In honor of ResetEra™, what other things did you get into on the ground floor?

[Deleted member 3534]

This whole thing is just happening and I'm choosing to be hopeful that this place is the future as far as being the de facto video-game forum is concerned. With the presumption that this place is gonna take off like a rocket I think we're pretty fortunate to get in on the ground floor. This has the potential to be a sort of "I was there when..." moment.

I wish this community the best of luck. I hope that it can be the best that NeoGAF was without any of the baggage.

And with that in mind, have you ever gotten in on the ground floor of something and how did it work out? I had the chance to get in on the whole bitcoin thing early but I didn't have the money for graphics cards. :[

 

[Kazuma]

Pants.

Though, to be serious, I don't think anything really. Especially nowadays. I mean, I always feel slightly jealous of people are let in to these kind of secrets early on, because I always feel like I'm into something the moment it's about to enter the zeitgeist, which probably means I'm already too late.

 

[Sheev]

I get into my house through the ground floor.

 

[toadsworth]

Fortnite. :(

 

[woodland]

Twitch? Had to get my account fixed a year or 2 back and they were surprised it was still a Justin.tv account lol

 

[Mo0]

I got one of the first waves of Gmail invites. My account is oooooooooooooooold.

 

[geomon]

I've been a Youtube member since 2005...if that counts.

 

[Nepenthe]

I've been lucky enough to experience a few Disney and Pixar shorts and film snippets before wide release due to simply being a SCAD alum. I also got the chance to play the Xbone before most of the population as part of some tour Microsoft was doing; played Ryse and Battlefield, flailed around on Kinect Sports, and got my ass beat in Killer Instinct.

 

[Deleted member 3534]

I got one of the first waves of Gmail invites. My account is oooooooooooooooold.

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Me too! My gmail account is as old as I was when I first signed up at the GA Forum.

 

[Bishop89]

Mmm I don't think so. This is probably my first.
I do have a gamespot account created in 2004 but not sure when GS started

 

[Tragicomedy]

The Kindle. Had the first ever version (cost a damn fortune) during a deployment loaded with books. That was ten years ago. Several people on my flight were asking what it was, and were and when I explained I had hundreds of books on it.

Also, Gmail. I had beta codes I was handing out to friends. Locked my name down.

 

[Ray Wonder]

Rocket League, Vaping, and Fidget Spinners

 

[Mo0]

I also got in on the ground floor of a different gaming forum relaunch under similar “suddenly, a new owner appears!” circumstances. Difference is here I was lurking, there I was active.

 

[Fandorin]

I get into my house through the ground floor.

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You're asking for it with that avatar, man.
On topic, Minecraft was kinda like that for me. Started playing just when the Alpha released through recommendations on GAF actually.

 

[Mistle]

Yeah Youtube for me (even though is was pretty popular from the get go), 2005/06, had a moderately successful guitar cover channel when there were barely any others. Good times!

 

[Chaparral]

Youtube probably.

 

[Leonard Spiddles]

Fidget spinners :(

I thought they were just a neat distraction then they just blew up.

 

[Trickster]

World of Warcraft is probably the main one. Followed the game closely before it released and bought it day 1

 

[Run Goku]

Dark Souls, I guess? Though I was LTTP with Demon's so I don't know if that even counts. I wouldn't normally mention a game as qualifying, but I think given the unique-at-the-time community aspect, it was a little bit different.

 

[PuddingTame]

Other than various buildings, was in on the beta test of Xbox Live, Wish I still had my, "I've got great hands" t-shirt.

 

[Nivash]

Nothing. This is literally the most hip I’ve ever been or will ever be.

 

[Poltergust]

I managed to import AA2 and AA3 and play them in English way before most people in the West were able to.

 

[Fantastapotamus]

Steam probably. Got it because of Counter Strike back then but I forgot my password like 10 years ago but I only had CS and Half Life 2 on it so I didn't bother and just made a new one.
I kinda miss the green theme

 

[Keywork]

The ActionTrip forums. Had some good times there.

I seem to remember I was in one of the middle waves of the original WoW beta. Played it pretty much nonstop from that day until midway through Cataclysm when my social life shifted dramatically and I just didn’t have the proper time to devote to the game. Made some great memories there I won’t forget.

 

[LanceX2]

I got on the ground floor of selling vitamax water to people and then they sell to other people and make me money and then.
.....wait.....

Seriously though Im not sure what else but im so ezcited im here day zero

 

[Vimes]

I somehow got into the very first wave of alpha invites for Heroes of the Storm. I still play it to this day.

 

[Chopchop]

I think I was one of the first people to join Google+ because I got an invite code for it or something, but uh...

 

[Mavis]

Probably Gamefaqs and Steam.

 

[uncelestial]

Pre-ordered PS3, Switch, and SNES mini successfully.
Gmail, I was on that shit back in the invite-only days.
Got best seats in the house for Episode 8 cause I was there first.

 

[Snagret]

When I was four I sat on my Dad's shoulders for a free outdoor concert by Cake before they got big...that's kind of it.

 

[mclem]

World of Warcraft is probably the main one. Followed the game closely before it released and bought it day 1

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WoW for me as well - at least on the timescale of the EU release. With I guess an extra bonus point in that I actually managed to play it day one, as well, getting my account made before those servers collapsed under the pressure (for, IIRC, most of the first weekend)

 

[sooperkool]

NeoGAF, GMail (my account name is 6 characters), a few other things.

 

[Hollywood Duo]

Amazon, Gmail, Facebook. I’m old.

 

[JoeBoy101]

Atari Jaguar. City of Heroes. Sega Dreamcast.

...

I'm going to go cry in a corner now. :-(

 

[ClickyCal']

I mean I guess the NX/switch is a good one. The first nintendo console I seriously followed hard from the second the codename was announced.

Amazon, Gmail, Facebook. I’m old.

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Oh yea these also. Especially facebook, it got big right before my freshman year of hs started, and I remember basically almost no one else had one yet.

 

[JoeBoy101]

Amazon, Gmail, Facebook. I’m old.

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Jesus, Dude. That's not old, that's crusty.

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I started with AOL. Want to share some Geritol and Coke Classic?

 

[Hollywood Duo]

Jesus, Dude. That's not old, that's crusty.

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I started with AOL. Want to share some Geritol and Coke Classic?

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I was on that Prodigy life. Didn’t get over to AOL until AIM.

 

[Random Painted Highway]

Gmail, holy hell do I get a ton of misdirected emails.

 

[jorgeobamajr]

I posted every now and then in a Survivor forum called Survivor Sucks, in the 'Clubs that Sucks' subforum (which really was the only half-decent/non-toxic one there). Since it was a small-ish niche community, we could post basically about anything we wanted, and everyone would have their own threads for rankings on show characters, games, and whatever else they liked, and it was super fun. But stuff happened, iirc some people were doxxed, others began to spam and create fake accounts, and the owner decided it was too much 'hassle' to ban the trolls and instead said he was gonna shut down the whole section.

So a splinter board was created and while I personally don't post there as often it just seems to be a better experience all around. I pop back there every now and then when a season of Survivor is airing. It was a much smaller forum though, so it was easier to set things up and get the ball rolling on the new place, but it was nice being there at the new place from the start.

 

[Deleted member 6215]

I was a beta tester for Ultima Online in college and was there the day it opened. I say "opened" loosely because it was a string of disconnects with an occasional slideshow mixed in between.

I also somehow stumbled into WoW during beta and played on launch day. It was only marginally better than the UO launch. Both games were an absolute blast during those early years.

 

[elvisjets85]

I'm considering a management position at a small company that's set to grow exponentially the next few years, so if I accept I would have a big say in the direction they grow and in creating new processes.

It sounds daunting, but seeing this place start off so well is inspiring!

 

[Pop-O-Matic]

Got a Nintendo DS at launch, but it just wound up using it to play GBA games with that nice backlight for most of it's lifetime.

 

[Midnight Jon]

somehow I was ground floor for all of Steam, Facebook, Twitter and Gmail

(and then barely used Twitter until, like, last year)

 

[Ghostshark]

Youtube, every Nintendo console, Everquest from the beta, and World of Warcraft from the beta.

 

[GoldenEye 007]

I started working at a university that was newly established. Like working there before we had any students enrolled there new. The campus itself was not built. It was interesting and an ok experience. Lots of panic moments. But I was better for it given what it has allowed in my career. I'm no longer there, but the school is doing well from what I know.

 

[FreezerGeezer]

twitch / justin.tv maybe.

I was always at the ground floor of all my failings if that counts.

 

[Taki]

Had to be Steam because of Half-Life 2. I still remember that epic launch lik eit was yetserday.

 

[Pau]

Tech career support program for women at my university. Almost missed it by a semester. Helped me secure a job before graduating. Really happy that future female students in computer science will have access to it.

 

[Scarlet Death]

Mostly just private torrent sites, twitter, and facebook all within the first six months to a year of them being semi-public.

 

[Tawney Bomb]

Giant Bomb. Been there since day one.