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10 Years
« on: August 07, 2012, 06:22:19 PM »
It occurred to me earlier: 
I don't remember the exact date, but I registered on the old dreamtheater.net forum 10 years ago this month.

I can't believe it's been 10 years already.  I don't know that I can really do justice to how much this band and this community has meant to me.  Some of you are still around from the old days, and it's great that so many new people are always joining.  Although I'm not as rabid a DT fan as I once was, their music stills means so much to me- for all that they have come to symbolize in my life, for all of the people they remind me of.  I have met some of my closest friends through this community and I have had some of the most fun times and adventures of my life thanks to them.  I have been introduced to countless bands that I probably never would have found had it not been for this community.  There's been some great laughs, and whenever I've needed advice or just an outlet to vent, you guys have always been here for me. 

I love you guys.  Here's to the next 10 years.   :metal
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Re: 10 Years
« Reply #1 on: August 07, 2012, 06:36:10 PM »
This is a thread I can support  :heart :heart :heart
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Re: 10 Years
« Reply #2 on: August 07, 2012, 06:38:41 PM »
I have probably been here over 10 years, but I have no clue when I joined. Maybe it was 10 years ago, maybe it was 40. Maybe I never joined. Who knows?
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Re: 10 Years
« Reply #3 on: August 07, 2012, 07:02:43 PM »
Glad to have you around Neon :) My only request is that you post more in the pics thread. You're too cute not to.
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Re: 10 Years
« Reply #4 on: August 07, 2012, 07:53:33 PM »
Yup, also over 10 years for sure. Was reading on SFAM on the old EZ board, and that's more than 10 years ago.

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Re: 10 Years
« Reply #5 on: August 07, 2012, 07:55:46 PM »
Anybody got a screencap of that SFAM motif board? That's my earliest memory of this community.
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Re: 10 Years
« Reply #6 on: August 07, 2012, 08:31:26 PM »
Quote from: Neon on August 07, 2012, 06:22:19 PM


I love you guys.  Here's to the next 10 years.   :metal

 :metal :metal

Myself, I am over 12 years now in this community. :eek :eek :eek :eek

I occasionally think I still waste too much time here, but then again, I love talking music and sports and whatever, and this has almost always been a great place to do it, so there ya go. :biggrin:
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Re: 10 Years
« Reply #7 on: August 07, 2012, 08:35:18 PM »
I actually just searched my Gmail account, and the oldest dt.net related email I have is from Septermber 2009 where Cheesus reports a post :lol
Then Richey, then LTD and then ... AndyDT :lol


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Re: 10 Years
« Reply #8 on: August 07, 2012, 08:47:39 PM »
I feel so young, after just a couple of years. I hope it's around long enough for me to start my own 10 year thread, and I hope all you great people are still around to make it the special community that it is.
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Re: 10 Years
« Reply #9 on: August 07, 2012, 08:48:22 PM »
Quote from: black_floyd on August 07, 2012, 07:55:46 PM
Anybody got a screencap of that SFAM motif board? That's my earliest memory of this community.

Doesn't JustJen have these pages archived somewhere?  I know she has some 6DOIT but I don't know if it goes any further back.
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Re: 10 Years
« Reply #10 on: August 07, 2012, 08:48:37 PM »
10 years, pretty impressive. I barely got three.
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Re: 10 Years
« Reply #11 on: August 07, 2012, 08:59:36 PM »
Half way there. 10 years... that's a decade of dt forums.
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Re: 10 Years
« Reply #12 on: August 07, 2012, 09:05:05 PM »
I first joined as a junior in high school, right around when Train of Thought came out, which I guess puts me at nine years... holy shit, can't believe it's been that long :lol
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Re: 10 Years
« Reply #13 on: August 07, 2012, 09:44:16 PM »
Quote from: carl320 on August 07, 2012, 08:48:22 PM
Quote from: black_floyd on August 07, 2012, 07:55:46 PM
Anybody got a screencap of that SFAM motif board? That's my earliest memory of this community.

Doesn't JustJen have these pages archived somewhere?  I know she has some 6DOIT but I don't know if it goes any further back.

She used to. The forums from 2007 and 2008 are available, but the actual threads/posts aren't up on her site anymore. Just empty content. https://www.h-fangirl.com/SMF/index.php
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Re: 10 Years
« Reply #14 on: August 07, 2012, 10:09:55 PM »
The earliest it goes back:

https://web.archive.org/web/20021017033814/https://www.dreamtheater.net/bb/

6 years for me in September.
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Re: 10 Years
« Reply #15 on: August 07, 2012, 10:19:23 PM »
12 years for me! 
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Re: 10 Years
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Re: 10 Years
« Reply #17 on: August 07, 2012, 10:20:46 PM »
Quote from: Adami on August 07, 2012, 10:19:46 PM
75 years for me.

When I said twelve.... I meant twelve HUNDRED. 
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Re: 10 Years
« Reply #18 on: August 07, 2012, 10:23:53 PM »
Quote from: SnakeEyes on August 07, 2012, 10:20:46 PM
Quote from: Adami on August 07, 2012, 10:19:46 PM
75 years for me.

When I said twelve.... I meant twelve HUNDRED.

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Re: 10 Years
« Reply #19 on: August 07, 2012, 10:29:55 PM »
I think I joined towards end of 2005. 

Been many years of good times
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Re: 10 Years
« Reply #20 on: August 07, 2012, 10:44:12 PM »
Ten years for me too, kinda sorta.  Joined up in August of '02, posted a setlist/mini-review of a Dallas gig, and then disappeared for 6 years.  When I discovered this place 4 years ago, I was surprised to find I already had an account, and for some reason I was called El Barto.  I guess Jesus was already taken.
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Re: 10 Years
« Reply #21 on: August 07, 2012, 11:18:35 PM »
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Re: 10 Years
« Reply #22 on: August 08, 2012, 08:35:42 AM »
9 years here for me. Registered on mp.com in 02, dt.net in 03. Where have the years gone?

Always a pleasure to read your posts neon. The 4/1 meetup comes to mind when I see your username.
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Re: 10 Years
« Reply #23 on: August 08, 2012, 09:20:50 AM »
you guys are a nice group, this site is a good one, even if I dont participate anymore I always liked the vibe you all have with each other.. and I lurk from time to time, and sometime you guys make me laugh or smile and thats cool...

I invented the internet so I have lots of pixels to monitor.. : )

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Re: 10 Years
« Reply #24 on: August 08, 2012, 10:04:23 AM »
Thread needs pictures.
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Re: 10 Years
« Reply #25 on: August 08, 2012, 10:07:11 AM »
Did pictures exist back then?
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Re: 10 Years
« Reply #26 on: August 08, 2012, 10:10:39 AM »
November 2004 - I'm pushing eight. And that's very on-off. Still amazing though. When I registered, three years would've seemed unthinkable. Look how it all sneaks up on you!

As hobbies go, though, I'd say it's a fun one. No regrets here - been great, here's to eight more. And congrats on your decade, Neon.
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Re: 10 Years
« Reply #28 on: August 08, 2012, 12:19:24 PM »
13 or so for me.  We were discussing the new album, which a lot of people just called "Metropolis, Part II" because saying the whole thing seemed so silly, and abbreviations hadn't been invented yet.  Also, the new keyboard player, some long-haired punk named Jordan.

Quote from: black_floyd on August 07, 2012, 07:02:43 PM
Glad to have you around Neon :) My only request is that you post more in the pics thread. You're too cute not to.

Seconded.  Very few things in life cannot be improved by more pictures of cute girls.
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Re: 10 Years
« Reply #29 on: August 08, 2012, 01:36:37 PM »
Quote from: Orbert on August 08, 2012, 12:19:24 PM
and abbreviations hadn't been invented yet.



Wtf?
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Re: 10 Years
« Reply #30 on: August 08, 2012, 02:22:39 PM »
People were talking about how their presence on DTF actually predates the internet, and whether or not pictures existed.  When the album Metropolis Part 2: Scenes from a Memory came out, it was the longest album title yet (our fingers were still sore from typing Falling Into Infinity) and we hadn't yet adopted SFAM as the "official" abbreviation for it.  I remember some people just calling it Metropolis Part 2 or even M2.
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Re: 10 Years
« Reply #31 on: August 08, 2012, 02:24:36 PM »
Quote from: Orbert on August 08, 2012, 02:22:39 PM
People were talking about how their presence on DTF actually predates the internet, and whether or not pictures existed.  When the album Metropolis Part 2: Scenes from a Memory came out, it was the longest album title yet (our fingers were still sore from typing Falling Into Infinity) and we hadn't yet adopted SFAM as the "official" abbreviation for it.  I remember some people just calling it Metropolis Part 2 or even M2.

Come on Bobbo, I replied to your statement about a lack of abbreviations with an abbreviation. Don't take me so seriously. :)
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Re: 10 Years
« Reply #32 on: August 08, 2012, 03:32:43 PM »
I've also been around for about 10 years. I forget exactly when I joined up, but I it was sometime in 2001 or 2002. Amazing how the time passes. This place is as pointlessly entertaining as ever though. :)
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Re: 10 Years
« Reply #33 on: August 08, 2012, 04:20:49 PM »
Quote from: Adami on August 08, 2012, 02:24:36 PM
Quote from: Orbert on August 08, 2012, 02:22:39 PM
People were talking about how their presence on DTF actually predates the internet, and whether or not pictures existed.  When the album Metropolis Part 2: Scenes from a Memory came out, it was the longest album title yet (our fingers were still sore from typing Falling Into Infinity) and we hadn't yet adopted SFAM as the "official" abbreviation for it.  I remember some people just calling it Metropolis Part 2 or even M2.

Come on Bobbo, I replied to your statement about a lack of abbreviations with an abbreviation. Don't take me so seriously. :)

Abbreviation ≠ acronym  :P

Quote from: Orbert on August 08, 2012, 02:22:39 PM
I remember some people just calling it Metropolis Part 2 or even M2.

The 3DO's never-to-be-released followup?!
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Re: 10 Years
« Reply #34 on: August 08, 2012, 04:25:24 PM »
Quote from: black_floyd on August 08, 2012, 04:20:49 PM
Quote from: Adami on August 08, 2012, 02:24:36 PM
Quote from: Orbert on August 08, 2012, 02:22:39 PM
People were talking about how their presence on DTF actually predates the internet, and whether or not pictures existed.  When the album Metropolis Part 2: Scenes from a Memory came out, it was the longest album title yet (our fingers were still sore from typing Falling Into Infinity) and we hadn't yet adopted SFAM as the "official" abbreviation for it.  I remember some people just calling it Metropolis Part 2 or even M2.

Come on Bobbo, I replied to your statement about a lack of abbreviations with an abbreviation. Don't take me so seriously. :)

Abbreviation ≠ acronym  :P

True, but it works in context.  An acronym is a type of abbreviation.

Adami, my sarcasm and humor detectors have both been fucking up pretty badly lately.  I think the firewall at work interferes with them.
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