First memory of VGF, since we were all newbies once!

***Saria Dragon of the Rain Wilds*** · 12-11-2009, 09:54 AM

I actually came to VGF via The Grand Adventures (Nintendoland), since I was on the hunt for Zelda-related information. I joined and participated in a "shipper" thread; discussing which character Link should have a romantic relationship with. I was rather fond of "hero gets the princess", and supported Link and Zelda. I was promptly asked by Mike Peters how old I was. XD

Joker · 12-11-2009, 10:48 AM

^ Oh ****, I totaly forgot about Mike Peters !! I also came here from the Grand Adventures web site after clicking a link to discuss one of the fanfics I had just read by Post Rapture.

I was transported here and read some of the threads before moving out of the fanfic forum and into the Zelda forum where I came upon the latter end of the First Hyrule Battlfield. I saw what was to become a great part of the VGF forum and jumped at my first chance to battle some one once the second Hyrule battlfield opened up. I tried attacking Volvagia with a spork of death....it did not bode well for me.....

**Deku Trii** · 12-11-2009, 10:56 AM

I came here through Nintendoland too. The oldest memory I have of these forums is Fairy Boy and Brian A telling me about the "Multiple Links Theory" of Zelda continuity.

***Booyakasha*** · 12-11-2009, 11:01 AM

I remember coming over from SMBHQ. Don't remember much of what I did my first few months here, aside from taking part in the original HWII. Also a crazy-ass OG in the Rareware Forum, called 'Battle of the Rareware Characters', being a battle royale between Banjo, Kazooie, Gruntilda, DK, Joanna Dark, JFG's Juno, and Mister Pants. Too bad all that weird old crap is gone, now.

Robotazy · 12-11-2009, 11:19 AM

I came here because of the Nintendoland Battlefield (now Gunjin).

I naturally made a topic about a Sony battle in the Sega Battlefield. I rightly got told.

Dr. Furball · 12-11-2009, 11:27 AM

I was a big fan of SMBHQ and NC, so I joined VGF to talk about it to others, as well as showing off my sprite comics. Which sucked.
Of course, nobody told me that.

Metal Man · 12-11-2009, 11:41 AM

I arrived in the year 2000 before the Nintendoland Battlefield existed. I had seen the Nintendoland deathmatches and intended on roleplaying some of my own--with the Nintendoland Battlefield Club which had formed in the Nintendoland Main. I managed to join their group and participate in two-three of their monthly topic battles before the Nintendoland Battlefield was eventually made for us.

I remember the early fights were at places like Lon Lon Ranch, and Metal Man back then used weird stuff like crystal hammers and bows and arrows to hit people. Also, I had to tell everyone repeatedly my name did not mean the Mega Man 2 robot master.

I also remembered plotting to get the name Metal Mario back some day, as until 2002 this name had only been mine so as to be a stopgap until I would 'eventually' get the Metal Mario name. I don't know why I was thinking that, but... that's my memory.

ZeldaGirl · 12-11-2009, 12:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Saria Dragon of the Rain Wilds

I actually came to VGF via The Grand Adventures (Nintendoland), since I was on the hunt for Zelda-related information. I joined and participated in a "shipper" thread; discussing which character Link should have a romantic relationship with. I was rather fond of "hero gets the princess", and supported Link and Zelda. I was promptly asked by Mike Peters how old I was. XD

This is my exact experience. XD I remember all the shipper wars and 'dances' that used to go on the Zelda forum. Oh, the naivety.

I am nobody · 12-11-2009, 01:52 PM

I was doing an image search for something and one of the results was part of a Nintendoland Battlefield match. That page had a link to VGF somewhere.

Redshirt · 12-11-2009, 02:27 PM

I came here from NC after reading all of the comics there, I wanted to see there were more, I don't remember how I got to NC though. I spent most of my first month in the comics forum, because I didn't realize there was more to VGF...

And now from deep within the archives I have unearthed the first ever post by me.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mushman

Please give constructive criticism

Bill and Churro sprites from NC
I edited the Toad sprites myself, other sprites from Spriters Resource

I REALLY HATE POKEMON! · 12-11-2009, 02:30 PM

I was lured here through Nintendoland as well. I remember making a Pokémon Topic where people would ask me anything because I thought I knew everything about it. Someone asked me how to evolve Nidorina and I didn't know how... =|

PK FIRE! · 12-11-2009, 02:42 PM

I don't recall exactly how but some school related project led me to Nintendoland For about a month or so I just checked out the deathmatches and the forums before I joined. I don't recall much before I became a part of the Late Club, then later on being active in the Battlefeild.

- You stupid dog.

some1important · 12-11-2009, 02:51 PM

I think it all started when I found SMBHQ back... probably a couple of years ago. I dunno, I forgot. Maybe in 2002? 03? Eh, I forgot '~'

Anyways, on the site, I looked around, and found NC. I liked the comics and the little flash animation there. Then, I decided to look around and found out it had a forum on VGF.

And that's how I found and joined VGF :]
I don't remember much after that, though... except when I forgot about VGF forums .3.;

***Marilink*** · 12-11-2009, 03:02 PM

I used to post at The Mushroom Kingdom, and Epsilon used to post at both forums. He had a link to VGF in his sig, and I followed it one time. I was drawn in by the Zelda forum immediately, since TMK didn't have one.

Anyway, my first memory was when TML and Wyborn taught me how to post an image, and it took me about a page to grasp how to use UBB Code.

P.S. I was 8.

Random User · 12-11-2009, 03:31 PM

I rember finding VGF from SMBHQ while searching for Mario sites. I checkeedt this site and was drawn by ths spriting and Mario forums.

Promptly after joining Luigiman posted a visitor message claiming I have an awesome name.

Metal Mario · 12-11-2009, 04:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Metal Man

I also remembered plotting to get the name Metal Mario back some day, as until 2002 this name had only been mine so as to be a stopgap until I would 'eventually' get the Metal Mario name. I don't know why I was thinking that, but... that's my memory.

I'll always be Metal Mario, and you never will be! BWA HA HA!!!

Anyway, I came here through Nintendoland. What led to me signing up on the forums was my boredom on Christmas Eve of 1999. What was originally meant to be just a temporary time-killer evolved into an obsession, and I eventually became the Moderator of the Nintendoland Main Forum for four illustrious years. In early 2004, however, I decided it was time to move on, and I left for a long time. Then, in September of this year, my lack of friends and a life drove me back, and here I am, hungry again.

I remember the first topic I posted was a lament about the passing of the late Mrs. Wrinkly Kong.

**Valigarmander** · 12-11-2009, 04:06 PM

I came here from SMBHQ, which I had frequented since it first opened. I originally only posted in the SMBHQ forum, but eventually reached out and started posting everywhere, eventually becoming the ~~annoying prick~~ loveable rascal you all remember me as.

My first memory is pretty much my first post, in which I basically just referenced myself making my first post. Let me see if I can find it.

I CAN'T FIND MY FIRST POST. And reading through all my old posts was making me sick, so I decided to stop.

Jere · 12-11-2009, 04:13 PM

Mine is a interesting story if i say it myself, around 2001 we got internet at home, old modem that sounden like a broken merry go round when you started it, i was searching through Club nintendos official Swedish site when i stumbled upon a link that was higlighted by the Club itself, the link was Nintendo land.

Nintendoland got me the information i needed for my fooling around on the internet, i soon found fanfiction and Deathmatches and i finaly saw a little link that said affilities (or links i don't remember this) i saw there VGF and some other forums that i searched through, but not that interested me much, to much text to little pictures.

It all could have stoped when the site stopped to be uppdated, but from time to time i stoped by at my youths information centre and i found stuff that i had forgoten or that i knew that the specifications was in there somewhere, i allso revisited Vgf.

I allso read the Zelda site regulary that i think uppdated to around 2006 if i remeber right.

Then i started in the Gymnasium and i didn't think so much about videogames for about 2 years

Though, I think i allso had the timing to pop in around when knux had passed away cause i remeber reading some post about someone that had died, it's kind of blurry but i can say it was not in the memorial forum atleast.

but then in 2008 my mind would once again travel to that site that i had so much use of in my youngerdays and i began to search for it, funny part is that i there found out that Angry sun, was about to restat the site, i registered there i allso voluntered to write deathmatches but never found the time to write them.

I feelt that the forum didn't rub the way i wanted it but i managed to find a little link that would lead me to this site where i registered and apperantly im still here thinking this is one of the greatest forums to hang on.

hmm got a little long, but i think it fitted well.

**Galefore** · 12-11-2009, 04:21 PM

I used to lurk NC and came to the VGF forums for the very first time early in '04 or late in '03 (I can't remember exactly which). I wanted to join, but I was afraid to because my mom was extremely protective and this site is sometimes less than safe for overly-conservative parents.

And thus I lurked, craving to interact with the rather colorful locals...

Anyway, I caught on to the Gunjin when I was heavily into Yu-Gi-Oh and really wanted to be a part of the Yu-Gi-Oh duels they occasionally had there. I stumbled on to the 8th NLBFT and became entranced with a battle between Zippy and SL64, thus creating an even stronger desire than before to join and be a part of the madness. From there, it was just a matter of sneaking on and getting an account in January of '05 and being schooled quickly in both the Gunjin and the sprite comics forum, which I, like many noobs before, thought I could try my luck at and be superawesomeyeeeeah.

Actually, both of my first posts seem to have disappeared. My noob topic is long missing in the weird, glitchy backlog, and my actual first post, which was in the book of warriors, was edited away some time in '07 when I was renovating my characters (all of whom I was so naively proud of back then. It still makes me cringe. XD). I remember posting something about "BECAUSE JUST BECAUSE I AM A NOOB I CAN POST HERE FIRST RIGHT?" and then emphatically suggesting that no jokes be made about my character's name, for some reason.

Bomby · 12-11-2009, 04:23 PM

I came through Nintendoland. I was telling one of my friends how awesome the site was, and not only did he know the site, but he posted on the forums, and told me I should join. So I joined. And I posted a topic called "What are your three LEAST favorite games?" No one replied. So I posted a topic called "Why aren't you replying to 'What are your three LEAST favorite games?'" Then I was promptly told why by Omnitarian and Zora.

12-11-2009, 09:54 AM	#1
*Saria Dragon of the Rain Wilds* Admin "mine.. not yours. NO. MINE." Epic Ladynerd Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Forteresse de Valois Gender: Posts: 28,504 Thanks: 1,658 Thanked 1,820 Times in 1,042 Posts	First memory of VGF, since we were all newbies once! I actually came to VGF via The Grand Adventures (Nintendoland), since I was on the hunt for Zelda-related information. I joined and participated in a "shipper" thread; discussing which character Link should have a romantic relationship with. I was rather fond of "hero gets the princess", and supported Link and Zelda. I was promptly asked by Mike Peters how old I was. XD

12-11-2009, 04:06 PM	#17
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,755 Thanks: 1,649 Thanked 5,700 Times in 2,580 Posts Blog Entries: 20	I came here from SMBHQ, which I had frequented since it first opened. I originally only posted in the SMBHQ forum, but eventually reached out and started posting everywhere, eventually becoming the ~~annoying prick~~ loveable rascal you all remember me as. My first memory is pretty much my first post, in which I basically just referenced myself making my first post. Let me see if I can find it. I CAN'T FIND MY FIRST POST. And reading through all my old posts was making me sick, so I decided to stop. Last edited by Valigarmander; 12-11-2009 at 04:13 PM.

12-11-2009, 04:21 PM	#19
Galefore EXPLOSION GOD OF MUSIC Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Some studio somewhere Gender: Posts: 8,275 Thanks: 1,361 Thanked 826 Times in 535 Posts Blog Entries: 5	I used to lurk NC and came to the VGF forums for the very first time early in '04 or late in '03 (I can't remember exactly which). I wanted to join, but I was afraid to because my mom was extremely protective and this site is sometimes less than safe for overly-conservative parents. And thus I lurked, craving to interact with the rather colorful locals... Anyway, I caught on to the Gunjin when I was heavily into Yu-Gi-Oh and really wanted to be a part of the Yu-Gi-Oh duels they occasionally had there. I stumbled on to the 8th NLBFT and became entranced with a battle between Zippy and SL64, thus creating an even stronger desire than before to join and be a part of the madness. From there, it was just a matter of sneaking on and getting an account in January of '05 and being schooled quickly in both the Gunjin and the sprite comics forum, which I, like many noobs before, thought I could try my luck at and be superawesomeyeeeeah. Actually, both of my first posts seem to have disappeared. My noob topic is long missing in the weird, glitchy backlog, and my actual first post, which was in the book of warriors, was edited away some time in '07 when I was renovating my characters (all of whom I was so naively proud of back then. It still makes me cringe. XD). I remember posting something about "BECAUSE JUST BECAUSE I AM A NOOB I CAN POST HERE FIRST RIGHT?" and then emphatically suggesting that no jokes be made about my character's name, for some reason. Last edited by Galefore; 12-11-2009 at 04:33 PM.

12-11-2009, 10:48 AM	#2
Joker Lord of Vampires / God of Vengeance Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: The Planet of Eternal Darkness Gender: Posts: 11,117 Thanks: 3,273 Thanked 580 Times in 364 Posts Blog Entries: 6	^ Oh ****, I totaly forgot about Mike Peters !! I also came here from the Grand Adventures web site after clicking a link to discuss one of the fanfics I had just read by Post Rapture. I was transported here and read some of the threads before moving out of the fanfic forum and into the Zelda forum where I came upon the latter end of the First Hyrule Battlfield. I saw what was to become a great part of the VGF forum and jumped at my first chance to battle some one once the second Hyrule battlfield opened up. I tried attacking Volvagia with a spork of death....it did not bode well for me.....

12-11-2009, 10:56 AM	#3
Deku Trii PP&R Mod Current Events Mod Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Texas Gender: Posts: 9,031 Thanks: 521 Thanked 1,099 Times in 583 Posts	I came here through Nintendoland too. The oldest memory I have of these forums is Fairy Boy and Brian A telling me about the "Multiple Links Theory" of Zelda continuity.

12-11-2009, 11:01 AM	#4
*Booyakasha* SuperMod of War Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Wisconsinland Gender: Posts: 9,945 Thanks: 157 Thanked 1,481 Times in 763 Posts	I remember coming over from SMBHQ. Don't remember much of what I did my first few months here, aside from taking part in the original HWII. Also a crazy-ass OG in the Rareware Forum, called 'Battle of the Rareware Characters', being a battle royale between Banjo, Kazooie, Gruntilda, DK, Joanna Dark, JFG's Juno, and Mister Pants. Too bad all that weird old crap is gone, now.

12-11-2009, 11:19 AM	#5
Robotazy PRESS ANY KEY TO PANIC! Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: A Tiny Shed Gender: Posts: 16,483 Thanks: 529 Thanked 1,254 Times in 897 Posts Blog Entries: 46	I came here because of the Nintendoland Battlefield (now Gunjin). I naturally made a topic about a Sony battle in the Sega Battlefield. I rightly got told.

12-11-2009, 11:27 AM	#6
Dr. Furball Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Mad Science Academy, 12th Floor Gender: Posts: 1,125 Thanks: 185 Thanked 97 Times in 60 Posts	I was a big fan of SMBHQ and NC, so I joined VGF to talk about it to others, as well as showing off my sprite comics. Which sucked. Of course, nobody told me that.

12-11-2009, 11:41 AM	#7
Metal Man Fairy-Slaying Maniac Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: 1592 Miles Away From Here Gender: Posts: 18,062 Thanks: 148 Thanked 683 Times in 482 Posts	I arrived in the year 2000 before the Nintendoland Battlefield existed. I had seen the Nintendoland deathmatches and intended on roleplaying some of my own--with the Nintendoland Battlefield Club which had formed in the Nintendoland Main. I managed to join their group and participate in two-three of their monthly topic battles before the Nintendoland Battlefield was eventually made for us. I remember the early fights were at places like Lon Lon Ranch, and Metal Man back then used weird stuff like crystal hammers and bows and arrows to hit people. Also, I had to tell everyone repeatedly my name did not mean the Mega Man 2 robot master. I also remembered plotting to get the name Metal Mario back some day, as until 2002 this name had only been mine so as to be a stopgap until I would 'eventually' get the Metal Mario name. I don't know why I was thinking that, but... that's my memory.

12-11-2009, 01:52 PM	#9
I am nobody Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Over there. Gender: Posts: 5,515 Thanks: 309 Thanked 365 Times in 242 Posts Blog Entries: 7	I was doing an image search for something and one of the results was part of a Nintendoland Battlefield match. That page had a link to VGF somewhere.

12-11-2009, 02:30 PM	#11
I REALLY HATE POKEMON! Goku lives on the Sun Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: California, U.S.A Gender: Posts: 12,717 Thanks: 1,334 Thanked 275 Times in 234 Posts Blog Entries: 1	I was lured here through Nintendoland as well. I remember making a Pokémon Topic where people would ask me anything because I thought I knew everything about it. Someone asked me how to evolve Nidorina and I didn't know how... =\|

12-11-2009, 02:42 PM	#12
PK FIRE! Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: On the run. Gender: Posts: 9,544 Thanks: 175 Thanked 150 Times in 120 Posts	I don't recall exactly how but some school related project led me to Nintendoland For about a month or so I just checked out the deathmatches and the forums before I joined. I don't recall much before I became a part of the Late Club, then later on being active in the Battlefeild. - You stupid dog.

12-11-2009, 02:51 PM	#13
some1important Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: North Carolina Gender: Posts: 36 Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Blog Entries: 1	I think it all started when I found SMBHQ back... probably a couple of years ago. I dunno, I forgot. Maybe in 2002? 03? Eh, I forgot '~' Anyways, on the site, I looked around, and found NC. I liked the comics and the little flash animation there. Then, I decided to look around and found out it had a forum on VGF. And that's how I found and joined VGF :] I don't remember much after that, though... except when I forgot about VGF forums .3.;

12-11-2009, 03:02 PM	#14
*Marilink* Gotta catch 'em all! Supermod! Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Location, Location. Gender: Posts: 29,118 Thanks: 2,535 Thanked 1,822 Times in 1,007 Posts	I used to post at The Mushroom Kingdom, and Epsilon used to post at both forums. He had a link to VGF in his sig, and I followed it one time. I was drawn in by the Zelda forum immediately, since TMK didn't have one. Anyway, my first memory was when TML and Wyborn taught me how to post an image, and it took me about a page to grasp how to use UBB Code. P.S. I was 8.

12-11-2009, 03:31 PM	#15
Random User Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Equestrian Republic of Spanglidesh Gender: Posts: 3,562 Thanks: 320 Thanked 195 Times in 143 Posts Blog Entries: 4	I rember finding VGF from SMBHQ while searching for Mario sites. I checkeedt this site and was drawn by ths spriting and Mario forums. Promptly after joining Luigiman posted a visitor message claiming I have an awesome name.

12-11-2009, 04:13 PM	#18
Jere Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Sutme Gender: Posts: 3,648 Thanks: 404 Thanked 331 Times in 256 Posts Blog Entries: 3	Mine is a interesting story if i say it myself, around 2001 we got internet at home, old modem that sounden like a broken merry go round when you started it, i was searching through Club nintendos official Swedish site when i stumbled upon a link that was higlighted by the Club itself, the link was Nintendo land. Nintendoland got me the information i needed for my fooling around on the internet, i soon found fanfiction and Deathmatches and i finaly saw a little link that said affilities (or links i don't remember this) i saw there VGF and some other forums that i searched through, but not that interested me much, to much text to little pictures. It all could have stoped when the site stopped to be uppdated, but from time to time i stoped by at my youths information centre and i found stuff that i had forgoten or that i knew that the specifications was in there somewhere, i allso revisited Vgf. I allso read the Zelda site regulary that i think uppdated to around 2006 if i remeber right. Then i started in the Gymnasium and i didn't think so much about videogames for about 2 years Though, I think i allso had the timing to pop in around when knux had passed away cause i remeber reading some post about someone that had died, it's kind of blurry but i can say it was not in the memorial forum atleast. but then in 2008 my mind would once again travel to that site that i had so much use of in my youngerdays and i began to search for it, funny part is that i there found out that Angry sun, was about to restat the site, i registered there i allso voluntered to write deathmatches but never found the time to write them. I feelt that the forum didn't rub the way i wanted it but i managed to find a little link that would lead me to this site where i registered and apperantly im still here thinking this is one of the greatest forums to hang on. hmm got a little long, but i think it fitted well.

12-11-2009, 04:23 PM	#20
Bomby You just freaking blew Joe Biden's mind! Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: WHAT?house Gender: Posts: 19,491 Thanks: 513 Thanked 1,449 Times in 849 Posts Blog Entries: 5	I came through Nintendoland. I was telling one of my friends how awesome the site was, and not only did he know the site, but he posted on the forums, and told me I should join. So I joined. And I posted a topic called "What are your three LEAST favorite games?" No one replied. So I posted a topic called "Why aren't you replying to 'What are your three LEAST favorite games?'" Then I was promptly told why by Omnitarian and Zora.