ok, this is interesting. I was looking for something else in some old emails, and I ran across one with the subject "Action Required to Activate Membership for dreamtheater.net!". It is dated October 30, 2003, or right before Train of Thought was released.
I always had a vague recollection of joining and posting a bit (but mostly lurking) on an old Dream Theater forum. Turns out it was dt.net! The very pants I was about to return!
So, this is kind of odd since I still consider myself such a noob here, but do I get four bars as a DT.net Vet?