Sooo....who's still here from "BTC"...?

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Wed Mar 06, 2019 1:06 am

"BTC" being the mystical lost time "Before The Crash" of Feb, 2004.

I can only remember:

Greg
Me
BTE
Myron

Anybody else...?

(That was a funny day, Feb 4, 2004. I thought the world had ended. This was the only message board I was part of, back then. I could not believe that the entire ValiantComics.com went down the tube. Yes, it was "ValiantComics.com" long before it became "Valiantfans"....)

depluto · Post by **depluto** » Wed Mar 06, 2019 1:17 am

I lurked a tiny bit before but didn't start posting until the following June.

greg · Post by **greg** » Wed Mar 06, 2019 8:12 am

The "day the board returned" was Feb. 4, 2004. I think it had been down a while before I realized it was gone forever. I had to get a whole new everything... it was the hosting company that went down... Endore.com... thousands of customers.

Here is some internet archaeology of that event that affected thousands of website owners:
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=229052" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

drmirage · Post by **drmirage** » Fri Mar 08, 2019 12:34 am

That was a looong time ago.

BTC now is known more as Bitcoin.

Chiclo · Post by **Chiclo** » Fri Mar 08, 2019 7:02 am

drmirage wrote:BTC now is known more as Bitcoin.

By the uninitiated, perhaps so.

lobo · Post by **lobo** » Wed Mar 13, 2019 3:34 pm

I'm a Feb 4 original.

magnus20009 · Post by **magnus20009** » Tue Mar 19, 2019 1:34 am

I was on the original board. Can't remember if I used the same screen name but likely I did.

I did not register for the new boards until about a month after (March 2004) they were launched.

I might have the record of the longest time between posts - March 18, 2010 to June 30, 2018. And I had a break between 2007 and 2009 and 2004 and 2007.

myron · Post by **myron** » Tue Mar 19, 2019 11:03 am

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Tue Mar 19, 2019 1:12 pm

magnus20009 wrote:I was on the original board. Can't remember if I used the same screen name but likely I did.

I did not register for the new boards until about a month after (March 2004) they were launched.

I might have the record of the longest time between posts - March 18, 2010 to June 30, 2018.

Probably not.

nycjadie · Post by **nycjadie** » Tue Mar 19, 2019 1:42 pm

I was a lurker and had an account. I can't remember the name. Might have been nycjadie. Might have been something else. I used it to buy some old pre-unity issues, and get info back in the day when I was trying to rebuild my collection after college.

IMJ · Post by **IMJ** » Tue Mar 19, 2019 7:27 pm

I feel like I was haunting the forums since maybe 2004 but didn't register to start posting for some reason or another until '05.

skot · Post by **skot** » Sun Mar 31, 2019 10:42 am

yeah i remember the first iteration of the board. i was a few days late checking in.
i remember a few names here

Phantom · Post by **Phantom** » Tue Apr 02, 2019 3:46 pm

Not me. I think I started reading the board late 2004.
Signed on 2005, then posted 2006. I just checked, it 7 months before my first post and second post.

But i know Magnus R was on original board. Well I think so.

myron · Post by **myron** » Mon Apr 08, 2019 10:52 am

Phantom wrote:Not me. I think I started reading the board late 2004.
Signed on 2005, then posted 2006. I just checked, it 7 months before my first post and second post.

But i know Magnus R was on original board. Well I think so.

you are correct

cjv · Post by **cjv** » Tue Jan 14, 2020 1:16 pm

I was here.

betterthanezra · Post by **betterthanezra** » Sun Mar 15, 2020 12:19 pm

I was

Like Zeph said in the first post but my screen name at the time was Shadowsip

After the crash it's been BTE I wish I could remember how many posts I had originally before it went into the void

-Brian

valiantdude · Post by **valiantdude** » Wed Jan 20, 2021 10:21 am

I was the first poster ever! I actually put the first post on this board in 2002...thanking Greg for his hard work..I don't know why I'm still here.. I tried to retire once already

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Sat Mar 06, 2021 3:54 pm

Anybody else still here from before the board there was a Yahoo Groups valiant group, I'm thinking around 1999 or so. I think it was run by a guy named Barry Reese. If memory serves Sonicdan was there, Michael Sacal(mota) maybe, a guy named Ant'ny who was BloodofHeroes on here ages ago, he was a top Bloodshot/Vanhook fan. Then when this board started it was godsend. Glad it's still kicking

valiantdude · Post by **valiantdude** » Tue Mar 09, 2021 12:25 pm

no, but i do remember when there was like 2 valiant websites in 1995. I used to email the owner alot.. btw neither of the two sites were acclaim owned.. wild

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Tue Mar 09, 2021 2:46 pm

valiantdude wrote: Tue Mar 09, 2021 12:25 pm no, but i do remember when there was like 2 valiant websites in 1995. I used to email the owner alot.. btw neither of the two sites were acclaim owned.. wild

Wild early days of the internet, reminds me of waiting for the pages to load on Joe Petrilak's website trying to read THE Jim Shooter interview

greg · Post by **greg** » Tue Mar 09, 2021 3:22 pm

Ryan wrote: Tue Mar 09, 2021 2:46 pm
valiantdude wrote: Tue Mar 09, 2021 12:25 pm no, but i do remember when there was like 2 valiant websites in 1995. I used to email the owner alot.. btw neither of the two sites were acclaim owned.. wild
Wild early days of the internet, reminds me of waiting for the pages to load on Joe Petrilak's website trying to read THE Jim Shooter interview

It loads a little faster in 2021.
http://valiantarchive.com/valiant/joe/s ... efault.php

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Tue Mar 09, 2021 4:48 pm

greg wrote: Tue Mar 09, 2021 3:22 pm
Ryan wrote: Tue Mar 09, 2021 2:46 pm
valiantdude wrote: Tue Mar 09, 2021 12:25 pm no, but i do remember when there was like 2 valiant websites in 1995. I used to email the owner alot.. btw neither of the two sites were acclaim owned.. wild
Wild early days of the internet, reminds me of waiting for the pages to load on Joe Petrilak's website trying to read THE Jim Shooter interview
It loads a little faster in 2021.
http://valiantarchive.com/valiant/joe/s ... efault.php

We've come so far

I think I still have a hard copy around somewhere I printed out ages ago

possumgrease · Post by **possumgrease** » Wed Mar 10, 2021 2:14 pm

I've spent so much time lately over on the Cryptoverse, I thought this was a Bitcoin thread (BTC). Carry on.

betterthanezra · Post by **betterthanezra** » Wed Mar 17, 2021 7:25 am

Ryan wrote: Sat Mar 06, 2021 3:54 pm Anybody else still here from before the board there was a Yahoo Groups valiant group, I'm thinking around 1999 or so. I think it was run by a guy named Barry Reese. If memory serves Sonicdan was there, Michael Sacal(mota) maybe, a guy named Ant'ny who was BloodofHeroes on here ages ago, he was a top Bloodshot/Vanhook fan. Then when this board started it was godsend. Glad it's still kicking

I was there as well

-Brian

greg · Post by **greg** » Wed Mar 17, 2021 9:18 am

Ryan wrote: Sat Mar 06, 2021 3:54 pm Anybody else still here from before the board there was a Yahoo Groups valiant group, I'm thinking around 1999 or so. I think it was run by a guy named Barry Reese. If memory serves Sonicdan was there, Michael Sacal(mota) maybe, a guy named Ant'ny who was BloodofHeroes on here ages ago, he was a top Bloodshot/Vanhook fan. Then when this board started it was godsend. Glad it's still kicking

Yahoo Groups was definitely the first "well-known" Valiant fans board online.

I was on the Yahoo Group for Valiant - and it's the reason that I didn't start a messageboard at ValiantComics.com in 1999. Why make a second board?

I think a few of the guys suggested that I start a board anyway since ValiantComics.com is a pretty clear way for Valiant fans to interact once they're looking up Valiant info at the site and Yahoo Groups already existed for everything and most people didn't know to go searching for specific topics there (or AOL wouldn't ever suggest Yahoo locations).

In 2002, I agreed it was time so I added a board for discussions and another soon after that one crashed. The big crash was in 2004 --- but the 4th board for Valiant fans (Yahoo + three here) has been active since 2004 when I registered the ValiantFans.com domain.

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