25 years of Civfanatics - a retrospective

[danjuno]

Forums FTW!

Pretty wild place to have spent my adolescence.

 

[The_J]

Oh yeah... I've obviously also spent... hours over hours here .

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Wow! Thanks!

Oh, another "official" thing developed on CFC by the community was the official patch for Civ4Col. PatchMod was made by me and Sn00py here, and then published by Firaxis as the official patch.

and I thought I knew everything about this game!
I am sorry for overlooking this, will be fixed in an instant .
EDIT: Done, also in the 30-years civ thread.
EDIT2: For the patch, I'd need a link, I've not played Col much.

Ha! From the above one would think this was was just a civ site. But it has been so much more: Off Topic, NESing, Other games, Mafia, etc.

Yes, a lot of things have happened in the forum.
If anyone would like to write something about it...

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That discussion is better for elsewhere .

This made me wonder so I went and took a look. I joined on Jan 5, 2002 - 23 years and still here! Yes, I'm part of the not very active group but I'm still here.
Great idea for an article!

Thanks for coming back here, oldtimer .

 

[Dale]

and I thought I knew everything about this game!
I am sorry for overlooking this, will be fixed in an instant .
EDIT: Done, also in the 30-years civ thread.
EDIT2: For the patch, I'd need a link, I've not played Col much.

Here's the original PatchMod thread here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/mod-snoopy-dale-patchmod.293253/

And the first line of the official patch notes (I verified this right now by installing the steam version of the game and opening readme.htm):

 

[Angst]

all of this is really charming. it's nuts that it's been that long.
i think my first post was when i was an idiot 14 year old. i said that celts culturally developed into germanics, i believe. good times.

 

[Plotinus]

An epic read! Takes me back to those days in the early 2000s when I stumbled across the site while seeking modding resources. I'd forgotten about the funeral spambot though!

 

[Gori the Grey]

i said that celts culturally developed into germanics

prolly planted the seed for Civ 7's civ-switching.

 

[Evie]

This made me wonder so I went and took a look. I joined on Jan 5, 2002 - 23 years and still here! Yes, I'm part of the not very active group but I'm still here.
Great idea for an article!

Someone who shares my forum birthdate XD

I'm still...on-again, off-again semi-active I guess? (Which is to say, I have spurs of pretty intense activity followed by breaks when I get too bored or annoyed at a discussion. Not unique to CFC, that ; that,s me and the entire internet).

 

[Angst]

prolly planted the seed for Civ 7's civ-switching.

IT'S ALL MY FAULT

 

[Patine]

An epic read! Takes me back to those days in the early 2000s when I stumbled across the site while seeking modding resources. I'd forgotten about the funeral spambot though!

I was one of the migrants from Apolyton, along with most of the Civ2 Scenario League.

 

[Willburn]

Here's to another 25!

 

[The_J]

Great to see this many old-timers here .

Here's the original PatchMod thread here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/mod-snoopy-dale-patchmod.293253/

And the first line of the official patch notes (I verified this right now by installing the steam version of the game and opening readme.htm):
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Thanks, changed .
And no worries, no need to double check, I believe you .

An epic read! Takes me back to those days in the early 2000s when I stumbled across the site while seeking modding resources. I'd forgotten about the funeral spambot though!

It's one of the very weird occurences which I somehow I can't forget.
If this maybe triggered some other forgotten memories, then write them down, can add them .

 

[Kyriakos]

Takes me back to those days in the early 2000s when I stumbled across the site while seeking modding resources.

I was doing that too, in my first year at university. I still recall the placement (within the campus) of the computer room where I loaded up the CF page.

 

[Birdjaguar]

- 2008, March 6: CFC Hacked (information about this seems lost)

The hacker deleted many civ files and many/most were quickly replaced by the membership.

3/6/08

On the second of March 2008
By 2:19 it was already too late:
The hacker came cloaked and stealthy
Spying what was fun and healthy,
With tools arcane and evil grin,
Telefragged's guards were then done in;
With malicious thoughts and spiteful glee
The foul fellow went on a deleting spree:
Love's labor’s ripped from our soul
Left a tangled mess and gaping hole;
What once was fine and now's in shambles,
Was lost to hate, so now we scramble
To rebuild all with efforts fair,
A finer place for those who care,
Where kindness wins out in the end,
With the files so many quickly send.