MrCanada Posted June 17, 2023 Share Posted June 17, 2023 (edited) I came to a crazy realization today, that I've been around, not consistently, on GDS forums for a long long time. I've been around since the EWR days, into the first TEW (which was a different company that released it or something?) and I've been on several iterations of forums through all that. According to the forums, I registered here on September 8, 2004. So its been almost 19-years here alone. I think I got into EWR near-er the beginning too. So I've spent well over 20-years enjoying Adam's work. And 19-years enjoying GDS' work which weirdly makes them my favourite game publisher I suppose. So, I was just wondering what other old-timers are kicking around? Edited June 17, 2023 by MrCanada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaysin Posted June 17, 2023 Share Posted June 17, 2023 I've been here since November 2008. I believe I bought TEW2007 right before he announced TEW2008. I still miss features from 2007, like creative teams. It was silly, but I loved putting Bischoff, Heyman, and Russo all together 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eayragt Posted June 17, 2023 Share Posted June 17, 2023 400 Studios 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Swanton825 Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 (edited) I believe it was late 2006 or early 2007. I got sick of waiting for someone to translate Fire Pro Wrestling 2's promoter mode and wound up finding out about TEW 05. I tend to be a lurker rather than a user, so I may have joined later than I remember. EDIT: Just realized that I could look and see the date I joined, lol. It was May of 2007 Edited June 18, 2023 by The Swanton825 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FellaLibby Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 I've officially been apart of GDS since 2016, but the truth is I've played their games since 2007. I'm sorry! I'm sorry I never joined the forums prior! But I was so engrossed playing TEW 2005, and EWR, because it took me till 2016 to actually be able to purchase a "new " GDS game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irish Wolf Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 I joined here in 2005 but I played EWR and I was active on the .400 studios forums for the first TEW game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SanX Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 Almost a decade. A lurker for a year, then a member. Pretty new gen for most of the people here, I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blonde Bomber Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 I’ve been here for a decade I wanna say. First here under a different name “CPBHBK” but lost that name to the password abyss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleisch Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 I've been around since 2005. Like some others I was at the .400 studios before and played EWR before that. To give you a real sense of time... I was on the RaveX modding team! 😆 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdBloodedSausageMaker Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 (edited) Almost a decade, my first posts on my old account (KnowYourEnemy) were made (I think) in late 2013. I found the forum around that time. Edited June 20, 2023 by ColdBloodedSausageMaker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kayfabe Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 Since the beginning. Have been part of the TEW/EWR community since the early 2000s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 2013, which was also my first TEW. I had played EWR with friends a couple of years beforehand. My former nick here was 'Smasher1311'. Makes me cringe reading what I would post when I first came in but I'm really glad to have been a part of this community for so long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoganRodzen Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 09/29/04 - been on this forum longer than I've been married (10yrs) or my oldest child (9yrs). Quite crazy to be honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stennick Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 The first Ryland game I ever played was Extreme Warfare Deluxe. I played all the way through the final states of the EWR games. I came to GDS in 2007. So all in all I've spent 22 years playing Ryland games and I've spent almost 17 years on GDS. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unregistered Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 I remember it was either EW5000, or EW6000 coming out, shortly after finding the prior version earlier in the week and I've been hooked on Adam's games every since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moon_lit_tears Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 Tomorrow will mark 15 years, I've been a member of GDS. I am old. I have to sadly say my first game was TEW16 or Wrespi 1, I can't remember which one first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unregistered Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 1 minute ago, moon_lit_tears said: Tomorrow will mark 15 years, I've been a member of GDS. I am old. I have to sadly say my first game was TEW16 or Wrespi 1, I can't remember which one first. You were playing Wrespi 1 before I met you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TymmG Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 (edited) Okay it's been a looooong time, I remembered making a few render requests and I have done some roleplays... I'm doing better on RPs and sometimes creative blocks come around now and then... I was around in 2008, the computer I had at the time, 7 years since, it became obsolete...so I'm currently using a cellphone for Internet etc lol...but I have been playing wrestling games mainly WWE but I'm open-minded on other promotion games...oh yeah I'm still trying to find my previous posts on here and no such luck 🤷🏼 Edited February 12 by TymmG Forgot to add a last thing to say Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stratusfaction Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Even though I don't post much, I've been part of the online community since November 2005. I've been playing Ryland games since the release of Extreme Warfare 2... whenever that was.. I think that came out when I was like 11 or 12???? Wow, I've been a fan for almost 30 years! Any one know the exact date Extreme Warfare 2 was released? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old School Fan Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Joined on May 15, 2020, so this coming May will mark four years since I joined, though I only started posting regularly when I started doing my Rise of a Star diary and posting my belt renders. My involvement with Ryland games started with EWR, then I bought TEW 2010 (though I later lost the activation key for it after I bought a new computer in 2016) and now have TEW 2020 (both in disk form, along with a few other games, and as a download). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordofGustav Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Since 2013 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phreak Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 God damn. Been in the community 20 flippin' years. Thanks for that. Joined the other boards in May 2004. Hung on to EWR for far too long and didn't jump in to TEW until I think the 07 or 08 release. Can't remember which I played first. Lurked around the .400 and GDS forums until August 2007 when I joined. Way to make a guy feel old. 😐 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willr0ck Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 Been here for 9 years now, joined in 2015. 1800 re-renders later and I'm still here making graphics, go figure. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FINisher Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 November 21, 2005, over 6000 posts But I too was playing the games before that, EWR, EWD, EW5000/6000 (can't remember which). Those were the days. It would be cool to see the old screenshots, what the games looked like and so on, just for nostalgia's sake. It's really one of a kind legacy that this game series has, I have no other game or game series that comes even close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpha2117 Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 I was lurking in 2016 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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