The Simtropolis Annuarians Club

[Duke87 1,070]

Originally posted by: Tarkus

And I missed my 4th anniversary here . . . which is also the 4th anniversary of the last day of ST 4.0.  4 years and 5 days here, I guess, then. quote>

You sure about that? That would mean the FuseTalk switch occured February 25th. My own data trail seems to point to March 5th as the date.

Hmm....

[sim1234 62]

Today's my 5th anniversary of joining the site!  I can't believe that it's been that long since I became a member.

[mightygoose 92]

landed on my fourth year a while back.

[Meastro444 1]

I am half way through my fifth.

[un1 41]

Today marks my second year here!

[Duke87 1,070]

So, uh... seven years.

Yeah.

[LivingInThePast 364]

Today I celebrate being at Simtropolis for five years. I wrote a blog post on the manner, but I wanted to share a bit of it with you:

I was fascinated with 4, though. I played some of it at a friend’s house for starters. In fall 2003, the game was released for Mac by Aspyr Media, and Rush Hour was released for PCs. SimCity 4: Rush Hour was an expansion pack with drivable cars, signage, airports for fire-fighting planes, four-lane roads, monorails, ferries, and parking garages. I eagerly went to various “Sim” sites, starting with the now-defunct SimStuff, then SimGlobal, SimCity Central, and finally a large site that occasionally struggled with funds: a site called Simtropolis.

That summer (2004), I finally got a copy of SimCity 4 for Mac. There was no Rush Hour Mac yet, but I had high hopes. After all, by the time Mac users got Rush Hour, there would probably be news, if not release, of a new expansion pack. The Sims had gotten seven expansion packs, each with different themes. The Sims: Livin’ Large hadn’t added new aspects of gameplay, but subsequent expansions added vacations, pets, and even magic. I wondered how it would translate into SimCity.

Unfortunately, SimCity 4 was kind of slow (even for a screaming fast G5) but that didn’t deter me. Armed with a thick Prima guidebook I got in the GameStop of the Vista Ridge Mall (and for only $10, too...a bargain!). Soon, the BAT came out, and my favorite site at the time, SimCity Central started creating buildings for it. I dreamed up many buildings that I could build, but obviously none ever came to fruition. It wasn’t helped that once again, the BAT (Building Architect Tool) was PC user-only. Rush Hour was released that fall for Mac. Sadly, there was no new expansion packs released for SimCity. Unfortunately, my brother started using the G5 for work purposes, but in late 2005, I rediscovered it for the iMac G5. My first goal was to get cool buildings. The coolest by far was SimPEG’s “Hydroelectric Dam".

With my experience at Nintendo Database Forums, I decided to sign up for Simtropolis on September 11, 2005, just to get structures like that. That day, SimGoober released a real-world BAT: Ace Hardware. It was on the newly-posted part of Simtropolis many years ago. Regrettably, complications came up. The buildings were too long to be downloaded on a 56k modem with my time limit on the Internet, so I set up a way of my family downloading it on faster computers at their work sites. Furthermore, a few buildings were in .EXE format.

My first question on the Simtropolis forums dealt with toggling the tile view, something swiftly answered. The music of SimCity 4 was by far my favorite aspect, and I loved it. When I got from Galveston I wanted to recreate basically the entire stretch of Houston to Galveston. The strip malls that lit up at night. The theme park. The office buildings. The elevated stoplight. I wanted it all. Unfortunately, it wasn’t really possible at that time, especially with the fact I had a Mac, no skills to speak of, and not even Google Maps to help with BATting. It was also on that same post where I learned that in order to make a post on Simtropolis you had to possess some minimal HTML.quote>

Due to site rules, I can't post the entire page in its entirety, but a link will be available on request.

[Duke87 1,070]

Quick, Robin! To the Annuarian thread!

[LivingInThePast 364]

So this is where my post went.

Yes, I have been here five years and had been lurking a few years before that...I do remember April Fool's Day 2004...

[DCMetro34 577]

4 days ago was my one year anniversary on Simtropolis!!!

DC 

[kj3400 178]

Hmmm.....I've been here three years.....Fantastic.

[Vahr 343]

Tomorrow marks my 2nd year at Simtropolis!

[Vahr 343]

Tomorrow marks my 2nd year at Simtropolis!

[SimHoTToDDy 2,939]

It seems I have missed my four year mark by a few days. Oh well, the anniversaries don't seem as exciting this time around

[SimHoTToDDy 2,939]

It seems I have missed my four year mark by a few days. Oh well, the anniversaries don't seem as exciting this time around

[Vahr 343]

I apparently can't count... today is my 2nd year

[mrbisonm 1,622]

I joined at the end of october 2002 with the screename of *Freddyboy* (if I remember right) and in March 2003 I opened another account in (mrbisonm)'s name, which makes it 8 years that I am now on ST......oh boy. I remember that there were only some 70 or 80 members when I first joined....

mrb

[Craig-Abcvs 1,595]

So... I wonder how many original 2003 members are still active?

[Duke87 1,070]

Originally posted by: mrbisonm

I joined at the end of october 2002 with the screename of *Freddyboy* (if I remember right)quote>

Well, either you don't remember right, or the account is gone. There's no user with that name.

Originally posted by: abcvs

So... I wonder how many original 2003 members are still active?quote>

If you define "active" as active on the forum and "original 2003" as people that got their accounts ported over here from the old site on January 11th, 2003, the answer is one: ryanb_sc4. Not even dirk posts much anymore.

If you expand the definition of "original 2003" to anyone who registered in the calendar year 2003, the answer is nine: myself, Nonny, Meg, Easy Bakes, beebs, mrbisonm, Sam, BlackBeard, and ryanb_sc4.

Of those nine, only have been four continuously active since 2003: myself, Meg, Easy Bakes, and beebs.

(a caveat: I'm only noting members who have at least 2000 posts, so it's possible that I've missed someone)

[astronelson 339]

Well, I forgot to celebrate my two-year anniversary. I may as well note it now.

[Livin in Sim 83]

Originally posted by: Duke87

If you expand the definition of "original 2003" to anyone who registered in the calendar year 2003, the answer is nine: myself, Nonny, Meg, Easy Bakes, beebs, mrbisonm, Sam, BlackBeard, and ryanb_sc4.

quote>

What about Jacky?

[Duke87 1,070]

Jackie hasn't been around much in the past few months. I wouldn't exactly call her "active" right now.

[Ocram's Razr 964]

I am a 2005 member but I wasn't active until 2008.

So my 5th anniversy was in June.

[ky72x 13]

Missed my 5th anniversary by a day. At least I remembered this time!

[Slashback 136]

Today is my one year anniversary here - I just want to thank all the others on this site. Long live Simtropolis! 

 - I better start working on my CJ soon...

EDIT: I made 1303 posts and 2168 points in one year. This is going to be useful when I'll calculate the average post and point count/year next year...

[TekindusT 3,809]

I didn't remember to post my 3rd anniversary here... It was some days ago...

[nathanthemayor 1,263]

My 1st anniversity was November 24th 2010 around 6-8pm(About the time I first logged onto ST)

[dev 47]

7 years...Wow.

[Meg 368]

You've changed a lot in 7 years, Dev. Thanks for dropping by to say hi.

[Easy Bakes 253]

Originally posted by: Meg

You've changed a lot in 7 years, Dev. Thanks for dropping by to say hi.quote>

your a month from 8 years.