Celebrate Seibertron.com's 9th Anniversary
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Today, June 26th, 2009, is Seibertron.com's 9th Anniversary.
For those of you who don't know part of Seibertron.com's origin, let me tell you part of the story. Around the middle of June 2000, I had my tonsils removed. The doctor ordered me to stay home for two weeks while I healed. The night before I went for surgery, my girlfriend broke up with me. Needless to say, I was miserable during the days following my surgery.
At that time, I was still an active artist who loved to draw Transformers. I had had an idea for a Transformers comic series that I wanted to draw and write called "G-One: the Lost Years". The primary goal of the series was to fill the 20 year gap between the end of Season Two and the animated Transformers Movie. Some of the ideas I had included the arrival of the movie characters like Kup, Hot Rod and Ultra Magnus, a battle between the Dinobots and the Predacons, continued stories of the female Autobots versus Shockwave back on Cybertron, defending Cybertron's moon bases from the Decepticon forces, a heartwarming issue between Ratchet and Sparkplug which ends with Sparkplug having a heart attack, building "Autobot City" / Metroplex, and many, many ideas.
Since G-One: The Lost Years was to take place within the Transformers cartoon continuity, I wanted my art style to be as close as possible to that of the cartoon series. I spent the next few days after my surgery trying to take my mind off my pain and my ex-girlfriend by scouring the Internet looking for screen captures of as many of the characters from the first 3 seasons as possible. After a few days of searching the Internet via my dial-up modem (ah those were the days), I had only found about 1300 screen captures mostly of Optimus Prime and Megatron. Back then, screen captures were few and far between and what screen captures you could find were generally of poor quality from old VHS tapes that had been around since the 80s.
Rhino had started to release VHS tape collections of some of the Transformers cartoons in 2000. I decided that I would figure out how to make my own screen captures by purchasing some equipment to hook up a VCR to my computer (a Packard Bell with an 8GB hard drive) to allow me to begin making screen captures of the Transformers cartoons. Within a few days, I had well over 6,000 screen captures.
Shortly thereafter, I decided that I would start a GeoCities website (http://www.geocities.com/g1archive) to share all of the screen captures with the rest of the online Transformers community. I ended up having so much fun building a Transformers website with the help of Microsoft Publisher (note: Publisher, not even Front Page) that "G-One: The Lost Years" never saw fruition. I soon forgot about my sorrows and had successfully turned a tough point in my life into a very positive junction. The rest is history. The origin of Seibertron.com is a good story about how you can take a negative in your life and turn it into a positive.
Fast forward 9 years, and now Seibertron.com is one of the top two Transformers websites on the Internet. Over 30,000 to 50,000 people from around the world visit this site daily ... almost 500,000 unique visitors per month. These users generate 250,000 to 400,000 pageviews per day - almost 10 million pageviews per month! It's currently ranked in the top 30,000 websites on the entire Internet.
Here are a few interesting facts about Seibertron.com's launch 9 years ago:
* Beast Machines Season 2 had just ended in Canada when I started Seibertron.com. Season 2 didn't air in the US until two months after I launched Seibertron.com.
* I started working on Seibertron.com on a Packard Bell computer that I had purchased in 1998. This computer only had an 8GB hard drive.
* No high speed internet for the first 2 years of Seibertron.com. 56k baby!
* I owned about 350 Transformers when I first started Seibertron.com. I now own around 3,000+.
* I wasn't even a programmer yet and was still selling cars in Grand Rapids, MI. Seibertron.com created a career in programming for me that eventually lead me to my life in Chicago.
* Bill Clinton was our President. Vice President Al Gore was running for President against Texas Governor George W. Bush.
* Seibertron.com was launched almost 15 months prior to the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001.
* The first Transformers reissues from Takara hadn't been released yet.
* The most recent Transformers figure I had purchased online from a relatively new online store called BigBadToyStore.com was Car Robots Fire Convoy. I received him a few days prior to my surgery in June 2000.
* The online Transformers world was a little different back then. The big TF sites in 2000 were bwtf.com, bigbot.com, tfarchive.com and unicron.com. alt.news.transformers was still a very active community. tfw2005.com was about six months old at that time. Seibertron.com and TFW2005.com would later become the world's two largest and most popular Transformers websites.
* I bought the domain "seibertron.com" for $150 back in September, 2000. Today, you can purchase domains online for $10 or less.
* Online videos were few and far between back in the days of dial-up modems. There was no YouTube or iTunes. Napster was still the big way to download MP3s.
* Google was relatively new to most people online.
* My first use of the term "Seibertron" for a creative project was for a different Transformers comic book idea I had back in 1998. This series was supposed to bridge the gap between the end of Marvel Comics #80 and the debut of Marvel's Generation Two Transformers comics.
* Did you know that Seibertron.com's predecessor was a fanzine called "Trans-Forum". I launched the first issue of this "tranzine" back in May, 1996, a month or two prior to my first BotCon. Trans-Forum ran from 1996 to 1999.
* The live action Transformers films weren't even a blip on our radar for another 3 years. News about a possible live-action Transformers film first surfaced in June 2003. The second Transformers live-action film was just released a few days ago.
A lot has changed in the 9 years since the debut of Seibertron.com. I'm now a homeowner, engaged to my beautiful fiancee (who I met in Chicago a couple of years ago), and we have a gorgeous 2 month old daughter. I hope all of you will continue to be a part of Seibertron.com and that you'll be here for our 10th anniversary next year and beyond. It's been a fun journey thus far and I'm very proud to own this website. As my good friend Q (aka Ultra Magnus on Seibertron.com) always says to me ... "Seibertron till we die!"
Here's how Seibertron.com has evolved over the years:
2000 (Located at http://www.geocities.com/g1archive/, screen captures and COTM debuts, does anyone have a screen capture of the old G1 Archive?)
2001 (forums, caption contest and Before Carly make their debuts)
2002 (based off Playboy's design, screen capture galleries by episode debuts, forums switch from UBB boards to phpBB)
2003 (sofachrome logo launched in late 2002, HMW and Vector Sigma Database roll out in 2003)
2004 (based off VH1.com's design, Toy Sightings and Toy Galleries sections debuts in 2004)
2005 (G1 box style design, you got to choose an Autobot or Decepticon theme)
2006 (my first attempt at trying to get away from using tables for the design)
2007 (designed by my good friend Diablien, first time Seibertron.com was designed by someone else)
2008 (completely tableless design, layout driven entirely by CSS)
2009 (current design)
For those of you who don't know part of Seibertron.com's origin, let me tell you part of the story. Around the middle of June 2000, I had my tonsils removed. The doctor ordered me to stay home for two weeks while I healed. The night before I went for surgery, my girlfriend broke up with me. Needless to say, I was miserable during the days following my surgery.
At that time, I was still an active artist who loved to draw Transformers. I had had an idea for a Transformers comic series that I wanted to draw and write called "G-One: the Lost Years". The primary goal of the series was to fill the 20 year gap between the end of Season Two and the animated Transformers Movie. Some of the ideas I had included the arrival of the movie characters like Kup, Hot Rod and Ultra Magnus, a battle between the Dinobots and the Predacons, continued stories of the female Autobots versus Shockwave back on Cybertron, defending Cybertron's moon bases from the Decepticon forces, a heartwarming issue between Ratchet and Sparkplug which ends with Sparkplug having a heart attack, building "Autobot City" / Metroplex, and many, many ideas.
Since G-One: The Lost Years was to take place within the Transformers cartoon continuity, I wanted my art style to be as close as possible to that of the cartoon series. I spent the next few days after my surgery trying to take my mind off my pain and my ex-girlfriend by scouring the Internet looking for screen captures of as many of the characters from the first 3 seasons as possible. After a few days of searching the Internet via my dial-up modem (ah those were the days), I had only found about 1300 screen captures mostly of Optimus Prime and Megatron. Back then, screen captures were few and far between and what screen captures you could find were generally of poor quality from old VHS tapes that had been around since the 80s.
Rhino had started to release VHS tape collections of some of the Transformers cartoons in 2000. I decided that I would figure out how to make my own screen captures by purchasing some equipment to hook up a VCR to my computer (a Packard Bell with an 8GB hard drive) to allow me to begin making screen captures of the Transformers cartoons. Within a few days, I had well over 6,000 screen captures.
Shortly thereafter, I decided that I would start a GeoCities website (http://www.geocities.com/g1archive) to share all of the screen captures with the rest of the online Transformers community. I ended up having so much fun building a Transformers website with the help of Microsoft Publisher (note: Publisher, not even Front Page) that "G-One: The Lost Years" never saw fruition. I soon forgot about my sorrows and had successfully turned a tough point in my life into a very positive junction. The rest is history. The origin of Seibertron.com is a good story about how you can take a negative in your life and turn it into a positive.
Fast forward 9 years, and now Seibertron.com is one of the top two Transformers websites on the Internet. Over 30,000 to 50,000 people from around the world visit this site daily ... almost 500,000 unique visitors per month. These users generate 250,000 to 400,000 pageviews per day - almost 10 million pageviews per month! It's currently ranked in the top 30,000 websites on the entire Internet.
Here are a few interesting facts about Seibertron.com's launch 9 years ago:
* Beast Machines Season 2 had just ended in Canada when I started Seibertron.com. Season 2 didn't air in the US until two months after I launched Seibertron.com.
* I started working on Seibertron.com on a Packard Bell computer that I had purchased in 1998. This computer only had an 8GB hard drive.
* No high speed internet for the first 2 years of Seibertron.com. 56k baby!
* I owned about 350 Transformers when I first started Seibertron.com. I now own around 3,000+.
* I wasn't even a programmer yet and was still selling cars in Grand Rapids, MI. Seibertron.com created a career in programming for me that eventually lead me to my life in Chicago.
* Bill Clinton was our President. Vice President Al Gore was running for President against Texas Governor George W. Bush.
* Seibertron.com was launched almost 15 months prior to the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001.
* The first Transformers reissues from Takara hadn't been released yet.
* The most recent Transformers figure I had purchased online from a relatively new online store called BigBadToyStore.com was Car Robots Fire Convoy. I received him a few days prior to my surgery in June 2000.
* The online Transformers world was a little different back then. The big TF sites in 2000 were bwtf.com, bigbot.com, tfarchive.com and unicron.com. alt.news.transformers was still a very active community. tfw2005.com was about six months old at that time. Seibertron.com and TFW2005.com would later become the world's two largest and most popular Transformers websites.
* I bought the domain "seibertron.com" for $150 back in September, 2000. Today, you can purchase domains online for $10 or less.
* Online videos were few and far between back in the days of dial-up modems. There was no YouTube or iTunes. Napster was still the big way to download MP3s.
* Google was relatively new to most people online.
* My first use of the term "Seibertron" for a creative project was for a different Transformers comic book idea I had back in 1998. This series was supposed to bridge the gap between the end of Marvel Comics #80 and the debut of Marvel's Generation Two Transformers comics.
* Did you know that Seibertron.com's predecessor was a fanzine called "Trans-Forum". I launched the first issue of this "tranzine" back in May, 1996, a month or two prior to my first BotCon. Trans-Forum ran from 1996 to 1999.
* The live action Transformers films weren't even a blip on our radar for another 3 years. News about a possible live-action Transformers film first surfaced in June 2003. The second Transformers live-action film was just released a few days ago.
A lot has changed in the 9 years since the debut of Seibertron.com. I'm now a homeowner, engaged to my beautiful fiancee (who I met in Chicago a couple of years ago), and we have a gorgeous 2 month old daughter. I hope all of you will continue to be a part of Seibertron.com and that you'll be here for our 10th anniversary next year and beyond. It's been a fun journey thus far and I'm very proud to own this website. As my good friend Q (aka Ultra Magnus on Seibertron.com) always says to me ... "Seibertron till we die!"
Here's how Seibertron.com has evolved over the years:
2000 (Located at http://www.geocities.com/g1archive/, screen captures and COTM debuts, does anyone have a screen capture of the old G1 Archive?)
2001 (forums, caption contest and Before Carly make their debuts)
2002 (based off Playboy's design, screen capture galleries by episode debuts, forums switch from UBB boards to phpBB)
2003 (sofachrome logo launched in late 2002, HMW and Vector Sigma Database roll out in 2003)
2004 (based off VH1.com's design, Toy Sightings and Toy Galleries sections debuts in 2004)
2005 (G1 box style design, you got to choose an Autobot or Decepticon theme)
2006 (my first attempt at trying to get away from using tables for the design)
2007 (designed by my good friend Diablien, first time Seibertron.com was designed by someone else)
2008 (completely tableless design, layout driven entirely by CSS)
2009 (current design)
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Re: Celebrate Seibertron.com's 9th Anniversary (943006)
Posted by Fires_Of_Inferno on June 26th, 2009 @ 12:30pm CDT
Posted by Fires_Of_Inferno on June 26th, 2009 @ 12:30pm CDT
[[The_Fires_Of_Inferno]]
Very nice. I've been around since 2004 only (under three diferent ID's as passwords were lost or forgotten), and this is the only place I go for my Transformers news. Congratulations on 9 years Seibertron, thank you mods and admins for a brilliant TF home, and let's all have a BIG party for the 10th!
Very nice. I've been around since 2004 only (under three diferent ID's as passwords were lost or forgotten), and this is the only place I go for my Transformers news. Congratulations on 9 years Seibertron, thank you mods and admins for a brilliant TF home, and let's all have a BIG party for the 10th!
Re: Celebrate Seibertron.com's 9th Anniversary (943015)
Posted by King Henrik on June 26th, 2009 @ 12:35pm CDT
Posted by King Henrik on June 26th, 2009 @ 12:35pm CDT
congrats on the anniversary and thanks for putting so much work into the site for us.
oh and send that lost years idea to hasbro so they can make a cartoon out of it
oh and send that lost years idea to hasbro so they can make a cartoon out of it
Re: Celebrate Seibertron.com's 9th Anniversary (943018)
Posted by christo on June 26th, 2009 @ 12:40pm CDT
Posted by christo on June 26th, 2009 @ 12:40pm CDT
thank you seibertron, youre the best! this site keeps transformers going!
Re: Celebrate Seibertron.com's 9th Anniversary (943019)
Posted by Mirage22 on June 26th, 2009 @ 12:43pm CDT
Posted by Mirage22 on June 26th, 2009 @ 12:43pm CDT
Congrats, man! 
You have done so much for us Transformer fans for the last nine years and we thank you for that! Here's to many more years of Transformers-goodness on Seibertron.com!!!
You have done so much for us Transformer fans for the last nine years and we thank you for that! Here's to many more years of Transformers-goodness on Seibertron.com!!!
Re: Celebrate Seibertron.com's 9th Anniversary (943020)
Posted by Counterpunch on June 26th, 2009 @ 12:45pm CDT
Posted by Counterpunch on June 26th, 2009 @ 12:45pm CDT
I really appreciate all the good friend's I've made through this site
Re: Celebrate Seibertron.com's 9th Anniversary (943023)
Posted by Lackadaisical on June 26th, 2009 @ 12:46pm CDT
Posted by Lackadaisical on June 26th, 2009 @ 12:46pm CDT
I'm a relatively newcomer to Seibertron, as I remember, it was last year and I got to the page by googling for toys images, and something I can say is that since I knew about this site, there haven't been a day when I get on line that I don't get in the page and navigate thru all your placs, I even remember navigating on my deceased ipod seeing pictures of unicron.
I must say Congratulations and thanks, since you're my best reference to the transformers I've bought, which have grown geometrically since I've met you, and then I knew there were so many I didn't knew about, now I can call myself a transformers collector, a big money entered to hasbro's or takara, and I've known some people with this interest. Even I'm currently in my lunch hour but I can't stop telling you how much i thank God that you exist... I hope We'll keep seeing you for very long...
One last thing, I LOVED the reviews from users, isn't a way to bring them back?
sorry about the bad english.
David RC
I must say Congratulations and thanks, since you're my best reference to the transformers I've bought, which have grown geometrically since I've met you, and then I knew there were so many I didn't knew about, now I can call myself a transformers collector, a big money entered to hasbro's or takara, and I've known some people with this interest. Even I'm currently in my lunch hour but I can't stop telling you how much i thank God that you exist... I hope We'll keep seeing you for very long...
One last thing, I LOVED the reviews from users, isn't a way to bring them back?
sorry about the bad english.
David RC
Re: Celebrate Seibertron.com's 9th Anniversary (943024)
Posted by Tigertrack on June 26th, 2009 @ 12:48pm CDT
Posted by Tigertrack on June 26th, 2009 @ 12:48pm CDT
I remember all the designs, but the very first. I must have been a TFW-er at that point. I quickly saw the error of my ways.
What can I say, I've enjoyed this place for quite awhile.
What can I say, I've enjoyed this place for quite awhile.
Re: Celebrate Seibertron.com's 9th Anniversary (943026)
Posted by Editor on June 26th, 2009 @ 12:56pm CDT
Posted by Editor on June 26th, 2009 @ 12:56pm CDT
Congrats,
So when is Before Carly coming back?
So when is Before Carly coming back?
Re: Celebrate Seibertron.com's 9th Anniversary (943029)
Posted by T-Macksimus on June 26th, 2009 @ 1:08pm CDT
Posted by T-Macksimus on June 26th, 2009 @ 1:08pm CDT
The Transformer community has been truly blessed by your diligence and hard work over the years.
Thank You for all that you have done for us fans and for providing such an invaluable resource for all of us.
We are all looking forward to what you have in store for us in the years to come...
(Thanks also to the Mods and Staff who have helped maintain the quality and integrity of this site. It truly takes a community effort to maintain something like this and all of you and your efforts are appreciated)
...and Editor poses a good question.
Thank You for all that you have done for us fans and for providing such an invaluable resource for all of us.
We are all looking forward to what you have in store for us in the years to come...
(Thanks also to the Mods and Staff who have helped maintain the quality and integrity of this site. It truly takes a community effort to maintain something like this and all of you and your efforts are appreciated)
...and Editor poses a good question.
Re: Celebrate Seibertron.com's 9th Anniversary (943037)
Posted by Evolution Prime on June 26th, 2009 @ 1:38pm CDT
Posted by Evolution Prime on June 26th, 2009 @ 1:38pm CDT
Congrats on the 9 year anniversary! Glad to say I've been apart of it for a long time. Came here to do my Transformer research and then ended up getting hooked on HMW.
Re: Celebrate Seibertron.com's 9th Anniversary (943039)
Posted by Segor on June 26th, 2009 @ 1:41pm CDT
Posted by Segor on June 26th, 2009 @ 1:41pm CDT
[quote="tigertracks 24"].... I must have been a TFW-er at that point. I quickly saw the error of my ways. quote]
Not the first one, I must say haha
I've been around seibertron since around 2006, I was very active in unicron.com by the end of the 90s but since I was just a young boy who couldn't read english I didn't really know what a forum was so I never posted a single comment
, I was there just for the galleries hehe, I used to visit bwtf.com and tfarchive, but to be honest, I consider this the best site for transformers fans!
Congratulations my friend for all this success, girl, job, baby, home and seibertron... it is true, terrible times is when people find the best of themselfs
quote]Not the first one, I must say haha
I've been around seibertron since around 2006, I was very active in unicron.com by the end of the 90s but since I was just a young boy who couldn't read english I didn't really know what a forum was so I never posted a single comment
, I was there just for the galleries hehe, I used to visit bwtf.com and tfarchive, but to be honest, I consider this the best site for transformers fans!Congratulations my friend for all this success, girl, job, baby, home and seibertron... it is true, terrible times is when people find the best of themselfs
Re: Celebrate Seibertron.com's 9th Anniversary (943043)
Posted by Ultra Magnus on June 26th, 2009 @ 1:45pm CDT
Posted by Ultra Magnus on June 26th, 2009 @ 1:45pm CDT
Yessir, I remember being a DAILY visitor to this site for each of the incarnations above.
Ryan and I met back in 2000 when Seibertron first started because he was a fellow Michigan Transfan. I used to put on micro-cons called "The Big Broadcast of 2000/2001(respectively)", and Seibertron was the primary Internet presence for the shows. From there, Ryan and I's friendship blossomed beyond Transformers, into Beer, Parties, Careers, Life... In no particular order, mind you. He's been a second big brother to me and an incredibly positive influence both in trying times and good. He's let me sleep on his couch when I had nowhere else to go, helped get me into the working world, introduced me to the Windy City, and took me under his wing(Saber
) when I got here. So, I continue to supply at least 1(or 100, depending on the day) of the fifty bajillion page views this site gets each day; I don't even bother with other Transformers websites. I'm proud to say that I was there at the Pupae and Larvae stages of this grass roots community's development. I've seen this website evolve along with the Internet itself(I remember when it was just one loooong page, then I remember when Before Carly started, and, when it ended.), and it's no surprise that the site is what it is today. It really has a life of it's own these days.
The vast majority of Seibertronians have NO idea how much Time, Money, Blood, Sweat, Tears(Oh, quite so literally), and overall Effort has gone into creating this resource for the World at large to enjoy. We'll say this: No one asked Ryan to do this. Let's make Seibertron's 9th birthday a great one!
It's also, coincidentally, my Nephew's 5th birthday! And he's already familiar with Seibertron! The Next Generation approves; he said it himself!
Ryan and I met back in 2000 when Seibertron first started because he was a fellow Michigan Transfan. I used to put on micro-cons called "The Big Broadcast of 2000/2001(respectively)", and Seibertron was the primary Internet presence for the shows. From there, Ryan and I's friendship blossomed beyond Transformers, into Beer, Parties, Careers, Life... In no particular order, mind you. He's been a second big brother to me and an incredibly positive influence both in trying times and good. He's let me sleep on his couch when I had nowhere else to go, helped get me into the working world, introduced me to the Windy City, and took me under his wing(Saber
) when I got here. So, I continue to supply at least 1(or 100, depending on the day) of the fifty bajillion page views this site gets each day; I don't even bother with other Transformers websites. I'm proud to say that I was there at the Pupae and Larvae stages of this grass roots community's development. I've seen this website evolve along with the Internet itself(I remember when it was just one loooong page, then I remember when Before Carly started, and, when it ended.), and it's no surprise that the site is what it is today. It really has a life of it's own these days.The vast majority of Seibertronians have NO idea how much Time, Money, Blood, Sweat, Tears(Oh, quite so literally), and overall Effort has gone into creating this resource for the World at large to enjoy. We'll say this: No one asked Ryan to do this. Let's make Seibertron's 9th birthday a great one!
It's also, coincidentally, my Nephew's 5th birthday! And he's already familiar with Seibertron! The Next Generation approves; he said it himself!
Re: Celebrate Seibertron.com's 9th Anniversary (943044)
Posted by Mr O on June 26th, 2009 @ 1:50pm CDT
Posted by Mr O on June 26th, 2009 @ 1:50pm CDT
Purely awesome. Congratulations and thank you Ryan. I may post a lot of crap but I absolutely love this site, here's a drink to the next nine years; cheers!
Re: Celebrate Seibertron.com's 9th Anniversary (943045)
Posted by ChrisR291 on June 26th, 2009 @ 1:50pm CDT
Posted by ChrisR291 on June 26th, 2009 @ 1:50pm CDT
WOW, i've been here for such a long time. Of course I lost my original username over time but I like the one i currently use. Hey, where is the other design? The White background with the Auto/Decepticon logos in the back.
Re: Celebrate Seibertron.com's 9th Anniversary (943046)
Posted by Mykltron on June 26th, 2009 @ 1:52pm CDT
Posted by Mykltron on June 26th, 2009 @ 1:52pm CDT
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SEIBERTRON!
I really appreciate this site for keeping me up to date on all the latest news, esp. toy releases!
I really appreciate this site for keeping me up to date on all the latest news, esp. toy releases!
Re: Celebrate Seibertron.com's 9th Anniversary (943056)
Posted by Didicos on June 26th, 2009 @ 2:05pm CDT
Posted by Didicos on June 26th, 2009 @ 2:05pm CDT
Congratulations Ryan!!!!
Happy Bithday Seibertron!!!!
I wish the very best for all seibertronians.
Happy Bithday Seibertron!!!!
I wish the very best for all seibertronians.
Re: Celebrate Seibertron.com's 9th Anniversary (943057)
Posted by Jacob P. Galvatron on June 26th, 2009 @ 2:05pm CDT
Posted by Jacob P. Galvatron on June 26th, 2009 @ 2:05pm CDT
Congrats to 9 years of Seibertron.
Re: Celebrate Seibertron.com's 9th Anniversary (943060)
Posted by Ronynus Prime on June 26th, 2009 @ 2:09pm CDT
Posted by Ronynus Prime on June 26th, 2009 @ 2:09pm CDT
Ryan, you have no idea how much we all appreciate this site, how much I do. I'm proud to be a Seibertronian; wore my shirt to see RotF twice! It's great to be part of a community that freely talks about any/all things Transformers. I love you guys.
Happy Anniversary Seibertron.com!
Happy Anniversary Seibertron.com!
Re: Celebrate Seibertron.com's 9th Anniversary (943062)
Posted by UltraPrimal on June 26th, 2009 @ 2:12pm CDT
Posted by UltraPrimal on June 26th, 2009 @ 2:12pm CDT
That brings back memories. Whatever happened to Before Carly, Caption Contest, Party Forum, etc.?
Re: Celebrate Seibertron.com's 9th Anniversary (943066)
Posted by JesWal on June 26th, 2009 @ 2:14pm CDT
Posted by JesWal on June 26th, 2009 @ 2:14pm CDT
It's time to pay my respects to Ryan and the site once again. Thanks so much for the time you've put into the site Ryan. In my 2 1/2 years on this site, I've made many friends and this site is by far the most user-friendly and polite website I have ever had the privelege to be a part of. Everyone here is friendly and somehow, despite all our differences, be it political, racial, and yes, even Transformer preferences, we all manage to get along just fine. I have never been a member of such a nice and welcoming community.
So here's to Seibertron's 9th anniversary. Let us wish for many more to come.
Energon drinks on me!
So here's to Seibertron's 9th anniversary. Let us wish for many more to come.
Energon drinks on me!
Re: Celebrate Seibertron.com's 9th Anniversary (943077)
Posted by Megatron Wolf on June 26th, 2009 @ 2:23pm CDT
Posted by Megatron Wolf on June 26th, 2009 @ 2:23pm CDT
Wow i completly forgot thats how the site use to look. Its gone through a lot of transformations over the yeas. Congrats on the 9 years, glad to have been a part of most of em.
Re: Celebrate Seibertron.com's 9th Anniversary (943082)
Posted by ShGarland_1383 on June 26th, 2009 @ 2:25pm CDT
Posted by ShGarland_1383 on June 26th, 2009 @ 2:25pm CDT
Happy 9th Anniversary, Seibertron.com!
I'm a bit curious about Before Carly, myself. One of the last ones that were really memorable was Megan Fox. Possibly both as the actress herself and as Mikaela (though I admit I can't remember for sure if that's true or not). Definitely as herself, though, because it was one of the few times the girl didn't get a parody of the name of a Transformer as a name. I felt like Megan happened, and it wasn't too terribly long after that the gallery disappeared.
Don't forget about the Energon snacks and petro-rabbits!
UltraPrimal wrote:That brings back memories. Whatever happened to Before Carly, Caption Contest, Party Forum, etc.?
I'm a bit curious about Before Carly, myself. One of the last ones that were really memorable was Megan Fox. Possibly both as the actress herself and as Mikaela (though I admit I can't remember for sure if that's true or not). Definitely as herself, though, because it was one of the few times the girl didn't get a parody of the name of a Transformer as a name. I felt like Megan happened, and it wasn't too terribly long after that the gallery disappeared.
JesWal wrote:Energon drinks on me!
Don't forget about the Energon snacks and petro-rabbits!
Re: Celebrate Seibertron.com's 9th Anniversary (943089)
Posted by Prime Evil on June 26th, 2009 @ 2:31pm CDT
Posted by Prime Evil on June 26th, 2009 @ 2:31pm CDT
Man, looking back at some of those older designs brings back a lot of memories. This place was my very first TF site that ever went to. I come here every morning as soon as I boot up my computer at work. I will always consider this place home, no matter what. I've made some incredible friends here and hope the future is well for you and the site Ryan. Heck, I remember a time when I was the 98th seibertronian. Aaaah, how many server crashes and wipeouts have there been since. Oh, and I learned something new today. I had no idea Q was "Ultra Magnus" here. Doh! Anywho, tell your GF that "Spike Lee" says hi, and I'll see you round the boards and at next year's con! Keep up the great work!
Proud to be a Seibertronian!
Proud to be a Seibertronian!
Re: Celebrate Seibertron.com's 9th Anniversary (943091)
Posted by kirbenvost on June 26th, 2009 @ 2:36pm CDT
Posted by kirbenvost on June 26th, 2009 @ 2:36pm CDT
Wow, that's an awesome landmark, Seibs. I think I've been here actively since 2004, judging by the screens (which are really cool by the way, it's great to see the evolution). 
I credit your site as being one of, if not THE major factor in getting me back into Transformers after a long hiatus. My old ones were abandoned to the bottom of the toybox when I was 12 or so. Some time after RiD came out (but I had just discovered its existence, cars again, yay!) I was searching for pics in my school computer lab (ah, dialup, those were the days), and I'm fairly sure I came across Seibertron.com.
Later on when Alternators & 20th Prime came out I finally got the kick to actively start collecting again, I joined up, and the rest is history (around 200 TFs and counting!). Your galleries are always the major deciding factor in my purchases, plus you've got so many other great resources here, and I think we're one of the best communities.
There are other TF sites I check from time to time, but this is and always will be my TF home on the net. Now I just need to make it to Botcon one of these years and truly become part of the hardcore community.
BTW, I must've missed the memo about you being engaged and a dad. Congrats, that's so awesome!
Edit: Oh, haha I remember Before Carly. It was rather naughty.
I believe Seibs' decided to retire it to make this a fully family-friendly site.
I credit your site as being one of, if not THE major factor in getting me back into Transformers after a long hiatus. My old ones were abandoned to the bottom of the toybox when I was 12 or so. Some time after RiD came out (but I had just discovered its existence, cars again, yay!) I was searching for pics in my school computer lab (ah, dialup, those were the days), and I'm fairly sure I came across Seibertron.com.
Later on when Alternators & 20th Prime came out I finally got the kick to actively start collecting again, I joined up, and the rest is history (around 200 TFs and counting!). Your galleries are always the major deciding factor in my purchases, plus you've got so many other great resources here, and I think we're one of the best communities.
There are other TF sites I check from time to time, but this is and always will be my TF home on the net. Now I just need to make it to Botcon one of these years and truly become part of the hardcore community.
BTW, I must've missed the memo about you being engaged and a dad.
Congrats, that's so awesome!Edit: Oh, haha I remember Before Carly. It was rather naughty.
I believe Seibs' decided to retire it to make this a fully family-friendly site.
Re: Celebrate Seibertron.com's 9th Anniversary (943092)
Posted by Zeds on June 26th, 2009 @ 2:36pm CDT
Posted by Zeds on June 26th, 2009 @ 2:36pm CDT
Re: Celebrate Seibertron.com's 9th Anniversary (943095)
Posted by ShGarland_1383 on June 26th, 2009 @ 2:39pm CDT
That's one I've missed, as well. I bet it's got something to do with no more Before Carly... Seriously, though, congratulations!
Posted by ShGarland_1383 on June 26th, 2009 @ 2:39pm CDT
kirbenvost wrote:BTW, I must've missed the memo about you being engaged and a dad.
That's one I've missed, as well. I bet it's got something to do with no more Before Carly... Seriously, though, congratulations!
Re: Celebrate Seibertron.com's 9th Anniversary (943102)
Posted by General Lysis on June 26th, 2009 @ 3:07pm CDT
Posted by General Lysis on June 26th, 2009 @ 3:07pm CDT
I applaud you and congratulation on 9 years with Seibertron.com.
What you have done with this site has been truly amazing.
It is the site I use the most to keep updated about Transformers.
I have been on the site for five years and very little or nothing to complain about.
Keep up the great work.
Huge Fan
What you have done with this site has been truly amazing.
It is the site I use the most to keep updated about Transformers.
I have been on the site for five years and very little or nothing to complain about.
Keep up the great work.
Huge Fan
Re: Celebrate Seibertron.com's 9th Anniversary (943106)
Posted by LiKwid on June 26th, 2009 @ 3:11pm CDT
Posted by LiKwid on June 26th, 2009 @ 3:11pm CDT
A buddy of mine turned me on to this site back on 06. I was just starting to get back into collecting after fire took my house and my prizsed bot collection. Seibertron.com was like a breath of fresh air. It gave me news, facts and had members who knew what they were talking about and were also willing to help anyone who had a question. This site made being a Transformer fan sooooooooo mcuh easier!
Just want to say say Thank your for this wonderful Site and keep up the Amazing work!
Just want to say say Thank your for this wonderful Site and keep up the Amazing work!
Re: Celebrate Seibertron.com's 9th Anniversary (943110)
Posted by Primus1101 on June 26th, 2009 @ 3:22pm CDT
Posted by Primus1101 on June 26th, 2009 @ 3:22pm CDT
I'm in mxed feelings. I'm happy about Seibertron.com reaching 9 years and that I hope every Seibertronian the best. BUT, I am disappointed that I only joined in October 2007.
Re: Celebrate Seibertron.com's 9th Anniversary (943124)
Posted by chrisxc on June 26th, 2009 @ 3:52pm CDT
Posted by chrisxc on June 26th, 2009 @ 3:52pm CDT
congrats seibertron on the 9th anniversery!! have been a transformers fan since beast wars now i'm seventeen and still a fan !! i remember looking at transformers pics in 2007 and i stumbled upon seibertron.com. if wasnt for seibertron i wouldnt have found out about the first live action movie or the release of the figs. now i faithfully log on everyday and will continue for many more years. hands down the best transformers site ever!! thanks seibertron!!!
Re: Celebrate Seibertron.com's 9th Anniversary (943128)
Posted by Technically weird on June 26th, 2009 @ 4:07pm CDT
Posted by Technically weird on June 26th, 2009 @ 4:07pm CDT
Here is my love for Seibertron. Thanks for an awesome 6 months!
it gets cut off a little, but not too much to flaw it.
it gets cut off a little, but not too much to flaw it.
Re: Celebrate Seibertron.com's 9th Anniversary (943173)
Posted by Delicon on June 26th, 2009 @ 5:35pm CDT
Posted by Delicon on June 26th, 2009 @ 5:35pm CDT
I'm trying to remember which version of Seibertron.com I first saw. I didn't join the forums until 2008, however I remember waaay back in the day coming here and finding some pics of the early G1 toyline.
Now it's my home (that I vist from home when I am not at work)
Now it's my home (that I vist from home when I am not at work)
Re: Celebrate Seibertron.com's 9th Anniversary (943185)
Posted by Jedi Kermit on June 26th, 2009 @ 5:53pm CDT
Posted by Jedi Kermit on June 26th, 2009 @ 5:53pm CDT
Happy birthday Seibertron!
Even though my registration date does not show it, but I remember one of my first posts on the forums was talking about how Fox Kids screwed up the order of the 2nd season of Beast Machines in the beginning. I kinda ranted about how the 1st episode of season 2 was showed one Saturday morning and the next they showed the 2nd episode of season 1. I was afraid that the 2nd episode of Season 2 would be skipped entirely in the run. But alas things were fine in the following weeks as all episodes of season 2 were shown in correct order. I also remember when I first started posting regularly was everyone commenting on how cool my screen name was. (Jedi Kermit, how much cooler can you get? ) Even though I'm not active on the site nowadays, I do visit it multiple times a day. I do remember all the stuff that went on good and bad.(Mostly good ) These past 9 years I have had the opportunity to be involved with the Vector Sigma Database (check out the R.I.D. characters I entered! Also along with a comic cover from Botcon '01) and be apart of the News Crew for a short time. I've even had a few dealings with the owner himself. I remember giving Ryan (Seibertron) a copy of all the RID cartoons shows I recorded from broadcast, sold him my set of the complete Armada series made in China before Rhino released the second set. I am most gratefull for the fact that Ryan took the time and energy to get me all of the Botcon '07 toys that was available for sell. Ryan, I again thank you for your help in getting the toys for me. You really outdid yourself on that one. I hope one day we can help each other out again.
All in all this is my favorite Transformers website and on I visit first every time. Keep up the class work Ryan.
Jedi Kermit.
Even though my registration date does not show it, but I remember one of my first posts on the forums was talking about how Fox Kids screwed up the order of the 2nd season of Beast Machines in the beginning. I kinda ranted about how the 1st episode of season 2 was showed one Saturday morning and the next they showed the 2nd episode of season 1. I was afraid that the 2nd episode of Season 2 would be skipped entirely in the run. But alas things were fine in the following weeks as all episodes of season 2 were shown in correct order. I also remember when I first started posting regularly was everyone commenting on how cool my screen name was. (Jedi Kermit, how much cooler can you get?
) Even though I'm not active on the site nowadays, I do visit it multiple times a day. I do remember all the stuff that went on good and bad.(Mostly good ) These past 9 years I have had the opportunity to be involved with the Vector Sigma Database (check out the R.I.D. characters I entered! Also along with a comic cover from Botcon '01) and be apart of the News Crew for a short time. I've even had a few dealings with the owner himself. I remember giving Ryan (Seibertron) a copy of all the RID cartoons shows I recorded from broadcast, sold him my set of the complete Armada series made in China before Rhino released the second set. I am most gratefull for the fact that Ryan took the time and energy to get me all of the Botcon '07 toys that was available for sell. Ryan, I again thank you for your help in getting the toys for me. You really outdid yourself on that one. I hope one day we can help each other out again. All in all this is my favorite Transformers website and on I visit first every time. Keep up the class work Ryan.
Jedi Kermit.
Re: Celebrate Seibertron.com's 9th Anniversary (943196)
Posted by olokin on June 26th, 2009 @ 6:04pm CDT
Posted by olokin on June 26th, 2009 @ 6:04pm CDT
Congrats Seibertron! And thanks for being the best TF source for us fellow TF fans.
Re: Celebrate Seibertron.com's 9th Anniversary (943218)
Posted by First Gen on June 26th, 2009 @ 6:28pm CDT
Posted by First Gen on June 26th, 2009 @ 6:28pm CDT
Wow, seeing all the old homescreens is such a memory jogger. How long did I lurk before I joined? Man, now I see it was a LOOOOOONNNNGGGGG time.
So many good memories here, so many good friends, people I trust more than some of those that I see everyday, I tell you. The best part of here is its not just a website, its like a collective family. There are no outsiders, no n00bs, no losers, no geeks, dorks or nerds, just Seibertronians.
Thanks for the long history and letting me be a piece of this massively great place Ryan.
SEIBERTRON TIL WE DIE MF'RS!!!!!
So many good memories here, so many good friends, people I trust more than some of those that I see everyday, I tell you. The best part of here is its not just a website, its like a collective family. There are no outsiders, no n00bs, no losers, no geeks, dorks or nerds, just Seibertronians.
Thanks for the long history and letting me be a piece of this massively great place Ryan.
SEIBERTRON TIL WE DIE MF'RS!!!!!
Re: Celebrate Seibertron.com's 9th Anniversary (943335)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on June 26th, 2009 @ 11:10pm CDT
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on June 26th, 2009 @ 11:10pm CDT
Congrats on your 9 years. Siebertron helped those of us in the fWo when writing our columns for Inside Pulse and also helped me personally connect with other folks "staring down the barrel of 30" and not feel so geekish about collecting toys, be it TF's Robotech/Macross, Japanese Mecha, or GI Joes. Thanks again.
Re: Celebrate Seibertron.com's 9th Anniversary (943363)
Posted by Darth Bombshell on June 27th, 2009 @ 12:25am CDT
IIRC, it was that, along with the fact that Playboy hit him with a C and D notice.
Also...9 years? Wow. Has it really been that long? And is it showing my age if I say that I can remember most of those site designs?
Posted by Darth Bombshell on June 27th, 2009 @ 12:25am CDT
kirbenvost wrote:Edit: Oh, haha I remember Before Carly. It was rather naughty.
IIRC, it was that, along with the fact that Playboy hit him with a C and D notice.
Also...9 years? Wow. Has it really been that long? And is it showing my age if I say that I can remember most of those site designs?
Re: Celebrate Seibertron.com's 9th Anniversary (943365)
Posted by Savage on June 27th, 2009 @ 12:26am CDT
Posted by Savage on June 27th, 2009 @ 12:26am CDT
Congrats on hitting the 9 year mark. Does that mean we get to have a 10th anniversary celebration next year?
I've only been on the site for a touch over two years now, but it's been great. I love that you went so far back in telling the story to even mention TransForum. That little fanzine was one of my first connections with the rest of the fandom. Thanks for all the work you've put into this hobby over the years, man, you deserve an award. Oh, wait, you've won several!
Scratch what I said about being here a touch over two years. I just realised that as of 17 minutes ago, I've been here two years to the day!
I've only been on the site for a touch over two years now, but it's been great. I love that you went so far back in telling the story to even mention TransForum. That little fanzine was one of my first connections with the rest of the fandom. Thanks for all the work you've put into this hobby over the years, man, you deserve an award. Oh, wait, you've won several!
Scratch what I said about being here a touch over two years. I just realised that as of 17 minutes ago, I've been here two years to the day!
Re: Celebrate Seibertron.com's 9th Anniversary (943404)
Posted by TheStarscream on June 27th, 2009 @ 3:07am CDT
Posted by TheStarscream on June 27th, 2009 @ 3:07am CDT
Hey while you are at it patting yourself on the back and giving highlights of the 9 years of this board, don't forget, Ryan, the fangirl you asked to join back under the forum's first layout to add some variety to your board cause she was a lowly G1 cartoon fan against all the comic fans. And then you took your place in line and slaughtered her. Wheres that in your highlights from years ago, mmmm?
Surely you remember. I do....and it set my attitude for my fellow fan from that day forward....you remember that UK git, Cliffjumper? Yes, he was you little ringleader. Is this jogging any memories? Surely you remember all this. How could one forget such a happy free for all shredding that ended up spanning onto at least one other board before it was over. Remember all the times you emailed me to come /back/? .... well I finally did, and this board now, is what you are so proud of? At the very least, the lay out of this board is annoying at best, and I'm in a rare nice moment with that comment but if you like, I could tell you what I really think of it. So I wonder, who's your kick around members here now....
Surely you remember. I do....and it set my attitude for my fellow fan from that day forward....you remember that UK git, Cliffjumper? Yes, he was you little ringleader. Is this jogging any memories? Surely you remember all this. How could one forget such a happy free for all shredding that ended up spanning onto at least one other board before it was over. Remember all the times you emailed me to come /back/? .... well I finally did, and this board now, is what you are so proud of? At the very least, the lay out of this board is annoying at best, and I'm in a rare nice moment with that comment but if you like, I could tell you what I really think of it. So I wonder, who's your kick around members here now....
Re: Celebrate Seibertron.com's 9th Anniversary (943444)
Posted by vectorA3 on June 27th, 2009 @ 6:48am CDT
Posted by vectorA3 on June 27th, 2009 @ 6:48am CDT
congrats on the 9th Anniversary Ryan! Many more to come. I know i joined only a few years ago, but i know i visited the site at least 3 yrs. prior, just looking up info. Sidenote: in 2000, I went to my first botcon - held in Ft. Wayne, IN. Compared to this year's, a LOT has changed. Like i said before, i don't believe Hasbro, nor the TFCC were even involved at that point.
your anniversary gift should arrive by the end of the month (i hope)
your anniversary gift should arrive by the end of the month (i hope)
Re: Celebrate Seibertron.com's 9th Anniversary (943539)
Posted by UltraPrimal on June 27th, 2009 @ 12:23pm CDT
Posted by UltraPrimal on June 27th, 2009 @ 12:23pm CDT
I was thinking: how would people feel about reviving the Party Forum, but instead of a forum, a Skype chat? I know some smaller sites that have been doing it for a little while and it's pretty fun. Dunno how it would work with one as large as this.
Re: Celebrate Seibertron.com's 9th Anniversary (943611)
Posted by Savage on June 27th, 2009 @ 3:43pm CDT
Now that's a great idea. The PM system is very useful, but it would be nice if members who were online at the same time could chat in realtime, be it one-on-one or in groups. Since joining this board, I've been pleased to see that Seibertronians are pretty social/friendly/welcoming, there's a real community here, and it would be great to expand that even further.
I'm trying really hard to ignore that "The Starscream" person, but sometimes I just can't keep my mouth shut. I don't know anything about the events s/he speaks of, but I will say this: Where's your sense of forgiveness? Are you seriously still holding a grudge after 8 or 9 years? Maybe Ryan did do something hurtful to you in the past, but this is the Internet, it isn't the end of the world. Also, I'm sure both he and you were a lot younger 9 years ago and less mature. Maybe you should learn to move on with your life and live in the present. Are you seriously going to let something somebody said about you on the internet 9 years ago affect your life today? I'm sorry, but that's just petty and immature.
Seibertron.Com is not about the past, it has grown and matured over the years, just like people should. This site is about the present and the future of the franchise we love. It's about TransFormers fans coming together and enjoying each other's company and opinions. If two people have opposing opinions, they're welcome to debate them. However, we here at Seibertron consider ourselves above the petty flamewars of other sites. Personal attacks are simply unnecessary and uncalled for. Also, TransFormers are made for children, and as such, this is a family-friendly website. Please keep your animosity to yourself and go back to lurking until you have something positive to contribute to our fandom.
Posted by Savage on June 27th, 2009 @ 3:43pm CDT
UltraPrimal wrote:I was thinking: how would people feel about reviving the Party Forum, but instead of a forum, a Skype chat? I know some smaller sites that have been doing it for a little while and it's pretty fun. Dunno how it would work with one as large as this.
Now that's a great idea. The PM system is very useful, but it would be nice if members who were online at the same time could chat in realtime, be it one-on-one or in groups. Since joining this board, I've been pleased to see that Seibertronians are pretty social/friendly/welcoming, there's a real community here, and it would be great to expand that even further.
I'm trying really hard to ignore that "The Starscream" person, but sometimes I just can't keep my mouth shut. I don't know anything about the events s/he speaks of, but I will say this: Where's your sense of forgiveness? Are you seriously still holding a grudge after 8 or 9 years? Maybe Ryan did do something hurtful to you in the past, but this is the Internet, it isn't the end of the world. Also, I'm sure both he and you were a lot younger 9 years ago and less mature. Maybe you should learn to move on with your life and live in the present. Are you seriously going to let something somebody said about you on the internet 9 years ago affect your life today? I'm sorry, but that's just petty and immature.
Seibertron.Com is not about the past, it has grown and matured over the years, just like people should. This site is about the present and the future of the franchise we love. It's about TransFormers fans coming together and enjoying each other's company and opinions. If two people have opposing opinions, they're welcome to debate them. However, we here at Seibertron consider ourselves above the petty flamewars of other sites. Personal attacks are simply unnecessary and uncalled for. Also, TransFormers are made for children, and as such, this is a family-friendly website. Please keep your animosity to yourself and go back to lurking until you have something positive to contribute to our fandom.
Re: Celebrate Seibertron.com's 9th Anniversary (943673)
Posted by TheStarscream on June 27th, 2009 @ 5:41pm CDT
You have no idea what happened here 9 years ago. No idea at all. IF you knew, you /would/ understand why to some that were put through it, it has never been forgotten. You may call it anything you want but unless you were there, and I know you weren't, what are you basing your opinion on? An assumption based on what exactly?
Now what I'm waiting for is for Ryan to have the guts to publicly acknowledge it, be honest and truthful about it and apologize for what he did. What he did changed some fans interaction with this fandom in general forever. You weren't there, don't assume. Until you literally go through it, see it though my eyes, what happened 9 years ago, don't you dare assume anything.
And as for personal attacks? I did no such thing... trust me, I did nothing of the sort....if you only some of you really knew...
I also do not need anyone else but Ryan to answer to my initial post. Your need to jump in did nothing but show more of the obvious.... you figure it out.
Posted by TheStarscream on June 27th, 2009 @ 5:41pm CDT
I'm trying really hard to ignore that "The Starscream" person, but sometimes I just can't keep my mouth shut. I don't know anything about the events s/he speaks of, but I will say this: Where's your sense of forgiveness? Are you seriously still holding a grudge after 8 or 9 years? Maybe Ryan did do something hurtful to you in the past, but this is the Internet, it isn't the end of the world. Also, I'm sure both he and you were a lot younger 9 years ago and less mature. Maybe you should learn to move on with your life and live in the present. Are you seriously going to let something somebody said about you on the internet 9 years ago affect your life today? I'm sorry, but that's just petty and immature.
Seibertron.Com is not about the past, it has grown and matured over the years, just like people should. This site is about the present and the future of the franchise we love. It's about TransFormers fans coming together and enjoying each other's company and opinions. If two people have opposing opinions, they're welcome to debate them. However, we here at Seibertron consider ourselves above the petty flamewars of other sites. Personal attacks are simply unnecessary and uncalled for. Also, TransFormers are made for children, and as such, this is a family-friendly website. Please keep your animosity to yourself and go back to lurking until you have something positive to contribute to our fandom.
You have no idea what happened here 9 years ago. No idea at all. IF you knew, you /would/ understand why to some that were put through it, it has never been forgotten. You may call it anything you want but unless you were there, and I know you weren't, what are you basing your opinion on? An assumption based on what exactly?
Now what I'm waiting for is for Ryan to have the guts to publicly acknowledge it, be honest and truthful about it and apologize for what he did. What he did changed some fans interaction with this fandom in general forever. You weren't there, don't assume. Until you literally go through it, see it though my eyes, what happened 9 years ago, don't you dare assume anything.
And as for personal attacks? I did no such thing... trust me, I did nothing of the sort....if you only some of you really knew...
I also do not need anyone else but Ryan to answer to my initial post. Your need to jump in did nothing but show more of the obvious.... you figure it out.
Re: Celebrate Seibertron.com's 9th Anniversary (943695)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on June 27th, 2009 @ 6:18pm CDT
Ya know, I thought it was longer. Playboy? But the pics had no nudity. Ah well. On another note, what the heck is skype and does it cost $$$ to have? Sounds kinda fun.
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on June 27th, 2009 @ 6:18pm CDT
Darth Bombshell wrote:kirbenvost wrote:Edit: Oh, haha I remember Before Carly. It was rather naughty.
IIRC, it was that, along with the fact that Playboy hit him with a C and D notice.
Also...9 years? Wow. Has it really been that long? And is it showing my age if I say that I can remember most of those site designs?
Ya know, I thought it was longer. Playboy? But the pics had no nudity. Ah well. On another note, what the heck is skype and does it cost $$$ to have? Sounds kinda fun.
Re: Celebrate Seibertron.com's 9th Anniversary (943777)
Posted by Tigertrack on June 27th, 2009 @ 9:44pm CDT
I assume it is a chat program like you use on Facebook, or when participating in the online fantasy football/baseball/basketball/or hockey draft.
Simply allows you to read and respond quickly to what someone posts in response to you or another.
One of the problems I can see might be that it is hard to monitor, and keep people from flaming and not getting caught. Mods jobs would be much, much more intense.
Posted by Tigertrack on June 27th, 2009 @ 9:44pm CDT
chuckdawg1999 wrote:Darth Bombshell wrote:kirbenvost wrote:Edit: Oh, haha I remember Before Carly. It was rather naughty.
IIRC, it was that, along with the fact that Playboy hit him with a C and D notice.
Also...9 years? Wow. Has it really been that long? And is it showing my age if I say that I can remember most of those site designs?
Ya know, I thought it was longer. Playboy? But the pics had no nudity. Ah well. On another note, what the heck is skype and does it cost $$$ to have? Sounds kinda fun.
I assume it is a chat program like you use on Facebook, or when participating in the online fantasy football/baseball/basketball/or hockey draft.
Simply allows you to read and respond quickly to what someone posts in response to you or another.
One of the problems I can see might be that it is hard to monitor, and keep people from flaming and not getting caught. Mods jobs would be much, much more intense.
Re: Celebrate Seibertron.com's 9th Anniversary (943804)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on June 27th, 2009 @ 10:18pm CDT
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on June 27th, 2009 @ 10:18pm CDT
tigertracks 24 wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:Darth Bombshell wrote:kirbenvost wrote:Edit: Oh, haha I remember Before Carly. It was rather naughty.
IIRC, it was that, along with the fact that Playboy hit him with a C and D notice.
Also...9 years? Wow. Has it really been that long? And is it showing my age if I say that I can remember most of those site designs?
Ya know, I thought it was longer. Playboy? But the pics had no nudity. Ah well. On another note, what the heck is skype and does it cost $$$ to have? Sounds kinda fun.
I assume it is a chat program like you use on Facebook, or when participating in the online fantasy football/baseball/basketball/or hockey draft.
Eh, they get paid enough; oh wait…
Simply allows you to read and respond quickly to what someone posts in response to you or another.
One of the problems I can see might be that it is hard to monitor, and keep people from flaming and not getting caught. Mods jobs would be much, much more intense.
Re: Celebrate Seibertron.com's 9th Anniversary (943855)
Posted by UltraPrimal on June 27th, 2009 @ 11:52pm CDT
Posted by UltraPrimal on June 27th, 2009 @ 11:52pm CDT
Just to clear things up; Skype is like a free internet phone service. Free as long as you're calling Skype to Skype. You can call to or from a home or cell phone, but you would have to set up a payment plan. But for most users it's totally free. You just need a high speed internet connection(everyone should already have that) and a microphone to plug into your PC(less people probably have that). Preferably a headset so you don't get an echo when other people are talking.
Think of it like a IM program, but also with the ability to actually talk to people over the internet at the same time. You can also video chat, but only 1 on 1. I've had up to 20 people in a chat at 1 time with me once. Alot of people who play online games like WoW that don't support chat use it.
From my experiences, a typical chat is a bunch of people just talking about what's going on today. "Oh did you see ROTF? How did you like it?" "I thought it was OK. I didn't like the Twins though. Did you see Michael Jackson died?" "Yeah, liked his music. Him, not so much." etc. Eventually it unravels into delightful insanity with people trying to make each other laugh whether it be by telling a joke or funny story. Or by just posting random slash art. Or maybe that's just the group I run with.
Until eventually everyone calls it a night. Almost always a fun time in my experience.
I think if we did have an "Official Seibertron.com Skype Party Chat" thing, we would need some kind of moderator. Someone to be the host/start the chat. Bring people into the chat. Call people back when they get dropped, because Skype does like to drop people for no reason occasionally. And most importantly, to make sure everything is going smoothly. No fighting, keeping the conversation going, etc. And probably want to keep the slash to a minimum if you want the chat to match the family-friendly rating of the site.
So yeah, that's Skype in a nutshell. Dunno if alot of people would be interested.
Think of it like a IM program, but also with the ability to actually talk to people over the internet at the same time. You can also video chat, but only 1 on 1. I've had up to 20 people in a chat at 1 time with me once. Alot of people who play online games like WoW that don't support chat use it.
From my experiences, a typical chat is a bunch of people just talking about what's going on today. "Oh did you see ROTF? How did you like it?" "I thought it was OK. I didn't like the Twins though. Did you see Michael Jackson died?" "Yeah, liked his music. Him, not so much." etc. Eventually it unravels into delightful insanity with people trying to make each other laugh whether it be by telling a joke or funny story. Or by just posting random slash art. Or maybe that's just the group I run with.
Until eventually everyone calls it a night. Almost always a fun time in my experience.I think if we did have an "Official Seibertron.com Skype Party Chat" thing, we would need some kind of moderator. Someone to be the host/start the chat. Bring people into the chat. Call people back when they get dropped, because Skype does like to drop people for no reason occasionally. And most importantly, to make sure everything is going smoothly. No fighting, keeping the conversation going, etc. And probably want to keep the slash to a minimum if you want the chat to match the family-friendly rating of the site.
So yeah, that's Skype in a nutshell. Dunno if alot of people would be interested.
Re: Celebrate Seibertron.com's 9th Anniversary (943920)
Posted by Savage on June 28th, 2009 @ 1:49am CDT
Posted by Savage on June 28th, 2009 @ 1:49am CDT
Ah. Well, I was thinking more like the IM stuff at the bottom of the screen in Facebook or MySpace(Skype).
Re: Celebrate Seibertron.com's 9th Anniversary (944764)
Posted by Iron Prime on June 29th, 2009 @ 1:58pm CDT
Posted by Iron Prime on June 29th, 2009 @ 1:58pm CDT
Happy Anniversary Seibertron!
The screenshots of the front page through the years is really neat. Based on those shots, if memory serves, I've been coming here since 2002 or so. Wow, what a long time. I only visited the site from time to time at first - but slowly but surely this site has grown into part of my daily routine (some times hourly routine!).
My thanks to you, your doctor, and that girl for the end result of this site.
The screenshots of the front page through the years is really neat. Based on those shots, if memory serves, I've been coming here since 2002 or so. Wow, what a long time. I only visited the site from time to time at first - but slowly but surely this site has grown into part of my daily routine (some times hourly routine!).
My thanks to you, your doctor, and that girl for the end result of this site.
Re: Celebrate Seibertron.com's 9th Anniversary (944784)
Posted by goshjosh95 on June 29th, 2009 @ 2:32pm CDT
Posted by goshjosh95 on June 29th, 2009 @ 2:32pm CDT
Congratulations, Seibertron family! This is definitely the site I've enjoyed the most as far as TF news, resources, the database/galleries, features (like "hidden treasures"), fan interaction, & hearing a wide variety of people's intelligent & fun opinions.
One of the things I appreciate most about this site is the level of enjoyable discussion on the boards. People have been very helpful, no matter how basic the questions I ask. Though I'm fairly new to Seibertron, from my own experience perusing several other current TF sites over the past year, Seibertron.com mods do the BEST job in maintaining a safe, user-friendly & family-friendly environment on the boards, asking people to post like adults (engaging each other in passionate but respectful discussion) and disciplining people who flame or troll. I'm sorry to hear the complaint of someone's bad experience in the past, & hope that person might consider giving it a try again & see how awesome the people around here are.
Thanks for the great retrospect; enlightening for us new guys. Looking forward to celebrating the 10th anniversary next year with you!
One of the things I appreciate most about this site is the level of enjoyable discussion on the boards. People have been very helpful, no matter how basic the questions I ask. Though I'm fairly new to Seibertron, from my own experience perusing several other current TF sites over the past year, Seibertron.com mods do the BEST job in maintaining a safe, user-friendly & family-friendly environment on the boards, asking people to post like adults (engaging each other in passionate but respectful discussion) and disciplining people who flame or troll.
I'm sorry to hear the complaint of someone's bad experience in the past, & hope that person might consider giving it a try again & see how awesome the people around here are.Thanks for the great retrospect; enlightening for us new guys. Looking forward to celebrating the 10th anniversary next year with you!
