Oldest post on GTP?

[Johnnypenso]

I'll think you'll find it's this one from Jordan himself.

https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/threads/loading.56/

Ironically, the third post in that thread is probably the first post to violate the (current) AUP

 

[wvmgmidget]

Hey @Jordan I know it's a bit personal but, if you don't mind; I have to ask. How did you learn how to run a site like this? Did you attend college, just learn as you went, both or something else entirely?

 

[GTRacer22]

6 months and 5 days old when Jordan made the rather unceremonious post. I've loved this place since I became a member back in 2013, and even before when I lurked. Man, you guys make me feel old and I'm only 14!

 

[CinnamonOD]

I was...umm...an embryo.

6 months and 5 days old when Jordan made the rather unceremonious post. I've loved this place since I became a member back in 2013, and even before when I lurked. Man, you guys make me feel old and I'm only 14!

And I was in my last year of Pre-School.

Time does fly indeed.

I remember finding this site looking for GT5 news back in 2006-2007

Then re-discovered it in 2010 looking for GT5 footage, then I joined in early 2012 because I got a little bit obsessed with the OCD back then, I spent literally months just lurking the forums until I made my first post in one of those OCD threads.

 

[phillgt2002]

I was...umm...an embryo.

I feel old.

 

[Jordan]

Hey @Jordan I know it's a bit personal but, if you don't mind; I have to ask. How did you learn how to run a site like this? Did you attend college, just learn as you went, both or something else entirely?

I just had to figure everything out as I went along. It was tough, as I was only 13 and didn't have any friends or family with experience in running websites. However, my parents were very supportive, and I absolutely loved everything about it and learned a lot solving all the problems that popped up over the years. I did eventually study computer science in college and graduate school, which helped me bring the site to where you see it today.

 

[Cowboy]

I just liked the oldest post on GTPlanet

 

[Aphelion]

...I was only 13...

Woah... that is an extremely weird thought. I just kind of assumed you had always been 28...

 

[ToyGTone]

Ironically, the third post in that thread is probably the first post to violate the (current) AUP

More like his second post ever...

 

[wvmgmidget]

I just had to figure everything out as I went along. It was tough, as I was only 13 and didn't have any friends or family with experience in running websites. However, my parents were very supportive, and I absolutely loved everything about it and learned a lot solving all the problems that popped up over the years. I did eventually study computer science in college and graduate school, which helped me bring the site to where you see it today.

Well sir I must say you've done a fantastic job with this site. This is probably the most well run and user friendly forum on the internet.

 

[GTP_CargoRatt]

Wow, 2001. If I remember correctly, I was big into downloading music off of Napster, Kazaa, LimeWire, and BearShare on a 56k connection around that time as far as the internet goes. My oh my, how times have changed. 14 years ago, I was 35 years old, in perfect health, and working at Roush Racing as a welder/fabricator in Livonia, Michigan.....miss those days.


You've come a long way with the site @Jordan great job through the years.

 

[daan]

I just had to figure everything out as I went along. It was tough, as I was only 13

Good job you weren't still 12 or you'd have had to ban yourself for a year!

 

[Streeto]

I was a mere 10 year old most likely playing GT2 or Crash Bandicoot, but our house didn't get a PC until 2003...

 

[Obelisk]

^ Yep, that's it. Hard to believe I made that post almost exactly 14 years ago.

@The Chosen One, you can learn more about GTPlanet's history here.

Hard to believe GTPlanet is 14 years old. I was just 6 years old and didn't even have a game back when GTP started.

 

[ToyGTone]

I will start to talk about myself and GTPlanet.

When the first post happened over here, I was only 2 and more than month years old. I remember watching and playing GT back in 2002 with GT1 and GT2, later that year, we bought a ps2 and the first 2 games was GT3 and GTC. I didn't played GT4P back in 2004 but I remember seeing some kid playing it and selecting the Toyota prius.... With years and years I started to play GT more and getting better skills at it.

Although I join this forum since 2013, I actually knew this site since around 2008-2009 with me seeking on how to do the GT4 driving mission and looking at https://www.gtplanet.net/library/ (does anybody remember that?) And I remember seeing the news feed about GT5, I remember the news about Pd including Nurb GP/F and GP/D in GT5. I bought GT5 around Christmas 2010, 1 month after the release, I didn't however updated the game because at that time, we had a much poorer Internet connection which took ages to download so we didn't bother to do that until august 2012 where my dad finally upgraded the Internet package. Which then I had to download the Hugh downloads of GT5 which took from early morning to mid night!!

However I actually started playing GT5 online on March 2013 which's the reason why I joined this forum.

I have a suggestion for next year when GTP is going to have the 15th Anivversary: we should have a option to make the forum looks classic ( old GTPLANET look), it's should be optional.

 

[sk8er913]

^ Yep, that's it. Hard to believe I made that post almost exactly 14 years ago.

@The Chosen One, you can learn more about GTPlanet's history here.

"This will take getting used to. How bout a general forum like on MSN?
So far I like. You rock @Jordan."

Lol Well we know the answer to that question!

In 2001 I was probably playing Rollercoaster Tycoon. (Age 6 1/2)

 

[Smurfybug]

I was only a month and 22 days old!

 

[Danny]

I would hazard a guess that @Jordan, @Famine or @daan will know the answer.

@daan could probably also tell you the first spoken word too, he was there.

 

[The Chosen One]

Obligatory nostalgia thread?

Obligatory nostalgia thread.

 

[mister dog]

Strange, i could have sworn this thread looked different last time i checked. Did the nuns object?

 

[TB]

Strange, i could have sworn this thread looked different last time i checked. Did the nuns object?

No, we love discussing sex and masturbation in the Site Support section.

 

[Maldoxx]

I wasn't even born when the oldest thread was created. Another sign that @Jordan is old.

 

[Benny44]

I was 23 when that first post was made (4 days away from 24). So, yeah, I feel quite old. I think I used to lurk on this forum for a number of years before I joined, if I remember correctly. I remember searching around for tips on beating mission 34 in GT4, and this was probably one of the sites I was on.

 

[Omologato]

I know that I have been around for awhile, and upon checking my profile, I see that I joined January 3rd, 2005. That's 10 years ago.


Now excuse me while I go complain to myself about losing my favorite car in GT2 to the No Name No Name glitch, something I surely would have been doing in 2001.

 

[R5]

I wasn't even born when the oldest thread was created. Another sign that @Jordan is old.

Or that you're young

(Psssst don't upset Jordan, he'll throw a ban hammer at your knees )

 

[TB]

(Psssst don't upset Jordan, he'll throw a ban hammer at your knees )

I used to be a member until I took a banhammer to the knees.

 

[R5]

I used to be a member until I took a banhammer to the knees.

But, being deadpool, your knees regenerated and you were once again a member.

 

[Brett]

Oh, you were one of those lucky ISDN users... I was stuck on 56k until mid-2002. It was incredibly difficult to manage the site with such a slow connection. I used to drive an hour just to visit a CompUSA store, where I could download backups of GTP using their cable modem demo.

Did you buy anything each time you visited or just go to download the backup?