When was the AARoads Forum organized?

[vdeane]

There are three people with a fake join date: him, Alex (January 1 of the correct year), and Alps (02/02/2020, in the future when it was put there).

Are we sure that's fake?  It started just a couple weeks later, and presumably took a bit of time to set up.  New Year's Day might have been a convienent day with no work/school for Alex and Voyager to begin.

Someone should make a history of the AARoads Forum and MTR. We have a lot of different threads with random tidbits, but no unified thread. Maybe I should do it...

Make sure you go into a lengthy explanation about pair bonding or I will be greatly impleased.

So that's what we were supposed to do in the bbarr...

[The_Ginger]

There's no way this date can be accurate:

Why not? It seems accurate enough.

[kphoger]

There's no way this date can be accurate:

Why not? It seems accurate enough.

He's literally the only member to display a join earlier than 2009.  Not even Alex.

[The_Ginger]

There's no way this date can be accurate:

Why not? It seems accurate enough.

He's literally the only member to display a join earlier than 2009.  Not even Alex.

Apologies. I was going for the sarcastic angle on that post. I should specify next time.

[kphoger]

Apologies. I was going for the sarcastic angle on that post.

Yeah, I don't process sarcasm well.

[Molandfreak]

@bugo likely changed his join date if that function was available to users early in the forum's existence, similar to how @hotdogPi and @TheHighwayMan3561 changed their usernames when the forum was going through a security transition.

[LilianaUwU]

There's no way this date can be accurate:

Yeah, the time should be 8:46:26am.

[Molandfreak]

There's no way this date can be accurate:

Yeah, the time should be 8:46:26am.

IIRC, it used to say exactly that.

Even though Bugo lives in the Central Time Zone.

[bugo]

I have no idea why my that is my join date. I assume one of the admins put it there as some sort of a joke.

[cahwyguy]

Someone should make a history of the AARoads Forum and MTR. We have a lot of different threads with random tidbits, but no unified thread. Maybe I should do it...

Or, if the founders want, we could always do an interview on the founding of AAroads as a bonus ep of the CA Route by Route podcast.

[Scott5114]

Are we sure that's fake?  It started just a couple weeks later, and presumably took a bit of time to set up.  New Year's Day might have been a convienent day with no work/school for Alex and Voyager to begin.

Voyager famously lost his shit at one point and deleted Alex's account (as well as that of a few others IIRC). I guess whoever restored Alex's access didn't know what the correct date was supposed to be so they just put January 1.

[kphoger]

Voyager famously lost his shit pissed everyone else's pants at one point and deleted Alex's account (as well as that of a few others IIRC). I guess whoever restored Alex's access didn't know what the correct date was supposed to be so they just put January 1.

FTFY??

[WillWeaverRVA]

Long ago, when the earth was without form and void...

[Max Rockatansky]

Someone should make a history of the AARoads Forum and MTR. We have a lot of different threads with random tidbits, but no unified thread. Maybe I should do it...

Or, if the founders want, we could always do an interview on the founding of AAroads as a bonus ep of the CA Route by Route podcast.

FWIW we are also planning on doing a bonus episode on the history of Gribblenation given it turned 25 this year.  We interview quite a few folks on the CA Route by Route podcast over the seasons on a myriad of subjects (many of general road interest).  I tend think it is a pretty solid format for something like talking about the history of a website. 

So I guess that question on AAroads ought to be directed Alex, Scott N and the folks involved with the AAroads Wiki.

[GaryV]

Who says the AARoads Forum is organized?

I give you the ABC, CBS, Fox ... thread as an example.

[kphoger]

Who says the AARoads Forum is organized?

It used to be.  The correct answer to "When was the AARoads Forum organized" is "Before the secret war with Nimbya messed everything up".

[Max Rockatansky]

Who says the AARoads Forum is organized?

I give you the ABC, CBS, Fox ... thread as an example.

Stuff like that and then some was going on in the ancient MTR days.  I really don't get why some hobby mainstreams think that was a golden age. 

[SSOWorld]

Who says the AARoads Forum is organized?

I give you the ABC, CBS, Fox ... thread as an example.

Stuff like that and then some was going on in the ancient MTR days.  I really don't get why some hobby mainstreams think that was a golden age. 

OK boomer

[Rothman]

Who says the AARoads Forum is organized?

I give you the ABC, CBS, Fox ... thread as an example.

Stuff like that and then some was going on in the ancient MTR days.  I really don't get why some hobby mainstreams think that was a golden age. 

OK boomer

It was a golden age of sorts...before everyone thought it was a good idea to kill their unique websites and become a Facebook Group...

[vdeane]

Who says the AARoads Forum is organized?

I give you the ABC, CBS, Fox ... thread as an example.

Stuff like that and then some was going on in the ancient MTR days.  I really don't get why some hobby mainstreams think that was a golden age. 

I can't help but think they loved it at least in part because of stuff like that.

[Max Rockatansky]

Who says the AARoads Forum is organized?

I give you the ABC, CBS, Fox ... thread as an example.

Stuff like that and then some was going on in the ancient MTR days.  I really don't get why some hobby mainstreams think that was a golden age. 

OK boomer

It was a golden age of sorts...before everyone thought it was a good idea to kill their unique websites and become a Facebook Group...

I find the fact that Facebook partially funds our still living website amusing and ironic.  I suspect we aren't the only standalone hobby page out there that takes advantage of social media platforms paying out engagement dollars.

[Max Rockatansky]

Who says the AARoads Forum is organized?

I give you the ABC, CBS, Fox ... thread as an example.

Stuff like that and then some was going on in the ancient MTR days.  I really don't get why some hobby mainstreams think that was a golden age. 

I can't help but think they loved it at least in part because of stuff like that.

I certainly hear about "operation ignore Calrog" enough to make me think there is a certain fondness for the chaos.

[Rothman]

Who says the AARoads Forum is organized?

I give you the ABC, CBS, Fox ... thread as an example.

Stuff like that and then some was going on in the ancient MTR days.  I really don't get why some hobby mainstreams think that was a golden age. 

I can't help but think they loved it at least in part because of stuff like that.

I certainly hear about "operation ignore Calrog" enough to make me think there is a certain fondness for the chaos.

I think there was some video someone hobbled together about him getting hit by a CFI truck while standing in a gore narrating one of his viatologist thingies...I may not laugh nowadays, but it was well done enough to still bring a smile to my face.

[kphoger]

I think there was some video someone hobbled together about him getting hit by a CFI truck while standing in a gore narrating one of his viatologist thingies...I may not laugh nowadays, but it was well done enough to still bring a smile to my face.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that those who wish to express sympathy consider donating a little green shrub.

[formulanone]

Who says the AARoads Forum is organized?

I give you the ABC, CBS, Fox ... thread as an example.

Stuff like that and then some was going on in the ancient MTR days.  I really don't get why some hobby mainstreams think that was a golden age. 

I can't help but think they loved it at least in part because of stuff like that.

I certainly hear about "operation ignore Calrog" enough to make me think there is a certain fondness for the chaos.

Some of us have carried on that tradition with at least a few members (though there's only one left).