of them have problems.

    28.3.2011 23:54 #16

  • klassic

    Wow, 10 years! Love this site, great for news and tech help.

    I wanna devise a virus and bring dire straights to your environments. Crush your corporations with a mild touch, trash the whole computer systems and revert you to papyrus - Deltron 3030

    29.3.2011 04:19 #17

  • marcusita

    Happy Birthday AD :)

    http://www.ps3hax.net/2011/01/the-ps3-its-life-the-hacks-pastpresentfuture-a-complete-history-of-the-ps3/

    29.3.2011 06:14 #18

  • MICKAH

    Happy Birthday AD, Heres to another 10 years!

    29.3.2011 08:57 #19

  • Dardandec

    Happy B-day A.D.
    Been reading for years, became a newbeee not long ago, brill site and fav home page too.....Have a JD on me..

    29.3.2011 12:30 #20

  • sammorris

    Highest post count? How'd that happen? :D

    It's been a pleasure to be at aD for the last 7 of those years. Here's to another decade :)



    Afterdawn Addict // Silent PC enthusiast // PC Build advisor // LANGamer Alias:Ratmanscoop
    http://www.scan.co.uk http://www.cclonline.com http://www.newegg.com http://www.ncixus.com
    New PC Specs page! -- http://my.afterdawn.com/sammorris/blog_entry.cfm/5036

    29.3.2011 13:19 #21

  • sammorris

    lol, I still get a double post bug. Maybe that's how!

    29.3.2011 13:19 #22

  • NHS2008

    Another milestone for probably the best Techno-news and info site and forums!! Happy 10th anniversary for discussion boards!

    Join my FB Group.
    If you want Android on Samsung Wave!

    29.3.2011 14:57 #23

  • lissenup3

    Happy Birthday Afterdawn..........1 year for everytime you've permanently banned me.

    29.3.2011 15:09 #24

  • whompus

    Happy Birthday A.D.

    Lets go for another 10

    29.3.2011 18:09 #25

  • Mez

    Originally posted by binkie7: Oh my 10 years - time flies when you're having fun! The top 10 posters of all times - another good one - I remember them all! I have not seen a post from you an a very long time. I guess you moderate forums that I don't read. Glad to see you are still in the saddle.

    29.3.2011 20:46 #26

  • Dragon_1

    Happy Birthday. Fantastic forum.
    The Texas Dragon

    29.3.2011 21:03 #27

  • 21Q

    Congrats on an amazing forum! I've been here most of those years! I got a little slow on posting once school picked up, but I always come here for the latest on the know.

    If you want a nice icon for your iPhone for afterdawn click on the link below. There is a two second delay before the redirect so act fast! http://www.freewebs.com/21qz/afterdawn.html

    Also Check Out My "Pc In An Xbox" Mod. There's a whole Pc inside of it! http://s84.photobucket.com/albums/k6/21q2/Xbox%20Pc/?start=0

    30.3.2011 00:51 #28

  • dub12dave

    Happy Birthday Afterdawn

    Hope you are around for at least another 10 years.

    30.3.2011 04:54 #29

  • fuerte197

    Where's the cake !! Birthday greetings AD. 10 more years and I'll be older ...

    30.3.2011 13:31 #30

  • dRD

    Thanks guys. And no, its not (wasnt) our site's birthday, but instead, our forums' birthday. We actually did run our site for almost two years before launching the current forum section. Which, looking to the past, was a very good decision to do, although, could've been done straight from the beginning :-) Our site will celebrate its 12th birthday in June :-)

    Petteri Pyyny (pyyny@twitter)
    Webmaster
    http://AfterDawn.com/

    30.3.2011 13:58 #31

  • binkie7

    Hey Mez!
    Yeah it's been awhile but things should finally be slowing down enough soon for me to be a bit more active here.
    Glad to see you are still around!



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    30.3.2011 15:38 #32

  • JVC

    Happy Birthday AfterDawn!




    30.3.2011 16:31 #33

  • jimfitter

    I'm glad this place continues on. [all]Nice job[/all].

    Quote me as saying I was mis-quoted. - Groucho Marx

    30.3.2011 19:44 #34

  • DAVO55

    keep on top all

    A woman drove me to drink and I never even had the courtesy to thank her.

    31.3.2011 13:06 #35

  • ballybo

    Congratulations, you were very helpful when I needed it, well done.

    31.3.2011 14:44 #36

  • Mez

    Originally posted by binkie7: Hey Mez!
    Yeah it's been awhile but things should finally be slowing down enough soon for me to be a bit more active here.
    Glad to see you are still around!
    Likewise, there are not many old timers left. I am not all that active but I hit AD a few times a week.

    31.3.2011 18:18 #37

  • Mez

    Originally posted by dRD: Thanks guys. And no, its not (wasnt) our site's birthday, but instead, our forums' birthday. We actually did run our site for almost two years before launching the current forum section. Which, looking to the past, was a very good decision to do, although, could've been done straight from the beginning :-) Our site will celebrate its 12th birthday in June :-) Thanks for that bit of history. I never realized I joined shortly after the forums started. Until now I thought I came on 2 yrs after the start.

    Thanks for changing the forum formats so rarely.

    31.3.2011 18:22 #38

  • XEnigmaX

    Feliz Cumplea~os AD! May you have many more!




    31.3.2011 19:15 #39

  • little155

    Happy Birthday AfterDawn

    George

    1.4.2011 09:55 #40

  • hermes_vb

    Congrats from Puerto Rico. You guys rock!!!

    If I always hear voices surrounding me, does it mean I'm crazy or that I hear in Dolby 5.1?

    1.4.2011 12:54 #41

  • 0ldskool

    congrats :D
    I am proud to say I have been here for most of the time that afterdawn has been up. I have been here for 7 years and always read the news here every week but im still just a junior member :(

    The average woman would rather have beauty than brains, because the average man can see better than he can think.
    --quote by unknown

    1.4.2011 15:09 #42

  • krkm120

    Congrats

    1.4.2011 15:21 #43

  • Jeffrey_P

    Originally posted by 0ldskool: congrats :D
    I am proud to say I have been here for most of the time that afterdawn has been up. I have been here for 7 years and always read the news here every week but im still just a junior member :(
    I don't know how AD classifies people. I'm a 56 yer old Junior.
    Even though I was one of the people (two hundred of us)who started the first website in the US (Stanford U), Junior is ok with me. ;)
    Jeff

    1.4.2011 15:29 #44

  • sammorris

    It's all down to post count, sadly. AD Addict is 2500 posts, I believe.



    Afterdawn Addict // Silent PC enthusiast // PC Build advisor // LANGamer Alias:Ratmanscoop
    http://www.scan.co.uk http://www.cclonline.com http://www.newegg.com http://www.ncixus.com
    New PC Specs page! -- http://my.afterdawn.com/sammorris/blog_entry.cfm/5036

    1.4.2011 15:30 #45

  • JohnnyG77

    Originally posted by Mrguss: Happy Birthday Guys....Congratulations!!!
    And now.....back to work ;)
    Wow, 10 years, that's awesome! I really love AfterDawn and have been reading it about that long, not sure really.

    Keep up the good work!

    1.4.2011 18:43 #46

  • ddp

    Jeff, read this link on ranking. http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/342629

    1.4.2011 22:02 #47

  • Jeffrey_P

    Originally posted by ddp: Jeff, read this link on ranking. http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/342629 Thanks.
    It looks like it will a while for me.
    I enjoy the info on this forum(s). Hopefully I can contribute in the mean time.
    Jeff

    1.4.2011 23:16 #48

  • ddp

    maybe then maybe not as i did addict status just under 4 months.

    1.4.2011 23:24 #49

  • Mez

    ddp that must be a near record. I know a few that go through those stages quickly but not that quickly. Me, it has almost taken 10 yrs of regular activity to get there.

    2.4.2011 10:36 #50

  • sammorris

    Depends on the activity of the forum. I started posting relatively sporadically, and didn't see beyond member for a good year or two after my signup date, but on another forum I made the 2000 post mark in about 6 weeks, because it's really busy.



    Afterdawn Addict // Silent PC enthusiast // PC Build advisor // LANGamer Alias:Ratmanscoop
    http://www.scan.co.uk http://www.cclonline.com http://www.newegg.com http://www.ncixus.com
    New PC Specs page! -- http://my.afterdawn.com/sammorris/blog_entry.cfm/5036

    2.4.2011 10:39 #51

  • Jeffrey_P

    Originally posted by sammorris: Depends on the activity of the forum. I started posting relatively sporadically, and didn't see beyond member for a good year or two after my signup date, but on another forum I made the 2000 post mark in about 6 weeks, because it's really busy. I know what you mean.
    I'm a member of SVTP (Ford forums). It took 1000 posts to get upgraded.
    I used to race my 2004 Mustang Cobra. The board is a plethora of knowledge which helped me set-up the car to become competitive..
    Very expensive hobby. I took my eldest daughter with me to document and take pics and videos.
    Gawd! she will be 29 5/4.
    Jeff

    Cars, Guitars & Radiation.

    2.4.2011 11:02 #52

  • Jeffrey_P

    Me sitting on the grid @ Willows in California.


    Jeff

    2.4.2011 11:22 #53

  • revengine

    I've learned a lot from the good members at afterdawn over the years. I hope with what little I shared was helpful to as well. My motto was "Teach and Learn" guess that sums it all up. Rev

    crackmeup

    3.4.2011 12:47 #54

  • 21Q

    Originally posted by ddp: Jeff, read this link on ranking. http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/342629 Whoa. I remember when it was 1000 post for senior and 1500 for addict. All this time I thought I was so close aha.

    3.4.2011 13:03 #55

  • ddp

    revengine, that "teach & learn" was my saying back in late 04-early 05.

    3.4.2011 15:29 #56

  • sammorris

    I remember that! Nostalgia... :D



    Afterdawn Addict // Silent PC enthusiast // PC Build advisor // LANGamer Alias:Ratmanscoop
    http://www.scan.co.uk http://www.cclonline.com http://www.newegg.com http://www.ncixus.com
    New PC Specs page! -- http://my.afterdawn.com/sammorris/blog_entry.cfm/5036

    3.4.2011 15:31 #57

  • staffsgt

    Congrats! All I can say is that I have learned a lot from Afterdawn
    keep up the great work.

    3.4.2011 18:55 #58

  • revengine

    I'm not going to argue with you ddp, but I never copy my slogans from nobody. If we were thinking alike it's a cool thingy.

    crackmeup

    3.4.2011 19:25 #59

  • MattCarr

    Just give us another ten years. That's prize enough.

    3.4.2011 23:15 #60

  • yulizar arief (unverified)

    arks irks urges ay aw ah 360 365 366 ddmmyy1:36pm:am 04 april monday

    4.4.2011 02:36 #61

  • chasturbo

    happy birthday afterdawn hope we have many more years with you

    4.4.2011 19:55 #62

  • teeje

    Congrats on 10 years! I have learned so much from the posts on this website - it has been a great resource!

    5.4.2011 22:05 #63

  • i1der

    Happy bday ac


    6.4.2011 02:37 #64

  • repino

    Happy Birthday!
    Tnx for so many things. You have been very helpful for me about technical support.
    Are You really a teenager already, funny how fast kids grow nowadays.
    I wish You more and more glittering decades.

    Oon köyhä kotitarveverkkoilija minä vaan..

    6.4.2011 19:32 #65

  • hglez86

    Originally posted by hglez86: Cool beans... i have only been around afterdawn for like 6 or 7 years... but i've had different accounts since i would loose e-mail addresses... but that's cool, when you find something worth the trouble you come back :=)

    so happy birthday :)

    in regards to that, i just found a post that i made it said march 27, 2007. i had an account as mglez86, which it says was "mglez86 Suspended due non-functional email address ". funny i came to find that. good memories.

    X_x

    6.4.2011 22:53 #66

  • Joshewah

    Happy 10th AD!

    Side note: This is the first time I've ever won anything online! :O

    I love AD!

    X360 - iXtreme1.4 ||| Xbox - EvoX Dash ||| PS2 - CC 2.0 PRO SLE ||| Dreamcast ...lol ||| NDS - Acekard 2/M3 Simply/EZ Flash 3-1 ||| Rooted HTC Hero with Ic3rom

    7.4.2011 09:41 #67

  • smokyrain

    Happy '10' Birthday AD... This has always been my home forum.



    My consoles: Nintendo64>Dreamcast aug/99>PS2 V7-Seagate 400gb hdd-Maxtor 300gb hdd,PS2 V14 FMCB 1.8 - Memor32 >V18 SM 3.6 >DS-Lite-G6DS Real 16GB-R4DS Ultra 8gb SDHC>Gamecube-Original>Wii-Wiikey 2>PSP PHAT CFW 5.00 M33-6>DSi (Kingdom Hearts Edition)-EZ Flash Vi - M3i Zero Sakura>Kindom Hearts:Birth by Sleep PSP 3000>PS3 80GB

    7.4.2011 17:48 #68

  • keebles

    I need some new towels, mine are getting kind of smelly and are starting to get holes in them. Maybe some toilet paper too(The Sunday news paper is a little rough! plus it leaves ink and I can't tell if I'm clean or not).

    Playstation 2-Free McBoot,HDloader 8.0c,Open PS2 Loader 0.7,80gb Maxtor HDD,SMS Media Player,PGen,SNES Station- Installed
    GameCube-SDload,SD Card Adapter,BBA Adapter,2 Color Case,GnuboyGX,MPlayer- Installed

    8.4.2011 00:59 #69

  • seegee

    Happy belated birthday AD !
    Since the beginning, you have been my #1 source of info. On several occasions your information has saved me from making bad decisions in the digital and media world. AD and all its contributors are the best.
    Here's to another 10 years!

    17.4.2011 22:50 #70

  • Ketola

    All the winners have been drawn and are listed at the bottom of the news article. Please check your private messages if you were one of the lucky ones.

    If you didn't win this time, keep checking the site as well as our Facebook fan page - new sweepstakes could be just around the corner!

    Jari Ketola
    Administrator
    http://www.AfterDawn.com

    18.4.2011 06:29 #71

  • KillerBug

    WOOT! I won! This is the first time I ever won anything online (unless one of those Nigerian business opportunity emails was legit).

    Can't wait to look like a big(er) geek wearing my AD swag!


    18.4.2011 06:56 #72

  • NHS2008

    Quote:P.S. We're running small "clearance of our storage room" project and as a result of that, we'll send out AfterDawn branded stuff, like towels, to a randomly picked forum poster every day during the next 14 days. I could use a towel, One that I am using now has a big hole, right up front...

    Join my FB Group.
    If you want Android on Samsung Wave!

    18.4.2011 07:35 #73

  • Jemborg

    Ahahah, when I saw that I won a prize just for a moment I though it was one of those fake $1,000,000 scams type things. I'm like... yeah, right, sure I have... what's the catch? :D

    But it's great, AD branded things! Yay, better than a million dollars anyday!

    Lucky I like the logo! :P

    Congratulations Afterdawn, keep up the good stuff.

    Its a lot easier being righteous than right.


    18.4.2011 10:16 #74

  • rtm27

    And here I am posting wayyy after the prizes were already handed out. Oh well....Happy 10yrs AD.....and cheers to 10 more!!

    http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/dvd_to_avi_autogk.cfm

    http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/673257

    http://www.letmegooglethatforyou.com/

    18.4.2011 23:46 #75

  • MrGreaser

    Haha, second to last chosen! AD, you guys are awesome...and I mean everyone here from the staff to the forum posters. Thank you for all the help you given me over the years and I can only hope to give back the knowledge I've obtained to somebody else.

    Happy Birthday AD! May you live forever!

    -MrGreaser

    "All drives should be updated to Lite Touch + (LT+) firmware if playing on XBOX live. Samsung drives and pre-78/79 Hitachi drives do not utilize AP 2.5. All other drives are considered to be detectable by Microsoft (YMMV). Make sure all rips are ABGX verified, contain SSv2, and patched AP2.5 (where needed). All modded consoles can be potentially unsafe for use on XBOX live."

    27.4.2011 04:39 #76

  • Ketola

    The prizes were mailed late last week and should be arriving to the winners during the next couple of weeks.

    Jari Ketola
    Administrator
    http://www.AfterDawn.com

    26.5.2011 08:58 #77

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