The History of BoardGameGeek: 2000-2003

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Although I am not a user that has been around for years (Registration Date: 2004-07-25), I have seen quite some changes to the Geek. And of course: a lot of discussion with every change. But what about the early years? When were certain features added?

Right now we are all arguing what is best for BGG with every feature that is added or changed. But it all started somewhere. Thanks to www.archive.org/web/web.php, we can all see where it started. So here's a little BGG History.

I only took 2000-2003; maybe I'll do 2004-2006 another day. If this has been done before, please provide a link; I couldn't find any. Please add if I missed something. Or provide more information (especially those of you who have been around longer), as I wasn't around in 'the early years'. The quotes I used are Aldie's and Derk's in BGG News.

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Posted Thu Feb 23, 2006 10:43 am

1. Board Game: Die Macher [Average Rating:7.76 Overall Rank:46]

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"During one of the Metrogamers game sessions, I mentioned to Derk that I was running this website and with a little modification and hacking I could get it working for board games. . . . wouldn't that be cool!? He was interested, because he was also coming up with game categorization and a rating scheme for board games. We decided to merge forces where I would program the site, and Derk would pump in content. We initially used Derk's Metrogamer session reports and some reviews written by Metrogamer Neil Carr and himself. Initially we had about 100 articles and enough content to launch BoardGameGeek in January 2000."

From Tom Vasel's Interviews by an Optimist #32: Scott Alden. To see the whole story about the start of BGG: http://www.thedicetower.com/interviews/int032.htm

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Posted Thu Feb 23, 2006 10:43 am

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I'm guessing then that Aldie never thought he'd quit his job and work on BGG full-time laugh

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2. Board Game: Forum Romanum [Average Rating:6.86 Overall Rank:1271]

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July 9, 2000: Forums

"Forums have now opened up, and have also been linked into the database. You can create a comment on any review/preview/session report in the database and the information will be kept in the forums. There is also a marketplace for posting of games for sale/trade. If you have any feedback, there is a message board for letting us know what you would like to see next on the BoardgameGeek."

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geekforum.php3

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3. Board Game: This Game Sucks [Average Rating:4.00 Unranked]

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July 27, 2000: User Game Submissions

To keep the site up to date and complete, users can now submit games themselves. Probably one of the most important features on this site. No GeekGold for submitting though.

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/UserCreateItem.php3

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4. Board Game: Logofix [Average Rating:0.00 Unranked]

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December 6, 2000: Geek

New logo; still around today.

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Posted Thu Feb 23, 2006 10:43 am

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Old logo:

Edited Tue Jul 3, 2007 9:48 pm
Posted Thu Feb 23, 2006 10:48 am
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Stephen Smith

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Speaking of the old logo, I noticed that the current one has a bi-fold checker board. Is it my imagination or did it previously have a tri-fold board?

Maybe my brain is playing tricks with me.

Posted Thu Feb 23, 2006 10:22 pm
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Scott A. Reed

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Yes, Scrofula, it sucks.

I just wasted 100 :gg: on this.

Yeah, the old logo was a tri-fold 4x9 checkerboard.. and I seem to remember one more game bit falling out of the backpack that has since been truncated, omitting a "Monopoly" house, but the other die that was out of the current picture dimensions is now located just off the elbow.

Posted Thu Feb 23, 2006 10:45 pm
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Scott A. Reed

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Yes, Scrofula, it sucks.

I just wasted 100 :gg: on this.

Also, he's no longer running on a roll & move track (with the arrow under his right foot)

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Edited Tue Jul 3, 2007 9:49 pm
Posted Fri Feb 24, 2006 7:55 am
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5. Board Game: Picture Perfect [Average Rating:0.00 Unranked]

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January 12, 2001: Upload pictures

"Well, I added one of those new features I was threatening to do. You can now upload pictures to the database."

Which still causes a lot of discussion. "This picture is too small. It's not relevant. It's blurry. It has a cat on it." Recently it changed to users approving the pictures; it caused more discussion. But I like it.

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist.php3?action=view&listi...

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Tom Rosen

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Wow, I didn't realize cats in photos has been an issue for so long!

Great list Bas, by the way thumbsup

Posted Thu Feb 23, 2006 10:53 am
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O yeah: I should add that the second quote is just a summary of what you can see people discussing these days. Sorry.

Posted Thu Feb 23, 2006 11:06 am
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Tom Rosen

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Oh, duh, my fault. It's late and I misunderstood.

Posted Thu Feb 23, 2006 11:13 am
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Late!? It's 2 in the afternoon! laugh

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6. Board Game: Link [Average Rating:4.08 Unranked]

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January 15, 2001: Add links

Another useful feature: users can now add links to the gamepages. And there is a "GeekTicker". Never saw that one; probably didn't last long.

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Posted Thu Feb 23, 2006 10:43 am

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What was the "Geek Ticker?"

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Scott A. Reed

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Yes, Scrofula, it sucks.

I just wasted 100 :gg: on this.

Nah, Caleb, that was the GeekSpy, which I believe was lost in the overhaul.

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Geek Ticker

"I've added a BoardgameGeek ticker that you can have on your taskbar if you run Windows 98/2000/NT.
(...)
The ticker currently updates the last 10 items that have been added to the database every 5 minutes."

The GeekSpy was the page on which you could see the last 100 gamepages that where viewed by all users.

Posted Fri Feb 24, 2006 6:29 am
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I loved the Geek Ticker.

Posted Fri Jun 8, 2007 6:19 pm
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7. Board Game: File 13 [Average Rating:5.17 Overall Rank:6945]

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February 1, 2001: Add files

The database is getting bigger and users are more important everyday. From now on you can add files, translations, player aids, etc.

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/browser.php?itemtype=file&sortb...

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8. Board Game: RateFix [Average Rating:5.00 Unranked]

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August 19, 2001: Collection and Ratings

Two of the most important features on BGG.

Ratings. Has anything been more discussed? But here they are. And collections:

"Thanks to some excellent suggestions from Ray Mulford, the ability to edit your collection under the games is now available. When you sign into the website, the collection utilities become visible under any game. You can add your rating/want/sale/trade/own list. You can also put in your opinion on what you think the min/max optimal players should be for that game."

The last one was lost because it was too subjective.

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Posted Thu Feb 23, 2006 10:43 am

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More importantly, this also included personal comments with the ratings. I think this is the one enhancement that for many of us made the site a place to frequent (as it began the switch from a site about boardgames to a site about boardgamers). Prior to this personal information really didn't exist for the casual contributor who didn't want to take the time to write lengthier reviews or session reports (personally before this I would link from Funagain and read the reviews but not participate).

Posted Thu Feb 23, 2006 2:13 pm
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Ray

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oh and individual ratings lead to site wide average ratings. The introduction of statistics to use as a game shopping research tool.

Posted Thu Feb 23, 2006 2:17 pm
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And ratings begat Rankings. That was a suggestion by Richard Lea, through me.

Posted Wed Jun 6, 2007 10:25 pm
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9. Board Game: Chatterbox [Average Rating:6.00 Unranked]

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November 20, 2001: GeekChat

Not much talk about GeekChat on BGG, but when it suddenly disappears... panic everywhere!

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geekchat2.php

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Posted Thu Feb 23, 2006 10:43 am

Joe Gola

(Gola)

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Eleven.

Is the chat really that old? Wow. I thought that showed up only a year or so ago. I tell ya, time flies when you're surfing the 'geek.

Those two girls in the picture are talking to GROGnads. "Ooooh, he's so dreamy!"

Posted Thu Feb 23, 2006 1:04 pm
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KGS is the #1 web site for playing go over the internet. Visit now!

Yes, I really am that awesome.

You mean, "Ooooh, he's ~~[b]so[b]~~ dreamy!"

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Tim Thorp

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William: LMAO! laugh

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Robert Wesley

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oh stop it, you "psychophants" besides, I'm "ice creamy dreamy" since I is also:
"Magically Delicious"!
cool

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10. Board Game: 20 Questions [Average Rating:5.61 Overall Rank:5671]

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November 24, 2001: FAQ

BGG FAQ has always been under fire. Once in a while you get: "why not update it"? I believe it is still under consideration. And anyone know something about BGG Wiki?

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/gameglossary.htm

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Posted Thu Feb 23, 2006 10:43 am

Burke Glover

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The short-lived wiki got spammed so much in such a short time that it was dropped.

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That's a shame, 'cause it sounds like a nice feature.

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Randy Cox

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1024x768 works just fine - Don't Wide the Site!

The Back Alley gets no respect.

I remember being quite confused by the wiki thing and hoping it would just go away.

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11. Board Game: Get The Message [Average Rating:5.00 Unranked]

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May 1, 2002: Message Center

Renamed GeekMail. I believe it was in GeekQuestions, someone asked: where do you go first when visiting BGG? Most people answered: GeekMail.

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Posted Thu Feb 23, 2006 10:43 am

Jason Little

(ynnen)

United States
Eden Prairie
Minnesota

Scary to think that this was about the time I first learned about the geek and started lurking. So much has changed! And so much had already changed before I had gotten here. Wow.

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12. Board Game: Gold! [Average Rating:4.77 Overall Rank:6969]

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July 12, 2002: GeekGold

Another item that is discussed intensely.

"- You will always get at least 1 gold for any review or image uploaded.
- You will have 7 days to claim some gold offered after the first person as laid claim to it. So you don't have to "be in the right place at the right time."
- You will be getting another 10 gold to spend every few days. I will see how often this needs to be updated.
- You can't spend gold you claim.

Things To Do:
- Put gold on translations, player aids, & session reports.
- Make it so you can't claim your own gold.
- Make a "Gold Collectors" page to show who has collected the most gold.

Thanks to Greg Alekenevicus for helpful ideas on this system.

Remember, it's all for fun!"

Jon Power's Geekgold - what the gosh darn heck is THAT about: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/36816

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Posted Thu Feb 23, 2006 10:43 am

Chester Ogborn

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New Mexico

Oh yeah, I'd forgotten you could offer GG rewards to entice specific content (like a rules translation, etc). Those were the days, when I'd scope around looking for a reward I could claim. But usually I was foiled by not being able to speak Dutch or whatever.

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Drew Spencer

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cornjob wrote:

That sounds like a good idea. Why isn't it around anymore?

Posted Thu Feb 19, 2009 6:56 pm
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Stephen

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Because we still can't speak Dutch.

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Gudjon Torfi Sigurdsson

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Iceland
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I guess I started lurking when I heard the news about GG!

Too bad I'm a lousy miner

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13. Board Game: Express Yourself [Average Rating:4.58 Unranked]

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August 9, 2002: Avatars

And something to spend your GeekGold on: avatars! "People will now be able to see your cool online graphical persona."

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/browser.php?itemtype=avatar

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Posted Thu Feb 23, 2006 10:43 am

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Columbus
Ohio

If you want to see some of the first avatars:

http://web.archive.org/web/20020924072910/boardgamegeek.com/...

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Randy Cox

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1024x768 works just fine - Don't Wide the Site!

The Back Alley gets no respect.

I remember this and thinking "what on Earth is this about?" since I'd never done the avatar thing elsewhere on the Web (and still haven't, except for here). Took me a month or so to decide I would spend that otherwise useless GG on it. Been bitching about ever-changing avatars ever since.

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Scott Henshaw

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I remember them giving us 10 GG, then a month later offering avatars for 10GG. They did cost 30GG even then, but it was an offer to stimulate sales. Worked on me. I saw no other use for GG and bought my avatar which, I believe, I have not changed since.
I might of used an old Gathering photo at first, but my memory is always shaky at best. blush

ScottH.

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Quote:

I remember them giving us 10 GG, then a month later offering avatars for 10GG.

Yep. I was drawn in by that offer as well.

Posted Fri Feb 24, 2006 5:11 pm
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Mike W.

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matthew.marquand wrote:

If you want to see some of the first avatars:

Wow, I didn't realize I was among the earliest avatar purchasers. Cool!

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14. Board Game: Tigris & Euphrates [Average Rating:7.89 Overall Rank:15]

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September 2002: Online E&T

Testing starts for online Euphrat & Tigris (or Tigris & Euphrat...).

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/tigris/gamemgr.php

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Posted Thu Feb 23, 2006 10:43 am

Leonardo Gonzalez

(Leonardo)

Mexico
Laredo
Texas

Years ago I misclicked and joined a game of E&T. Since I never had played the game I wanted to log out but couldnt.
Now thanks to my misclick I discovered a new gaming world and I am a huge Knizia fan.

Posted Fri Feb 24, 2006 1:14 am
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Robert Wesley

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Aberdeen
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well, 'which' KIND of "fan" is this? Would that 'be' the 'garden variety' "lips firmly planted upon his behind" sort, or maybe this is more of the "brown-nose`r" 'extraordinaire' type?
surprise

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15. Board Game: Market Madness [Average Rating:5.68 Unranked]

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(BaSL)

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Rijen
Noord Brabant

November 21, 2002: BGG Marketplace & Notifications

Updates on games are now finding there way to your Mailbox. And Marketplace (used to be in Forums) is changed drastically.

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geekstore.php3

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Posted Thu Feb 23, 2006 10:43 am

Alan Kaiser

(alkaiser)

United States
Aurora
Colorado

Somewhere around here must be were I began spending a lot of time on the Geek. I remember the Marketplace addition. I hung out in the background for a long time without making content additions but this is about when I registered and started participating.

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16. Board Game: Tell-A-Story [Average Rating:4.64 Unranked]

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(BaSL)

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January 23, 2003: Journals

"Whipped up a quick little feature for the database last night - GeekJournals. This is basically a way for you to keep a journal on BGG. Journals are public and do not necessarily have to be related to gaming. I will be adding some features to this system in the future (such as tracking and customization).

Happy Journaling!"

This should be a...

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Posted Thu Feb 23, 2006 10:43 am

Louise Holden

(louiseh)

United Kingdom
Solihull
West Midlands

Hang on, I remember that announcement... must be around where I came in. Really that long ago?

Posted Thu Feb 23, 2006 2:20 pm
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17. Board Game: Match 'Em [Average Rating:4.73 Unranked]

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(BaSL)

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June 30, 2003: Correlations

Something I only discovered a few months ago (thanks to RPardoe), but is now (temporarily?) gone.

"An addition to the correlation feature has been implemented and put into each user's profile section and the new correlation search page. Clicking on the Matchmaker link will list off the best games that match between you and the other user. Enjoy! and many thanks to Randy Cox for the great feature suggestion!"

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Posted Thu Feb 23, 2006 10:43 am

Tom Rosen

(Thommy8)

United States
Arlington
Virginia

I'd also love to see Correlations back again eventually

Posted Thu Feb 23, 2006 10:57 am
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Surya Van Lierde is pure Eurosnoot and proud of it!

(Surya)

Belgium
Gijzegem

Yeah, missing it too!

Posted Mon Feb 27, 2006 9:46 am
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Christopher Bartlett

(cc_TheToph)

United States
Midlothian - Richmond
Virginia

If/when this feature comes back, I can see spending several weeks with it. There has been SO MUCH CHANGE since it was last seen, and so many new games, I would love to see who some of my virtual doppelgangers are out there.

Posted Fri Jun 8, 2007 6:36 pm
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Will

(Yargo)

United States
Fresno
California

I belive this did recently come back, I remember one of the admins posting about it in 2008.

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(BaSL)

Netherlands
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Noord Brabant

Not on BGG, but do you mean this one: http://www.lautapelaaja.net/bgg/correlation.php

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18. Board Game: Play the Game [Average Rating:5.60 Unranked]

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(BaSL)

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July 15, 2003: Logging games played

A feature I started using 13 months ago.

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/playstats.php3

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Posted Thu Feb 23, 2006 10:43 am

Tom Rosen

(Thommy8)

United States
Arlington
Virginia

I started logging my games played about 8 months ago.

Odd how people have logged games played back in 1940 and up through 2015.
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/playstats.php3

Posted Thu Feb 23, 2006 10:59 am
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Philip Thomas

(Philip Thomas)

United Kingdom
London
London

also a game played in 200 AD and one in the year 0!

1940 I can believe as some geek of more advanced years entering his first gaming experiences. 200 is a litle less credible.

Posted Thu Feb 23, 2006 4:45 pm
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Randy Cox

(Randy Cox)

United States
Clemson
South Carolina

1024x768 works just fine - Don't Wide the Site!

The Back Alley gets no respect.

One should also note that for the first four months or so, you couldn't log multiple plays of the same game on a particular day, so statistics from that period are incompatible with the rest.

Posted Fri Feb 24, 2006 2:30 pm
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19. Board Game: Say What!?! [Average Rating:5.39 Overall Rank:6429]

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(BaSL)

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July 24, 2003: RSS Feeds

Still don't know what that is...

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/bggfeeds.php3

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Posted Thu Feb 23, 2006 10:43 am

Tom Rosen

(Thommy8)

United States
Arlington
Virginia

Ditto. I've been meaning to figure out and starting using these magical wonderful RSS thingys eventually, but just haven't gotten around to it yet.

Posted Thu Feb 23, 2006 11:00 am
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Robert Martin

(robartin)

United States
Atlanta
Georgia

Go to bloglines.com. It's an easy way to get started with RSS feeds. BGG even has built in support for that site.

Posted Thu Feb 23, 2006 2:07 pm
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Randy Cox

(Randy Cox)

United States
Clemson
South Carolina

1024x768 works just fine - Don't Wide the Site!

The Back Alley gets no respect.

Someone should explain it HERE, rather than sending us to another site. Is the purpose of RSS feeds for us to AVOID coming over here to view things? If so, how can it be a good idea for BGG traffic?

Posted Fri Feb 24, 2006 2:29 pm
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Craig Berg

(cberg)

United States
Munroe Falls
OH

It would take too long to fully explain it here. I will tell you this though, it's a lot easier than it sounds. I too was confused by this until I just jumped in and tried it.

Here's a really good explanation of RSS:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/help/rss/default.stm

Bloglines ( www.bloglines.com) is a very good free newsreader.

Also, if you use Thunderbird for your email client it has an RSS reader built in.

Hope that helps!

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20. Board Game: Rat Hot [Average Rating:6.37 Overall Rank:1357]

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(BaSL)

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Augus 1, 2003: Rate it or Not

Instead of Hot or Not: "Last night I whipped up a quick page based on the famous "Hot Or Not" idea. Check out Rate It Or Not if you get a chance. This will let you rate games that you haven't rated. You can also revisit games you have already rated."

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/rateitornot.php3

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Posted Thu Feb 23, 2006 10:43 am

Captain Fox

(Jatoha)

United States
Southwestern
Michigan

Fox by Miss Turtle Artist attended Starfleet academy by Jess and furthermore, I think tipping in GeekQuestions should be fixed.

I thought the Rate it or Not? was originally for images. I remember the fury of some users when their pictures were rated low!

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(BaSL)

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Noord Brabant

We did have Rate it or Not for pictures, until the ratings for pics were replaced by the thumbsup

-system.

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Eric Mowrer

(ejmowrer)

United States
Gresham
Oregon

Ami. Geek.

This is about where I stared with the Geek. I had an account before then, but it didn't really click until about this time.

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Miguel

(Infernarl)

United States
Concord
California

is there some link to this feature on all of the geek other than this geeklist?

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21. Board Game: Spinning Wishes [Average Rating:3.61 Unranked]

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(BaSL)

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Noord Brabant

September 22, 2003: Wishlist

"I added a WishList feature over the weekend. The idea was presented to me last Christmas by Carrie Ives who wanted a way to see a list of games that she could buy for someone.

A year later and I finally got a round tuit. You can add games to your wishlist by clicking on the checkbox titled "Add to Wishlist" from any of the game pages in the Collection area (near the bottom), and then click the 'Submit' button. Check out your profile page and click on the Wishlist link to see an expanded version of your list with options to remove items and email the list to your wishbringers."

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Posted Thu Feb 23, 2006 10:43 am

Jeremiah Lee

(Jeremiah_Lee)

United States
Ypsilanti
Michigan

Finally I get a little bit of info on the difference between 'wanted' and 'wishlist'...although, I'm still not convinced their very different.

Posted Sat Apr 19, 2008 6:51 pm
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(BaSL)

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Noord Brabant

Wantlist is used for trades. I see it as "Want in Trade" and the wishlist for all others. But they're not all that different, no.

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22. Board Game: Adverteasing [Average Rating:4.20 Overall Rank:7533]

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(BaSL)

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September 26, 2003: Textads

No need to start about ads again.

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/admgr.php3

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23. Board Game: Problems and Programmers [Average Rating:0.00 Unranked]

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(BaSL)

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Noord Brabant

November 17, 2003: Submit Corrections

Another useful feature: submit corrections to the gamepages. No more full inbox for the admins. But more work, maybe.

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24. Board Game: I Spy [Average Rating:4.33 Unranked]

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(BaSL)

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Rijen
Noord Brabant

December 9, 2003: GeekSpy

I totally forgot about that one. Is it gone?

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Posted Thu Feb 23, 2006 10:43 am

Tom Rosen

(Thommy8)

United States
Arlington
Virginia

Huh? What? Where?

Posted Thu Feb 23, 2006 11:00 am
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Luca Iennaco

(Luke the Flaming)

Italy

I think so. I can't find it in the "new version" of the site... (maybe replaced by "Hot Games" list?)

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25. Board Game: Face the Facts [Average Rating:5.00 Unranked]

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(BaSL)

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Rijen
Noord Brabant

Some useless statistics I found when searching for this list:

The First GeekList:
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist.php3?action=view&listi...
When was that? 2002?
The First Thread:
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/1
Derk's review about Die Macher, which is also the first game added to the DB.
Statistic on November 5, 2002:
There are 78 users online. Most users ever online was 151 on May 17, 2002 14:15:41 CST
Hot Games:
July 25, 2003: D&D Boardgame
October 18, 2003: Attika
December 29, 2003: A Game of Thrones
The First File:
http://files.boardgamegeek.com/viewfile.php3?fileid=8
Rules for 1848

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Tom Rosen

(Thommy8)

United States
Arlington
Virginia

Very interesting list! Thanks Bas!

Posted Thu Feb 23, 2006 11:03 am
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(BaSL)

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Noord Brabant

Quote:

Does anyone have a screen shot of the front page from those early years?

http://boardgameblog.blogspot.com/2006/01/bggs-i-have-known....

Nice Dave! I once knew how to do that (change pages to images), but I totally forgot. And I still don't remember...

But the changing frontpage was really missing on this list, thanks for linking it!

Posted Fri Feb 24, 2006 6:40 am
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SH Wong

(Latria)

Singapore
Singapore
Singapore

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geekforum.php3?action=viewforum...

For over a year, I am hopelessly stuck in BGG Werewolf.

Posted Fri Feb 24, 2006 12:09 pm
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(BaSL)

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Noord Brabant

Deleted this because of the width:

Gery McLaughlin wrote:

Nice nostalgia list. This list of how people came to BGG http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/9787 and the similar list it links to are good 'further reading' on BGG history.

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/9787

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The History of BoardGameGeek: 2004-2006
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/13512
The History of BoardGameGeek: Statistics
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/13452
The History of BoardGameGeek: Top 10s
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/13615

Posted Thu Oct 5, 2006 11:19 am
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