20 years on Hfboards

[Slats432]

I wish we were still connected to the legacy site, so much gold back then.

 

[ACLEVERNAME]

 

[ColinM]

Did any of them fly back home?

Fair point. I suppose some people could have had multi airport trips. Fly into London, take the Chunnel to Paris and fly home from the Paris Airport.

 

[TheGreenTBer]

I've been on the site long too. I dont think the forums started in 2002? Any idea who's the "oldest" member on the site?

Hockey's Future started in 1997, owned by the Taylor brothers (who eventually went into the porn industry, not joking) with Ken McKenna serving as Managing Editor. The forums started later that year, originally as a place to discuss HF content and prospects, but this was in an ancient, pre-vBulletin format that was more like a listserv than a web forum in appearance.

There are a few members still here that date from that early era, which is the source for "Dustin Rose" (not sure who started that one) and "Martin Skoula's Puck Poise" (that was definitely KL.) @Gee Wally , @SingnBluesOnBroadway , @Hossa , @Stephen , @Jumptheshark , @klingsor , @ULF_55 are a few examples but there are many more. Most of the members from that era have either grown out of it or been forced out, and if they were older folks in 1997 it is quite possible they have passed on to the great hockey forum in the sky by this point since that was over 27 years ago.

This site started before "All Your Base Are Belong To Us" which can be considered to be the very first meme (though we didn't call it a meme back then.) That's a long time.

EDIT: if you want a look at the forum's original format, here is the last archive snapshot before the vBulletin format was installed in February 2002: Link . Looking at my team's board, there are definitely a few posters I recognize (starting lurking in 2003 but didn't post until 2005) but many more that I don't recall communicating with.

 

[Stephen]

Hockey's Future started in 1997, owned by the Taylor brothers (who eventually went into the porn industry, not joking) with Ken McKenna serving as Managing Editor. The forums started later that year, originally as a place to discuss HF content and prospects, but this was in an ancient, pre-vBulletin format that was more like a listserv than a web forum in appearance.

There are a few members still here that date from that early era, which is the source for "Dustin Rose" (not sure who started that one) and "Martin Skoula's Puck Poise" (that was definitely KL.) @Gee Wally , @SingnBluesOnBroadway , @Hossa , @Stephen , @Jumptheshark , @klingsor , @ULF_55 are a few examples but there are many more. Most of the members from that era have either grown out of it or been forced out, and if they were older folks in 1997 it is quite possible they have passed on to the great hockey forum in the sky by this point since that was over 27 years ago.

This site started before "All Your Base Are Belong To Us" which can be considered to be the very first meme (though we didn't call it a meme back then.) That's a long time.

EDIT: if you want a look at the forum's original format, here is the last archive snapshot before the vBulletin format was installed in February 2002: Link . Looking at my team's board, there are definitely a few posters I recognize (starting lurking in 2003 but didn't post until 2005) but many more that I don't recall communicating with.

I still remember reading the drop down format at my high school library pre 2002!

 

[TheGreenTBer]

I still remember reading the drop down format at my high school library pre 2002!

Looking at it, it looks like the wild west...they literally published your IP address after each post lol.

You're one of the few Leafs posters I recognize from that era. I see you, MacDaddy/TLC, ULF, Northern Dancer(I think he comes from back then), Frankie (he was quite the contrarian) but not a whole lot of other names I'm familiar with.

 

[alko]

EDIT: if you want a look at the forum's original format, here is the last archive snapshot before the vBulletin format was installed in February 2002: Link . Looking at my team's board, there are definitely a few posters I recognize (starting lurking in 2003 but didn't post until 2005) but many more that I don't recall communicating with.

Skladany - the next Palffy - very nice.

Btw. this IP Adress List by every post. Was it a common thing that time?

 

[Stephen]

Looking at it, it looks like the wild west...they literally published your IP address after each post lol.

You're one of the few Leafs posters I recognize from that era. I see you, MacDaddy/TLC, ULF, Northern Dancer(I think he comes from back then), Frankie (he was quite the contrarian) but not a whole lot of other names I'm familiar with.

Don’t forget “The Messenger” who became “Mess.”

 

[TheGreenTBer]

Don’t forget “The Messenger” who became “Mess.”

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