Oryan77
Sergeant
955 Posts
    
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| | I've only been visiting this site for about a year. I was wondering how this site came about. When was it created; right when Harbinger came out? Who all here have been members of this site since the beginning of Maxminis? | |
Miniatures for sale *more added 07/17/08*: Click here
I will buy your unwanted D&D WotC minis collection (DDM only). Email me your asking price! | |
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Thoth, Gatherer of Knowledge
MerricB
Underboss
2353 Posts
Australia
| | 07/25/2006 1:52 AM |
| If you check the Members link (top right of screen), you can order members by date joined.
I started on the 6th of September, 2003, and I've been the primary moderator since then. The site really started to gain members on the 26th September 2003. Guess when DDM was released? [)]
(Jai's modified his join date, btw).
Long-term members (since September 2003 to present):
webmaster
Guy Fullerton (as guyf)
MerricB
bonelock
callidusx3
Lotus_eater
mdonais
Yukon Cornelius
Cormulan
Eprosen
lynchpt
moebigsley
Amurayi
Wild Yapok
Omand
Fenris
Erebus Moon
baphomet651
jengland
millygoat
Ryngard
greylord78
bshugg
Skarnn
Gooz
PatEllis15
qstor
amnuxoll
Ghengis Ska
prchamb
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Merric Blackman
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Knight of the
Round Table
Thenameless
Warlord
11406 Posts
The Fortress of Solitude
| | 07/25/2006 2:06 AM |
| | At the start, much of the focus also seemed to be on the trading aspect of things. I am a migrant from the Wizards board because a lot more trading happens here. | |
Over 270 successful online DDM trades. | |
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Thoth, Gatherer of Knowledge
MerricB
Underboss
2353 Posts
Australia
| | 07/25/2006 2:13 AM |
| Yep. Early discussion about DDM was on the Wizards boards, and Rob and Mike really posted a lot there during the early days. (I miss them!)
However, there wasn't a specific place for trading DDM on the Wizards boards in those days, so maxminis gained a lot of members as the only place to trade. Then people actually started talking to each other. [)]
Cheers! | |
Merric Blackman
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Cormulan
Sergeant
533 Posts
| | 07/25/2006 5:11 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by MerricB
Long-term members (since September 2003 to present):
Cormulan
Wow - I thought that I came along a bit after Maxminis had become established. Makes me feel a bit embarassed at the small post count :) | |
We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free. (Bill Hicks)
Disciple of Kithmaker | |
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Crisisman
Warrior
336 Posts
Kent, WA
| | 07/25/2006 5:56 AM |
| | I never thought to sort the dates. I didn't realize I joined so near the foundation of the site(just 6 weeks into Harbinger). It has been good to see the evolution of the site. I hope it continues to be the great tool and community it has been. | |
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Sulaco
Underboss
1605 Posts
| | 07/25/2006 10:29 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by MerricB
Long-term members (since September 2003 to present):
Technically I should be on that list too - I signed up when it was first announced but I was absent for like 2 years and my original account vanished - but contributing means more than just being around from the start.
Still, if there is a prize then I want in. [)] | |
Champion of the Gelatinous Cube. Nemesis of Gnomes and Dinosaurs.
Over the centuries, mankind has tried many ways of combating the forces of evil... prayer, fasting, good works and so on. Up until Doom, no one seemed to have thought about the double-barrel shotgun. ~ Terry Pratchett | |
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Drammattex
Sneak
95 Posts
| | 07/25/2006 10:55 AM |
| Ooo, I'm on page 30!
And here I was thinking I was an oldtimer. [)] | |
Unlikely Champion of Morgan Ironwolf | |
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Duke of Spoils
greyhaze
Warlord
6622 Posts
| | 07/25/2006 11:05 AM |
| Aww, great, now I have to check...
... 06/05/04... hmm almost a year after harbinger... pg27! o_0 thought it'd be earlier than that! | |
Greyhaze's DDM Spoilers
Champion of a Medium Dog & then a Darkenbeast , Raistlin Majere, Nightmare WDQ25/60, Warduke WD60/60,
Anti-Champion of Guns, "Knight of Bugbears", and Joke Champion of Venger.
Called Shots: Frost Giant in Dangerous Delves. | |
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Thailfi
Sergeant
956 Posts
| | 07/25/2006 11:22 AM |
| | I did the sort and was surprised to find that my 11/04/03 join date barely got me on to page 6. I didn't realize we had so many members then. I also don't remember what took me a month and a half to sign up and get trading. | |
Thailfi's Have/Want List
Thailfi's References | |
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Zenako
Commander
3468 Posts
| | 07/25/2006 11:28 AM |
| | If you look at the post counts of many of the old members, a lot them came and went without doing much. (also everyone as a member prior to a certain date got a 50 post bump at one point due to some adminstration issues that were being handled, so you need to also substract 50 from some of those guys and you might find very few posts were actually made....) | |
Built the addition for this addiction, now on to the "gaming table" project....
http://www.maxminis.com/hw_list.asp?user=Zenako last updated 29 May 2006
Set Status: in a nutshell = all of all
In Process trades 0), (Sig last updated 05/29/06) 300 plus Completed Trades -
If I seem scarce at times...blame DDO - Sarlona | |
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PatEllis15
Commander
4463 Posts
| | 07/25/2006 11:44 AM |
| I was happy to jump in when this site was announced over on the WotC Boards.
Initially the Webmaster created a VERY simple site. 4 forums as I recall. Trading got going pretty quick, but it wasn't until they announced the first Championship season that conversations beyond trading really got going.
I remember those days: when Kiddoc refused to tell us what he qualified with, when "Team Malice" dominated warband construction conversation, etc.
Back then of Course, ChaoticGood was viewed as a good moderator, and terrific trade partner.
After the initial development work of the Webmaster, Wuzzard took over developing many of the tools we have today. When things began to decay again, Jai stepped up to the plate and and helped the further development of the site to where it stands today.
All the while, additional moderators were added as traffic increased, such that the atmosphere of the site has, if anything, improved with time.
Pat E | |
"Games evolve. Otherwise we'd still be pushing rocks around the dirt. What do you think the cavemen said when some dude showed up with sticks?" - Chairman7w | |
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Sharn Inquisitor
Underboss
1623 Posts
| | 07/25/2006 1:50 PM |
| | Huh, I joined on 5.5.05. How cool.[xx(] | | | |
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moebigsley
Sneak
157 Posts
| | 07/25/2006 2:43 PM |
| hmm, I must have one of the lowest post counts for an active user who has been here since the beginning...
I actually missed this place while I was in Germany...
It's a Bizarro-world. | |
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Nobody Important
Sergeant
718 Posts
| | 07/25/2006 2:54 PM |
| While history and post count are both important neither fully measures ones contributions although post count normally comes closer. At least it does until you get people deliberately padding it by posting a comment one word at a time.
I definitely haven't been here long (about page 124/143 by join date) but at least I break into the top 20 pages by posts. Before I signed in here I was an occasional lurker who reserved most of my posts to Wizard's board or Merric's Article/Warbands pages.
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IHawk
Underboss
1054 Posts
Lisle, Illinois
| | 07/25/2006 6:40 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Zenako
If you look at the post counts of many of the old members, a lot them came and went without doing much. (also everyone as a member prior to a certain date got a 50 post bump at one point due to some adminstration issues that were being handled, so you need to also substract 50 from some of those guys and you might find very few posts were actually made....)
Crap, at this rate I may never reach the 1000 post mark...i forgot
about the extra 50 posts...that is like 3-4 months of posts for me.
mark | |
mark - Champion of the Goblin Worg Riders | anteblue_at_yahoo_dot_com
IHawk's Have/Want List | IHawk's Trade List | Completed Trades - 214 | Pending Trades - 0
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Knight of Argenis
Corim Danex
Warlord
6802 Posts
West Valley City, Utah
| | 07/25/2006 7:05 PM |
| | It's fascinating hearing about the early days of maxminis. Thanks, MerricB and others for filling us in. Thanks, Oryan77, for starting this thread. | |
"Look to God and live." Alma 37:47
Vindicated Champ of Hippogriff (Arcadian Hippogriff) and Uncommon Horse | |
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prchamb
Warrior
220 Posts
Charlotte, NC
| | 07/25/2006 7:42 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Cormulan
Makes me feel a bit embarassed at the small post count :)
Look at mine and you'll feel better. Ζ)]
I'm just happy I don't have the lowest post count of the still-active oldtimers. | |
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Thoth, Gatherer of Knowledge
MerricB
Underboss
2353 Posts
Australia
| | 07/25/2006 7:52 PM |
| In the earliest incarnation of the board, Webmaster started up a discussion topic for each individual miniature. It's interesting to see how discussion doesn't proceed in that way - far more often, it's the combinations of miniatures that spark discussion.
Exceptions like the Drider Sorcerer exist, of course!
Cheers! | |
Merric Blackman
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Knight of the
Round Table
Thenameless
Warlord
11406 Posts
The Fortress of Solitude
| | 07/25/2006 7:58 PM |
| | Please excuse my ignorance with computers, but how does one order the members by start up date as opposed to post count? Thanks. | |
Over 270 successful online DDM trades. | |
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Kypdurron
Underboss
1206 Posts
Broken Hill
| | 07/25/2006 8:08 PM |
| | How embaressing I've been here for over 2 years and stil haven't hit 1000 (Im close though) [)]and now even closer! | |
my trade data
email
Completed trades:Nixlord,Lexander , DarkFather x2 ,minotoman38 x2, Mojoical, Smilin Irish, Smithmeg, Bugsy, Doone, gmd316,Bossman.Dargoth
Bad Trades:Chaotic Good ,
,Champion Of Plush Wrackspawn | |
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IHawk
Underboss
1054 Posts
Lisle, Illinois
| | 07/25/2006 8:09 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Thenameless
Please excuse my ignorance with computers, but how does one order the members by start up date as opposed to post count? Thanks.
joe,
just click the heading "member since" on the members page
it should arrange by date. you may have to click it again
to reverse it. | |
mark - Champion of the Goblin Worg Riders | anteblue_at_yahoo_dot_com
IHawk's Have/Want List | IHawk's Trade List | Completed Trades - 214 | Pending Trades - 0
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kyrin
Commander
3168 Posts
| | 07/25/2006 8:09 PM |
| Page 14 for me. There I am, sandwiched between Count Dooku and Dariustad...
Yeah, anybody with exactly 50 posts is likely a beneficiary of the Great Christmas Post Count Bump of '04. Ah, memories, when everybody's title had a Christmas theme, and everybody was scrambling to claim reindeer names...
This is a great place.
JIM
aka kyrin | |
My Have/Want List <-|-|->My Trades and References 1 <-|-|->My Trades and References 2
Pronounce "Drow" like "crow"! Viva la Revolution! We Shall Overcome!
Vindicated Champion of the Stirge! Vindicated Champion of the Githyanki Knight on Red Dragon!!
Vindicated Champion of the Androsphinx! | |
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Raland
Sergeant
915 Posts
| | 07/25/2006 8:10 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Thenameless
Please excuse my ignorance with computers, but how does one order the members by start up date as opposed to post count? Thanks.
Click on the column heading title, and if you were to do it again will sort in reverse order | |
Champion of the Kender
ckissee - "providing TPK's since 2007"
Albert Einstein never once said that if the bees disappeared, "man would have only four years of life left" but the theory is a scary prospect. | |
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Can of the Cave Beer
Commander
2838 Posts
| | 07/25/2006 11:16 PM |
| Hmmph. Page 27. But that's a bit misleading. I was Can of the Cave Beer, then A Can of the Cave Beer (after I lost the password) and now I'm back to Can of the Cave Beer.
It's amazing some of the names I haven't seen in a long time--Ultarant being one of them. Toxic_Rat, greyhaze and derry are nearby, though. So I'm not totally by my lonesome. | |
Champion of the Werewolf Lord, Knight of Anything Duergar, and Squire of Things Gnollish
List reset with the start of previews for each new set...got Chainmail®? | |
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Wayne
Underboss
1371 Posts
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glumag
Warlord
5968 Posts
| | 07/26/2006 9:15 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Sulaco
quote:
Originally posted by MerricB
Long-term members (since September 2003 to present):
Technically I should be on that list too - I signed up when it was first announced but I was absent for like 2 years and my original account vanished - but contributing means more than just being around from the start.
Still, if there is a prize then I want in. [)]
you have already been awarded a prize... [)] | |
Trades >> Completed: 49 | Bad: Ø | Pending: 0 | Trade & talk Live on IRC! SERVER: irc.psionics.net CHANNEL: #maxminis | |
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Kunimatyu
Sergeant
725 Posts
| | 07/26/2006 9:47 AM |
| Bottom of Page 10 for me, right at the end of December '03. I'm pretty sure I lurked for a good two months beforehand, but December after Christmas was when I had my first minis to trade.
My very first minis, though, were a Mind Flayer, some Kuo-Toa, and some Half-Orc Fighters bought as singles from the local store. I think they ran me all of about 10 bucks. | |
Champion of the Aboleth, Prophet of Denizens. BW Called Shot: Babau, UH Called Shot: Aspect of Vecna | |
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Sulaco
Underboss
1605 Posts
| | 07/26/2006 11:03 AM |
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Originally posted by IHawk
Crap, at this rate I may never reach the 1000 post mark...i forgot
about the extra 50 posts...that is like 3-4 months of posts for me.
Doesn't amtter anyway as you can't post a custom av now. [:(] | |
Champion of the Gelatinous Cube. Nemesis of Gnomes and Dinosaurs.
Over the centuries, mankind has tried many ways of combating the forces of evil... prayer, fasting, good works and so on. Up until Doom, no one seemed to have thought about the double-barrel shotgun. ~ Terry Pratchett | |
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Knight of Wuzz
Wuzzard
-827 Posts
| | 07/26/2006 11:12 AM |
| | You can always post a custom avatar if you email your friendly wuzzard. | | | |
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Harneloot
Sergeant
575 Posts
| | 07/26/2006 11:14 AM |
| They removed the custom avatar feature?????????????
WHY?!?!?!?!?
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"What is to give light must endure burning" -Viktor Frankl
Champion of the Large Myconid
Deacon of the ANY aligned Raistlin. | |
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nyjastul69
Commander
2711 Posts
Rhode Island
| | 07/26/2006 11:17 AM |
| | Is it just custom avatars? Or all the avatars? | |
In the constellation of
Cygnus, there lurks a
mysterious, invisible
force:
Rush | |
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Sulaco
Underboss
1605 Posts
| | 07/26/2006 11:19 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Harneloot
They removed the custom avatar feature?????????????
WHY?!?!?!?!?
It's not diabsled, it's just not working. This isn't the thread to dicuss it further, though, cos it'll just veer way off topic. | |
Champion of the Gelatinous Cube. Nemesis of Gnomes and Dinosaurs.
Over the centuries, mankind has tried many ways of combating the forces of evil... prayer, fasting, good works and so on. Up until Doom, no one seemed to have thought about the double-barrel shotgun. ~ Terry Pratchett | |
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Cormulan
Sergeant
533 Posts
| | 07/26/2006 8:00 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Kunimatyu
My very first minis, though, were a Mind Flayer, some Kuo-Toa, and some Half-Orc Fighters bought as singles from the local store. I think they ran me all of about 10 bucks.
My first three rares were Displaced Aggression :) Those were happy days. | |
We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free. (Bill Hicks)
Disciple of Kithmaker | |
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Thoth, Gatherer of Knowledge
MerricB
Underboss
2353 Posts
Australia
| | 07/26/2006 8:01 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Harneloot
They removed the custom avatar feature?????????????
WHY?!?!?!?!?
It wasn't actually removed - it stopped working when we moved to the interim server. The custom avatar feature was a hack by Jai, and specific to the old site.
We'll restore custom avatars once we have the even newer site running. [:)]
Cheers! | |
Merric Blackman
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IHawk
Underboss
1054 Posts
Lisle, Illinois
| | 07/26/2006 8:25 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Wuzzard
You can always post a custom avatar if you email your friendly wuzzard.
Thanks Wuz...when i get there i'll send it along. | |
mark - Champion of the Goblin Worg Riders | anteblue_at_yahoo_dot_com
IHawk's Have/Want List | IHawk's Trade List | Completed Trades - 214 | Pending Trades - 0
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Narethkraag
Sergeant
848 Posts
| | 07/26/2006 8:33 PM |
| | I got here 2 months after the beginning, not bad at all!!.......[:D] | |
my list:http://www.maxminis.com/hwlist.asp?user=narethkraag
completed trades: Capnfrank, Sturmkraehe, Jeff Wilder (x5), Mrfurious, Shinobi, Hockeyfan, Kyrin x2, Scepter, Archimagus, Enginer230, The Last Huzzah, War golem, RedSkullz
Definetely bad trader: Invictus | |
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