The Org's beginnings

**edyzmedieval** · 07-23-2005, 21:12

Nokhor is the oldest active member, from April 1999....

**Martok** · 07-23-2005, 23:01

Thanks guys. That's kind of what I thought, but I wasn't sure.

**TosaInu** · 07-23-2005, 23:05

Founded by Dan in April 1999. The first forum was Echelon iirc.

**Orda Khan** · 07-23-2005, 23:49

........And I think you will find that your Forum Administer's join date is much earlier than July 2002 too

......Orda

**Martok** · 07-24-2005, 01:43

Originally Posted by Orda Khan

........And I think you will find that your Forum Administer's join date is much earlier than July 2002 too

......Orda

Heh. I hadn't even noticed that before. Members like you and TosaInu have been around so long, it's rather strange to realize my avatar shows I joined up before you guys, when I know that's not really the case.

Also, I just have to say WOW. I had no idea the Org has been here (in one form or another) for so long. I mean, I know it's been around for a good while now, but I didn't realize we went *that* far back! For some reason, I always had it stuck in my head that the site wasn't up until around the time Shogun was released, as opposed to being open over a year beforehand.

A big toast to TosaInu and the many, many other good folks here at the Org who not only got this site started, but have helped it grow and thrive as well!!

**barocca** · 07-24-2005, 02:51

i dredged this up from an ancient thread

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Only 2 of the current staff here ever got to talk to Dan the Creator before he vanished,
for the rest of us Dan is a myth, an urban legend,
spoken about in hushed tones around the camp fires late at night, a means to scare new patrons into behaving appropriately,

so here is the Org's Creation Theory

In the beginning was the community,
and Dan saw the community was without form,
Dan said let there be firmament in the midst of the community,
and Dan made the firmament,

and Dan said let all the knowledge within the community be gathered together into the firmament that all may share,
and Dan saw that is was good,
and Dan said let the firmament be called TotalWar.Org,
and it was so.

**Afro Thunder** · 07-24-2005, 03:38

No, that's silly! Everyone knows the community slowly and gradually evolved from a jumbled, disorganized, primitive mess into it's current highly-advanced and developed condition. Of course, this took quite a lot of time for this to happen.

**King of Atlantis** · 07-24-2005, 05:10

Originally Posted by barocca

i dredged this up from an ancient thread

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In the beginning was the community,
and Dan saw the community was without form,
Dan said let there be firmament in the midst of the community,
and Dan made the firmament,

and Dan said let all the knowledge within the community be gathered together into the firmament that all may share,
and Dan saw that is was good,
and Dan said let the firmament be called TotalWar.Org,
and it was so.

I didn't know the org had such an epic history.