Ten Years After

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The OT community is getting older, and in particular, quite a few members are coming up on their 10th anniversary. Many have come and gone, but a number remain amongst the fresher faces. In OT's old(er) age, with nostalgic pangs frequently setting in, we think a bit of reminiscence is called for.

As we roll forward and you celebrate your 10th (or older) anniversary at CFC, post the best of what you remember. Show us your (metaphorical) slides and share your memories. For those of you who are "newer" members feel free to chip in too with comments and questions. What are some of your best memories from OT, and what has kept you coming back here?
Spoiler ground rules: :

1. You might want to talk about individual members from the past. Please observe the 'opt in' rule if they're still active, and if they're not, be nice!
2. If there's certain members who have made this place particularly awesome for you, feel free to mention them, but remember you're not writing an acceptance speech, so don't make a long list (that would inevitably exclude many).
3. You might feel the need to talk about particular 'incidents' from the past. You may, but make sure that the incident is now "ancient history". Please avoid blatant PDMA (particularly when involving current moderators or former moderators who are still active), or being critical of any currently or recently active members.
4. This thread is meant to be about good memories, rather than serving as a platform for complaining.

A little history:

On Oct 26, 2001 CFC had 2,818 members, by midnight on December 31, 2001 that number had risen to 8,974. As of 6:00 pm MT on Oct 25, 2011 we have 219,966 memberships (including banned spambots).

So if you are celebrating 10 years here this month, let's hear your fondest memories!!​
 
I just love the sheer variety(people, point of wiew, knowledge, experience,...) around here as well as many interesting subjects. That ultimately creates real powerhouse of amusement and inspiration.
 
Hey, I just realized I'm in the 1% (no. 2036) of CFC! Looks like I won't be participating in any Occupy OT protests. :(

Too many people have come and gone in the last decade and I would miss a lot of people if I tried to write something up about all of them.
 
Viva la offtopic!

Relative n00bie here, but this place sure is fun.
 
Luckily I've only been here for nine years.

Which is still quite sad really...
 
Been here 10 years.

First post (over 6 months in):

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=264285&postcount=15

Answered by Sullla, who can teach some of you all a thing or two:

Jolly Roger has the right idea.

First thread (started the same day as my first post):

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=21364

First OT post (after being registered for over a year):

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=587374&postcount=6

First OT thread:

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=43747

Favorite thread:

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=34176

AoA's last stand:

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=53763

To see my favorite posts, you would have to see my infraction history where they are helpfully collected by our fine moderating crew. Used to take 2 moderators to keep order and now we need 14.
 
So why do people still hang around here? (besides the game of course)

Of all the forums and discussion groups I've been part of since 1998 this is only place I've bothered to stay around for more than a few hundred posts.

I just don't get it.
 
Pages and pages of limericks and not a one by me. :cry:

Awesome thread. Thanks.
 
"One in Nine Americans on Food Stamps"

Best thread ever.
 
Fifty and Stratego were trolling masterminds, and the forum is worse off without them.
 
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