Racketboy's 5 Year Mark Approaching

[cloudrat7]

Hey man, congrats.
This is the only videogame forum that i ever go to.
Thanks.

[Pullmyfinger]

Wasn't the site just redirecting to blogspot back then?

[racketboy]

The forums didn't go online until 2005 though?

True -- but I'm just going by my first blog post.

Wasn't the site just redirecting to blogspot back then?

It was on Blogspot then. But it was the foundation of the site.
And it wasn't terribly exciting at first -- mostly just news posts of new retro releases and such.

I think the first big original piece was this one from the end of 2005:
http://www.racketboy.com/retro/2005/12/ ... d-but.html
It was actually the inspiration for the Hidden Gems feature.

[fastbilly1]

Hooray.

I found racket through emuasylum's forums - which they keep asking me to come back to (I only made a handful of informed post on handheld gaming). I sent him my Pacman Vs idea after Momocon 07 and joined the forums soon after for the Retro Hacks book contest.

[Hatta]

Congratulations. I'm a relative newcomer. I only found this site about a year ago, but I'm glad I did. Lots of smart, insightful, funny, and civil people here. I found the guides after getting a saturn, and stuck around for the forums. I essentially never participate in forums without a threaded view, but here I am. You must have done something right.

[Mozgus]

Oh right, this is why I joined.

http://www.racketboy.com/retro/2006/05/ ... rn-vs.html

Nick made e-love to me by featuring a stupid little page I made, giving me much undeserved attention. I joined the forums a week later.

[Daniel Primed]

So, any plans in mind to celebrate eh?

BTW, for those who haven't already, go and read all of the previous articles on the site, great stuff.

[racketboy]

Oh right, this is why I joined.

http://www.racketboy.com/retro/2006/05/ ... rn-vs.html

Nick made e-love to me by featuring a stupid little page I made, giving me much undeserved attention. I joined the forums a week later.

lol

Actually before that I sent you an email asking about changing music in Marvel vs Capcom 2.

[lordofduct]

I remember when your blog went up. I didn't join the forums until just shy of 2 years later... but the forums weren't here from the get go (as commented).

Though I knew it was a while ago, jeez, I didn't know it was THAT long ago. Kinda creepy. I've been a member of retro gaming forums (with strong Sega themes) for nearly a decade now.

I do know why I joined. Racket was a member at SX with a link to his site in his siggy... and SX was basically in its final throws of life.

[racketboy]

So, any plans in mind to celebrate eh?

BTW, for those who haven't already, go and read all of the previous articles on the site, great stuff.

Hadn't really thought about it, to be honest -- at least I have until June to think of something

Don't read too far back though -- my early stuff is rather lackluster, IMO
It takes a while to find you're groove