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Allan

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According to my profile, I'm a "20 year grand master member" of Neowin.
WTH does Grand Master mean?

Also, shout out to @Brad Wardell who is just an awesome guy.  He probably forgets me, but, that's ok.  I remember his kindness with one of Stardock's licenses back in 2010, and have boght Start8, Start10, and Start11.

Congrats to the Neowin Team for another year of tech news.

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+Frank B. Subscriber²

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I'm also one of the old farts on here. My forum account was created on September 18th, 2001. 

22 years, 3 months, 13 days or a total of 8139 days ago at the time I'm writing this on December 31st, 2023.

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On 31/12/2023 at 17:20, Frank B. said:

I'm also one of the old farts on here. My forum account was created on September 18th, 2001. 

22 years, 3 months, 13 days or a total of 8139 days ago at the time I'm writing this on December 31st, 2023.

but ... who's counting? 🤣

On 31/12/2023 at 16:37, MarkusDarkus said:

Ah yes, I am a fellow Grand Master. 
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I was going to comment to say exactly what it meant. But, you know, I can't precisely remember anymore. 🤣

get off my lawn!!! LOL

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On 01/01/2024 at 07:11, THE END said:

Grand Master doesn't mean you are just an old member. It probably means you have been helpful to other members.

 

I have been here for 15 years, 10 months and 12 days (who's counting) but still on Member rank.

It’s just post count, not age of account or helpfulness. 

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Congrats, even though Neowin isnt what it used to be, it's still good that we have a home when we need it.

Also, just for lolz...11x.jpg.30dd844e0230167ab47da0abfcf5bbbd.jpg

I've had so much help over the years, so many laughs, so many facepalms, so many warnings :shifty: but I truly am greatful that this site is still here!

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Brandon H Supervisor

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the ranks are a part of the Invision forum software we use. They mostly just indicate how active you are and how much you've posted. Most of us older members got them all right when the feature was released :D 

 

Man it's been 14 years for me on these forums. How time flies

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Allan

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On 01/01/2024 at 17:24, Barney T. said:

Old fart here too! Congrats, my friend! Here's to many more years at Neowin!!

I'm still waiting for my pay cheque from when I was a News Mod. 🤣

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On 31/12/2023 at 17:20, Frank B. said:

I'm also one of the old farts on here. My forum account was created on September 18th, 2001. 

22 years, 3 months, 13 days or a total of 8139 days ago at the time I'm writing this on December 31st, 2023.

You got me beat by around a month lol... I lurked for a bit before finally registering.

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On 20/01/2024 at 17:32, cooky560 said:

I think the only account I have older than my Neowin account is probably my steam and wow accounts. How time flies by.

I created an ultima online account sometime in the 90s that I still have... lol

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On 22/01/2024 at 11:43, Kelxin said:

I created an ultima online account sometime in the 90s that I still have... lol

A few years ago I realised my ICQ account I had back in School still existed, the password from 20+ years ago surprisingly still let me log in 😅

Other than that only one website I signed up to before Neowin is still around today.

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