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***Valandil*** · 02-10-2010, 10:36 AM

Hey GM / MN - Ben or one of the other earliest members would be able to tell you most accurately... but I know that way, way back, Entmoot was on something called EZ Board. And I understand they had a crash from back then and lost a lot of stuff. Maybe they were able to recover threads but not members or posts(??). I know that some of them (The Hobbit, for instance) have commented about how their posts from those days don't show up on their post counts, which is partly why the admins set very high artificial post counts some while back.

I'll see if anyone drops in who can tell us more.

That's interesting to hear though. And yes - I even see a lot of ancient posts by users just called 'guest' - which implies that you could post without registering back then, which you can no longer do here. So clearly there were some changes.

02-10-2010, 10:36 AM	#2
*Valandil* High King at Annuminas Administrator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Wyoming - USA Posts: 10,752	Hey GM / MN - Ben or one of the other earliest members would be able to tell you most accurately... but I know that way, way back, Entmoot was on something called EZ Board. And I understand they had a crash from back then and lost a lot of stuff. Maybe they were able to recover threads but not members or posts(??). I know that some of them (The Hobbit, for instance) have commented about how their posts from those days don't show up on their post counts, which is partly why the admins set very high artificial post counts some while back. I'll see if anyone drops in who can tell us more. That's interesting to hear though. And yes - I even see a lot of ancient posts by users just called 'guest' - which implies that you could post without registering back then, which you can no longer do here. So clearly there were some changes. __________________ My Fanfic: Letters of Firiel Tales of Nolduryon Visitors Come to Court Ñ á ë ?* ó ú é ä ï ö Ö ñ É Þ ð ß ® ™ [Xurl=Xhttp://entmoot.tolkientrail.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=ABCXYZ#postABCXYZ]text[/Xurl] Splitting Threads is SUCH Hard Work!!