Who's the oldest vet still here?

[Alex]

I guess I'm a veteran lurker... does that count?

[Hydro]

Wow! Me placed with the likes of the illustrious Vel and Googlie, just to name a very few! It is hard to believe that the game has been around for 2.5 years, and it is even harder to believe that so many others and I are still actively interested in the game. Normally a game is a semi- or long-forgotten antique by now. I have to say that multiplayer has reinvigorated my activity in SMAX, and that the Fiction Forum is a long-standing favorite of mine.

Hydro

[Maniac]

Oh my! I'm considered a "vet". I'm honoured. Only a shame I know almost none of the other vets personally. Says something about the frequency I come here I guess.

[Enigma]

Not quite sure when I registered... nice to see all the oldbies still here.

[aaglo]

It's funny...

The first time I visited Apolyton was when SMAC was released (I just can't remember when it was), but I never registered on apolyton (due to various reasons). I visited here often, but registered only on aug 2001, which makes me a newbie. But I don't feel like it.

So I'm not a vet, even though I am old - but surely not the oldest.

[MrWhereItsAt]

So... what do you call a new guy to posting (started about a week ago when I found all this whilst bored mindless at work), but a regular Apolyton visitor (since '97), and someone who started on Civ in '91, and since has got and played through what must be THOUSANDS of hours of Civ, Civ2 +both expansion packs, SMAC, CTP, SMAC-X and now Civ3? Only one I haven't got is CTP2, due to horrendous CTP experience.

So, does my "silent" experience prove veteranship?

[Sprayber]

I remember coming here by following links when I got Smac but like aaglo didn't register. It wasn't till I got around to getting Smax that I finally decided to register. I must say that the OT kind of sucked me up too.