Happy 4th anniversary!
 

That's right guys and gals, Zelaron was registered on the 14th of January back in 2002, so we just passed the 4 year mark!

We've outlived lots of hardships, including numerous DDoS attacks, getting kicked off the servers of web hosts (one of which removed us from their services when we had 131 users online at one particular time; our new record is 540), database errors, legal threats, rumors that we leaked the Doom 3 alpha supposedly aggravating John Carmack and so many more things which I don't recall right now.

I apologize for not posting this announcement a little earlier today, but I'm really happy and slightly amazed that we're still around after so many years. One of the initial reasons why I started Zelaron was because I wanted to see a forum that wouldn't just disappear from the reach of its dedicated members. So many other forums and communities I actively took part in prior to 2002 would permanently disappear for monetary or personal reasons of the owners/staff. One very large forum I really liked at the time got hacked, and had not done a single database backup for almost a whole year. It wasn't the first time it had happened to that community, either.

So yeah, here we are, four years later; still with a lot of active, creative users who have been around since the first year, and so many wonderful newcomers who have already out-posted me in only a third of the time it took me to get my 7600-something post count. No, I didn't cheat by stacking a horde of posts in the trashcan, promise. ;)

I hope you all have enjoyed the ride so far.

A toast to our future 5th anniversary!


Edit: This totally brings back old memories. :)
http://www.zelaron.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6405

wooty woot, its been fun

yea congrats guys. Lets keep this going for many more years to come

Lets readvertise!

Whoose bring the booze? *Points at gruesome*

Yea I myself have been through alot in the last 4 years, but I always had Zelaron to come back to and read. Heres to another 4!!!

Heh, I was 14 when I joined here. That seems like forever ago. Good job fellas, it's been fun.

Cheers to all.

And hopefully for years to come.

hey if we all get together one day, ill pay for rounds at the bar. U can hold me to that

Where do you live?

Long Island right now. But i go to college at Fairfield U in CT

This forum blows.

Happy 4th anniversary!! It seems like just yesterday I signed up.

I'm going to drive to the east coast just to booze it up with you!

I'll get my party hat. My four year anniversary is not far behind.

I am suprised that Zelaron is still around, It has been through a lot of members. But a few faithful ones have stuck around and it is kind of nice to watch the people come and go but know that some people will always be here.

Wow, I'm surprised you even care. Bastard.

I know what you mean quite a few of the older members may not be posting alot but i know that myself atleast i try to stop by and veiw the forums just about every week, wether or not i sign in is just dependent upon if i see a need to post something.

omg. you're alive!

Yeah, I died a couple of times but it's easy to fix. I disappeared for a while due to something I had no control over and now I just try to drop in every once in a while. I miss the old content though.

Edit: Wow this is kind of an old thread... I can't really remember why I responded to it...